ISRAEL - SECURITY
*** IDF activity in Judea and Samaria: 10 terror suspects arrested
During the activities of IDF forces tonight and this morning, 10 Palestinian suspects were arrested in terrorist activities, in the Ramallah area, Bethlehem and the Hebron sector. The activity that began this morning in Jenin for a wanted arrest continues
*** Attempted attack in Ashkelon: A Palestinian attacked a policeman, slightly wounded him - and was shot dead
A police officer spotted a man who raised his suspicion near a construction site in the city and conducted a security check on him. The suspect, a Palestinian from Hebron, pulled out a knife and tried to stab him - but the policeman responded quickly and shot him to death before being taken to hospital in a light condition.
*** Exchange of fire following the entry of IDF forces into Jenin
The arrests continue: Fighters entered the city of Jenin as part of a search for wanted persons in planning terrorist attacks - and yesterday 14 suspects were located in the area who were taken in for questioning for terrorist offenses.
*** Israel has imposed an economic siege on the city of Jenin following the wave of terrorism that will severely damage the economic situation of the residents. Collective punishment is not the right way to deal with terrorism from Jenin, the IDF needs to re-occupy Jenin for a limited period of time and purge it of the terrorists.
*** Palestinian terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip sent a message to Egyptian intelligence that conducting Jewish religious ceremonies and offering sacrifices at the Al-Aqsa Mosque were a crossing of the "red lines" and would lead to an explosion of the situation.
*** The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Fatah movement, announced the full alert and the general mobilization situation among its fighters in Jenin.
ISRAEL - POLITICS
*** The chairman of the Arab Joint List party, MK Sami Abu Shehadeh in an interview with Radio Nas: If a proposal is made to dissolve the Knesset in the first week after returning from vacation, we will vote in favor of dissolving the Knesset. All our members will vote to do so without exception
*** Bennett ignores the new political reality and the severity of the new wave of terrorism.
Trying to survive at all costs in his chair with the help of the Media Echo Chamber that do their best to help him look good.
ISRAEL - CHINA
*** Suspicion: The Chinese embassy has sent thermal cups to ministers - with listening devices. The GSS found components suspected of being citation devices in thermal cups given as a gift from the Chinese embassy to several bureaus of ministers.