The Prime Minister's Office and the Defense Ministry invested NIS 96 million (roughly $25.27 million) in the renovation of 3,019 public shelters. Full Article at Ynetnews

Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai attended a ceremony marking the end of a shelter renovation program in the northern communities and said that the next war would involve the entire of the State of Israel, which will depend upon its civil... Full Article at Ynetnews

(IsraelNN.com) The hinted warnings by Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his deputy, Matan Vilnai, that the IDF might have to cease accepting soldiers from "hesder" yeshivas are no more than a bluff, according to Likud politician and Land of Israel... Full Article at Arutz Sheva

(IsraelNN.com) The hinted warnings by Defense Minister Ehud Barak and his deputy, Matan Vilnai, that the IDF might have to cease accepting soldiers from "hesder" yeshivas are no more than a bluff, according to Likud politician and Land of Israel... Full Article at Arutz Sheva

(IsraelNN.com) Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai says that if necessary, the IDF will do without the soldiers of the Hesder yeshivot, rather than put up with refusal of orders to expel Jews from their homes. Full Article at Arutz Sheva

Israeli naval commandos have boarded a ship suspected of carrying Iranian-supplied rockets destined for Lebanon's Hezbullah group and taken the vessel to an Israeli port, the government said today. Full Article at Irish Times