PA (Palestinian Authority) official Jamal Tirawi, speaking on behalf of Chairman Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) apologized to American Michael Leighton Phillips, who was freed from his captors in Shechem during the night. Abbas is quoted as saying that he was sorrowed over the incident, blaming Popular Resistance Gaza-based terrorists, and stating he will not permit the PA to become another Afghanistan.
--2000: Arab vandals entered the Shalom Al Yisrael Synagogue in Jericho and destroyed the yeshiva located on the top floor, setting its contents ablaze. Jews were barred from the holy site following the attack.
--1973: Israel began a counter-offensive in Syria during the Yom Kippur War.