The United States State Department named 14 people, companies, and government agencies with ties to Iran and Syria to have sanctions leveled against them. The list included Hizbullah, the Syrian Air Force and the Syrian Navy.
--Despite army disapproval, the first groups of celebrants have arrived in the evacuated community of Homesh in Samaria, hiking from Shavei Shomron. The occasion for the celebration is Israel’s Independence Day, (Yom Ha’atzma’ut), traditionally celebrated by hiking and barbequing.