British Prime Minister Gordon Brown arrived in Israel for a two-day visit with Israeli and Palestinian Authority (PA) officials in his first visit to the country since he replaced Tony Blair last year. Blair was in Israel this past week but was forced to cancel a visit to the Gaza region because of Israel's fears for his life.
This Day in Israeli History
1985: Five children were stabbed and wounded by a terrorist from Dura in the center of Jerusalem.
1981: Katyusha bombardments from Lebanon killed a teenager and injured 15 Israeli civilians in the western Galilee.
1969: Israeli commandos begin a night attack on Green Island, a major military installation in the Gulf of Suez.
1951: The United States, Britain and France backed Israel's protest to the U.N. Security Council against the Egyptian blockage of the Suez Canal for shipping destined for Israel.
1948: Israeli forces drove off an Arab attack against the western section of Jerusalem.