Four Shimshon Brigade soldiers were indicted yesterday in the Southern Command military court, charged with abusing Arab residents of a village south of Hevron. The four are accused of beating and humiliating the residents, as well as obstructing justice in the investigation...

Soldiers arrived in time yesterday to rescue youths from Psagot who were targeted by terrorist gunfire as they were rappelling down a local mountain, north of Jerusalem. When it was realized that local Arabs were shooting at them, soldiers moved in quickly to bring them to safety. Exchanges of gunfire ensued, and as the Palestinians continued to intensify the assault, Israeli tanks finally fired two tank shells at the terrorist position in nearby PA-controlled El-Bireh. No Israelis were hurt...