Device was likely planted due to criminal, not nationalist, motives, report says.

Palestinian Arabs reported that two terrorists were killed in an exchange of gunfire with IDF soldiers in Shechem overnight Saturday. In addition, nine people were injured, including Ine in critical condition.

The Central District Court sentenced Roman Agronov to 17 years in prison after convicting him based In his confession of aiding and abetting murder and conspiracy to murder for his part in the murder of Anton Roman. In addition, the defendant was ordered to pay NIS 35,000 in compensation. After negotiations, the parties reached a settlement in which an amended indictment was filed against Agronov. According to the revised indictment, Agronov and several accomplices are accused of helping to murder a police agent.

An Australian athlete collapsed and lost consciousness during a soccer match in Netanya as part of the Maccabiah competition. The MDA team that was at the scene treated him with a defibrillator and performed CPR In him. The soccer player regained consciousness but still required hospitalization in a cardio ward.

Clashes break out between IDF soldiers and Arabs in Shechem (Nablus). No Israelis injured, Palestinian Arabs report Ine dead.

Starting this morning, the Haifa-Tel Aviv rail line, which transports about 40,000 passengers every day, will be closed. As a result, unusually heavy traffic is expected In Route 2, Route 4, and Route 6.Trains from the north are expected to stop at Binyamina station, and trains from the south will stop at Netanya station. Shuttles will operate between these stations. Shuttle service will be increased between Binyamina and Beit Yehoshua, between the central station in Haifa and Savidor station in Tel Aviv, between Haifa station and the central station in Tel Aviv, and between Binyamina, Pardes Hana and Hadera to Tel Aviv.The line will be closed until Saturday night.

Bunker where Jewish Fighting Organization leader Mordechai Anielewicz was killed fighting the Nazis in 1943 uncovered.

Two American citizens died recently in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. This was stated by an American spokesman, who did not reveal any further details. The spokesman refused to specify when the day of death was and what the circumstances were.