News Update, August 18, 2007

Qassam rockets and mortar shells fired at Negev; IAF targets rocket launchers in Gaza; two killed and several wounded in IDF operations near Nablus and Jenin in the West Bank.Aide to Abbas: Olmert not discussing with Abbas final status issues; report: Israel to pardon another 110 Fatah militants.Two hijackers of Turkish airliner surrender.Sheikh Raed Salah says Israel trying to divide Al Aqsa and Judaize Jerusalem.Ahmedinejad: Israel the standard bearer of Satan.Report: Syria receives firs shipment of Russian anti-aircraft missiles; Saudi Arabia accuses Syria of destabilizing the Middle East.