When Samal Ziyad came home for a holiday in his village in northern Israel, he wasn't ashamed of his IDF uniform, nor of the tattoo on his arm that reads: 'Long live the State of Israel' tattoo. 'Since I was little my father has encouraged me to serve,' Ziyad says. His commander calls him a 'remarkable soldier and a fantastic fighter.'

A resident of northern Israel, with a past as a fighter in the Border Police, infiltrated the ranks of drug dealers and motorcycle thieves, leading to their arrest. After protests regarding the Al-Aqsa mosque became violent, the agent supplied authorities with intelligence that led to the arrest of Molotov cocktail throwers.

US secretary of state says one-state solution would endanger Israel's security, and urged leaders on both sides to return to negotiating table, lamenting that 'the level of distrust between them has never been more profound.'

Israel endures a particularly cold couple of days with below-zero and near-freezing temperatures measured throughout the north and coastal area.

'In order to have peace, the other side must decide it too wants peace,' prime minister says in response to Kerry, who urged Israel and the Palestinians to return to the negotiating table.

Law enforcement authorities reject claims by families of suspects arrested in connection with the Dawabsheh murders. However, they admit they are using 'draconian' methods against the suspects.

In Caesarea a protest march arrived at the house of the prime minister; other demonstrators gathered in Tel Aviv, Modi'in, Kiryat Shmona, Ashdod, Kfar Yona and other places, all protesting against the natural gas plan.

Using ladders 6-10 meters high and the help of smugglers, migrants manage to bypass new border fence; IDF troops arrest them and take them to Saharonim detention center.