UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon concerned by peace impasse, says settlements illegal under international law and hamper efforts to bring Israelis, Palestinians back to negotiating table

Reserve troops who set up surprise roadblock in order to check vehicles notice driver speeding towards them, fire at him under assumption he was trying to break through roadblock. Man sustains head wounds, taken to Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem

Heads of Lithuanian Orthodox yeshivot threaten not to attend weddings of students caught with mobile phone on premises

Crowd of angry Palestinians tries to block Michele Alliot-Marie's passage through Erez Crossing over statement mistakenly attributed to her. Report quoted French FM as saying Hamas's keeping of Gilad Shalit was war crime, when in fact she endorsed Red Cross visits for captive soldier. Hamas police eventually disperse crowd

Thousands attend funeral of president's wife in Ben Shemen Youth Village. 'To me she was everything a person should be,' Peres says

American Jewish Committee presents German chancellor with its Light unto the Nations Award for her outspoken support for Jews, Israel

Burglars break into Daniel Ayalon's house overnight, steal car, personal belongings. Ayalon reassures: 'There was nothing classified inside house'

After rude welcome in Gaza, French foreign minister received with flowers in southern Israeli town; mayor tells Michele Alliot-Marie about Qassam threat, children's traumas as result of rocket attacks