Settlers attack undercover Israeli police in Hebron ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency October 8, 2012 - 12:00am TEL AVIV, Israel (Ma'an) -- Three young Israeli settlers are in custody on suspicion of attacking undercover Israeli officers posing as Palestinian shepherds in southern Hebron, Israeli media reported on Sunday. Israeli police said the settlers punched the officers and attacked them with clubs last week, assuming they were Palestinians, Israeli news site Ynet reported. Another suspect fled the scene when police identified themselves to the masked group, the report said. » Read more

Settlers' assaults in West Bank obstruct olives picking again ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua October 8, 2012 - 12:00am RAMALLAH, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- Right after Jom'aa Abu Fkheida and his family members had hardly managed to escape from Israeli settlers' truculent dogs, which tried to attack them in Ras Karkar village near Ramallah, an Israeli army force blockaded them for several hours under their olive trees. » Read more

Iran says drone incursion displays Israel's vulnerability ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua October 9, 2012 - 12:00am TEHRAN, Oct. 9 (Xinhua) -- An Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) general said the fact that an unmanned aerial vehicle recently penetrated into Israeli airspace shows the vulnerability of Israel's air defenses, Tehran Times daily reported Tuesday. According to media reports on Saturday, the Israeli military announced in the day that a warplane of Israel had shot a drone down near the occupied West Bank in the southern country. » Read more

Israel deploys missile defense system days after shooting down suspect drone over its skies ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press October 9, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — Israel’s military has deployed a missile defense system near the Lebanese border, days after warplanes shot down a mysterious unmanned aircraft that entered its skies. An army spokesman said on Tuesday that the Patriot missile defense battery was deployed in the northern city of Haifa. He refused to say if the battery’s deployment was connected to Saturday’s drone incident. The drone is widely believed to have originated in Lebanon. He spoke anonymously in line with military regulations. » Read more

Lebanon Says Israeli Planes Circled Its Airspace for an Hour ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - October 7, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — The morning after the Israeli Air Force shot down an unidentified drone in the Negev Desert, the Lebanese government said that four Israeli warplanes spent an hour on Sunday illegally circling in its airspace. The Israeli Defense Forces refused to confirm or deny the report from the Lebanese Army, which said the planes entered above the village of Kfar Kila at 10:10 a.m. and left above Naqoura an hour later. » Read more

Israel Launches Airstrikes After Attacks From Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Fares Akram, Isabel Kershner - October 8, 2012 - 12:00am JERUSALEM — Gaza militants fired a barrage of rockets and mortar shells into Israeli territory on Monday, causing no casualties but some property damage, after an Israeli airstrike in southern Gaza on Sunday killed one Palestinian and wounded at least nine others. » Read more