Israel's Civil Administration designated 42 acres of the Herodium Park as state land on Monday in a move raising hopes that the 2,000-year-old site's tourism infrastructure will be upgraded and eventually designated as an international heritage site.
An Israeli man was shot and seriously wounded, and his two daughters lightly injured, in a Palestinian drive-by shooting near the Tekoa Junction in the Gush Etzion region south of Jerusalem on Sunday.