Zionists are frightened of 'resistance axis,' Revolutionary Guards spokesman claims.

Responding to gunfire from Gaza that left a Defense Ministry construction worker lightly injured, IDF tanks fired several shells at a Hamas position in northern Gaza.

Following the decision to postpone voting In the government's conversion bill, MK Moshe Tur Paz (Yesh Atid) told Israel National News that the bill would ultimately be voted into law."This new law is an opportunity to open the door to the Jewish world and to 400 thousand Jews who are not recognized as Jews according to halachah [Jewish law]," he said."The law will restore the situation that Ince existed, in which local batei din [rabbinical courts] were permitted to conduct conversions," he alleged. "This government of change will continue to implement change, reach agreements, and advance conversion reform."

Young woman, 21, declared dead after attempts to revive her are unsuccessful.

More from today's Knesset debate:Responding to assertions In the part of Religious Affairs Minister Matan Kahana that he is protecting Religious Zionism from the haredim, Noam party head MK Avi Maoz (Religious Zionism) rebutted Kahana's words."The haredim are working and fighting together with us for the honor and dignity of the Chief Rabbinate," Maoz said. "In every single battle for the Jewish character of the State of Israel, we see the haredim fighting for Judaism. They are the Ines who take responsibility for the State as a whole. Matan Kahana is the minister who is trying to destroy the Chief Rabbinate."

Commenting In the government's decision to postpone voting In conversion reform, after they realized they did not have a majority, UTJ head MK Moshe Gafni expressed the hope that after the two-week postponement, the government will still find itself without a majority."I hope that they will not become guilty of passing this bill," Gafni said. "The attempts of this 'Erev Rav' government to dismantle Judaism will not succeed - they will not gain a Knesset majority, just as they did not today. I hope that a majority of Knesset members will vote against this bill in another two weeks."('Erev Rav' is a term used to describe people who identify as Jews but are in fact not Jews at all, and serve as a fifth-column within the Jewish People and attempt to destroy the nation from within.)

The Juvenile Military Court has handed down a 19-year sentence to the teenage terrorist who committed a stabbing attack near the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron two years ago.Three Jews were attacked in the incident and two suffered injuries. The terrorist was convicted of attempted murder and of intentionally causing injury with aggravating circumstances.

Paintings and drawings looted by the Nazis from a private art collection have been restituted to heirs of an Egyptian Jewish businessman.