The land crossings authority of the Ministry of Defense foiled an attempt to smuggle cigarettes worth hundreds of thousands of shekels • The cigarettes were disposed of in pineapples whose heads were cut off, their contents were removed and dozens of cigarettes in plastic bags were placed inside them • The coordinator of government operations in the territories, Major General Yoram Halevi, ordered an immediate freeze on the authorization given to the captured company to bring aid into the Gaza Strip until further notice