* Report: Hamas threatens to kill Schalit if IDF enters Gaza Hamas’s armed wing, Izzadin a-Kassam, has threatened to execute kidnapped IDF soldier Cpl. Gilad Schalit if the army enters Gaza.

* King Herod’s ancient tomb ‘found’ An Israeli archaeologist says he has found the tomb of King Herod, the ruler of Judea while it was under Roman administration in the first century BC.

* ‘Rice visit cancellation unprecedented’ A senior diplomatic official called the cancellation of US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s Israel visit unprecedented.

* Repeating Lebanon Mistakes in Gaza The recently-released Winograd Report listed one of its main objectives as educational.

* UN: Assad is not preparing for war While Syria is repairing its military positions along the border with Israel, its army has not beefed up its forces on the Golan Heights.

* China, Russia deny weapons breach China and Russia have denied claims by Amnesty International that they are supplying arms to Sudan for use in Darfur, in breach of a UN arms embargo.

* EU urges Serbia to form government, cool on new parliament speaker The European Commission on Tuesday urged Serbian leaders to speed up the formation of a pro-European government, saying that this was needed to resume stalled talks on closer ties.

* Hamas’ Mickey Mouse: Teaching Kids to Hate and Kill Hamas TV has a new children’s show which features a Mickey Mouse lookalike. But this Mickey does not romp about with Pluto, nor does he woo Minnie Mouse. Instead – he teaches his young viewers to fight the “Zionist Occupation” and dream of a world dominated by Islam.

* Arab population in Jerusalem growing, study says The growth rate of the Arab population in Jerusalem is almost double the growth rate of the Jewish population.

* EU predicts brighter economic future The European Commission has raised its growth and jobs expectations for EU economies in the coming two years.