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Intense Israeli airstrikes target the Shati camp, west of Gaza City.

Polish PM Tusk: “Ukraine will win this war. We will save the independence of Ukraine, we will save the future of our generations.”

WATCH: UK police officers told an English man he could not display the English flag in England, prompting him to question, “But Palestinian flags fly the whole day?”

The IDF has dropped leaflets over the Al-Sahaba market, urging residents to evacuate south, calling it their final warning.

WATCH: The motorcade of Prime Minister Netanyahu leaving his hotel in Manhattan as he heads to the airport for his flight to Washington DC, where he will be meeting with President Trump later today.

A fire broke out a short while ago at Amshinov Yeshiva in Beitar Illit. No injuries were reported.

Olek, chairman of Ukraine’s parliament foreign affairs committee, praised Israel’s reported decision to supply Patriot systems to Ukraine, as announced by President Zelensky, calling it “a strong sign of solidarity and support for the right side of history.”

New footage shows a drone operator from Ukraine’s 59th Assault Brigade shooting down a Russian Mi-8 helicopter near Pokrovsk, first attempting a strike near the cockpit before ultimately hitting the fuel tanks; the low altitude allowed the pilot to land safely, but the helicopter was later seen burning on the ground in video from a second drone.

KLM Airlines announced it will resume operations in Israel, offering a daily flight to Amsterdam once service returns.

The Israeli Air Force carried out around 140 strikes across the Gaza Strip over the past day, targeting buildings used by terror groups, operatives, and other infrastructure, according to the military.

The IDF released a video showing troops locating an explosive device planted by Hamas in a high-rise building in Gaza City, with the military reporting that the bomb was discovered on the sixth floor of the tower using a drone; it was safely removed, and no one was injured.

Hurricane Humberto is expected to produce dangerous surf for Bermuda and the U.S. East Coast this week while Tropical Storm Imelda is strengthening near the Bahamas, forecasters said. Humberto remained a powerful Category 4 storm in the Atlantic early on Monday and a Tropical Storm Watch was in effect for Bermuda, the National Hurricane Center in Miami said. At 2 a.m. EDT, Humberto was located about 400 miles (645 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda moving northwest at 14 mph (22 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (220 kph), the center reported. The storm is expected to gradually turn before accelerating east-northeast by late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Humberto’s intensity could fluctuate in coming days before weakening but was forecast to remain a dangerous major hurricane over the next couple of days. Imelda formed Sunday and the hurricane center said it is gradually strengthening. At 2 a.m. EDT, the storm was about 130 miles (210 kilometers) northwest of the central Bahamas and about 315 miles (505 km) southeast of Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida. Imelda was moving north at 8 mph (13 kph) with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (75 kph), the center said. Imelda threatens parts of Cuba and the Bahamas On Sunday, the storm threatened parts of Cuba and the Bahamas with heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Portions of the Bahamas were under a tropical storm warning. The Bahamas’ Department of Meteorology said moderate to heavy rains would continue over the northwest and central islands, including Nassau, Andros Island, San Salvador and Long Island. Rainfall could top between 6 inches (15 centimeters) and 12 inches (30 centimeters), with up to 10 inches (25 centimeters) in isolated spots. “Residents in low-lying areas should take actions to mitigate property damages due to flooding,” the department said in a statement. The usually busy streets and seaside of New Providence Island were deserted Sunday as light but constant rain started to flood roads. Choppy sea water and gusts also kept tourists and residents away from the popular Potter’s Cay Dock in Nassau. Flights to and from the islands were canceled, with airports expected to reopen after weather conditions improve. South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said Imelda could bring high winds, heavy rain, and flooding to his state, and authorities there were prepositioning search and rescue crews over the weekend. “What we learn every time is we never know where they are going to go,” McMaster said at a news conference to discuss emergency preparations. “This storm is deadly serious. Not just serious. Deadly serious.” In North Carolina, Gov. Josh Stein declared a state of emergency even before Imelda formed. (AP)

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A reserve officer in the Military Rabbinate Corps who serves as a battalion rabbi was seriously injured on Monday in an explosion in the buffer zone in southern Syria He was evacuated by helicopter to Rambam Hospital in Haifa. The wounded officer is a Chabad shliach on a Jerusalem campus who has served many reserve rotations since the outbreak of the war and also fought in Gaza. The IDF is investigating the circumstances of the incident. The initial assessment is that the explosion was caused by an old Syrian mine but military sources said that other options are being investigated as well. According to reports, the officer was preparing the outpost for Yom Kippur and he apparently jumped from a tank that was parked near the outpost, unwittingly activating an old mine. The officer was scheduled to finish his reserve duty on Tuesday and return home. The public is asked to daven for a refuah sheleimah for Liraz Tzvi Halevi ben Sora Yehudis b’toch sha’ar cholei Yisrael. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

Democratic and Republican congressional leaders are heading to the White House for a meeting with President Donald Trump on Monday in a late effort to avoid a government shutdown, but both sides have shown hardly any willingness to budge from their entrenched positions. If government funding legislation isn’t passed by Congress and signed by Trump on Tuesday night, many government offices across the nation will be temporarily shuttered and nonexempt federal employees will be furloughed, adding to the strain on workers and the nation’s economy. Republicans are daring Democrats to vote against legislation that would keep government funding mostly at current levels, but Democrats have held firm. They’re using one of their few points of leverage to demand Congress take up legislation to extend health care benefits. “The meeting is a first step, but only a first step. We need a serious negotiation,” Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Trump has shown little interest in entertaining Democrats’ demands on health care, even as he agreed to hold a sit-down meeting Monday with Schumer, along with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, House Speaker Mike Johnson and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries. The Republican president has said repeatedly he fully expects the government to enter a shutdown this week. “If it has to shut down, it’ll have to shut down,” Trump said Friday. “But they’re the ones that are shutting down government.” The Trump administration has tried to pressure Democratic lawmakers into backing away from their demands, warning that federal employees could be permanently laid off in a funding lapse. “Chuck Schumer said a few months ago that a government shutdown would be chaotic, harmful and painful. He’s right, and that’s why we shouldn’t do it,” Thune, a South Dakota Republican, said Sunday on “Meet the Press.” Still, Democrats argued Trump’s agreement to hold a meeting shows he’s feeling the pressure to negotiate. They say that because Republicans control the White House and Congress, Americans will mostly blame them for any government shutdown. But to hold on to their negotiating leverage, Senate Democrats will likely have to vote against a bill to temporarily extend government funding on Tuesday, just hours before a shutdown — an uncomfortable position for a party that has long denounced shutdowns as pointless and destructive. The bill has already passed the Republican-controlled House and would keep the government funded for seven more weeks while Congress works on annual spending legislation. Any legislation to fund the government will need support from at least 60 senators. That means that at least eight Democrats would have to vote for the short-term funding bill, because Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky is expected to vote against it. During the last potential government shutdown in March, Schumer and nine other Democrats voted to break a filibuster and allow a Republican-led funding bill to advance to a final vote. The New York Democrat faced fierce backlash from many in his own party for that decision, with some even calling for him to step down as Democratic leader. This time, Schumer appears resolute. “We’re hearing from the American people that they need help on health care and as for these massive layoffs, guess what? Simple one-sentence answer: They’re doing it anyway,” he said. Democrats are pushing for an extension […]