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Yerushalayim has rejected a proposed visit to the Gaza Strip by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel’s Kan public broadcaster reported on Tuesday.

Egypt had agreed to allow Abbas to enter Gaza via the Rafah border crossing but demanded that Israel approve the visit, which it did not.

An Arab diplomat from a country in the region confirmed to Kan that Ramallah had appealed to Israel and Egypt to assist with the visit.

According to the source, Egypt is ready to open the Rafah crossing to Abbas because it wants to strengthen its presence in Gaza and prepare for the P.A. to control the territory after the war, including the Gaza side of the crossing.

A senior P.A. official in Ramallah told Kan last month that an official request had also been submitted to Israel for Abbas to enter the Strip via one of the Israeli crossings, at Erez or Kerem Shalom.

The P.A. leader has not visited Gaza since Hamas violently seized control of the enclave in 2007.

(JNS)

With the assistance of Boro Park Shomrim volunteers, the NYPD arrested a suspect involved in spraying graffiti at 15th Avenue and 64th Street.

The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and subsequent heavy rain that triggered floods and landslides climbed to 87 on Tuesday, with 70 people missing and hundreds injured, state media said. Typhoon Yagi was the strongest typhoon to hit Vietnam in decades when it made landfall Saturday with winds of up to 149 kph (92 mph). It killed nine people and then weakened Sunday, but downpours continued. Vietnamese state broadcaster VTV reported that 87 people are confirmed dead and 70 remain missing. Most of the deaths were caused by flooding and landslides, it said. Water levels in several rivers, including the Red River that flows through the capital, Hanoi, were dangerously high. Authorities evacuated families living close to the river in Hanoi on Tuesday. On Monday, a bridge collapsed and a bus was swept away, while factories in northern provinces like Haiphong were damaged. One of the hardest-hit provinces is Cao Bang, where 19 people died and 36 others are missing because of landslides in the hilly area. A landslide in Cao Bang tipped over a bus carrying about 20 people into a flooded stream on Monday. It was swept away and rescuers have only been able to save one person. Two bodies were recovered and the others remain missing, state media VN Express said. Heavy rainfall and landslides also killed 19 people in northwestern Lao Cai province bordering China. Video obtained by The Associated Press showed soil sliding down a hill onto houses and a road while people fled for safety. A steel bridge in northern Phu Tho province collapsed into the Red River. Reports said 10 cars and trucks and two motorbikes fell into the river. Three people were rescued while 13 remain missing, state media said Tuesday, adding that rescue operations were continuing. (AP)

A Belgian court on Monday gave lengthy prison sentences to two members of a Muslim terrorist cell for plotting to attack local Jews and other targets.

The court in Brugge sentenced a man and his wife, from Chechnya, Russia, to 15 and eight years in prison respectively. Four of their co-conspirators, including the man’s brother, received suspended sentences and fines. A seventh defendant was acquitted, the Antwerp-based, Dutch-language news site HLN reported.

The man, identified as Abubakar S., and his accomplices had planned in the summer of 2023 to attack a target in a Jewish neighborhood of Antwerp, while luring police and emergency services into a trap, HLN reported.

“They had worked out remarkably concrete plans to carry out attacks,” Amélie Van Belleghem, spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office, told the media.

Michael Freilich, a lawmaker in the Belgian parliament who is Jewish, told JNS that his own predominantly Charedi community of Antwerp is especially at risk in Europe because of its visibility. Freilich commended police, which got to the conspirators thanks to an informant or agent.

Antisemitic incitement is happening in Belgium outside Muslim circles, as well, Frelich noted. He cited a recent column by author Herman Brusselmans, who wrote that he’s resisting the urge to “ram a knife through the throat of every Jew.” The incendiary remarks, which caused a public outcry and spurred legal action, come at a time when anti-Jewish hatred is escalating around the globe, including in Belgium, in the wake of Israel’s 10-month-long war against Hamas in Gaza.

On social media, Brusselmans’ comments generated an outpouring of unabashed antisemitic incitement, Freilich said on Monday at a conference organized in Yerushalayim by the Israel Defense and Security Forum and Hungary’s Danube Institute.

(JNS)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was confronted by Elchanan Danino, the father of murdered hostage Ori Danino hy”d, during the shiva for his son. Ori, 25, had endured 11 months of captivity by Hamas in underground tunnels before being killed alongside five other hostages as the IDF closed in on a rescue attempt. Elchanan Danino criticized Netanyahu for the political divisions in Israel, appearing to refer to the Prime Minister’s efforts to overhaul the Supreme Court, which sparked months of protests before the devastating Hamas attack on October 7th. “You people on high have to stop dealing with nonsense and stirring up fights and disagreement,” Danino said to Netanyahu. “Without unity, we don’t deserve this country; there will be no rebuilding without this land.” Danino urged Netanyahu to reflect on his leadership and the values guiding his decisions. “Shut your office for 10 minutes a day and think about where your Jewish values are… spend time alone with your creator and think, where is God in your picture, where are your Jewish values?” he asked. “This disaster happened because of the division and schisms. It’s as clear as the sun… There is no price on human life,” Danino said. Danino also held Netanyahu directly accountable for the situation in Gaza, saying, “My son was murdered in a tunnel that you built on your watch [by allowing funds and materials into Gaza]… You’ve been in power for many years. The concrete and the dollars went in on your watch.” Netanyahu responded by referring to the complex challenges he faces, including pressure from global and local forces. “I won’t tell you what goes on behind closed doors… I was alone… Against the whole world. Facing the president of the United States and people here, and facing military elements here… It’s not only Hamas. It’s not only Hezbollah. It’s an atomic weapon they’ll drop here on all of us.” Danino remained critical, responding, “You didn’t do it [tackle Hamas] for 15 years…. You did nothing.” Netanyahu attempted to defend his record, but Danino cut in, saying, “Did you come here to listen or to be listened to? Because what you have to say we’ve heard for 15 years.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

The Palestinian Authority is circulating a draft resolution at the United Nations General Assembly, calling on Israel to withdraw from Yehuda and Shomron and remove approximately 500,000 Israeli citizens living in the territory within six months. According to a report by Israel’s Channel 12, the resolution cites a July 19 advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and is expected to be brought to a vote next week. The 79th session of the U.N. General Assembly is set to open on Sept. 10. In addition to urging Israel’s withdrawal, the draft text calls on U.N. member states to impose sanctions on Israeli officials, including banning trade with Jewish businesses in Yehuda and Shomron and restricting weapons sales to Israel that could be used in the area. Israel’s Ambassador to the U.N., Danny Danon, condemned the move and called on the 193-member General Assembly to reject the resolution. “Let it be clear: Nothing will stop nor deter Israel in its mission to bring back all the hostages and defeat Hamas,” Danon said, referencing the ongoing conflict with the terror group. “If this resolution passes… it would be a reward for terrorism and a message to the world that the barbaric massacre of children, the rape of women, and the kidnapping of innocent civilians is a profitable move,” he added. While the General Assembly often passes resolutions supported by the Palestinian Authority, especially with the backing of Arab and Muslim countries, these resolutions are non-binding. The resolution draws on a July 19 advisory opinion from the ICJ, which deemed Israel’s 57-year presence in Yehuda and Shomron “unlawful” and called for the end of Israeli settlements. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the ruling, saying no “absurd” opinion could deny Israelis the right to live in their ancestral home. Bafflingly, despite its ongoing efforts to pressure Israel through legal means, the Biden-Harris administration continues to push for the Palestinian Authority to take control of Gaza after the current conflict ends. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

REFUAH HELPLINE MARKS 30 YEARS SINCE ITS FOUNDING WITH HISTORIC CAMPAIGN —  WILL FEATURE INAUGURAL KAPITEL-A-DAY INITIATIVE BY HUNDREDS OF RAISERS It is hard to imagine a world without Refuah Helpline. Whenever a medical issue arises, Yidden know where they can turn to, and on whom they can fully rely to guide and support them until they see a refuah shleimah BEZ”H.  But it wasn’t always this way. 30 years ago, this modest mission was launched, one that has over the years grown to become the extended family of every patient, moving heaven and earth to ensure the best available care and standing beside them diligently until their ordeal is over BEZ”H. This week, the organization is celebrating the 30-year milestone by recommitting itself further to Klal Yisroel, and by inviting the community to step up and partake in its annual fundraising event towards this mission — donating millions of dollars in support of these vital year-round efforts.  This year’s campaign will also see the launch of a first-of-its-kind initiative uniting the many raisers in a way that will go even further on behalf of Cholei Yisroel. ‘Kapitel-A-Day’ will see each raiser take upon themselves a perek in Tehillim that they will recite every single day, and together see the entire Tehillim completed thousands of times throughout the year ahead. “We envision Kapitel-A-Day to become not just a vessel for yeshuos, but also unite our raisers in one exclusive membership group, and have those close to them honor their participation with generous donations,” a member of the Refuah Helplime Campaign Team shared with us. The truth is that Tehillim has long been a part of how Refuah Helpline operates, with the case workers and other staff complementing their far-reaching efforts with the power of tefilah. The organization has always gone all the way for every patient — whether it’s a transfer or a transplant, an emergency procedure or an experimental trial, or anything a patient may need — but truly powering impactful results requires the one tool that our nation has always been able to rely on: tefilah. The cost of Refuah Helpline’s unparalleled and unyielding devotion is great, and it is wholly dependent on the community contributing their fair share. As one of the leading raisers told us, “this isn’t just Refuah Helpline’s mission, it belongs to all of us!”  The campaign organizers report that the community, from major philanthropists to grassroots donors, is already showing its eagerness to do its part during the pre-campaign period — with much more yet to come.  The campaign will culminate on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep. 10 and 11, with tens of thousands of individual donors helping the organization reach its multimillion dollar goal so that they can meet their annual budget demands.  To do your part, visit Charidy.com/Refuah or call 845.606.9222 and submit your donation.  Cholei Yisroel are counting on you! CLICK BELOW! https://www.charidy.com/refuah

The IDF released shocking video, in which IDF Spokesperson, RAdm. Daniel Hagari reveales the tunnel where 6 hostages were held in brutal conditions by Hamas, and then executed.

The IDF has released a video showing the inside of a Hamas tunnel in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah, where six Israeli hostages were executed by Hamas terrorists. The footage, taken in late August, shows the tunnel where Israeli troops later recovered the bodies of the hostages. Hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Alex Lobanov, Carmel Gat, and Almog Sarusi were killed on August 29 before being discovered by Israeli forces two days later. The tunnel, part of Hamas’s Rafah Brigade’s underground network, spanned 120 meters and was located 20 meters below ground. The tunnel was used by Hamas militants as a command center, and it contained supplies, including food, water, and equipment, suggesting that both the hostages and their captors had been living underground for several weeks. The IDF believes the terrorists used these resources to sustain the hostages while moving them through Gaza’s extensive tunnel network. Among the items found were assault rifle magazines and makeshift accommodations such as mattresses. Despite earlier efforts to locate hostages in the Tel Sultan area, the IDF did not have concrete intelligence on their exact whereabouts. Troops conducted operations both above and below ground, eventually discovering the tunnel shaft on August 30, which had been sealed by Hamas. The bodies of the six hostages were found behind a locked blast door the following day. The IDF has also stated that, two days before the hostages were killed, troops rescued another hostage, Farhan al-Qadi, from a different tunnel nearby, part of the same underground network. However, Hamas had blocked off direct access between the two tunnels. In the days following the discovery of the hostages, Israeli troops eliminated two Hamas gunmen attempting to escape from the tunnel complex. Their bodies were taken for DNA testing to confirm whether they were directly involved in the murders. The video footage, captured by IDF Spokesman Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, was first shown to the families of the hostages and members of the Israeli cabinet. It has since been made public to illustrate the brutality of Hamas and its disregard for civilian lives. At the same time, the IDF is investigating the leak of the hostages’ names, which occurred before their bodies were officially recovered. The leak, which was made public before the families were notified, has raised serious concerns about operational security and the psychological impact on the hostages’ families. The release of the footage comes as the IDF continues operations against Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon, striking key military targets and eliminating terrorist leaders as part of Israel’s broader campaign against terror groups in the region. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Over 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, including Moscow and surrounding areas, killing at least one person and injuring eight, officials said Tuesday, in one of the biggest drone attacks on Russian soil in the 2 1/2-year war. A woman died in the town of Ramenskoye, just outside Moscow, where drones hit two multistory residential buildings and started fires, Moscow region Gov. Andrei Vorobyov said. Five residential buildings were evacuated due to falling drone debris, Vorobyov said. The attack also prompted the authorities to shut three airports just outside Moscow — Vnukovo, Domodedovo and Zhukovsky — forcing 48 flights to be diverted to other airports, according to Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia. The first two airports reopened in the morning but Zhukovsky was still closed in the afternoon because law enforcement officers were dealing with drone debris there, an airport spokesperson told the Interfax news agency. It was the second massive Ukrainian drone attack on Russia this month. On Sept. 1, the Russian military said it intercepted 158 Ukrainian drones over more than a dozen Russian regions in what Russian media described as the biggest Ukrainian drone barrage since the start of the war. Russia’s Investigative Committee announced a criminal investigation into what it described as a terror attack. Russia, meanwhile, has pummeled Ukraine with missiles, glide bombs and its own drones, killing over 10,000 civilians, according to the United Nations. Ukraine has invested a lot of effort in developing domestic drone production, extending the drones’ range, payload and uses. It has increasingly used drone blitzes to slow Russia’s war machine, disrupt Russian society and poke the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials have complained that weapons pledged by the country’s Western partners fall short of what the Ukrainian military needs and commonly arrive long after they were promised. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged defense companies to increase their output. On the battlefield’s 1,000-kilometer (600-mile) front line, Ukrainian troops are up against Russia’s larger and better-equipped army. The two sides are especially contesting parts of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, fighting over towns and villages that are bombed-out wrecks, while Ukraine last month launched a bold incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region. In Moscow on Monday night, drone debris fell on a private house on the outskirts of the city, but no one was hurt, Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said. He counted over a dozen drones heading toward Moscow that were shot down by air defenses as they were approaching the city. Overall, Russia’s Defense Ministry said it “intercepted and destroyed” 144 Ukrainian drones over nine Russian regions, including those on the border with Ukraine and those deeper inside Russia. Ukrainian officials declined to comment on the attack. Moscow and the surrounding region have often come under attack throughout the war. In May 2023, Russian officials said Ukraine tried to attack the Kremlin with drones which lightly damaged the roof of the palace that includes one of Putin’s official residences. In August 2023, a drone attack on Moscow’s prestigious business district blew out part of a section of windows on a high-rise building and sent glass cascading to the streets, unsettling Muscovites. The attacks exposed gaps in the city and region’s air defenses. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian air force said Russia launched 46 Shahed drones and two missiles at Ukraine overnight. The air force […]

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant asserted on Monday that the Hamas terror group is no longer capable of maintaining an organized fighting force in the Gaza Strip after more than 11 months of war.

“Hamas as a military formation no longer exists. Hamas is engaged in guerrilla warfare and we are still fighting Hamas terrorists and pursuing Hamas leadership,” he told foreign journalists at his office at Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv, according to AFP‘s account. The remarks were released for publication on Tuesday.

He made the comments in the context of promoting a potential ceasefire agreement that would see the 101 remaining hostages, both alive and dead, released in exchange for many more Palestinian terrorists in Israeli prisons.

Gallant said bringing the hostages home is “the right thing to do.”

“Achieving an agreement is also a strategic opportunity that gives us a high chance to change the security situation on all fronts,” he added, with the Jewish state also facing threats from Iran’s regional proxies, including in the north from Hezbollah.

Hamas started the war on Oct. 7, 2023 when the terror group led a mass invasion of Israel’s northwestern Negev, murdering, wounding and committing atrocities against thousands, and abducting at least 250.

Gallant urged the international community to continue to pressure Hamas to agree to the deal on the table, and said he consented to the first stage of the three-phase agreement announced by U.S. President Joe Biden on May 31.

“Israel should achieve an agreement that will bring about a pause for six weeks and bring back hostages,” he said.

In July, Gallant said that the process of destroying Hamas would take a long time.

“The pursuit of Hamas terrorists will continue for years to come—from the most senior ones to the terrorists in the field. We must remember at any given time—and you were here on Oct. 7—we need to remember what Hamas did to us,” said Gallant.

“We must eliminate any terrorist who murdered children, raped women and kidnapped the elderly. We must also deter anyone who may attempt to conduct such heinous acts in the future,” he added.

Later on Tuesday, speaking to reservists of the IDF’s Oded Brigade serving in the north, Gallant reiterated that Israel plans to move its focus to the border with Lebanon as intense fighting is winding down in Gaza.

“The center of gravity is moving to the north. We are nearing the completion of our missions in the south, but we have a task here that has not been carried out, and this mission is to change the security situation and return the residents to their homes,” Gallant stated.

In August, Gallant vowed to push back Hezbollah terrorists north of the Litani River, in accordance with U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701 that ended the 2006 Second Lebanon War with the Iranian proxy.

“We deal with both removing threats and preparing all the possibilities to be able to attack wherever we decide,” said Gallant during a visit to an IDF intelligence base in northern Israel. He was briefed on the intelligence operations that enabled the July targeted killing in Beirut of Hezbollah military chief Fuad Shukr, also known as al-Hajj Mohsin.

“We are determined to fulfill our mission; we must allow the safe return of [Israel’s northern] residents to their homes, once we ensure that Hezbollah withdraws north of the Litani River,” added the defense minister.

(JNS)

In a heated exchange on CNN Monday, former Republican Congressman Scott Taylor challenged host Anderson Cooper regarding the network’s history of promoting narratives that later proved to be false. When Cooper pressed Taylor on Trump’s claims of voter fraud in Pennsylvania, asserting that there was “no evidence” to support them, Taylor defended Trump’s stance. “The reality is there are folks who have issues with this. They want to have a safe and secure election, just like anyone, and the former president is highlighting that,” Taylor explained. Cooper responded, saying that beginning an argument by saying, “There are people who believe this,” weakens the position. “That’s like classic high school debate stuff,” Cooper argued. Taylor fired back, pointing to previous controversial stories that CNN had covered. “Anderson, with all due respect, with all due respect, then that would be the same with the Steele Dossier, Hunter Biden’s laptop, lab leak theory dismissal, Jussie Smollett, and so on and so on. On this network, be honest, I mean you guys didn’t have the facts correct there, right? And people believe those things. With all due respect.” Former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger, an anti-Trump activist who was also part of the panel, pushed back against Taylor’s comparisons, claiming that the controversies Taylor mentioned were not attempts to “overthrow an election.” Taylor countered, “Oh really, Adam? This ‘Russia, Russia’ and Hunter Biden laptop wasn’t an attempt to interfere with the election? Of course it was, you know that.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Renowned Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz announced on Sunday that he has parted ways with the Democratic Party due to its stance on Israel. Dershowitz, a lifelong Democrat, told Newsmax’s “Sunday Report” that he now considers himself an independent. “I may still vote Democrat, but I can’t be associated with the party with that platform,” Dershowitz said, referencing the Democratic National Convention. “Paraphrasing Ronald Reagan, I didn’t leave the Democratic Party. The Democratic Party has left me.” Dershowitz cited the convention’s speakers, including Keith Ellison, Al Sharpton, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders, as having views on Israel that he cannot agree with. “This is not the kind of party I can feel associated with,” he said. Although Dershowitz has supported former President Donald Trump in the past, he remains undecided on who he will vote for in the upcoming election. He did, however, criticize Democratic nominee Kamala Harris for boycotting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress. Dershowitz also shared his thoughts on the upcoming Trump-Harris debate, predicting that Harris will provide “standard answers” and avoid tough economic questions. He suggested that Trump should challenge Harris to appear before the Economic Club of New York to answer difficult economic questions. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

South Africa is attempting to extend the deadline for presenting evidence against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague because it is unable to prove its allegations of genocide, Kan News reported on Tuesday.

The move comes some nine months after the country submitted a suit against the Jewish state over the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct in the war against the Hamas terror group in Gaza, claiming that the IDF is committing genocide.

South Africa is required to submit its evidence on Oct. 28, but is trying to extend the deadline by several months in the hope that evidence proving their genocide accusations will come from other places.

Kan noted how unusual the tactic is, as plaintiffs generally want to expedite the proceedings, and the defendant, in this case Israel, wants to slow it down.

Axios reported on Monday about an Israeli campaign to exact a heavy price in the diplomatic arena for South Africa’s ICJ suit, with the Israeli Foreign Ministry in recent weeks engaged in a diplomatic effort to prevent South Africa from moving forward with the case, including sending a classified cable to the Israeli embassy in Washington and all Israeli consulates in the United States.

“We are asking you to immediately work with lawmakers on the federal and state level, with governors and Jewish organizations to put pressure on South Africa to change its policy towards Israel and to make clear that continuing their current actions like supporting Hamas and pushing anti-Israeli moves in international courts will come with a heavy price,” the cable read.

(JNS)

The United States and Britain formally accused Iran on Tuesday of supplying short-range ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war in Ukraine, and said they will take measures to punish those involved. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking alongside British Foreign Secretary David Lammy during a visit to London, said that sanctions would be announced later Tuesday. “Russia has now received shipments of these ballistic missiles and will likely use them within weeks in Ukraine, against Ukrainians,” Blinken said. “The supply of Iranian missiles enables Russia to use more of its arsenal for targets that are further from the front line.” It comes as Blinken and Lammy are preparing to make a joint visit Wednesday to Ukraine, where they will meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other senior officials to discuss bolstering the country’s defenses. The Kremlin is trying to repel Ukraine’s surprise offensive that has claimed hundreds of miles of territory in Russia’s Kursk region. The accusations about Iranian missiles could embolden Zelenskyy to further ramp up pressure on the U.S. and other allies to allow Ukraine to use Western-supplied missiles to strike deep inside Russia and hit sites from which Moscow launches aerial attacks. President Joe Biden has allowed Ukraine to fire U.S.-provided missiles across the border into Russia in self-defense but largely limited the distance over concerns about further escalating the conflict. That has not stopped Ukraine from using its own weapons to hit targets deeper in Russia, launching on Tuesday one of the biggest drone attacks on Russian soil in the 2 1/2-year war that targeted multiple regions including Moscow. The rare joint visit to Kyiv was, unusually, announced in advance, in a public signal of U.S-.U.K. support for Ukraine ahead of what’s likely to be a brutal winter of Russian attacks. It will be followed by a meeting at the White House on Friday between Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, with support for Ukraine’s defense on the agenda. Asked whether the U.S. would allow weapons it supplied to strike targets in Russia, Blinken said all use of weapons needed to be allied to a strategy. He said one goal of the joint visit this week “is to hear directly from the Ukrainian leadership, including … President Zelenskyy, about exactly how the Ukrainians see their needs in this moment, toward what objectives, and what we can do to support those needs.” “All I can tell you is we will be listening intently to our Ukrainian partners, we will both be reporting back to the prime minister, to President Biden in the coming days and I fully anticipate this is something they will take up when they meet on Friday,” he said. Word of the alleged transfers from Iran began to emerge over the weekend with reports that U.S. intelligence indicated they were underway, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on condition of anonymity. Lammy called the missile transfers part of “a troubling pattern that we’re seeing. It is definitely a significant escalation.” Iran has denied providing Russia with weapons for its war in Ukraine. “Iran considers the provision of military assistance to the parties engaged in the conflict — which leads to increased human casualties, destruction of infrastructure, and a distancing from ceasefire negotiations — to be inhumane,” according […]

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REFUAH HELPLINE MARKS 30 YEARS SINCE ITS

FOUNDING WITH HISTORIC CAMPAIGN — 

WILL FEATURE INAUGURAL KAPITEL-A-DAY INITIATIVE

BY HUNDREDS OF RAISERS

It is hard to imagine a world without Refuah Helpline. Whenever a medical issue arises, Yidden know

where they can turn to, and on whom they can fully rely to guide and support them until they see a

refuah shleimah BEZ”H. 

But it wasn’t always this way. 30 years ago, this modest mission was launched, one that has over the

years grown to become the extended family of every patient, moving heaven and earth to ensure the

best available care and standing beside them diligently until their ordeal is over BEZ”H.

This week, the organization is celebrating the 30-year milestone by recommitting itself further to Klal

Yisroel, and by inviting the community to step up and partake in its annual fundraising event towards

this mission — donating millions of dollars in support of these vital year-round efforts. 

This year’s campaign will also see the launch of a first-of-its-kind initiative uniting the many raisers in a

way that will go even further on behalf of Cholei Yisroel.

‘Kapitel-A-Day’ will see each raiser take upon themselves a perek in Tehillim that they will recite every

single day, and together see the entire Tehillim completed thousands of times throughout the year

ahead.

“We envision Kapitel-A-Day to become not just a vessel for yeshuos, but also unite our raisers in one

exclusive membership group, and have those close to them honor their participation with generous

donations,” a member of the Refuah Helplime Campaign Team shared with us.

The truth is that Tehillim has long been a part of how Refuah Helpline operates, with the case workers

and other staff complementing their far-reaching efforts with the power of tefilah. The organization has

always gone all the way for every patient — whether it’s a transfer or a transplant, an emergency

procedure or an experimental trial, or anything a patient may need — but truly powering impactful

results requires the one tool that our nation has always been able to rely on: tefilah.

The cost of Refuah Helpline’s unparalleled and unyielding devotion is great, and it is wholly dependent

on the community contributing their fair share. As one of the leading raisers told us, “this isn’t just

Refuah Helpline’s mission, it belongs to all of us!” 

The campaign organizers report that the community, from major philanthropists to grassroots donors, is

already showing its eagerness to do its part during the pre-campaign period — with much more yet to

come. 

The campaign will culminate on Tuesday and Wednesday, Sep. 10 and 11, with tens of thousands of

individual donors helping the organization reach its multimillion dollar goal so that they can meet their

annual budget demands. 

To do your part, visit Charidy.com/Refuah or call 845.606.9222 and submit your donation. 

Cholei Yisroel are counting on you! CLICK BELOW!

https://www.charidy.com/refuah

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On Tuesday morning, IDF Col. (Res.) Golan Vach was seriously injured in central Gaza when a tunnel shaft collapsed on him.

Col. Vach was rescued by the IDF and taken to a hospital in Israel in stable condition, and his family has been notified.

Following the 2021 Surfside building collapse, Col. Vach led the Israeli search and rescue unit which famously arrived to help the local authorities. He also led the Israeli team in Turkey following a massive earthquake in 2023, and led the IDF’s search and rescue operations in southern Israel following October 7th.

Following the tunnel collapse, the IDF released a statement saying: ‘Earlier this morning (Tuesday), during operational activity to investigate and dismantle underground infrastructure in the central Gaza Strip, a tunnel shaft collapsed, trapping an IDF officer.
The officer was rescued and was evacuated to a hospital to receive further medical treatment. His family has been notified.’

{Matzav.com} 

The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday rejected Hamas’s claims that dozens of civilians were killed and wounded in an overnight airstrike on a Hamas command-and-control center in the humanitarian area near Khan Yunis in southern Gaza.

Three senior Hamas operatives were among the terrorists killed in the strike, carried out by Israeli Air Force fighter jets acting under the direction of the Israel Security Agency and the IDF.

The military named them as Samer Ismail Khadr Abu Daqqa, head of Hamas’ aerial unit in Gaza; Osama Tabesh, head of the observation and targets department in Hamas’s military intelligence; and Ayman Mabhouh, another senior Hamas terrorist.

“These terrorists were directly involved in the execution of the October 7th Massacre and have been recently operating to carry out terror activities against the IDF and the State of Israel,” the military stated.

The terrorists’ presence was confirmed before the strike via extensive intelligence gathering and aerial surveillance, according to the IDF.

Hamas authorities claimed that more than 40 people were killed and at least 60 others wounded in the attack, with many remaining missing as rescue workers continued to search the area. The IDF refuted the figures, citing the terror organization’s history of making up and distorting statistics.

“According to an initial review, the numbers published by the Hamas-run Government Information Office in Gaza, which has consistently broadcast lies and false information throughout the war, do not align with the information held by the IDF, the precise munitions used, and the accuracy of the strike,” the military said.

Reuters cited “residents and medics” in Gaza who said that at least four missiles struck the tent encampment in the Al-Mawasi area near Khan Yunis. The Hamas-run Gaza civil emergency service told the news agency that at least 20 tents caught fire and that the missiles had left craters at least 30 feet deep.

The IDF accused Hamas of continuing to endanger noncombatants by conducting terrorist activities from within safe zones.

“Despite the extensive measures taken by the IDF to enable the Gazan population to move away from combat zones, including by designating a Humanitarian Area, the Hamas terrorist organization continues to embed its operatives and military infrastructure in the Humanitarian Area and systematically use Gazan civilians as a human shield for its terrorist activities,” the IDF statement concluded.

(JNS)

CNBC’s Jim Cramer and David Faber tore into former President Donald Trump’s economic proposals, calling his plans for mass deportation and tariffs a recipe for disaster. On Monday’s “Squawk on the Street,” the hosts slammed Trump’s ideas as “massively inflationary” and likened them to the economic catastrophe of the Great Depression. Faber questioned the impact of Trump’s policies on wages, asking, “What happens when you put tariffs on goods and stop immigration and force migrants to leave? In terms of wages, isn’t that going to be inflationary?” Cramer responded, “Of course! Of course! I mean, when you see tariffs like that, obviously you think about 1929 to ’32 and realize how wrong they are.” In a tongue-in-cheek remark, Cramer suggested Trump might have gotten his inspiration from the Broadway show “Hamilton,” saying, “Maybe Trump has seen the show. Maybe he saw it twice. It’s very pro-tariff.” The hosts agreed that immigration benefits the US, with Faber saying, “Our country benefits from immigration.” Cramer added, “Immigration keeps voices down, but I don’t know if you’re – it’s a double-edged sword.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)