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Yeshiva Tiferes Yisroel (Chofetz Chaim) on East 35 Street in Flatbush released the attached statement tonight. Sources tell Flatbush Scoop that a rumor has recently spread that the Yeshiva was being sold or closing. Those rumors are not true.

Freed twin hostages Gali and Ziv Berman put on tefillin on Wednesday during a visit by Ba’al Chessed Shai Graucher and U.S. donors, including Rabbi Moshe Scheiner of the Palm Beach Synagogue. It was the first time that Ziv had put on tefillin since his bar mitzvah. Gali said that he had put on tefillin at Chabad houses while traveling abroad. Those present at the meeting joyfully danced together to the tune of Am Yisrael Chai.   (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

Less than two weeks before New York City voters head to the polls, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is warning that antisemitic incidents across the five boroughs have reached “deeply concerning” levels, heightening pressure on mayoral candidates to address a growing crisis of hate crimes and public safety. In a report released Wednesday, the ADL said hundreds of incidents of harassment, vandalism, and physical violence against Jews have already been documented in 2025 — continuing the record highs seen last year, when New York led the nation with 976 antisemitic cases, more than any other state. “The scope of antisemitic activity in New York this year is deeply concerning,” said Scott Richman, the ADL’s New York and New Jersey regional director. “Antisemitism is no longer hiding — it’s out in the open, and it’s making Jews in New York feel unsafe in one of the world’s most significant centers of Jewish life.” Preliminary 2025 data shows antisemitic activity spreading across all five boroughs, with Orthodox Jews disproportionately targeted. Though they represent about 20 percent of New York’s Jewish population, they accounted for more than half of all physical assaults last year. In one February weekend alone, three separate attacks occurred within 48 hours; in June, a Shabbat observer was beaten unconscious while his assailant shouted about Gaza. Attacks on Jewish institutions remain high as well. In 2024, 157 incidents targeted synagogues and community centers, and this year’s numbers are on track to match or exceed that figure. Among the most chilling cases: a man who claimed to be “the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler” and another who allegedly plotted a “massacre” at a Brooklyn religious site (it wasn’t specified where). The ADL’s Center on Extremism attributed much of the rise to escalating anti-Israel extremism. In 2022, just 5 percent of antisemitic incidents were related to Israel; by 2024, that figure had surged to 58 percent, a trend continuing this year. Demonstrations across the city have featured chants such as “Burn Tel Aviv to the ground” and banners calling to “globalize the intifada.” On college campuses — particularly at Columbia University, which recorded 53 incidents last year, the highest in the nation — Jewish students have reported vandalism of prayer spaces and fliers urging classmates to “crush Zionism.” With a crucial mayoral debate scheduled Wednesday night, the ADL is urging moderators to press candidates on concrete steps to confront the surge. “Right now, the Jewish community needs every elected official to stand up and speak out,” said ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt. “We need leaders who will treat this as the crisis it is, not a political afterthought.” Greenblatt warned that rhetoric isn’t enough: “What we are seeing in New York is simply shocking. The time for statements has passed — the Jewish community deserves action.” (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

More than 650 Reform and Conservative “rabbis” from across the United States have signed an open letter warning against the rise of anti-Zionism in American politics — and singling out New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as a troubling example. In the statement, titled “A Rabbinic Call to Action: Defending the Jewish Future,” they write, “We cannot remain silent in the face of rising anti-Zionism and its political normalization throughout our nation.” The letter condemns Mamdani’s defense of the slogan “Globalize the Intifada” — which he has since said he would “discourage” — along with his refusal to affirm Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state and repeated accusations that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza. “We will not accept a culture that treats Jewish self-determination as a negotiable ideal,” the letter says, calling on Americans “to stand up for candidates who reject antisemitic and anti-Zionist rhetoric.” The statement, organized by the Jewish Majority advocacy group, carries the signatures of several of New York’s most Jewish “leaders”, including Rabbi Joshua Davidson of Temple Emanu-El, Rabbi David Gelfand of Temple Israel of the City of New York, Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz of Kehilath Jeshurun, and Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, president of the New York Board of Rabbis. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Russia has test-fired a Yars intercontinental ballistic missile as part of a nuclear exercise. The missile is capable of striking targets more than 11,000 kilometers away.

FBI Director Kash Patel revealed that his agency is nearing a major breakthrough in uncovering the leadership and funding channels behind Antifa, telling Just the News that investigators are “on the verge” of exposing the network’s “command structure” and its financial backers.

According to a report from The Huckabee Post, Patel said the FBI “is following the money” and noted that “There are indications that support for anti-American radical groups is coming from America’s enemies overseas.” He added that the Bureau has been tracing funds and communications tied to violent anarchist movements operating inside the United States.

Patel said that the ongoing probe into Antifa’s operations involves identifying who is directing and financing its activities, both domestically and abroad. He explained that investigators have found evidence suggesting that foreign adversaries, as well as American nonprofits with IRS exemptions, are funneling resources toward anti-American extremism. “We’re looking at so many different leads on criminal activity by those who are in positions of power,” Patel told Just the News.

He further indicated that the agency’s broader corruption investigations could result in new indictments soon. Patel urged critics to be patient with the process, pointing out that “Trump’s people have had just seven months to investigate corruption that’s been embedded for 20 years or more.”

Praising President Donald Trump’s efforts to classify Antifa as a domestic terror group, Patel said the Bureau’s teams are “mapping out the money,” making use of “social media and the influencers” who participated in an Antifa-focused roundtable event at the White House.

During his discussion with Just the News, Patel emphasized that tracking Antifa’s financial network has become such a high priority that “we’ve created an entire new program and division dedicated to rooting out the money that is funding these operations, whether it’s U.S. based or internationally.”

A White House fact sheet issued in September reiterated the administration’s position on the movement. Trump’s executive order, it said, “notes that Antifa is a militarist, anarchist enterprise that calls for the overthrow of the United States government and law enforcement officials.” The document further stated, “The Order directs the Federal government to investigate, disrupt, and dismantle all illegal operations conducted by Antifa or any person claiming to act on behalf of Antifa. It also calls for investigating, disrupting, and dismantling the funding sources behind such operations.”

At a recent Antifa roundtable, investigative researcher Seamus Bruner, Director of Research at the Government Accountability Institute (GAI), revealed that prominent left-wing funders have been financing the unrest. “We found a network of NGOs, it’s not just the Soros network, the Open Society Network. It’s other funding networks, the Arabella Funding Network, the Tides Funding Network, Neville Roy Singham and his network, foreign cash,” Bruner said. “And, it’s also big left-wing funders — some of them are not citizens of this country.”

Bruner, who spoke alongside journalists Nick Sortor and Jack Posobiec and President Donald Trump, said his team, led by GAI President Peter Schweizer, had “followed” the trail of money and traced it to what they described as the “Protest Industrial Complex,” or “Riot Inc.” The network, he explained, encompasses multiple branches — from public relations and marketing to a “well-funded legal division” — coordinating and financing left-wing street actions.

“We have identified dozens of radical organizations, not just the decentralized Antifa organizations, but dozens of radical organizations that have received more than one hundred million dollars from the Riot Inc. investors,” Bruner stated. “These would be the lawyer groups, these would be the groups that advocate for calling good, honest Americans fascists.”

With the FBI now tightening its focus on these funding streams, Patel suggested that significant developments could be announced soon — marking what may become one of the most consequential counter-extremism operations in decades.

{Matzav.com}

Zohran Mamdani criticized Andrew Cuomo during the New York mayoral debate, calling him “Donald Trump’s puppet” and claiming Trump endorsed Cuomo for his own benefit, not for New Yorkers.

President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Wednesday new “massive sanctions” against Russia’s oil industry that are aimed at moving Russian President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table and bringing an end to Moscow’s brutal war on Ukraine. The sanctions against oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil followed months of calls from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as well as bipartisan pressure on Trump to hit Russia with harder sanctions on its oil industry, the economic engine that has allowed Russia to continue to execute the grinding conflict even as it finds itself largely internationally isolated. “Hopefully he’ll become reasonable,” Trump said of Putin not long after the Treasury Department announced the sanctions against Russia’s two biggest oil companies and their subsidiaries. “And hopefully Zelenskyy will be reasonable, too. You know, it takes two to tango, as they say.” The U.S. administration announced the sanctions as NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte was in Washington for talks with Trump. The military alliance has been coordinating deliveries of weapons to Ukraine, many of them purchased from the United States by Canada and European countries. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the new sanctions were a direct response to Moscow’s refusal to end its “senseless war” and an attempt to choke off “the Kremlin’s war machine.” Bessent added that the Treasury Department was prepared to take further action if necessary to support Trump’s effort to end the war. “We encourage our allies to join us in and adhere to these sanctions.” The announcement came after Russian drones and missiles blasted sites across Ukraine, killing at least six people, including a woman and her two young daughters. The attack came in waves from Tuesday night into Wednesday and targeted at least eight Ukrainian cities, as well as a village in the region of the capital, Kyiv, where a strike set fire to a house in which the mother and her 6-month-old and 12-year-old daughters were staying, regional head Mykola Kalashnyk said. At least 29 people, including five children, were wounded in Kyiv, which appeared to be the main target, authorities said. Russian drones also hit a kindergarten in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, later Wednesday when children were in the building, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. One person was killed and six were hurt, but no children were physically harmed, he said. Rutte, in his Oval Office appearance, went out of his way to underscore that the weaponry the U.S. is selling Europe to provide to Ukraine has been essential to helping stop many attacks like the one that ravaged the kindergarten. “We need to make sure that the air defense systems are in place, and we need the U.S. systems to do that, and the Europeans are paying for that,” Rutte said. “It is exactly the type of actions we needed, and the President is doing that and trying everything to get this work done.” Zelenskyy said many of the children were in shock. He said the attack targeted 10 separate regions: Kyiv, Odesa, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Zaporizhzhia, Cherkasy and Sumy. Peace efforts stall Trump’s efforts to end the war that started with Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor more than three years ago have failed to gain traction. Trump has repeatedly expressed frustration with Putin’s refusal to budge from his conditions for a settlement after Ukraine offered a ceasefire and direct peace talks. Trump said Tuesday that his plan for a swift meeting […]

Zohran Mamdani began tonight’s New York City mayoral debate by calling ICE a “reckless entity that cares little for the law.”

President Donald Trump made clear on Wednesday that Ukraine will not be receiving Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States, saying the sophisticated weaponry is too difficult to operate without extensive American training.

Speaking in the Oval Office alongside NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte, Trump said the missiles require a long and complex training process that Ukraine is not equipped to handle. “The problem with the Tomahawk is – a lot of people don’t know – It’ll take a minimum of six months, usually a year, to learn how to use,” he told reporters.

He emphasized that the weapons’ advanced systems leave little room for external assistance. “The only way a Tomahawk is going to be shot is if we shot it,” Trump said pointedly. “And we’re not going to do that.”

The president went on to describe the missile as “highly complex,” saying that mastering its use involves a “tremendous learning curve.” He dismissed the idea of training foreign militaries to operate such systems, indicating that the United States intends to keep that knowledge in-house.

“It takes a year of intense training to learn how to use it, and we know how to use it, and we’re not going to be teaching other people,” Trump stated.

His remarks underline a broader shift in U.S. policy toward tightening control over advanced military technology and ensuring it remains under direct American command.

{Matzav.com}

A new report suggests that the United States is exploring a plan to rebuild only the sections of Gaza still under Israeli control, while leaving the rest of the territory divided, and working on ways to disarm Hamas. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The US and Israel are considering a plan that would divide Gaza into separate zones controlled by Israel and Hamas, with reconstruction only taking place on the Israeli side as a stopgap until the militant group can be disarmed and removed from power.” An anonymous U.S. government source indicated, “It is a preliminary idea and updates would be given in the coming days.” The report also states that Jared Kushner, a key adviser to former President Trump and son-in-law, is the main supporter of this initiative. Arab mediators involved in efforts to establish a Gaza ceasefire have expressed concern over the proposal, warning that “it could lead to a zone of permanent Israeli control inside the enclave.” Additionally, many Arab and Muslim nations “are unlikely to commit troops” should such a plan be implemented, the report noted.

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Alive! Out Now!

Watch as Shloime Daskal’s unmatched energy and talent meets Yehuda Langer’s skill and expertise to make this dance truly come ALIVE.

Hits and classics fuse with the energy that only a camp can provide to bring you a medley unlike any other.

Joined by the incredible Yedidim Choir, this dynamic dance set is truly unforgettable. 

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A former New York state trooper who shot himself, then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway, sparking a regionwide search, was sentenced to six months in jail on Wednesday. Thomas Mascia was also given five years of probation and ordered to undergo mental health treatment and pay nearly $290,000 in restitution in Nassau County court in Mineola. Mascia pleaded guilty in May to falsely reporting an incident, tampering with physical evidence and official misconduct. He resigned in January after being suspended without pay while state police launched a criminal investigation into the shooting. Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly called the former officer’s actions “disgraceful.” “His lies wasted hundreds of hours of law enforcement manpower, deeply cost taxpayers in Nassau County, and betrayed the public’s trust of those in uniform,” she said in a statement after the sentencing. Mascia claimed he was shot in the leg on Oct. 30, 2024, by a driver while parked on the shoulder of the Southern State Parkway, about a mile from his home. He described the fictitious driver as a “dark-skinned” man who fled in a car bearing temporary New Jersey plates heading toward New York City. Instead, prosecutors say, Mascia staged the scene of the alleged shooting by scattering shell casings, then shot himself at a park, stashed the .22-caliber rifle, drove back to the highway and called for backup. Jeffrey Lichtman, who represents Mascia and his parents, said in an email that the former trooper is “mortified by his actions and happy to finally get on with his life.” He’s previously said Mascia, who became a trooper in 2019, was suffering from an undiagnosed mental health problem at the time of the shooting and has been undergoing treatment. Mascia’s parents had also pleaded guilty to possessing an illegal firearm, which was found during a search of the family’s home. Thomas A. Mascia, the defendant’s father, was sentenced to five years of probation Wednesday. Dorothy Mascia was given a one-year conditional discharge. (AP)

Alive! Out Now! Watch as Shloime Daskal’s unmatched energy and talent meets Yehuda Langer’s skill and expertise to make this dance truly come ALIVE. Hits and classics fuse with the energy that only a camp can provide to bring you a medley unlike any other. Joined by the incredible Yedidim Choir, this dynamic dance set is truly unforgettable. Recorded live at Camp Degel Hatorah in Durham, CT.

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by Rabbi Eliezer Sandler

The concept of the Yissachar-Zevulun Torah Learning Pact goes back well over 3,500 years, to the time of Yaakov Avinu and his sons. It is named for the Torah pact between two of his sons – Yissachar the scholar and Zevulun the merchant. Not only was it an equal pact but, Chazal explained, the deed of Zevulun/the Sponsor is considered even greater than that of Yissachar, because without the support of Zevulun, Yissachar would not have had the wherewithal to study Torah undisturbed.”

It is well-known that when it comes to learning Torah, people who sponsor the learning, often do so, not just as a donation. By financially supporting specific Torah scholars, they enter into a binding, written, signed and sealed learning partnership pact whereby the Sponsor (the Zevulun) is deemed by Halacha as if he personally studied the Torah completed by the Scholar (the Yissachar). (See below.) 

Thus, those who support the Talmidei Chachomim at Shas Yiden via a Yissachar-Zevulun Pact merit a portion in every daf of the entire Talmud Bavli and associated texts that they study, and complete the entire cycle in the space of ONE year. Some of the Sponsors opt to continue sponsoring repeat cycles of Shas which accrue to them.

Sar Hatorah, Maran Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, Nasi Shas Yiden, emphasized: The most mehudar Yissachar-Zevulun pact to support in our times is that offered by Shas Yiden – it comprises the entire Shas, Rashi and Tosfos – all in just one year!

Rav Chaim explained why this pact with Shas Yiden is the most mehudar. Chazal say that the highest level of learning is when one understands what he is learning b’iyun u’ve’amkus. However, even higher than that is when one remembers b’al peh all what he has learned. I have farhered the Shas Yiden avreichim geonim many times and can attest ZEI KENNEN SHAS (they know Shas)!

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your OWN SIYUM on the ENTIRE Shas, Rashi & Tosfos IN JUST ONE YEAR!

The Yissachar-Zevulun Pact in Halacha

The Shulchan Aruch in Yoreh De’ah Chapter 246 regarding the efficacy of the Yissachar-Zevulun Sponsorship Pact for the Zevulun (the Sponsor) states clearly:  It is deemed as if he (the one sponsoring the learning) himself learned all the Torah studied under the pact. 

All the learning under the Shas Yiden Yissachar-Zevulun Pact is yours בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב (in both This World and the World to Come)! Concerning this, the Netziv of Volozhin comments that in Olam Habah, the Zevulun sponsor will sit together with the Gedolei Torah of the past and merit to participate in their discussions and pilpulim on all the Torah learned.

Achieve Almost 7 million Mitzvos in One Year

The Vilna Gaon in Shnos Eliyahu Pe’ah 41 states that one should hold precious every word of Torah that he learns because each word is considered a mitzvah of its own. 

Thus, since in Talmud Bavli, Rashi and Tosfos there are 6,608,891 words, that translates into almost 7 million mitzvos accruing through Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden. 

Official Shtar from Shas Yiden

Each Yissachar-Zevulun pact is confirmed by an official contract (shtar) from Shas Yiden specifying the learning of the entire Shas, and is witnessed by talmidei chachomim.

All who wish to enter into a Yissachar-Zevulun Pact for the entire Shas during ONE year should contact Shas Yiden to make arrangements: 718-702-1528.

The opportunity to complete the entire Shas has been a cherished way to honor family members and others as a prized achievement. It has also proven to be a source of comfort for mourners to obtain such a zechus for their dear ones during the year of mourning – a siyum of the entire Shas can be completed on the yahrzeit!

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Beyond the Grave

The legendary visionary and “Father of Yeshivos”, Reb Chaim of Volozhin, was the founder of the famous yeshiva in the town of Volozhin and the beloved talmid of the Vilna Gaon. 

Reb Chaim had an ongoing Yissachar-Zevulun pact with a local shoemaker – a man who was not learned but who dearly valued Torah learning. They had a ‘deal’ whereby the shoemaker would pay the monthly financial support needed for Reb Chaim and his family. For this financial support, the shoemaker would have an equal share in all Reb Chaim’s daily Torah study – both in the mitzvah of Torah study בעוה”ז and that the knowledge of the Torah learned would continue to be his בעוה”ב (in the World to Come).

One day the shoemaker passed away suddenly. During the shiva period, Reb Chaim was facing a perplexing halachic question and researched high and low for a solution. That night the shoemaker appeared to him in a dream and gave him the full solution that he sought. Reb Chaim was amazed and commented, “Azoi gich, Azoi Gich – So quickly, so quickly has he acquired the zchus and knowledge of the Torah that I have studied!”

In the words of Gedolei Torah:

Maran Hagaon Harav Chaim Kanievsky, zt”l, Nasi Shas Yiden:

“In just ONE year, through Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden, you can be zoche to the entire Shas forever – בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב (in olam hazeh and olam habah).

“Moreover, whoever supports Shas Yiden is zocheh to fulfill both Yissachar-Zevulun and support of aniyei (the poor of) Eretz Yisroel in the fullest sense of the word.

“Those who support Shas Yiden will be saved from chevlei (the travails of) Moshiach – spiritually and materially, and will be zoche to have ehrlicher bonim u’vanos yir’eishomayim ”

Maran Hagaon Harav Dov Lando, shlit”a, Rosh Yeshiva, Slabodka:

“Who compares to the Shas Yiden? Incredible talmidei chachomim geonim who raised the bar in limud Hashas b’iyun u’v’amkus. Blessed are those who enter a Yissachar-Zevulun pact with them.”

Hamashpia Hagadol Reb Meilech Biederman, shlit”a:

 “Yissachar-Zevulun at Shas Yiden – best possible deal, and in just 1 year! 100% partnership! 100% Shas x 5 times! 100% Shisha Sidrei Mishna – בעוה”ז ובעוה”ב”

Sanzer Rebbe, shlit”a:

“A first in 2000 years of Jewish history! Until Shas Yiden, never a Torah institution where ALL the avreichim metzuyonim v’geonim know the entire Shas by heart”

Harav Yaakov Hillel, shlit”a:

“Therefore, the great mitzvah to support the efforts [of the Talmidei Chachomim] with generous donations in order that they should continue diligently with their studies to enhance the greatness of the Torah and its glory. 

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Israeli Prime Minister Binyomin Netanyahu’s office firmly dismissed reports on Wednesday suggesting that Turkish forces might be deployed in the Gaza Strip as part of postwar arrangements. “There will be no Turkish involvement,” the Prime Minister’s Office declared, following rumors of friction with Egyptian intelligence chief Hassan Rashad over the issue.

Rashad had met with Netanyahu in Yerushalayim on Tuesday to discuss “advancing [US President Donald] Trump’s plan, Israel–Egypt relations and strengthening the peace between the countries, as well as other regional issues,” according to the official Israeli summary of their meeting.

A report on Sky News Arabia later claimed that a dispute erupted between the two over the prospect of Turkey’s participation in the proposed International Stabilization Force (ISF), a multinational body envisioned as part of Trump’s 20-point Gaza plan. The ISF would oversee Gaza during the transition period after Israel’s withdrawal and the dismantling of Hamas’s military capabilities.

The Palestinian source cited by the outlet also said that Netanyahu “completely rejected” any plan to send Palestinian Authority security units — even those trained under Egyptian and Jordanian supervision — to administer Gaza. “Netanyahu insists that the second-phase conditions be implemented first, namely the disarmament of Hamas and its relinquishment of control over Gaza, before any discussion of local administration or security forces operating in Gaza,” the source said.

In response to the Sky News report, Netanyahu’s office told The Times of Israel: “There is no disagreement.” Still, officials reiterated unequivocally: “There will be no Turkish involvement.”

Earlier that same day, Netanyahu seemed to allude to his position during a joint press conference with visiting US Vice President JD Vance. When asked whether Turkey could have a role in Gaza’s future security, Netanyahu quipped, “We will decide together about that. So I have very strong opinions about that. Want to guess what they are?”

Vice President Vance had spoken a day earlier about possible roles for regional partners in the aftermath of the truce, suggesting that Turkey could play “a constructive role” as the process advanced. However, he emphasized that Washington would not dictate terms to Jerusalem. “We’re not going to force anything on our Israeli friends when it comes to foreign troops on their soil,” Vance said in response to a Times of Israel question.

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has previously said his country was willing to assist “in the field,” and a senior Turkish official told Reuters that Ankara could contribute to a joint task force — alongside Israel, the United States, Qatar, and Egypt — to locate and recover the remains of hostages still unaccounted for in Gaza.

However, diplomatic relations between Israel and the NATO-member state have soured dramatically since the start of the Gaza war. Erdogan has repeatedly accused Israel of “genocide” and compared Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler, a series of statements that plunged ties to their lowest point in years.

Meanwhile, Turkey’s controversial humanitarian arm, the IHH organization, has been active in Gaza despite being banned in Israel for links to terror groups and its involvement in the 2010 Mavi Marmara flotilla. The group — also outlawed in Germany and the Netherlands — released video this week showing its workers distributing water from trucks emblazoned with Turkish flags and the organization’s logo.

Earlier, on October 18, IHH posted additional footage of bulldozers clearing debris in Gaza, again featuring Turkish flags and IHH insignia — underscoring Ankara’s quiet but continuing footprint in the territory even as official discussions about its military role remain firmly off the table.

{Matzav.com}

The IDF carried out a demolition of the residence belonging to a Palestinian suspect believed to be involved in a fatal terror shooting incident in the in the Shomron last May. The attack, which resulted in the death of a pregnant woman and her unborn child, prompted the military action. The incident took place on May 14 near the Palestinian village of Bruqin and the settlement of Bruchin. During the attack, a Palestinian terrorist opened fire from the roadside at Israeli drivers, killing 30-year-old Tzeela Gez A”H and injuring her husband. Gez was en route to the hospital to give birth at the time. Her baby, Ravid Chaim, was delivered via emergency C-section at Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva but passed away 15 days later. The shooter, Naael Samarah, identified as a Hamas terrorist, was shot and killed by IDF forces four days after the attack. Subsequently, three additional Hamas terrorists were detained over their suspected involvement. One of those detained was Jamil Samarah. According to military sources, IDF troops operated earlier today in the West Bank town of Bruqin to demolish Jamil Samarah’s residence. Notably, Naael Samarah’s home was demolished in September. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

We are excited to announce the official opening of registration for the Agudas Yisroel of America Yerushalayim Yarchei Kallah 5786/2026, set to take place be’ezras Hashem in Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh during President’s Week, from Sunday, כ”ו שבט תשפ”ו / February 15, 2026, through Thursday, ל’ שבט תשפ”ו / February 19, 2026.

Participants can still take advantage of currently favorable airfare rates, making this the perfect time to confirm your spot and begin preparing for an unforgettable experience. Based on past experience, airfares are not likely to get much cheaper.

We encourage participants to register for the Yarchei Kallah as soon as possible. Please note that the early bird registration special of $774, instead of $899, expires on November 15. To register, CLICK HERE.

Building on the extraordinary success of previous years, be’ezras Hashem, this upcoming Agudah Yarchei Kallah promises to be the most impactful and uplifting one yet. Attendees will once again have the unparalleled opportunity to immerse themselves in intensive limud haTorah, hear inspiring shiurim and divrei chizuk from gedolei Torah of Eretz Yisroel, and experience the spiritual elevation of learning in Yerushalayim Ir HaKodesh.

Details regarding the sugya d’kallah and preparatory shiurim are being finalized and will be shared soon.

We look forward to an unforgettable week of Torah, inspiration, and hisorerus together in Yerushalayim.

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