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Footage shows the aftermath of an Iranian missile interception over southern Israel a few minutes ago by Israeli air defense systems.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Munish Weintraub zt”l, one of the ziknei Chasidei Gur in the United States, a respected talmid chochom whose life was devoted to Torah, chesed, and service to Klal Yisroel.

Rav Weintraub was born in Lisabek, Poland, to his father, Rav Aharon Yehuda zt”l, who served as the Rav of the city, and to his mother, Rebbetzin Leah Tesha a”h, who came from a distinguished rabbinic family in Poland. His father was a musmach of the Warsaw Mesivta and was known for his close relationship with the Gerrer Rebbes.

While still a young child, the family relocated to Eretz Yisroel, where Harav Aharon Yehuda assumed the position of Rav of Kiryas Yosef, today part of the greater Bnei Brak area. During those years, he developed a close and lasting relationship with the Chazon Ish zt”l and the Ponevezher Rov zt”l.

In the late 1940s, Rav Aharon Yehuda moved with his family to Boro Park. There he partnered with Rav Akiva Zilberberg zt”l in founding the renowned Gur yeshiva, Yeshiva Yagdil Torah, which grew into a prominent makom Torah. Rav Aharon Yehuda served as the Nasi of the institution for many years.

As a young bochur, Rav Munish studied at the well-known Yeshiva Ohr Yisroel in Petach Tikvah. After arriving in the United States, he continued his learning at Yeshiva Torah Vodaas. In later years he became actively involved with the Ezras Torah organization under the leadership of Rav Yosef Eliyahu Henkin zt”l.

Through that connection, he merited to assist Rav Henkin in numerous complicated halachic matters, particularly in areas of Even Ha’ezer. Following Rav Henkin’s guidance, he also assisted the Agudas Harabonim in addressing these delicate inyonim under the direction of Gedolei Yisroel, including Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l and Rav Chaim Tzvi Krieger zt”l.

Rav Munish married his Rebbetzin, Rebbetzin Rochel, daughter of the distinguished Yerushalmi tzaddik, Rav Yisroel Shimon Kastelanitz zt”l of Slonim. Together they built a home in Boro Park that was known as a center of Torah, chesed, and hachnasas orchim.

Rav Weintraub also played an important role in supporting and guiding the Diskin Orphanage, working to strengthen and assist yesomim and almanos in the spirit of Rav Yehoshua Leib Diskin zt”l.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Rebbetzin Rochel Weintraub; his son, R’ Yaakov Weintraub of Lakewood; his daughters, Mrs. Batsheva Garber of Boro Park, Mrs. Chavi Goldberg of Boro Park, and Mrs. Sima Zaks of Monsey; his sisters, Mrs. Chava Pechter, Mrs. Hadassa Hoffman, and Mrs. Tzipa Billig; along with grandchildren and great-grandchildren who continue in his path of Torah and chesed.

The levaya will take place Sunday at 1:30 PM at the Lakewood Chapel, followed by kevurah at the Lakewood Bais Hachaim.

Yehi zichro boruch.

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Israel is boosting security for its citizens and diplomatic missions around the world amid growing concerns about Iranian-backed attacks amid the U.S.–Israeli military campaign against Iran. The Shin Bet and Israeli Foreign Ministry say they have increased the operational readiness of security teams protecting Israeli targets abroad in response to what officials described as “concrete […]

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The UAE Ministry of Defence released footage showing Emirati Air Force jets shooting down Iranian Shahed drones that were heading toward the country.

During his weekly shiur, the former Rishon Letzion Rav Yitzchok Yosef addressed the ongoing war with Iran, speaking about the great nissim that have taken place while also urging the public to strictly follow safety instructions.

At the opening of the shiur, Rav Yosef spoke about the many miracles that have occurred in recent days.

“We must thank Hakadosh Boruch Hu for the nissim and niflaos that we experienced this past week,” he said. “In other places many were harmed, and here as well there were some injuries, but relatively speaking there were nissim and niflaos. We must thank Hakadosh Boruch Hu that He should continue to perform nissim and niflaos for us.”

At the same time, Rav Yosef emphasized that recognizing the miracles does not lessen the obligation to follow safety guidelines.

He stressed the importance of carefully observing the directives of Pikud HaOref.

“One must pay attention to all the instructions,” he said. “V’nishmartem me’od lenafshoseichem — if a person hears a siren, he should not take it lightly. He must do what needs to be done, as the halacha requires.”

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The Israeli Air Force carried out an additional wave of strikes in Tehran, targeting the IRGC Space Force headquarters along with dozens of Iranian military sites, including about 50 ammunition bunkers, a Basij base, an internal security command center, and a compound belonging to the IRGC’s Ground Forces.

Emergency responders rushed to multiple impact sites in central Israel after a new wave of Iranian missile fire struck the region, leaving several people wounded, including one man in serious condition in Tel Aviv.

Magen David Adom paramedics began providing emergency care to a man who sustained severe injuries in Tel Aviv following the latest barrage. At the same time, medical personnel were also assisting two additional victims in Petach Tikva, where one person was reported to be in moderate condition and another suffered minor injuries.

The seriously wounded victim from Tel Aviv was transported to the emergency department at Ichilov Medical Center after the strike. According to medical officials, the man sustained a neck injury and is currently receiving treatment in the hospital’s trauma unit.

Israel Fire and Rescue Services said one of the strike locations appears to involve the collapse of a building, likely caused by a cluster-type missile. Emergency crews from Magen David Adom remain active at the affected areas, searching for additional victims and assisting the wounded.

Senior MDA medic Yechezkel Goldreich, who was among the first responders at the site, described the chaotic moments following the strike. He said: “I was in a park near the crash site when suddenly alarms sounded, and shortly afterwards a loud explosion was heard. I noticed a lot of smoke rising from the impact area, and I rushed to scan the area. There, I found terrified people lying on the grass, and a man about 40 years old who suffered a serious injury from shrapnel. I gave him initial medical treatment on the spot, and later, together with other MDA teams that arrived at the scene, we evacuated him to the hospital, where his condition is described as serious.”

Police said officers and emergency personnel are working to secure the impact zones and prevent civilians from approaching the damaged areas.

The IDF stated: “Home Front Command search and rescue forces, together with emergency teams, are currently operating at the impact sites in central Israel. The circumstances of the impact are under review.”

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As U.S. and Israeli missiles and bombs rain on Iran, Russia has responded with words of indignation but no visible action to support its Middle Eastern ally. That cautious stance is driven by President Vladimir Putin’s focus on Ukraine and his apparent hope that the Iran war will play into Moscow’s hands by boosting its oil revenues and eroding […]

Two lsrael Defense Forces troops have been killed battling Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the IDF said on Sunday afternoon.

One of the fallen soldiers was named as Sgt. 1st Class Maher Khatar, from the Golan Heights Druze village of Majdal Shams. He served as a combat engineering heavy equipment operator, the military stated.

According to Israel’s Ynet outlet, the two soldiers were killed by mortar fire or an anti-tank missile during defensive operations at a military position in Southern Lebanon, when a combat engineering force that included two D9 bulldozers went to extract a Puma armored personnel carrier that had become stuck.

During the rescue operation, one of the D9 bulldozers was reportedly hit, possibly by a mortar that struck a fuel tank or by a missile, resulting in the deaths of the two soldiers.

“In the incident in which Sgt. 1st Class Maher Khatar, of blessed memory, fell, another soldier also fell,” the army said. “His name has not yet been cleared for publication and will be published at a later time.”

In addition, a combat officer who sustained light wounds was evacuated for medical treatment in Israel. His family was informed, the IDF added.

The death toll among Israeli troops since Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, cross-border terrorist massacre now stands at 926, according to IDF figures.

Israeli Defense Minister Yisroel Katz told Beirut on Shabbos to act swiftly against Hezbollah or else “Lebanon as a whole will pay the full price.”

Addressing Lebanese President Joseph Aoun directly during a situational assessment at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, Katz said, “Lebanon is not the United Nations. You [and Lebanon] committed to implementing the [ceasefire] agreement and disarming Hezbollah, and that is not happening.”

He continued, “We will not allow harm to our communities, we will not allow harm to our soldiers, and if the two stand against one another, the Lebanese government and Lebanon as a whole will pay the full price.”

Katz warned that as things stand, Beirut is forcing Israel to ensure the safety of its own citizens and soldiers at the expense of the Lebanese Republic.

“We have no territorial claims against Lebanon, but we will not be prepared for Lebanese territory to once again become what it was for many years—a base for firing at the State of Israel. We will not allow a return to that situation. Therefore we are addressing and warning: Act, and take action before we do even more,” the defense minister said.

If slain Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah “destroyed Lebanon, then [his successor], Naim Qassem, will also ruin it by continuing down this path,” Katz added.

Katz’s message was delivered in a recording from a meeting in the command bunker at the Kirya together with Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Military Intelligence chief Maj. Gen. Shlomi Binder, alongside other senior IDF commanders.

The IDF in an overnight strike on Shabbos attacked “key commanders” of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Quds Force in Beirut, the military announced.

The Quds Force’s Lebanon Corps “operated to advance terror attacks against the state of Israel and its civilians, while operating simultaneously for the IRGC in Iran,” it stated.

The Lebanon Corps served as a liaison axis between the Iranian-backed Hezbollah terror group and the Iranian regime and operated as a body supporting its force buildup, the Israeli military statement added.

“The IDF will not allow the Iranian terror regime elements to establish themselves in Lebanon and will continue to precisely eliminate the commanders of the Iranian terror regime wherever they operate,” concluded the statement.

Meanwhile, two soldiers of the army’s Givati Brigade were moderately wounded by terrorist anti-tank fire during a “defensive activity in Southern Lebanon on Friday, the IDF said over the weekend.

The troops of the brigade’s Rotem Battalion (435th), identified only as “M.” and N.” by the military, were evacuated to Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center’s Ichilov Hospital for treatment, it added.

Earlier on Friday, eight soldiers sustained injuries, including five who were seriously wounded, in a Hezbollah rocket attack targeting an IDF military position near the northern border. Among the lightly injured soldiers was the son of Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.

Since Hezbollah joined the war against the Jewish state on March 2, the IDF struck over 600 terror targets across Lebanon “from the air, sea and ground,” the military announced in a statement on Sunday afternoon.

Israel’s strikes, which comprised some 820 munitions, eliminated more than 190 terrorists, including Abu Hamza Rami, the commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon, two commanders at the equivalent rank of colonel and three battalion commanders.

The IDF carried out 27 waves of strikes in the Beirut area, including five in the capital’s southern suburbs of Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold, it said.

The IDF’s Northern Command has provided “extensive fire support to the forces operating in forward defensive postures in the security zone and has been eliminating threats in real time,” the military added.

Throughout the day on Sunday, the IDF attacked several Hezbollah rocket launchers that had been used to fire rockets towards civilian communities the Jewish state’s north, the army announced.

“In recent days, the IDF has begun an operation for forward defense to create an additional layer of protection in order to distance threats from the residents of the north,” according to the military statement.

The IDF is operating powerfully against the Hezbollah terror group, which decided to join the campaign and operate under the auspices of the Iranian terrorist regime, and will not allow harm to the civilians of the State of Israel,” it concluded. JNS