El Al has announced that all regularly scheduled flights will remain canceled through March 21, with the airline operating only specially designated flights during that period.
The Israeli carrier said that passengers holding tickets for standard El Al flights scheduled through March 21 should assume that their flights have been canceled.
According to the announcement, only specially arranged flights will operate in the coming days. These flights are being organized separately from the airline’s regular schedule and are intended to address urgent travel needs.
Travelers who have been booked on designated special rescue flights are expected to depart as planned. The airline indicated that passengers assigned to those flights will be notified directly with details regarding departure times and travel arrangements.
Passengers holding tickets for canceled regular flights are being advised to monitor official El Al communications and updates regarding rebooking options and future flight schedules.
The airline has not yet announced when normal flight operations will fully resume beyond March 21, but officials said the situation is being evaluated continuously as conditions evolve.
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A residential building in Bnei Brak sustained extensive damage on Sunday after a cluster munition struck the area during a missile barrage launched from Iran toward central Israel. A 60-year-old man was moderately injured by shattered glass and evacuated to the hospital, while several other people in nearby cities suffered minor injuries from the blast.
Emergency forces were dispatched to the scene following the impact. The strike caused significant destruction to apartments in the building and surrounding structures, and numerous windows were blown out due to the powerful shockwave.
Magen David Adom paramedics treated a man in his 60s who suffered head injuries from flying glass. His condition was classified as moderate, and he was transported to Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv for further treatment.
At the same time, MDA teams were sent to search additional locations across central Israel after reports of other possible impact sites.
In Ramat Gan, medics treated a man in his 70s who sustained light injuries from the blast wave. He was also taken to Ichilov Hospital.
In Petach Tikvah, MDA teams provided medical treatment to a 46-year-old woman and an 18-year-old young woman who complained of ringing in their ears caused by the explosion’s shockwave. Both were evacuated to Beilinson Hospital in light condition.
Preliminary assessments by Israel’s security establishment indicated that the missiles fired toward central Israel likely included a cluster-type weapon, which dispersed multiple fragments and led to several impact sites and shrapnel damage at different locations.
In total, four people were reported injured in the attacks so far — one in moderate condition and three with light injuries. Security and rescue forces continued searching the affected areas to ensure that no additional victims were present.
“There are about 15 people with very minor injuries at the impact site in Bnei Brak, most of them suffering from shock,” said Efi Feldman, chairman of the United Hatzalah branch in Bnei Brak, in an interview with Kol Berama radio. “Some will be taken to the hospital. This incident ended with a great miracle.”
MDA medic Moshe Weinman, who arrived at the scene in Bnei Brak, added: “The 60-year-old who was moderately injured had stepped out of a vehicle that was hit by shrapnel. If he had entered a protected room, the outcome would have been different. Several apartments were significantly damaged.”
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Israel has informed the United States that it is facing a serious shortage of ballistic missile interceptors, according to a report published by the SEMAFOR news agency.
The outlet, which is known for its anti-Israel stance, cited U.S. officials who confirmed that the issue had been communicated to the American administration.
One of the officials said Washington had already been aware of the situation for some time. “for months,” the official said, adding, “It’s something we expected and anticipated.”
Despite Israel’s reported shortage, the official stressed that the United States itself is not experiencing the same problem and has sufficient defensive resources available. “We have all that we need to protect our bases and our personnel in the region and our interests.”
Israeli officials indicated that steps are already being taken to address the shortage and ensure the country can continue defending against missile threats. Israel, they said, is “coming up with solutions” to deal with the current limitations.
Sources in Israel also emphasized that the ongoing conflict with Iran is being conducted in close coordination with the United States, which significantly strengthens Israel’s ability to manage logistical and supply challenges.
According to those sources, the joint nature of the campaign enables both countries to replenish missile defense stockpiles during the fighting and provides additional flexibility should the conflict last longer than initially expected.
{Matzav.com}Israeli forces demolished the home of the terrorist responsible for a deadly shooting attack that claimed the life of 12-year-old Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simcha HY”D and wounded several other civilians, the IDF announced.
According to the military, troops destroyed the residence of the terrorist who carried out the attack at the Al-Khader junction, where the young boy was murdered and additional Israeli civilians were injured.
During the past day, IDF forces operating in the city of Dura in the Yehuda Brigade demolished the home of the terrorist Azmi Nader Abu al-Hilal.
The terrorist carried out the shooting attack together with another assailant, opening fire on an Israeli civilian bus at the Al-Khader junction. The attack occurred on December 11, 2024, and resulted in the murder of 12-year-old Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia Simcha HY”D and the wounding of three additional civilians.
“IDF forces will continue to act proactively and offensively to thwart terrorism and to bring to justice terrorists who act to harm the State of Israel,” the IDF Spokesperson said in a statement.
According to the military, the terrorist Masalma, together with additional attackers, carried out the severe shooting attack at the Al-Khader junction in the Etzion Brigade sector on December 11, 2024. The attack took place around 11:40 p.m. on the Tunnels Road near Beitar Illit, when the terrorists opened heavy gunfire toward an Israeli civilian bus they had identified. A total of 23 bullets struck the bus.
Yehoshua Aharon Tuvia was a son of Rav Zusha Simcha, head of the Klal Chassidic Yeshiva in Beitar Illit. His family, residents of Yerushalayim, had been returning from a family sheva brachos when they were caught in the gunfire.
Three additional civilians were wounded in the attack. A woman approximately 40 years old suffered gunshot wounds to her limbs and was listed in moderate condition, while two other passengers sustained light injuries, some from shattered glass. Medical teams from Magen David Adom and United Hatzalah provided initial treatment at the scene before evacuating the victims to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital and Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Yerushalayim.
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Israel’s Home Front Command is preparing to introduce an upgrade to its early warning system that is expected to significantly reduce situations in which residents receive advance alerts without an actual siren sounding.
More than two weeks into the ongoing war, officials have been working to refine the geographic areas used for advance warning alerts. The change, which is expected to take effect in the coming days, is intended to make the alert system more precise.
The improvement will focus on narrowing the alert zones so that early warnings are sent only to areas more likely to face potential threats. The adjustment is designed to limit the number of people who are instructed to move to protected areas when a threat does not ultimately materialize.
Under the new system, the Home Front Command will expand the number of alert regions. The current structure divides the country into five large areas for advance alerts, but the upgrade will split those regions into 21 separate zones.
Officials estimate that the change could reduce the number of early warnings issued without a subsequent siren by between 30 and 50 percent.
According to the Home Front Command, the system was refined after two weeks of operational experience during the current conflict. Officials emphasized that while the alert process is being improved, there will be no compromises when it comes to protecting lives.
Advance alerts will continue to be sent to residents’ mobile phones as before, with the changes focused primarily on improving the internal system so that warnings are delivered more accurately and efficiently.
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Iranian media outlets reported over the weekend that the body of Ali Shamkhani, a senior Iranian military and political figure who was killed in an Israeli strike, was buried without his head.
The report was published by the Iranian newspaper Farhikhtegan, a publication identified with the Iranian regime. According to the report, Shamkhani’s remains were interred in northern Tehran 14 days after he was killed.
Media outlets close to the Iranian government reported that the body of Shamkhani, who served as secretary of Iran’s defense council and as a senior adviser to the Iranian leader who was killed, was buried missing its head.
The state-affiliated newspaper Farhikhtegan reported that the senior Iranian military and security official had been “buried without a head.” Shamkhani was killed on the first day of Operation “Roaring Lion,” during an attack on the residence of Ali Khamenei. The strike, described as one of the most severe blows to Iran’s leadership structure, also resulted in the deaths of Ali Khamenei and several other senior officials in the Iranian government.
According to the report, Shamkhani’s burial ceremony took place on Shabbos at the Imamzadeh Saleh shrine in northern Tehran. His body remained there for 14 days before it was finally buried. The body of Khamenei, however, has still not been buried even after the same two-week period.
The report spread quickly online, where many social media users reacted with satisfaction. One commenter wrote that Shamkhani’s body was apparently found without a head, hands, or legs, adding sarcastically that his head was not cut off using the same device that cuts off the hands of poor people accused of theft, a remark referencing the brutality associated with the slain Iranian official.
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Unhinged commentator Tucker Carlson said in a video released tonight that he believes the Justice Department may be preparing to charge him as an unregistered foreign agent, a move he claims was recommended by the CIA after the agency reviewed his text messages from before the war with Iran.
Carlson outlined the allegation in a five-minute video posted on X, where he said he had learned that intelligence officials were preparing a criminal referral connected to his communications with individuals in Iran.
“The CIA is preparing some kind of criminal referral against me, a crime report to the Department of Justice, on the basis of a supposed crime I committed,” Carlson said. “What’s that crime? Well, talking to people in Iran before the war. They read my texts.”
Carlson said he believes the potential charges would fall under the “Foreign Agent Act,” apparently referring to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, a law enacted in 1938 requiring individuals who are paid by foreign governments to lobby or advocate politically in the United States to register with the Justice Department.
The former Fox News host said he does not believe the case will ultimately move forward and offered several reasons why he expects it will not proceed.
“I’m not an agent of a foreign power,” Carlson said was the first reason. “Unlike a lot of people commenting on U.S. politics and global affairs, I have only one loyalty and that’s the United States and have never acted against it.”
Carlson also said he has never accepted money from any foreign government, which he argued would undermine any accusation that he acted as a foreign agent.
“Don’t need it, don’t want it,” he said.
He further argued that as an American citizen he is free to communicate with people anywhere in the world, and he said that speaking with individuals in Iran should not be considered criminal conduct.
“Legally, I think, the case is ludicrous, and I doubt it’ll even become a case,” Carlson said.
Carlson explained that he decided to publicly discuss the issue for several reasons.
One of those reasons, he said, is his belief that governments tend to become more restrictive during wartime. According to Carlson, when countries are engaged in conflict they typically show “much less tolerance for any kind of dissent,” including in the United States.
He also suggested that his criticism of Israel could have made him a target among certain officials within the intelligence community.
“[There are] some people who are mad at me for my views about Israel and they have some latitude,” Carlson said. “One of the reasons they pass on criminal complaints in effect to law enforcement is to justify warrants for spying. And so that is an absolutely real thing.”
Carlson has strongly criticized the recent joint U.S. and Israeli strikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. He described the operation as “absolutely disgusting and evil,” and said Operation Epic Fury was being “waged” strictly on behalf of Israel.
President Donald Trump responded by distancing Carlson from the Make America Great Again movement.
“Tucker has lost his way,” Trump told ABC’s Jonathan Karl on March 5. “I knew that a long time ago, and he’s not MAGA. MAGA is saving our country. MAGA is making our country great again. MAGA is America first, and Tucker is none of those things. And Tucker is really not smart enough to understand that.”
Trump has also rejected claims that the United States entered the conflict with Iran because it was pressured by Israel. Earlier this month, the president told ABC’s Rachel Scott, “If anything, I might’ve forced Israel’s hand.”
Carlson said another reason he believes the report about potential charges surfaced is because intelligence agencies sometimes leak such stories in order to intimidate critics.
He said the intelligence community occasionally publicizes allegations as a tactic intended to “humiliate and terrify” those it considers adversaries.
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President Donald Trump’s personal cellphone number has reportedly become a sought-after commodity among political insiders, journalists, and business figures, with reports of attempts to buy, trade, or otherwise obtain the number circulating within Washington circles.
According to a report by The Atlantic’s Michael Sherer, citing two administration officials, the president’s private phone number has become the subject of what officials described as “suspected horse-trading and black-market sales among influence brokers.” The report states that corporate executives and cryptocurrency investors have allegedly tried to pay for access to the number, while some journalists have exchanged contact information for other world leaders in deals likened to trading baseball cards.
The report said that Trump’s personal number has even been “offered for sale to deep-pocketed interests seeking influence.”
Part of what has made the number so valuable, according to the report, is Trump’s unusual level of accessibility. Journalists have often expressed surprise that they are able to directly call the president on his private line, something that is far less common with most modern presidents.
One administration official told The Atlantic that the president’s personal phone frequently rings with calls from members of the press.
“It is literally call after reporter call,” one of the officials said. “It is just boom, boom, boom.”
The report indicated that many of the incoming numbers are not saved in the president’s phone under identifiable names. Because the number has spread so widely among members of the press, White House staff have at times found themselves searching unfamiliar callers online to determine who they are.
“It’s out of control,” an administration official said. “It’s like a wrecking ball.”
Beyond business executives allegedly offering cash or cryptocurrency for the number, The Atlantic reported that its own staff was approached with a proposal involving a trade of high-profile contacts.
Scherer wrote: “We were recently approached by another journalist who offered to trade more than two dozen cellphone numbers of significant stature for the one number of most significant stature. (We declined.) One person we talked with has heard that the going rate for this sort of swap is a one-to-one trade for another major world leader.”
White House spokesperson Anna Kelly responded to the report by emphasizing the president’s openness with the media.
“President Trump is the most transparent and accessible president in history. The press can’t get enough of Trump, and they know it.”
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