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The Israeli Air Force is investigating why air defense systems failed to intercept the Houthi missile launched at Israel on Friday night, including the possibility that the missile contained cluster munitions. Iran fired several cluster munitions, which fire smaller explosives over a wide area, during Operation Rising Lion. Initial reports said that the missile disintegrated in midair over Israel, and several interceptors launched at the fragments failed to intercept them, including Israel’s Arrow, David’s Sling, and Iron Dome systems and the American THAAD system.  

A large brush fire is burning near Mevaseret Zion in central Israel, with police warning that they are considering closing Route 1, the main highway linking Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Law enforcement officials confirm that residents of two streets in Mevaseret Zion, located just west of Jerusalem, are being evacuated as a precaution. Fire officials add that they are also considering evacuating hikers in the area depending on how the situation develops.

Tensions erupted in Kfar Malal on Shabbos when National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir was confronted by left-wing demonstrators as he made his way to shul with his son, a soldier serving in an elite IDF unit.

According to witnesses, a group of protesters lay in wait for the minister, shouting accusations as he passed. Among the chants directed at him were: “You are a convicted terrorist and a murderer of hostages.”

Ben Gvir did not remain silent and responded directly to the group, pointing to his son standing beside him: “He is protecting you, draft-dodgers.”

After Shabbos, Ben Gvir released a statement describing the confrontation. “This Shabbos I stayed with my family in Kfar Malal at the home of a wonderful family. In the morning, I left wrapped in my tallis on the way to daven at the beis knesses, together with my son who came back from his elite unit to spend Shabbos with us. Suddenly, a group of violent and dangerous anarchists surrounded us, holding cell phones and cameras on Shabbos, shouting shameful accusations like: ‘Terrorists, racists, murderers of hostages.’”

Ben Gvir strongly criticized the demonstrators’ behavior: “It is a disgrace and a shame that a soldier in an elite unit has to hear insults and curses from a handful of draft-dodgers. It is a disgrace and a shame that they disregard Shabbos — if it were Muslims, they would be respectful — and it is a disgrace and a shame for their vulgarity and style. But they will keep shouting, I will continue working for Am Yisroel, and Shuval will continue serving in his unit for everyone!”

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Israel’s Air Force is carrying out strikes against the Houthi targets in Sanaa, including missile bases, a power plant, and the presidential palace, local media reported late Sunday afternoon. The report comes on the same day that an IDF investigation revealed that for the first time, the Houthis fired a missile containing Iranian cluster munitions at Israel on Friday night. Earlier on Sunday, Walla reported that Israel is preparing to carry out a large-scale strike against the Houthis.     According to a political source quoted by the report, IDF intelligence and Mossad officials are compiling an extensive list of Houthi military targets. Despite claims by senior IDF officials in recent months that striking the Houthis is challenging because most of their critical military targets are underground, the political source said that “the Houthis are conquerable. They need to be hit simultaneously in their command and control system, ports, military capabilities, and defense industry.” In June, the IDF carried out a targeted assassination attempt on the Houthis’ Chief of Staff, Muhammad Abd Gharmari, while he was chewing khat with other senior officials. He survived the attack but was seriously wounded. Since October 7, Houthi missile attacks have forced millions of Israelis into shelters, often in the dead of the night. Israel has carried out multiple retaliatory strikes on Houthi targets, but the attacks on Israel have continued. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

More than two months after the originally scheduled date, uncertainty surrounds the highly anticipated wedding of Avner Netanyahu, son of israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.

The event, initially planned for Chavat Ronit in the Sharon region, was postponed due to the war with Iran. According to previous reports, the ceremony was expected to take place today, but as of now, there are no visible preparations at the venue.

Back on June 16, ahead of the originally planned date, the area surrounding the exclusive estate was buzzing with activity. Trucks and cranes were seen installing iron fencing and barriers stretching hundreds of meters around the property. Local residents were given instructions to prepare for road closures, and security forces were deployed in significant numbers to secure the event.

This time, however, the atmosphere is completely different. Over the past week, there have been no signs of fencing, no heavy equipment, and residents have received no special instructions regarding traffic restrictions or security arrangements.

During the earlier preparations in June, widespread protests were planned near the venue, aimed at disrupting guests’ arrival. Last week, activists issued a call for a demonstration to coincide with the expected new wedding date, but since then, no additional updates have been issued, raising questions about whether those plans are still in place.

Local residents say the contrast is striking. “Last time we saw heavy security preparations, roadblocks, and lots of chaos,” one resident explained. “This time, there’s no sign of any special arrangements. It looks like either the wedding will be held with just a small group of guests, or maybe it will take place somewhere else entirely that hasn’t been revealed.”

In nearby communities such as Harutzim, Bnei Tzion, and Batzra, residents were previously advised to work from home on the original wedding date due to anticipated road closures and security measures. No such instructions have been issued this time.

The wedding, initially expected to host hundreds of guests but no political figures, was planned to take place near the estate’s lake, with strict confidentiality agreements signed by all vendors and event staff. The current postponement marks the second delay. The celebration was originally scheduled for November 26, 2024, but was pushed to the summer because of scheduling conflicts, only to be postponed again due to Operation Am K’Lavi.

At this point, whether the event will still take place at Chavat Ronit, proceed quietly elsewhere, or be postponed yet again remains unclear.

{Matzav.com Israel}

An initial investigation by the Air Force in the wake of the failure to intercept the Houthi missile launched at Ben Gurion Airport on Friday night revealed that the missile was equipped with a cluster bomb warhead. It is the first time that the Iranian-backed Houthis fired cluster munitions at Israel. Iran attacked Israel with several missiles with cluster munitions, which fire smaller explosives over a wide area, during Operation Rising Lion. The IDF stated that the failure to intercept the missile is being thoroughly investigated but does not stem from the type of missile itself. “The air defense systems, and in particular the upper layer, are capable of intercepting missiles of this type, as they have done in the past,” an IDF spokesperson said. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

A large brush fire is burning near Mevaseret Zion in central Israel, with police warning that they are considering closing Route 1, the main highway linking Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Law enforcement officials confirm that residents of two streets in Mevaseret Zion, located just west of Jerusalem, are being evacuated as a precaution. Fire officials add that they are also considering evacuating hikers in the area depending on how the situation develops. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

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Leaked recordings aired by Channel 12 on Friday night revealed that Aharon Haliva, the former head of the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate, claimed that Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu disregarded intelligence assessments and ignored repeated warnings to strengthen preparations ahead of the events of October 7.

According to the report, Haliva explained, “In the past, it was common for the prime minister to meet with the head of the Intelligence Directorate once a week. Then it went down to once a month, then once every two months. By the end, meetings were only once every six months.”

Haliva further emphasized that “it is not for the head of the Intelligence Directorate to decide whether he would meet with the prime minister.”

The report also noted that Haliva expressed concern over Iran’s nuclear ambitions, stating, “If one day the state investigation committee opens the books on the last 20 years of our dealings with the nuclear issue and the money we invested there, building the barrier in Gaza will be peanuts compared to the billions invested there for nothing.”

In the recordings, Haliva also raised doubts about Israel’s handling of Operation Rising Lion — also referred to as the 12-Day War that took place from June 13 to June 24, 2025. He remarked, “I don’t know what should have been done. I’m not going into the analysis now, but [US President Donald] Trump should not have been pressured to withdraw from the nuclear deal.”

Haliva also recalled that during the Israel-Hamas War, just four days after the October 7 attacks, a tense confrontation occurred between Netanyahu and then-defense minister Yoav Gallant. According to Haliva, the disagreement centered on Gallant’s insistence that Israel should have launched strikes on targets in Lebanon at the start of the war — an approach Netanyahu eventually came to support.

This latest release follows recordings from the previous week, also published by Channel 12, in which Haliva sparked controversy by stating, “For every person killed on October 7 [by Hamas terrorists], 50 Palestinians need to die.”

In those earlier recordings, Haliva also addressed a fundamental failure in Israel’s intelligence framework, admitting, “One of the hardest problems before October 7 was the belief that intelligence was omnipotent. It is not just arrogance, it’s deeper.”

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The Israeli Air Force is investigating why air defense systems failed to intercept the Houthi missile launched at Israel on Friday night, including the possibility that the missile contained cluster munitions. Iran fired several cluster munitions, which fire smaller explosives over a wide area, during Operation Rising Lion. Initial reports said that the missile disintegrated in midair over Israel, and several interceptors launched at the fragments failed to intercept them, including Israel’s Arrow, David’s Sling, and Iron Dome systems and the American THAAD system. One of the fragments exploded in the yard of a home in the Ginaton moshav, near Ben-Gurion Airport. B’Chasdei Hashem, the homeowner had entered her bomb shelter and was not injured, but her home sustained light damage. Shortly after the attack, a senior Houthi official published a video saying that “this is a historic moment in which a Yemeni missile split up into several missiles over Israel.” A Houthi spokesperson later claimed responsibility for the attack, saying that the terror group launched a Palestine 2 hypersonic ballistic missile at Ben-Gurion Airport and claimed that the missile can travel at 16 times the speed of sound and has stealth technology to evade radar. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) launched a sharp attack against Israel yesterday, alleging that the country is using U.S. military assistance “to pay for genocide” in the Gaza Strip.

In an extended statement posted on X, Greene wrote, “If America was being bombed day and night because of something horrific our government did, and many innocent Americans and American children were being killed and traumatically injured, and we begged for mercy, but the rest of the world said, ‘Americans voted for their government so they deserve it, their government is bad so all Americans are bad, therefore this is what they get and must be done…’ how would you feel? What would you think? What would you do?”

She continued, “This is what is happening to Gaza where in spite of what we have all been told, many innocent people and children are being killed and they are not Hamas.”

Greene stated, “Does Hamas deserve it? Yes. Do innocent people and children deserve it? No,” while questioning why the international community does not express the same “compassion for the masses of innocent people and children in Gaza” as it does for the victims of Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack in Israel.

She also wrote, “America funds Israel $3.8 billion annually for military aid. Actually correction. US taxpayers fund Israel $3.8 billion annually for military aid,” asserting, “That means every US tax payer is contributing to Israel’s military actions.”

In another part of her post, Greene stated, “I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to pay for genocide in a foreign country against a foreign people for a foreign war that I had nothing to do with. And I will not be silent about it.”

This is not the first time Greene has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. At the end of July, she made a similar claim, writing, “It’s the most truthful and easiest thing to say that Oct. 7 in Israel was horrific and all hostages must be returned, but so is the genocide, humanitarian crisis, and starvation happening in Gaza.”

Earlier this year, the U.S. House of Representatives voted down an amendment introduced by Greene that sought to reduce American financial assistance to Israel by $500 million.

Greene has made controversial statements involving Jews and Israel in the past. In 2018, she shared a Facebook post blaming the Rothschild family for starting California wildfires by using a “space laser.”

In 2021, she sparked outrage after comparing a supermarket’s policy of adding logos to employee badges for vaccinated workers to the yellow stars that Jews were forced to wear in Nazi-occupied Europe. Following backlash over the comparison, Greene visited the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and later issued an apology for her remarks.

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The Nachala movement is continuing to advance its efforts as part of its broader campaign to restore Israeli civilian life in the Gaza region. Over Shabbos, the organization hosted its 14th field-based Shabbos event approximately two kilometers from the Gaza border, held in coordination with security officials.

During the weekend, participants joined a guided tour that brought them close to the northern edge of the Gaza Strip, highlighting the proximity of areas that organizers believe could eventually become residential communities. Roughly 200 activists were in attendance, including many families, teenagers, and supporters of the initiative.

One of the most powerful moments of the gathering came when dozens of young women who had just completed Nachala’s “Hisoreru” field camp stood together and proclaimed: “We are returning to the Gaza area.”

Tchiya Chaim, one of the Nachala coordinators, spoke about the movement’s growing strength: “Each Shabbos we hold in the field brings more families. This is another step toward returning to the Gaza area. Already, a thousand families have signed on, calling on the government to begin rebuilding the Israeli population in Gaza at the northern boundary. It’s possible.”

The Shabbos gathering is part of a larger series of field-based events organized by Nachala in recent months. The group has also marked several Yomim Tovim with similar activities in the field. According to the organizers, these events represent both a symbolic commitment and a practical demonstration of their belief that a renewed Jewish presence in Gaza is within reach.

{Matzav.com Israel}

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Jewish activists hanging photos of hostages in a park in Frankfurt, Germany, were attacked by a mob of pro-Hamas rioters on Friday. Dozens of rioters, wearing hoods and masks, shoved them, sprayed them with paint, and shouted antisemitic epithets at them. Sacha Stawski, the head of the Honestly Concerned antisemitism watchdog, told Bild. “We were called ‘child killers’ and heard shouts of ‘Free Palestine’ and ‘genocide.’ Afterward, a woman attacked us with paint.” The police told Bild that they are aware of the incident and have increased patrols in the area. (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

A storm of outrage arose on Sunday morning following the report that the Tel Aviv municipality is requiring shuls in the city to sign a commitment to provide religious services “without distinction of gender or belief” or face eviction, with some shuls already fighting in the court for their right to operate in adherence with halacha. Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu responded, “The Tel Aviv municipality and its head are forcibly trying to bring back the sights of Dizengoff Square from Yom Kippur of 2023. While Arab prayers are held in the Dolphinarium with complete gender separation without interference, and while mosques are not required to sign any declaration, shuls and mispallelim in the first Hebrew city feel like a persecuted minority. Tel Aviv municipality—are you sure you’re part of Israel?” Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi sent an urgent letter to acting Minister of Interior and Religious Services Yariv Levin and Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs demanding that “immediate, forceful and uncompromising action be taken against the Tel Aviv municipality and the issue brought to an urgent discussion at the next cabinet meeting.” “What’s the next stage?” Karhi asked. “To force shuls to serve pork at Kiddush?To use microphones on Shabbat? How far will the persecution of Jewish identity in Tel Aviv go? How is it that a similar shocking directive has not been issued to mosques in the city?” Noam party chairman MK Avi Maoz responded, “What a huge gap between the first mayor, Dizengoff, who fought for the Jewish character of Tel Aviv, and Huldai, who fights against every Jewish symbol in the public space of the city. I call on the Israeli government to act against Huldai’s hate and exclusion of Judaism in the city of Tel Aviv-Yaffo.” National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir said, “The Tel Aviv Municipality has declared war on Judaism. To harm shuls, the heart of the Jewish people’s identity and tradition, is a disgrace that crosses every red line.” “Shuls are the backbone of the Jewish people, and they will endure here long after everyone who tries to erase Judaism is forgotten. Anyone who thinks they can uproot the Torah and the identity of our people is very wrong.” “I demand that the Tel Aviv Municipality immediately stop this dangerous and despicable move. We will not lower our heads, we will not be silent, and we will not allow the State of the Jews to be turned into a ‘state of all its citizens’ on the backs of shuls.” The Chotam organization stated, “Antisemitic persecution by the Tel Aviv municipality against Judaism. After unsuccessfully trying to uproot Yom Kippur tefillos from the city’s streets, [Tel Aviv Mayor Ron] Huldai seeks to impose the ‘religion of progressiveness’ and close hundreds of shuls. Am Yisrael will not stand idly by in the face of this persecution. The State of Israel is a Jewish state, Tel Aviv is a Jewish city, and we in the Chotam organization will fight for this.” (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

Shortly before the October 7 massacre in 2023, unprecedented clashes between Jews took  place on the holiest day of the year due to the actions of the Tel Aviv municipality, which banned gender-segregated tefillos on the streets of the city (despite allowing Arabs to hold gender-segregated prayers on the street.) Two years later, the Tel Aviv Municipality is carrying out a new clandestine operation targeting over 100 shuls in the city, demanding that they operate in violation of halacha or face eviction, a Ynet report revealed on Sunday. Some shuls signed the agreement, and others that refused to sign are in court fighting eviction orders. There are hundreds of active shuls in Tel Aviv, with some built on land allocated for that purpose by the city and others on privately purchased land. However, 130 shuls are not officially registered, or their registration is incomplete, and their land is listed in Israel’s Land Registry (Tabu) as owned by the municipality. These are the shuls being targeted in the operation—with the municipality demanding that they adhere to “equality” principles—”without distinctions of gender or faith”—and their “nusach tefillah be set by its management committee accordingly.” Municipality officials declared that “no activities deviating from these principles will be allowed, or the shuls will be evicted.” In one case, the Beis Din declared the Tiferet Tzvi shul as a religious endowment and prevented the municipality from taking it over. In response, the municipality filed a petition with the Supreme Court against the Beis Din, which is still pending. It should be noted that the municipality is not requiring mosques in Tel Aviv to sign the agreement. Shul leaders warn of far-reaching consequences: “If this demand passes, it will mean one thing—the systematic silencing of Jewish mesorah in the name of ‘equality.’ Shuls will be forced to choose between faithfulness to halacha or basic survival.” (YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)

Sen. Chuck Grassley, who will turn 92 next month and was first elected in 1980, has reportedly not ruled out seeking a ninth Senate term.

The Danish and French navies have launched maritime exercises off the coast of Greenland

WILD SCENE: A driver stops for gas in the middle of a high speed police chase and still manages to get away.