Yeshiva World News

Birchas Ilanos today, Rosh Chodesh Nisaan, by HaGaon HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman, Rosh Yeshivas Rashbi and Zakein Chevrei Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah. (Photos for YWN by Shuki Lerer)

Birchas Ilanos today, Rosh Chodesh Nisaan, by HaGaon HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman, Rosh Yeshivas Rashbi and Zakein Chevrei Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah. (Photos for YWN by Shuki Lerer)

Russian drones hit a military hospital, shopping center and apartment blocks in Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv, killing two people and wounding dozens, while U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments he made about the leader of Ukraine. Ukraine’s General Staff denounced the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the military hospital late Saturday. Among the casualties were service members who were undergoing treatment, it said. Regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said those killed were a 67-year-old man and a 70-year-old woman. According to Ukrainian government and military analysts, Russian forces are preparing to launch a fresh military offensive in the coming weeks to maximize pressure on Kyiv and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating position in ceasefire talks. Ukraine’s air force reported that Russia fired 111 exploding drones and decoys in the latest wave of attacks overnight into Sunday. It said 65 of them were intercepted and another 35 were lost, likely having been electronically jammed. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that over the past week “most regions of Ukraine” came under Russian attack. Writing on X, he said “1,310 Russian guided aerial bombs, over 1,000 attack drones — mostly ‘Shaheds’ — and nine missiles of various types, including ballistic ones” had been launched against Ukraine. Zelenskyy also repeated his assertion that “Russia is dragging out the war,” echoing comments he made Thursday in Paris that Russia is prolonging ceasefire talks “just to buy time and then try to grab more land.” Russia’s Ministry of Defense, meanwhile, said its air defense systems shot down six Ukrainian drones. It also claimed Sunday that its troops had taken control of a village in Ukraine’s partly occupied Donetsk region. The Russian claim could not be independently verified, and Ukraine did not comment. In an early Sunday morning phone interview with NBC News, Trump was referencing comments Putin made Friday about temporarily putting Ukraine under external governance. Trump said he was “angry, pissed off” when Putin “started getting into Zelenskyy’s credibility.” Putin repeated his claim that Zelenskyy, whose term expired last year, lacks the legitimacy to sign a peace deal. Under Ukraine’s constitution it is illegal for the country to hold national elections while it’s under martial law. “If a deal isn’t made, and if I think it was Russia’s fault, I’m going to put secondary sanctions on Russia,” Trump told Kristen Welker, adding that there would be “a 25 to 50-point tariff on all oil.” “Anybody buying oil from Russia will not be able to sell their product, any product, not just oil, into the United States,” he said. Nonetheless, Trump reiterated that he and Putin have a “very good relationship.” (AP)

The Jackson Board of Education announced on Friday that it now expects to close on the sale of the Rosenauer Elementary School to Bais Yaakov of Jackson (Bais Faiga) in early June. This comes after Bais Yaakov filed a lawsuit alleging that the board had abruptly changed the terms of their $13.1 million agreement, throwing the deal into chaos. Read the full story on Lakewood Alerts. 

Shocking footage from Minnesota captures the scene after a plane that crashed into a Brooklyn Park residence on March 29, igniting a massive fireball. According to Fire Chief Shawn Conway, all occupants of the plane perished, while the home’s residents escaped unharmed.

NOW: On Motzei Shabbos, Misaskim and CSE are working to ensure proper Kavod Hames at the site of the tragic crash.

At the direction of Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel is deploying a 22-member specialist team to Thailand to assist with earthquake search and rescue operations.

CENTCOM releases footage of the latest US Navy strikes against the Houthi terrorists in Yemen.

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President Trump: “Iran is very high on my list of things to watch… We’re going to either have to talk and talk it out, or very bad things are going to happen to Iran — and I don’t want that to happen… my big preference is, we work it out with Iran.”  

The deadly Myanmar earthquake death toll rises to 1,644 as rescue efforts continue to search through rubble for survivors.

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna claims NBC allegedly has been withholding a video that shows Lee Harvey Oswald near John F. Kennedy’s limo at the time of the shooting, seeming to conclude he was not the assassin.

Vladimir Putin narrowly escapes an assassination attempt as his high-end limousine, part of the official motorcade, detonates on Moscow’s streets, just steps away from FSB headquarters.

The IDF and Shin Bet confirm that troops operating in southern Gaza’s Rafah recovered findings belonging to murdered hostage Manny Godard, who was killed and abducted by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists on October 7, 2023.

The Israeli military says it expanded its ground offensive in the southern Gaza Strip in the past few hours. Troops pushed into the al-Jneina neighborhood of Rafah, as part of efforts to expand a buffer zone along the borders of the Strip, the IDF says. Amid the operation, the IDF says troops demolished Hamas infrastructure in the area.

The IDF says it carried out a strike on a mortar launching position in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis a short while ago, from which three projectiles were launched at troops earlier today.

The IDF releases footage from its wave of airstrikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon today, which came as a response to this morning’s rocket fire on Kiryat Shmona. According to the military, the strikes targeted Hezbollah command centers, military infrastructure, rocket launchers, and members of the terror group.

A devastating tragedy struck the Orthodox Jewish community in Flatbush on Shabbos afternoon, when a mother and her two daughters were fatally struck by a vehicle driven by an individual with a suspended license. The horrific incident occurred just after 1:00 p.m. on Ocean Parkway near Quentin Road, as the family was walking home from shul. According to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch, the crash unfolded when an Audi, driven by 32-year-old Miriam Yarimi, collided with a Toyota Camry operated by an Uber driver. The Audi then veered out of control, careening into a crosswalk where it struck the 35-year-old mother and her daughters, ages 8 and 6, killing them instantly. The woman’s 4-year-old son was also hit and remains in critical condition, battling for his life at a local hospital. “This was a horrific tragedy caused by someone who shouldn’t have been on the road,” Commissioner Tisch said during a press conference at the scene. Authorities confirmed that Yarimi’s license had been suspended prior to the crash. She has not yet been charged, pending further investigation. The family had been enjoying a peaceful Shabbos walk when the unthinkable occurred. A neighbor told YWN that the woman’s husband was at home with their infant at the time of the accident, unaware of the nightmare unfolding just blocks away. In total, nine people were injured in the chaotic scene. The Uber driver, a 62-year-old man, and Yarimi were taken to Coney Island Hospital in stable condition, where they are expected to undergo testing for possible intoxication. Three passengers in the Uber—two children and an adult—were transported to Kings County Hospital, also in stable condition. Police are continuing to investigate the circumstances of the crash, including the cause of the initial collision and the driver’s actions leading up to the tragedy. Hatzolah and other emergency services responded swiftly to the scene, working to aid the victims amid the chaos. The identities of the victims will be published by YWN pending proper family notifications. A name for Tehillim for the critically injured young boy will also be shared when it becomes available. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Rabbi Eliyahu Fink of Monsey was tragically killed in a car accident on Thursday. 

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