A ben yeshivah who learns in Beit Shemesh was arrested early Wednesday afternoon by the military authorities and taken into custody, Kikar H’Shabbat reported. According to the report, unlike recent arrests, the arrested yeshivah bochur is Ashkenazi. The student learns at Yeshivas Derech Emunah in Beit Shemesh, and he was arrested at the police station. […]
Thirteen people were killed in a fire that spread across seven high-rise apartment buildings in a Hong Kong housing complex, and others were still trapped, the city’s fire services said Wednesday. Nine people were declared dead at the scene and four others who were sent to the hospital were later confirmed dead, authorities told reporters. […]
The IDF will begin routinely monitoring the social media accounts of all regular-service soldiers as part of a renewed effort to prevent the exposure of sensitive security information to Israel’s enemies. According to a report on Army Radio, the new system—”Morpheus”—is based on artificial intelligence technology and is programmed to scan the public accounts of […]
President Donald Trump’s chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a peace plan aimed at bringing an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a transcript of the call published by Bloomberg News […]
Combat forces from the Nachal Brigade are continuing their pursuit of terrorists trapped in tunnels in the eastern Rafah area, within the Yellow Line zone under Israeli control, the IDF spokesperson stated. Dozens of terrorists were trapped underground in Rafah tunnels after the ceasefire went into effect. On Wednesday morning, IDF surveillance soldiers spotted six […]
As a general rule, it’s difficult to sue the U.S. Postal Service for lost, delayed or mishandled mail. But a case before the U.S. Supreme Court involving a Texas landlord who alleges her mail was deliberately withheld for two years is looking to challenge that, in a proceeding the cash-strapped Postal Service says could prompt a deluge of lawsuits over the […]
Senior defense officials presented alarming data to the Cabinet in recent days, revealing that Hamas has resumed almost full control of the Gaza Strip, Channel 13 reported Tuesday evening. Senior IDF officers said, “We cannot ignore the fact that Hamas is strengthening and rebuilding its capabilities in Gaza. Israel must build its own independent operational […]
A driver accused of injuring more than 100 people by ramming his car into a crowd of soccer fans celebrating Liverpool’s Premier League championship dramatically changed his plea to guilty as his trial got underway on Wednesday. Paul Doyle, 54, sobbed as he admitted dangerous driving and multiple counts of attempting or causing grievous bodily […]
IDF, Shin Bet, and Border Police forces launched a large-scale counterterrorism operation in the northern Shomron, a joint IDF-Shin Bet statement said on Wednesday morning. Israeli forces launched the operation overnight Tuesday, surrounding the villages with the support of combat helicopters. Security officials have identified a significant buildup of terrorist activity in the “five-villages” area […]
The Military Police arrived at the home of a ben yeshivah overnight Tuesday, again from the Sephardi community, in Ramat Gan—near Bnei Brak. Hotlines associated with Peleg Yerushalmi alerted hundreds of protesters, who arrived at the scene and confronted the police. Clashes ensued, and the protesters overturned a Miliatry Police car. Eventually, Border Police forces […]
Military officials have informed the family of Dror Or HY”D that his body was returned to Israel last night, following confirmation by forensic experts. Dror, H’yd, a 49-year-old husband and father of three, was at his home on Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7, when terrorists set fire to his house. Dror, his wife Yonat, H’yd, […]
All 24 schoolgirls held by assailants following a mass abduction last week from a school in northwestern Nigeria have been rescued, the country’s president announced Tuesday. A total of 25 girls were abducted Nov. 17 from the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi state’s Maga town, but one of them was able to escape […]
President Donald J. Trump, sent a heartfelt Mazel Tov letter to the Skvere Rebbe Shlita, in honor of the wedding of his granddaughter, which took place Monday evening in New Square. The letter, written on official White House stationery, conveyed warm wishes from the President and First Lady Melania Trump and offered blessings of joy, […]
Top U.S. military officials are meeting leaders of Caribbean nations this week as the Trump administration has escalated its firepower in the region as part of what it calls a campaign against drug trafficking. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and meet Wednesday with the country’s top leaders, including President […]
WATCH: Exclusive drone footage shows the intensity of the blaze on 5th Street, as more than two dozen firefighters battle to keep the flames from spreading to nearby occupied homes.
Mothers of yeshivah bochurim arrested by military police tearfully spoke about the shocking arrests of their sons and the difficult ruchniyus conditions in prison to Kol Chai radio host Yankele Friedman. Hadassah is the mother of Ariel Yechezkel, a yeshiva bochur from Ma’ale Adumim who was arrested a week ago. She described the shock of […]
UPDATE – LAKEWOOD: Multiple agencies are now on-scene at the fully engulfed structure fire on densely residential 5th Street in Lakewood, where a vacant house went up in flames and has spread to a second vacant house. No injuries reported.
DEVELOPING IN LAKEWOOD: A Jewish family’s home on 6th Street has become fully engulfed in flames, with the blaze spreading to a second home. A second-alarm has been declared; multiple agencies responding.
A notorious 1979 missing-child case will go to trial a third time after New York prosecutors vowed Tuesday to retry the man whose murder conviction was recently overturned in the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz. In a case that has long been gnarled by time and uncertainty, a new set of prosecutors now will need […]
Stephen Miller On The “Seditious Six”: They should be held accountable under the law and under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for a seditious conspiracy against the United States of America.
