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BREAKING UPDATE: A Delaware State Trooper has died following an active shooter incident at a Wilmington DMV, authorities confirm.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Shlomo Weisberg zt”l, a noted talmid chochom whose life was devoted entirely to Torah and avodah.

Rav Shlomo z”l was a distinguished talmid muvhak of Rav Nochum Partzovitz zt”l, from whom he absorbed not only vast iyun and clarity in learning, but a deep reverence for mesorah. Those who learned alongside him or heard him speak recall a mind of precision and depth, coupled with an innate humility that defined his bearing.

He came from a home steeped in Torah greatness. His father, Reb Yaakov Weisberg, was among the early talmidim of Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l at Beth Medrash Govoha, part of the founding generation that helped establish Lakewood as a world center of Torah. Rav Shlomo carried that legacy forward with dignity and constancy, forging his own path as a true talmid chochom whose every step reflected the values he had inherited.

Rav Shlomo was named after his father’s rebbi, Rav Shlomo Heiman zt”l, a name he honored throughout his life through his unyielding commitment to Torah lishmah and integrity.

He leaves behind a family that continues his legacy. His son, Rav Yosef Weisberg, serves as the rav of Bais Medrash of Pine Lake Park in Manchester.

The levaya is taking place at Beth Medrash Govoha’s Bendheim Bais Medrash. Kevurah will be in Eretz Yisroel.

Yehi zichro boruch.

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UPDATE: A mass casualty incident has been declared after a reported gas main leak sparked an explosion and fire at Silver Lake Nursing Home in Bucks County, PA. Multiple victims are reportedly still trapped. Search and rescue efforts are ongoing.

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Five days after Lebanese officer Ahmad Shukr vanished, investigators say they have found no physical or technological evidence showing that he remains inside Lebanon, a gap that officials believe supports the possibility that he was taken out of the country.

A senior Lebanese legal source told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday that one working theory under examination is that Shukr was seized by Israel as part of an “intelligence entrapment operation.” The assessment stems from suspicions tied to his alleged links to the 1986 abduction of Israeli airman Ron Arad in southern Lebanon.

According to reports circulating within Lebanese intelligence circles, Shukr, who previously served in the Lebanese General Security apparatus, may have been abducted by Mossad after “falling victim to a sophisticated recruitment operation” in the Bekaa Valley.

Investigators also disclosed that two Swedish citizens — one of them of Lebanese origin — had traveled to Lebanon shortly before Shukr disappeared. One of the two reportedly departed the country on the same day Shukr went missing, a detail now being scrutinized as part of the inquiry.

Shukr was last seen after visiting the town of Nabi Sheet in the northern Bekaa region, after which all contact with him was lost.

Family members have pointed to Shukr’s background and relatives as relevant context. He is the brother of Hassan Shukr, a Hezbollah operative killed during the IDF’s “Law and Order” operation in 1988, a period marked by Israeli raids on Hezbollah and other militant bases. Hassan Shukr belonged to the group that carried out Ron Arad’s abduction and later transferred him to an unknown location, after which his trail vanished.

Ahmad Shukr is also related to Fuad Shukr, Hezbollah’s chief of staff, who was killed in an Israeli strike approximately a year and a half ago.

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UPDATE: Delaware Governor Matt Meyer confirms the shooter is dead following a shooting at a Wilmington DMV.

SHOCKING IMAGE: Massive damage seen at the Bristol Health and Rehab Center (nursing home) in Bristol, Pennsylvania following an apparent gas explosion. There are reportedly people trapped inside. There is a fire burning at the facility as well. Rescues underway.

The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that President Trump cannot deploy National Guard troops to Chicago while a legal challenge moves forward. The ruling leaves in place a lower-court decision blocking the administration from placing National Guard members on the streets of Chicago and surrounding areas.

British authorities revealed that a terror plot described as potentially catastrophic was narrowly stopped, following the conviction of two men who had spent months preparing an attack inspired by the ISIS organization.

Deputy Police Commissioner Robert Potts said the planning stretched over a long period and had reached an advanced stage, noting that the suspects were alarmingly close to putting their plans into action.

Prosecutors and police warned that the scheme, had it been carried out, could have resulted in “one of the deadliest terror attacks in the history of the UK, if not the deadliest.”

The men, identified as Walid Saadaoui, 38, and Amar Hussein, 52, were found guilty of plotting a terrorist assault in Britain. Testimony showed that they intended to launch a mass killing spree, using automatic weapons with the explicit aim of murdering as many Jews as possible.

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Israel is failing to protect Yerushalayim from the threat of an October 7–style mass infiltration, leaving vast security gaps along the city’s eastern flank that could be exploited by terrorists, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman warned in a blistering report released Tuesday. Englman found that Israel’s political and security leadership have largely failed to internalize the […]

A 20-year-old man from Sarasota, Florida, Lucas Alexander Temple, has been federally indicted on weapons charges, including possessing an unregistered firearm and a firearm with a removed serial number, the U.S. Department of Justice says. Federal agents say a November search of his home uncovered a written plan for a racially motivated act of violence, […]

Yemen’s internationally recognized government and the Iran-backed Houthi rebels have reached an agreement to free 2,900 detainees held during the 11-year civil war, according to Saudi and Houthi officials. Saudi Ambassador Mohamed AlJabir said in a statement on X that the agreement was signed under the supervision of the Office of the U.N. Special Envoy […]

BREAKING: Turkish authorities have confirmed that the Falcon 50 jet carrying Libyan Army Chief Muhammed Ali Al-Haddad crashed after departing from Ankara.

President Donald Trump renewed his long-running feud with The New York Times early Tuesday, unleashing a blistering attack on the newspaper in a late-night post accusing it of deception, ideological extremism, and endangering the country.

Writing on Truth Social shortly after midnight, the president took aim at both the paper’s reporting and its opinion content, charging that the outlet routinely publishes false material and distorts facts for political purposes.

“The Failing New York Times, and their lies and purposeful misrepresentations, is a serious threat to the National Security of our Nation,” Trump wrote.

In the same post, Trump accused the paper of “Radical Left, Unhinged Behavior” and claimed it was “writing FAKE Articles and Opinions in a never ending way.”

He went further, asserting that the newspaper “must be dealt with and stopped,” and ended the message with the declaration, “THEY ARE A TRUE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!” The post was signed, “PRESIDENT DJT.”

The remarks represent the latest flashpoint in a public clash that stretches back nearly a decade, beginning during Trump’s first presidential campaign in 2015 and continuing through his time in office and beyond.

Throughout his first term, Trump repeatedly targeted The New York Times and other major media outlets, frequently dismissing critical coverage as “fake news” and accusing reporters and editors of entrenched political bias.

During that period, the Times published a series of high-profile investigative pieces examining Trump’s tax records, business affairs, and administration policies. Trump disputed or denied many of those reports.

In response to Trump’s criticisms over the years, the newspaper has consistently stood by its journalism, maintaining that its reporting is grounded in verified facts and serves the public interest.

A Times spokesperson has previously said the paper’s mission is to “seek the truth and help people understand the world,” stressing that coverage is not shaped to satisfy any political leader.

When Trump has labeled the paper an “enemy of the people” in the past, Times executives have rejected that claim, arguing that a free press is constitutionally protected and vital to holding those in power accountable.

The newspaper has also emphasized that its opinion section operates separately from its newsroom and represents a variety of viewpoints, a distinction it has highlighted amid criticism from Trump and his supporters.

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Türkiye’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya confirms that contact was lost with a Falcon 50 jet carrying Libyan Army Chief Muhammed Ali Al-Haddad after its departure from Ankara. According to reports, the jet crashed. Earlier today, Al-Haddad met with senior Turkish military officials.

A sweeping audit released Tuesday by State Comptroller Matanyahu Engelman paints a troubling picture of security, management, and coordination failures along the Seam Line and the crossings surrounding Yerushalayim, shortcomings that have accumulated over many years.

The report evaluates the preparedness and performance of the authorities responsible for the barrier and crossings, with particular attention to the lessons of the October 7 massacre and the Swords of Iron War. Engelman’s findings indicate that longstanding government decisions were not properly implemented and that operational weaknesses remain unresolved.

One of the central findings concerns the physical barrier itself. According to the audit, only 61% of the several hundred kilometers comprising the seam line route are protected by a physical obstacle. In the remaining areas, wide gaps allow Palestinians to cross without inspection. In some places, including an 11-kilometer stretch on one route and a six-kilometer stretch on another, no barrier exists at all—conditions the Comptroller described as posing a significant risk of terrorist infiltration.

The report also highlights systemic problems at the crossings. It notes the lack of an approved operating framework, the failure to carry out key government decisions regarding civilian management, and what it describes as an insufficient response by the Shin Bet to professional recommendations. Despite a Prime Ministerial decision dating back to 2005, not a single crossing in the Yerushalayim perimeter sector has been transferred to civilian operation.

Further criticism is directed at the Israel Police, which, according to the audit, have been running the crossings for roughly 20 years without a formal doctrine or permanent command structure. Of the 16 crossings in the sector, only two are supervised by commanders formally authorized for the role. Engelman warned that this situation creates dangerous security gaps and weakens coordination among the IDF, police, Border Guard, and civilian security elements.

On the ground, the audit found that Border Guard units were reassigned from routine security duties in the area to other missions, diminishing the overall defensive posture along the seam line. The report also cites inconsistent and incomplete reporting between the IDF and police regarding infiltration incidents, resulting in a fragmented and uncoordinated response.

Additional deficiencies identified include aging infrastructure, manpower shortages, inadequate inspection equipment, and failures in coordination between government ministries. One example cited is the prolonged delay in opening the subsidence road at the Qalandiya crossing, which the report attributes to disputes between the Ministry of Transportation and the police.

Among the Comptroller’s recommendations are completing the civilianization of the crossings, establishing a clear police operating doctrine, improving intelligence-sharing among all relevant agencies, and immediately closing existing gaps in the barrier. The report also calls for reexamining the route of the barrier based on updated threat assessments.

Reacting to the findings, the Regavim movement issued a sharply worded response, saying: “The State Comptroller’s report addressing the October 7 scenario in the Yerushalayim area is welcome, but it focuses on marginal issues. The seam line will always be breached. Every day, dozens and hundreds of Arabs from Judea and Samaria cross the fence. Even the most expensive and fortified fence in the south was breached within minutes by terrorists wearing flip-flops.”

Regavim added that fences alone cannot prevent terrorism, arguing that the roots of the problem lie in education, territorial withdrawals, failed agreements, and weak governance. “In Yerushalayim, as elsewhere,” the organization said, “only firm control of the territory-through military and civilian presence, settlement, and governance-can address the dangerous security reality facing the State of Israel.”

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Zohran Mamdani has tapped Lillian Bonsignore, a longtime FDNY veteran and former EMS chief, to serve as the next FDNY commissioner. Bonsignore, who retired in 2022 after 31 years, would become only the second woman to lead the FDNY. She replaces Robert Tucker, who resigned one day after Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in […]