BUTLER, Pa. – Former president Donald Trump was quickly rushed offstage today after what authorities are investigating as an assassination attempt, leaving a campaign rally with appeared to be blood on one side of his face. The incident was a shocking turn in a tense election season where concerns about violence have already been running high.
A campaign spokesman said Trump was taken to a medical facility but is “fine.” The scene unfolded just days before he is set to formally receive the GOP nomination for president at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee – and renewed fears about rising threats of political violence in the country.

Tonight’s Adirei Hatorah event is being held at Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia, PA.
The event is being held as part of the annual campaign to raise funds to cover the kollel budget of Beth Medrash Govoha in Lakewood, NJ.
This is the third consecutive year that the event is being held, a continuation of an initiative started several years ago by Mr. Leizer Scheiner and his partners.
WATCH THE EVENT LIVE HERE ON MATZAV.COM:

Israeli forces on Shabbos morning rescued four hostages from two separate locations in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip.
During a complex IDF/Border Police/Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) daytime operation in the heart of a crowded residential neighborhood, the forces recovered from Hamas captivity Noa Argamani, 26, Almog Meir Jan, 21, Andrey Kozlov, 27, and Shlomi Ziv, 40.
A fighter from the Border Police’s Yamam National Counter-Terrorism Unit was mortally wounded during the rescue mission.
Ch. Insp. Arnon Zamora was rushed to the hospital and shortly thereafter was pronounced dead.
The four hostages were all abducted by Hamas terrorists from the Supernova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im during the Oct. 7 massacre.

A jury has found former President Donald Trump’s guilty on all 34 counts in the criminal trial in New York City, where he faced felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment.
It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges.
Trump last April pleaded not guilty to a 34-count indictment charging him with falsifying business records in connection with a hush money payment his then-attorney Michael Cohen made to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Rav Yechiel Yitzchok Perr zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshiva Derech Ayson of Far Rockaway. He was 89.
Rav Perr grew up in South Ozone Park, Queens, where his father, Rav Menachem Mendel Perr, served as rov for over 50 years. He was a son of Rav Menachem Mendel and Rebbetzin Leah Perr.
He attended high school at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Chaim Berlin and then learned at Yeshiva of Philadelphia, under Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky and Rav Elya Svei.
He subsequently joined Bais Medrash Govoah in Lakewood, where he learned under the rosh yeshiva, Rav Aharon Kotler, from 1954 to 1962.

The IDF Spokesperson officially revealed this morning that 21 reservists have lost their lives in two major incidents in the southern Gaza Strip.
The identities of 10 of these soldiers have been disclosed to the public:

The Israeli Defense Forces has announced the names of eight more soldiers who have tragically been killed in the current Gaza conflict.
They are:
– Staff sergeant David Bogdanovsky, 19, from Haifa, who was killed on Shabbos in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
– Staff sergeant Orel Bashan, 20, from Haifa, who was killed on Shabbos in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
– Staff sergeant Gal Hershko, 20, from Yiftach, who was killed on Shabbos in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.
– Staff sergeant Itamar Shemen, 21, from Lapid, who was killed on Shabbos in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Hagaon Rav Boruch Mordechai Ezrachi zt”l, rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ateres Yisroel and a member of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah in Eretz Yisroel. He was 94.
The rosh yeshiva had been hospitalized since Shabbos Parshas Pinchas. The following Sunday, his condition deteriorated and he fell into a coma and stopped breathing. During the last four months, his condition showed ups and downs, and in the last week, there was even a slight improvement in his health, but his heart troubles overcame him, and the rosh yeshiva passed away this morning.

Hamas killed at least 600 Israelis on Simchas Torah as it launched a massive offensive from the Gaza Strip, including firing more than 3,000 rockets and sending dozens of Palestinian terrorists to infiltrate the Jewish state.
Around 5:30 p.m., 11 hours into the terrorist attacks, there were still exchanges of fire at 22 locations inside Israel.
Just after 8 p.m., Hamas launched a massive barrage of rockets toward central Israel, with direct hits reported in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam and Givatayim.
Active combat continued between Israeli security forces and Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be’eri and Kibbutz Kfar Aza.
There were also reports of a hostage situation in Ofakim, located some 12 miles from the Gaza border.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the petirah of Maran HaGaon Rav Yerachmiel Gershon Edelstein zt”l. He was 100 years old.
Rav Gershon had been hospitalized for the last week or so and his condition turned critical this morning. He was niftar at about 10 o’clock local time.
Rav Gershon was the senior member of the of the Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of Degel HaTorah and the rosh yeshiva of Yeshivas Ponevezh for eight decades.
The levaya is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Yeshivas Ponevezh in Bnei Brak.
{Matzav.com}