Former President Joe Biden was diagnosed with an “aggressive form” of prostate cancer, according to a statement from his personal office Sunday, and it has spread to his bones. “Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday, he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement said. It continued, “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management.” Biden and his family “are reviewing treatment options with his physicians,” the statement said.

The IDF has released documents claiming that Palestinian journalist Hassan Eslaiah, killed in a targeted Israeli airstrike on a hospital in southern Gaza on May 13, was a member of Hamas’s military wing. Eslaiah, who was injured in a prior strike on April 7, was accused by the IDF of being part of Hamas’s Khan Younis Brigade and operating “under the guise of a journalist and owner of a press company.” IDF international media spokesman Lt. Col. Nadav Shoshani shared on X that documents recovered from Gaza “reveal a list of operatives” in the 3rd Battalion of Hamas’s Khan Yunis Brigade. “Among them, Hassan [Eslaiah], listed by name, military number and unit: the so-called ‘Media Platoon,’” Shoshani stated.

A resident of the central city of Yavne who carried out missions for Iranian terrorist elements was arrested last month, a joint statement from Israel and the Shin Bet announced on Sunday. Moshe Atias, 18, was arrested on suspicion of committing serious security offenses, including collecting intelligence at the cardiology department in a hospital in central Israel while former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett was hospitalized there. The investigation revealed that Atias maintained contact with Iranian terrorist elements and carried out numerous missions for them while fully aware of the potential harm to state security, in exchange for financial compensation.

A young Palestinian man in his 20s from the village of Hizma was arrested in recent days after he illegally infiltrated Israel, disguised himself as a Chareidi Jew, and carried out a violent burglary in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem. The dramatic incident unfolded when the homeowner unexpectedly returned and found the suspect in the act of stealing valuables worth thousands of shekels. The intruder, armed with pepper spray and burglary tools, assaulted one of the residents in an attempt to flee. During the struggle, the homeowner managed to wrestle back the stolen items, which included car keys, NIS 8,000 in cash, jewelry, and expensive handbags. Jerusalem District Police immediately launched an investigation.

A Chareidi man in his 80s was pulled from a pool in Tiveria in critical condition on Sunday, and his death was later pronounced at the scene. He was later identified as Rav Yitzchak Kalman, z’l, 85, a resident of the Bayit V’Gan neighborhood of Jerusalem and the menahel of Beit Uplanah of Har Nof. Rav Kalman, z’l, had spent Shabbos in Meron and on Sunday, traveled to the hot springs in Tiveria. MDA and Hatzalah paramedics who arrived at the scene tried to perform resuscitation efforts and stabilize his condition, but unfortunately, they were forced to pronounce him dead. The niftar was born in Budapest, Hungary. His parents were murdered in the Holocaust and he arrived in Eretz Yisrael as an orphan together with his siblings and aunt. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

The IDF on Sunday afternoon announced the launch of Operation Gideon’s Chariots in the Gaza Strip. “Over the past 24 hours, IDF forces under the Southern Command, both regular and reserve, have begun a broad ground operation throughout the northern and southern Gaza Strip, as part of the launch of Operation Gideon’s Chariots,” the statement said.

Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency has successfully brought home a vast trove of secret Syrian archives detailing the life, mission, and final days of legendary Israeli spy Eli Cohen — six decades after his execution in Damascus. Timed to coincide with the 60th anniversary of Cohen’s public hanging in Damascus’s Marjeh Square on May 18, 1965, the announcement of the covert mission, executed in cooperation with a strategic foreign intelligence partner, marks a historic breakthrough in Israel’s ongoing effort to uncover the truth behind its most iconic agent.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Sunday night that Israel’s hostage negotiation team in Doha is exploring “every possibility” for a deal — including one that could end the war in Gaza altogether. The dramatic statement from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) confirms that Israeli negotiators are now weighing two parallel tracks: a short-term ceasefire proposal reportedly advanced by U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, or a sweeping agreement that would result in the full release of all remaining Israeli hostages and the total dismantling of Hamas’s rule in Gaza.