A Lakewood neighborhood was thrust into a tense and frightening situation on Motzei Shabbos after a local social worker received a suspicious package at her home, potentially from a client attempting to threaten her, prompting a large emergency response. Read the full story on Lakewood Alerts. 

Footage from the cockpit of a Il-76 with the IRGC’s Aerospace Force flying at extremely low altitude to drop water as well as fire retardant on the still ongoing chemical fire at the port of Bandar Abbas in Southern Iran.

GOOD RIDDANCE: Robert Josman, longtime president of the 24th Precinct Community Council, which collaborates with the NYPD, resigned last week after The Post exposed his repeated removal of Israeli hostage posters near Upper West Side synagogues, prompting widespread calls for action.

Vandals broke into the Jewish cemetery in Damascus overnight Wednesday and vandalized the kever of Hamekubal HaRav Chaim Vital, Z’tl, one of the talmidim of the Ari, z’tl. The intruders dug a pit near the kever. Bakhour Simantov, one of the few remaining Jews in Syria, shared a picture of the desecrated kever and said that local authorities promised to find those responsible for the incident.

The Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic Countries issued a statement saying: “We are shocked and saddened by the desecration of the tomb of Rabbi Chaim Vital, z”tl this Thursday in Damascus.” “Jews have lived in Syria for thousands of years and are an integral part of its history. We urgently call on the Syrian government to immediately secure Jewish holy sites, synagogues, and cemeteries and ensure their safety, security and well-being.”

President Trump sat down to meet privately with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Vatican City this morning.

President Trump says tariff deals will be made soon: “We’ll have deals made — but we’ll also make deals. In other words, we’ll just set the tariff and we’ll be reasonable, very reasonable, and that’ll be the end.”