The IDF and Shin Bet jointly announced that an airstrike was carried out  in the Gaza Strip that resulted in the elimination of Mamdouh Lulu, a high-ranking member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

A Jewish-owned delicatessen in Toronto was intentionally set on fire in what law enforcement is treating as a hate crime. The incident occurred at International Delicatessen Foods, located in the northern part of Canada’s largest city.

An IDF soldier posted a video on social media on Wednesday revealing that he discovered a tunnel shaft in an illegally inhabited area near a Palestinian village in the Har Chevron area of the Palestinian Authority.

Upwards of 50,000 people are expected to attend the levaya today of the venerated BMG mashgiach Rav Mattisyahu Salomon zt”l, who was niftar Tuesday night at the age of 86. Follow our Lakewood Alerts status and groups for minute-by-minute comprehensive coverage of this historic event – SIGN UP HERE.

It is with deep pain and regret that YWN informs you of the petirah of Harav Mattisyahu Salomon zt”l, a giant of mussar, chinuch, and Torah, whose words and wisdom inspired tens of thousands throughout his life. Rav Mattisyahu zt”l was born was born in Gateshead, England to R’ Yaakov and Ettel and went to yeshivah k’tana in London.

IDF spokesperson Daniel Hagari spoke for the first time on Monday evening about the rift in Israeli society, including calls for IDF refusal, prior to the October 7th massacre, acknowledging that it is “reasonable to assume” a connection between the rift and Hamas’s decision to attack Israel.

The US State Department on Tuesday released a scathing rebuke of Israeli MKs Itamar Ben Gvir and Betzalel Smotrich, who have suggested in recent days that Palestinians should be thrown out of the Gaza Strip.

Lebanese state media reported on Tuesday evening that an Israeli drone hit Hamas offices in the Da’ahia district of southern Beirut. According to the reports, four were killed in the explosion, including a senior Palestinian official.

A terrible tragedy occurred on Tuesday afternoon when a wall collapsed on top of a bochur in his 20s in a bochurim apartment near Yeshivas Mir in the Beis Yisrael neighborhood of Jerusalem.

A passenger plane collided with a Japanese coast guard aircraft and burst into flames on the runway of Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Tuesday, officials said.