Tal Shachar Carmon, a friend of Tze’ela Gez, H’yd, who died of her wounds sustained in a terror attack on Wednesday evening, told Kan News about the heartbreaking conversation Tze’ela’s husband, Chananel, was forced to have with his children on Thursday morning. Chananel was lightly injured in the attack and, after being treated in the trauma unit, was released from the hospital. “These were unbearably difficult moments,” Tal said. “He told them in a well-thought-out way and allowed each child to react as they needed.

Tze’ela Gez, a resident of Bruchin and nine-month-pregnant mother of three, was identified as the victim killed in a terrorist shooting attack on a vehicle between Bruchin and Peduel Junction in the Shomron on Wednesday night. Her husband sustained minor injuries. The couple was on the way to the hospital to deliver the baby when the attack occured. Doctors at Beilinson Hospital managed to deliver her baby, who is now reported to he in stable condition. A security source said that, according to an initial investigation, the terrorist opened fire on three vehicles but only hit one of them. It was also reported that the terrorist pointed lasers at the vehicles before opening fire. IDF forces are still pursuing the terrorist who carried out the heinous act.

A terror attack struck Route 446 between the community of Bruchin and the Peduel Junction in the Shomron on Wednesday night, when terrorists opened fire, critically wounding a woman, approximately 30 years old, and seriously injuring a male victim. MDA teams quickly provided medical care and evacuated both victims to a hospital by ambulance. IDF forces have secured the area and are conducting an active search for the terrorists responsible for the attack. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Fox News host Mark Levin expressed strong disapproval of President Trump’s diplomatic tour of Saudi Arabia and Qatar, a notable shift given Levin’s history of staunch support for Trump. The President addressed the Saudi Royal family and global business leaders at an economic investment conference in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, before traveling to Doha, Qatar, for further meetings aimed at securing Middle Eastern investment in the U.S. economy, despite concerns over human rights abuses by potential investors.

Brig. Gen. (Res.) Dr. Amnon Sofrin, the former chief of the Mossad’s Intelligence Division, believes that there is no good solution to the situation in Gaza, even full occupation. Speaking in an interview with Kan Moreshet, Sofrin said that he believes Israel is facing a difficult situation in Gaza, with no solution in sight.  “The alternative of full occupation could lead to heavy prices. Hamas is rebuilding itself, recruiting fighters, recycling explosives – and we are suffering casualties even after 19 months of fighting.” That doesn’t mean that Israel didn’t accomplish anything in Gaza. “What has happened is that the direct threat to Israel has decreased significantly – there is no firing, and there is no return to the scenarios of October 7th,” he said.

The United States is weighing reviving a controversial arms deal with Turkey, and Israeli officials are raising quiet but pointed objections to the possible sale of advanced F-35 stealth fighter jets to a government they now view with growing suspicion—and no small measure of alarm. According to senior Israeli officials, Jerusalem has conveyed diplomatic messages to the Trump administration opposing any move to approve the sale, citing concerns over the erosion of Israel’s qualitative military edge in an increasingly volatile region. The messages, which have not been made public, reflect mounting unease within Israel’s security establishment as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey sharpens his rhetoric against the Jewish state.

Police in Antwerp early Wednesday morning raided the homes of mohelim in the Chareidi kehilla in the city, seeking their bris knives and lists of children, including the homes of renowned mohelim, HaRav Aharon Eckstein and HaRav Moshe Landau. The police raid follows an outrageous lawsuit filed over a year ago by a Jew with a history of provoking Jewish kehillos in Europe. According to testimonies, the officers knocked on doors and said, “Either you open up, or we break in.” The police confiscated all the knives in their possession despite the fact that there has yet to be a court ruling on the case, and requested the list of all the babies they circumcised in the past year.

In a historic event, US President Donald Trump met on Wednesday morning with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, the first meeting between a US and Syrian president in 25 years. The meeting took place in Saudi Arabia, where Trump is finishing his visit before heading to Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as part of his trip to the Middle East. Trump agreed to meet with Shaara after being pressured “to say hello” to him by the Saudi Crown Prince and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Sharaa is in Riyadh for a meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council. The minutes, which lasted for about 33 minutes, took place a day after Trump made a surprise announcement on Tuesday evening that he was lifting all sanctions on Syria.

The Houthis launched a ballistic missile at Israel on Wednesday morning, triggering sirens in central Israel,  the Jerusalem area, and the Dead Sea area. The missile was intercepted outside Israel by air defense systems. The attack was the third Houthi missile launch at Israel in 24 hours. Following the attack, the IDF spokesperson in Arabic Avichay Adraee repeated a warning he previously issued on Sunday for Yemenis to evacuate three seaports. “An important second warning to all those present in the seaports controlled by the terrorist Houthi regime, the Ras Isa, Hodeidah, and Al-Salif ports,” he wrote.

Ilan Segev, a former Shin Bet official, spoke on Tuesday about the release of Eden Alexander and Israel’s goal of returning the 58 remaining hostages. “Edan has returned home, and that’s important, but the road to returning all 58 hostages who remain in Gaza is still long,” he said in an interview with Kan Moreshet. Segev emphasized that while every release of a hostage is significant, it’s important to understand the complexity of the situation in Gaza. “To locate the hostages, we need to understand the tunnel infrastructure in Gaza. This is not a matter of days, but of years.