Guatemalan authorities targeted the Lev Tahor cult in a raid in the last 24 hours after receiving reports of alleged crimes of human trafficking through forced marriages and abuse of minors. Agents of the Special Forces of the National Civil Police (PNC), with the support of the Ministry of Interior and the Attorney General’s Office, conducted a raid in the town of Oratorio in Santa Rosa. During the raid, two underage couples, ages 15 to 17, from the Lev Tahor cult, were rescued, and evidence was seized. In addition, several non-Jews were arrested, including a Nicaraguan national who was caught and detained in the middle of an attempted murder. In disturbing news, investigators also discovered the skeleton of a one-year-old child buried in a wooden box.

Tze’ela Gez, H’yd, who was murdered in the Bruchin terror attack on Wednesday evening, was a trauma and crisis therapist, which meant she was not only a resident of a high-risk area (Shomron) but she was privy to her clients’ fears and traumas as well. As someone who helped others, she often posted tips and advice for women going through fears on her Facebook account. In October 2024, about six months before she was murdered, she wrote about the security situation, saying: “An unsafe period, a feeling that nowhere is safe, and yet we continue to go to work and live.” She then added, “What helps you to leave the house? And not avoid it…” Gez A”H was on the way to the hospital to deliver her fourth child when she was targeted in the terror attack near Bruchin.

Chananel Gez, the husband of Tze’ela Gez, H’yd, who was murdered in a terror attack on Wednesday evening, expressed steadfast emunah, thanking Hashem he remained alive even as he mourned his wife and absorbed the fact that he is the sole parent of his four children, including his newborn who is in serious condition. He wrote to his community and friends: “Hello friends, today is a sad day. Last night, my wife was murdered. We were on our way to the hospital to happily give birth to our fourth child,” he wrote. “Of course I am broken –  that is natural – but I also thank Hashem that I stayed alive. I will be strong to continue and be a light to the entire world.” “Because we will never let them break us.” “I am very, very sad, but I will continue to fight for the welfare of our people.

Australian authorities have released images of suspects involved in the arson attack on the Adass Yisroel Shul in December, causing devastating damage. The attack took place on the night of December 6, when three masked individuals arrived in a stolen blue 2020 Volkswagen Golf sedan, parked outside the shul, and violently breached its entrance with an axe. They then doused the interior with accelerants from red jerry cans and set the building aflame, fleeing the scene moments later. The Victorian Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT)—which includes Victoria Police, the Australian Federal Police (AFP), and the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO)—said the incident is being treated as an act of terrorism and is a top national security priority.

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.