Statements that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said during a closed-door discussion in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Sunday were leaked to the press. “The law that the committee decides on is the law that will be,” he said. “Within two years, we’ll draft 10,500 Chareidi recruits. This is the number that the army can absorb.” “We will also implement heavy personal sanctions against individuals and institutions. At the same time, we will ensure that whoever enters Chareidi – leaves Charedi.” Netanyahu also denied recent reports of tensions between Israel and the Trump administration, saying:  “I speak with Trump every few days – at least once every two weeks.

The body of Sgt. First Class Tzvi Feldman, H’yd, who fell in battle at Sultan Yacoub in June 1982, during the first Lebanon War, was returned in a special operation by the Mossad and IDF. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced the news on Sunday morning: “For decades, Tzvi was missing, and the efforts to locate him, alongside the others missing from that battle, never ceased,” he said. “About six years ago, we returned Sgt. First Class Zachary Baumel, H’yd, to Kever Yisrael. Today, we returned Tzvi, z’l, and we will not stop working to return Sgt.

The Hamas terror organization engaged in another act of psychological warfare on Shabbos, releasing a video of Elkana Bochbot and Yosef Chaim Ohana. Hamas previously released a video of the two on March 24 and released another video of just Bochbot on April 19. Bochbot, 34, a husband and father of a young son, was abducted from the Nova music festival. Ohana, 24, from Kiryat Malachi, was also abducted from Nova. When the attack began, Yosef Chaim and his friend began to flee the area. But when they encountered Israelis wounded by Hamas gunfire, the two, both trained as medics during their army service, stopped to help them. Eventually, they ran in different directions when they themselves were targeted by Hamas terrorists. His friend survived and Yosef Chaim was abducted.

Yeshiva University (YU) announced that it is discontinuating the Hareni toeiva student club, saying that it has operated in a manner inconsistent with the university’s religious mission and the terms of a recent settlement agreement. The decision was outlined in a statement from the Roshei Yeshiva of YU’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS), who directed the Office of Student Life to suspend the club’s activities. The Hareni club was established following a March settlement that resolved a nearly four-year legal dispute with the YU Pride Alliance, a student group advocating for official recognition of an LGBTQ+ club.

The Israeli government confirmed there are no signs of life from three of the 59 remaining hostages held by Hamas, sparking a new wave of grief and frustration among families. Two of the captives are foreign nationals—Bipin Joshi of Nepal and Pinta Nattapong of Thailand—and one is an Israeli soldier, Tamir Nimrodi. An Israeli official speaking Thursday said, “No signs of life have been received from them since shortly after the outbreak of the war.” The confirmation came just a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that, while 21 hostages are definitively alive, the status of three others is now in serious doubt. The statement, following remarks by both Netanyahu and President Donald Trump, shattered the fragile hope held by many families.

  The names of two IDF fallen soldiers, whose families have been notified, have been cleared for publication. Sergeant Yishai Elyakim Urbach, 20, from Zikhron Ya’akov, a soldier in the 605th Engineering Battalion, ‘Barak’ Brigade (188), fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip. Staff Sergeant Yam Frid, 21, from Sla’it, a soldier in the Golani Reconnaissance Unit, Golani Brigade, fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.

As fragile nuclear negotiations between Tehran and Washington teeter on the edge, explosive new satellite imagery has emerged, raising fresh questions about the true nature of Iran’s nuclear ambitions. Published Thursday by Fox News, the images reveal a covert facility nestled in Iran’s Semnan Province—an area already dotted with nuclear infrastructure. The site, previously unacknowledged by Iranian authorities, is being called the “Rainbow Site” by the opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), which alleges that it plays a critical role in a clandestine nuclear weapons program.

Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, an American missionary from Chicago who spent his career ministering in Peru and leads the Vatican’s powerful office of bishops, was elected the first American pope in the 2,000-year history of the Catholic Church. The 267th pope, who has taken the name Leo XIV, emerged from the balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica. He waved to the thousands in the square as they cheered and chanted his name. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Since the beginning of the year, 340 Israelis who received draft orders and did not respond to them were arrested at Ben Gurion Airport while trying to leave the country. Out of the 340 people arrested, 52 were Chareidim who received draft orders in recent months. Of those 52, 23 enlisted in the IDF. The data was presented on Thursday to the members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee by Brig. Gen. Shay Tayeb, a senior official in the IDF’s Personnel Directorate. Tayeb said that approximately 14,000 draft orders have been sent to Chareidim since June. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Relations between President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu appear to have hit a new low, with sources close to Trump confirming to Yisrael Hayom that the president has grown deeply frustrated with his Israeli counterpart. What began as quiet tension has escalated into open diplomatic coldness. Just days after reports surfaced of Netanyahu’s dissatisfaction with Trump’s handling of regional affairs, insiders from Trump’s inner circle now reveal that the feeling is mutual — and intensifying. According to two senior figures who spoke in closed-door discussions reported by Yisrael Hayom, Trump has “run out of patience” and has resolved to forge ahead with his Middle East agenda without waiting for Israel to fall in line.