An Arab driver rammed into passersby in Bnei Brak on Tuesday evening. United Hatzalah paramedics administered emergency medical aid to a 21-year-old man who was lightly injured and evacuated him to Mayanei HaYeshua Hospital in the city. The driver attempted to flee the scene but was arrested shortly later by police forces called to the scene. The police are investigating if the incident was an accident or a nationalistic attack. It’s also possible that the Arab had stolen the car and was speeding away from the scene of the crime. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

The Al-Mayadeen media network, which is tied to Hezbollah, reported early Tuesday morning that Israeli tanks are now located only about 20 kilometers from the Syrian capital of Damascus. According to the report, IDF forces have taken control of nine villages in the southern suburbs of Damascus, near the border with Lebanon. In the meantime, Air Force forces overnight continued to carry out extensive airstrikes in the Damascus area, as Israel continues with its mission to destroy all of the Assad regime’s dangerous weapons out of concern they will fall into the hands of extremist rebel groups.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had no intention of yielding to the rebel forces at the start of this past weekend, the Wall Street Journal reported. As the rebels neared Damascus, Assad ordered his army to defend the capital, Syrian sources said. But by late Saturday, Assad has vanished into thin air, failing to appear for a scheduled speech. His cabinet members had no idea where he was until they learned from the media, along with the rest of the world, that he had escaped the country hours before the rebels’ arrival to the capital. The fall of the Assad regime highlighted the failures of Syria’s army after years of corruption, defections, and economic woes. The army was low on supplies and suffered from a decline in recruitment.

In a dramatic escalation, the Israeli Air Force has carried out over 250 airstrikes in Syria within 48 hours, effectively dismantling the country’s former Navy, Air Force, and chemical weapons facilities. The strikes come amid as U.S. bombers deployed more than 140 satellite-guided bombs against ISIS, with officials from both nations citing the grounding of Russia’s air force as a strategic window of opportunity. Israeli operations have targeted key infrastructure, including three major airports, military and intelligence headquarters, ammunition depots, and chemical weapons production sites. These actions aim to prevent advanced weapons and strategic facilities from falling into hostile hands.

A Jewish man was seriously injured Monday afternoon after being stabbed in the neck on President Street in Crown Heights. Crown Heights Hatzolah paramedics quickly arrived at the scene, providing immediate medical care before transporting the victim to Kings County Hospital in serious condition. The suspect, described as a white male, fled the scene following the assault, and police are actively searching for him. Developing. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A man with a gun thought to be similar to the one used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was taken into police custody Monday for questioning in Pennsylvania, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The man is being held near Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 233 miles  west of New York City, the official said. He also had a gun, silencer, four fake IDs and other items “consistent” with what authorities were looking for in the case, sources said.

The IDF has announced the deaths of three soldiers and injuries to 12 others during clashes in northern Gaza earlier today. The fallen soldiers are: – Staff Sgt. Ido Zano, 20, a combat medic with the Givati Brigade’s Shaked Battalion, from Yehud-Monosson. – Staff Sgt. Barak Daniel Halpern, 19, a squad commander in the same battalion, from Kiryat Ono. – Sgt. Omri Cohen, 19, also of the Shaked Battalion, from Ashdod. Among the injured are a Givati reservist and a Sky Riders Unit soldier from the Artillery Corps, both in serious condition. The IDF has yet to release full details about the incident, which occurred in the Jabalia area. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to meet with former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who fled to Moscow following the surrender of the Syrian army to rebel forces. According to a report by the Qatari Al Arabiya channel in Moscow, Putin sent Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to meet with Assad in his place. The Kremlin spokesperson clarified that there is also no planned meeting between Putin and Assad. Russian sources told Al Arabiya that Lavrov conveyed a message from Putin to Assad stating that Russia would not intervene in the internal crisis in Syria: “You must solve your problems by yourself.” The Kremlin spokesperson refused to disclose Assad’s location in Russia but admitted that President Putin personally ordered the granting of political asylum to Assad.

The IDF on Monday announced that four IDF reserve soldiers were killed in a tunnel collapse in southern Lebanon on Sunday afternoon. The fallen soldiers, who all served in the 9263rd Battalion’s 226th Reserve Paratroopers Brigade, were named as Master Sgt. (res.) Binyamin Destaw Negose, H’yd, 28, from Beit Shemesh; Cpt. (res.) Sagi Ya’akov Rubinshtein, H’yd, 31, from Kibbutz Lavi; Sgt. First Class. (res.) Erez Ben Efraim, H’yd, 25, from Ramat Gan; and Maj. (res.) Evgeny Zinershain, H’yd, 43, from Zichron Yaakov. An initial investigation revealed that the four soldiers, who were engaged in clearing an underground area in southern Lebanon, triggered an IDF explosive device rigged by IDF forces several months ago.

A drone fired from Yemen landed on a multi-story residential building in the central city of Yavne on Monday morning. In a neis, although no sirens sounded before the drone hit, no one was injured. However, several apartments sustained significant damage. Residents reported hearing a loud explosion shortly after 9:15 a.m. and smoke was seen rising from the building. Footage shared on social media shows the aircraft moments before the explosion. An IDF spokesperson updated that “a strike by an unmanned aircraft has been identified, which apparently crossed from Yemen in the vicinity of the city of Yavne. No reports of casualties have been received so far.” The IDF said it will investigate why no sirens were sounded.