Photos of the personnel from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation [GHF], the US organization that will distribute humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip, were revealed by Ynet on Monday for the first time. It should be noted that the GHF is not yet prepared to begin distributing aid to Gaza, and therefore, the aid that was brought into Gaza on Monday following the decision of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is being distributed by the UN and other international organizations. The photos revealed by Ynet show the US personnel receiving bulletproof vests and weapons and being briefed on their mission.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing the Democratic New York attorney general’s real estate transactions, Director Kash Patel confirmed in an interview with Fox News on Sunday. The investigation is focused on whether the state Attorney General, Letitia James, committed fraud on a mortgage application. A grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia has issued subpoenas on the matter. James, who won a civil case last year against the Trump Organization and Trump himself over allegations of faulty business practices, is the first public official who investigated the president to now face potential criminal prosecutions themselves.

The families of the hostages from the right-wing Tikva Forum spoke to the press on Monday following Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s decision to allow the entry of humanitarian aid into the Strip. The families vehemently called on the government to stop “courting Hamas” and to act to release all the hostages in a decisive and uncompromising military operation. Boaz Miran, brother of hostage Omri Miran, said: “The Prime Minister justifies his surrender and the entry of humanitarian aid with the risk to the military operation. Following the entry of this aid, soldiers will be killed and the release of the hostages will be delayed, as has happened throughout the war until now. They talk about international pressure – I ask, does Hamas abide by humanitarian laws towards our hostages?

The resumption of humanitarian aid into Gaza was part of a US promise to Hamas as part of the deal for Edan Alexander’s release, Yisrael Hayom reported on Monday, citing sources familiar with the matter. The report follows Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s controversial decision on Sunday to resume the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Hamas had said that it released Alexander as a “goodwill gesture” during President Trump’s visit to the Middle East but according to the sources, Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff directly committed to Hamas leaders that the US would pressure Israel to immediately resume aid to Gaza. Israel had promised not to resume aid to Gaza until the IDF’s new distribution centers were operational in order to prevent Hamas from commandeering the aid.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday approved the resumption of humanitarian aid into Gaza due to intense international pressure on the issue. Netanyahu announced the decision in a meeting of Israel’s security cabinet on Sunday evening, sparking a prolonged debate on the matter. According to a Kan News report on Monday morning, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar said at the meeting: “We need to bring in aid immediately. There’s enormous pressure in the European Union and threats of sanctions, also from the Americans. A series of foreign ministers spoke with me about the issue.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei launched another vicious verbal assault against Israel on Saturday, calling the Jewish state “a dangerous, deadly cancerous tumor in the region” that “must be uprooted [and] will be uprooted.” Speaking at a public event in Tehran, Khamenei accused Israel of being “the source of corruption, the source of war, and the source of discord” in the Middle East, according to Iran’s state news agency IRNA. The Iranian dictator also turned his ire toward U.S. President Donald Trump and his recent diplomatic visit to Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Khamenei called the visit “a disgrace to the American nation.” “Trump said he wanted to use power for peace; he lied,” Khamenei declared.

A young Palestinian man in his 20s from the village of Hizma was arrested in recent days after he illegally infiltrated Israel, disguised himself as a Chareidi Jew, and carried out a violent burglary in the Neve Yaakov neighborhood of Jerusalem. The dramatic incident unfolded when the homeowner unexpectedly returned and found the suspect in the act of stealing valuables worth thousands of shekels. The intruder, armed with pepper spray and burglary tools, assaulted one of the residents in an attempt to flee. During the struggle, the homeowner managed to wrestle back the stolen items, which included car keys, NIS 8,000 in cash, jewelry, and expensive handbags. Jerusalem District Police immediately launched an investigation.

A Chareidi man in his 80s was pulled from a pool in Tiveria in critical condition on Sunday, and his death was later pronounced at the scene. He was later identified as Rav Yitzchak Kalman, z’l, 85, a resident of the Bayit V’Gan neighborhood of Jerusalem and the menahel of Beit Uplanah of Har Nof. Rav Kalman, z’l, had spent Shabbos in Meron and on Sunday, traveled to the hot springs in Tiveria. MDA and Hatzalah paramedics who arrived at the scene tried to perform resuscitation efforts and stabilize his condition, but unfortunately, they were forced to pronounce him dead. The niftar was born in Budapest, Hungary. His parents were murdered in the Holocaust and he arrived in Eretz Yisrael as an orphan together with his siblings and aunt. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

An audio recording of former President Joe Biden’s 2023 interview with Special Counsel Robert Hur, released by Axios on Friday night, has confirmed long-held conservative concerns about Biden’s cognitive decline while in office. The five-hour-plus recording, obtained through an undisclosed source, reveals a president struggling with basic recollection, slurring words, and relying on aides to correct critical errors, raising fresh questions about his fitness to lead during his final year in office. The interview, conducted over two days in October 2023 as part of Hur’s investigation into Biden’s mishandling of classified documents, paints a troubling picture.

Senior Hamas officials held a high-level meeting in Gaza on October 2, 2023, during which Yahya Sinwar proclaimed that an “extraordinary act” must be carried out to sabotage the normalization process between Israel and Saudi Arabia, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. Minutes of the meeting were found by the IDF in a Gaza tunnel and reviewed by the WSJ.