Israelis outside of Jerusalem and other walled cities are celebrating Purim on Sunday along with the rest of the world. There were several minyanim for Kriyas HaMegillah in Gaza and even one in Shifa Hospital. In Yeshivas Ponevezh, bochurim and avreichim finished Shas together dozens of times on Purim night l’ilui nishmas HaGaon HaRav Gershon […]

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Friday published a video message following his meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Tel Aviv. “Today, I met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken,” Netanyahu said. “I told him that I very much appreciate that we’ve stood together in the war against Hamas for over five […]

The Hezbollah terror group fired dozens of rockets at Ramat HaGolan in northern Israel overnight Motzei Shabbos in retaliation for IDF strikes in the city of Baalbek, deep in Lebanese territory, earlier in the night. The IDF said that the Iron Dome intercepted four rockets and the rest landed in open areas. B’Chasdei Hashem, there […]

Chief Rabbi of Russia HaRav Berel Lazar instructed all the Jewish kehillos in Russia to cancel their Purim celebrations with music on Motzei Shabbos and Sunday in the wake of the deadly terror attack in Moscow on Friday night that killed at least 133. Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke on Saturday and claimed that the […]

Russian authorities arrested the four men suspected of carrying out the attack on a suburban Moscow concert hall that killed at least 133 people, President Vladimir Putin said Saturday during an address to the nation. He claimed they were captured while fleeing to Ukraine. Kyiv strongly denied any involvement in Friday’s attack on the Crocus […]

A suspect was arrested in Toms River in the wee hours of Friday morning following a police chase resulting from the attempted abduction of a Jewish teenager several hours prior, Lakewood Alerts reported. The harrowing incident began at around 7:30 PM Thursday evening, when Lakewood Police and Shomrim were called to Forest Park Circle off […]

Israeli and Arab officials have revealed that Israeli security officials are quietly developing a plan to distribute aid in the Gaza Strip, which could eventually lead to a Palestinian-led governing authority. The plan has sparked a fierce backlash from Hamas and created divisions within Israel’s war cabinet. According to officials, a top Israeli defense official […]

In recent days, many Jews in Israel are wondering what the proper way is to celebrate Purim in the shadow of the war and the plight of the hostages and their families and the thousands of Jews who were evacuated from their homes. On one hand, Jews have the mitzvah of being b’simcha on Purim […]

Kerem Jabaren, a 19-year-old resident of Jenin affiliated with Islamic Jihad, was executed overnight Wednesday by his twin brother for allegedly collaborating with Israel and assisting with the IDF’s assassination of four terrorists in the city on Wednesday, Palestinian media reported on Thursday. According to the reports, clashes took place in Jenin overnight between Palestinian […]

A survey conducted by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research has found a decrease in support for Hamas in both the Gaza Strip and West Bank, while the percentage of Palestinians who believe the terror group’s October 7 onslaught was “correct” remains largely unchanged. According to the poll, 71% of Palestinians in Gaza […]