Following a report of the neis the terror victims were zocheh to when the terrorist’s gun jammed in the attack in the Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood of Jerusalem on Tuesday morning, another neis was revealed in the operating room – the bullet had narrowly missed penetrating the heart of one of the victims. Following the attack, Reb Yaakov Mozes, 48, underwent surgery at Hadassah Har HaTzofim Hospital to remove the bullet, which had barely missed his heart. Baruch Hashem, his condition has improved and he is in mild condition. The second victim, Reb Moshe Yosef Hess, 50, who was more seriously wounded, underwent an emergency three-hour operation at Shaare Tzedek Hospital after the attack. Baruch Hashem, the surgery went well and he has regained consciousness.

In a brain melting reckless move that smacks of self-promotion and delusion, a prominent frum Democratic lobbyist publicly blared his attempt to build a relationship with Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, whose virulently anti-Semitic histories have shocked Jews worldwide. Lobbyist Ezra Friedlander wrote on Twitter that he was invited as a plus one to the Muslim Congressional staffer Iftar dinner. The Iftar is the meal Muslims eat after sunset during the month of Ramadan.

A disturbing video has surfaced showing a man viciously attacking two NYPD officers while they were conducting a smoke shop inspection in the Bronx. The incident occurred on Monday afternoon around 2 p.m. at the busy intersection of 231st Street and Broadway. The footage, which was posted on the NYC Scoop Twitter feed, captures the moment when 45-year-old Jose Garcia sneaks up behind one of the uniformed female officers and smacks her on the head with a bottle. He then proceeds to charge at her and swings at another officer who was standing next to her. Fortunately, the officers were able to subdue the attacker with the help of at least one other person.

Thousands of frum Jews take the I-95 down to Florida each Pesach. For some, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime getaway; for others, it’s a yearly pilgrimage aimed at rejuvenating their spirits in the Sunshine State. But for all, the trek is the ultimate example of frum yidden looking out for one another. More than a dozen years ago, Moshe Wulliger, a young but ambitious man, noted the massive numbers of community members traveling south each Pesach season and devised a plan to assist those who require help over the course of their trip. It was named “United 95.” And by “help” he meant any type of assistance one could require when encountering difficulties over the long haul to Florida.

Fox and Dominion Voting Systems reached a settlement Tuesday in the voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit, averting a trial in a case that exposed how the top-rated network chased viewers by promoting lies about the 2020 presidential election. An attorney for Dominion said the settlement was for $787.5 million. “The truth matters. Lies have consequences,” said Dominion lawyer Justin Nelson in a news conference outside the courthouse after the announcement. Dominion had asked for $1.6 billion in arguing that Fox had damaged its reputation by helping peddle phony conspiracy theories about its equipment switching votes from former President Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden. Fox said the amount greatly overstated the value of the Colorado-based company.

The Federal Trade Commission has issued a warning about a new type of scam that could trick people into sending money to criminals. For years, scammers have pretended to be authority figures, like police officers, to demand money to help a friend or family member in trouble. Now, the FTC has warned that criminals are using voice cloning technology to impersonate loved ones and con people into sending them money. According to the FTC, scammers only need a short audio clip of someone’s voice to generate a clone using artificial intelligence. When the scammer calls, they’ll sound just like the loved one, making it difficult for people to detect the fraud.

An El Al pilot infuriated some passengers on a flight from Israel to New York on Tuesday when he made a political statement over the public address system. The pilot announced [in Hebrew and English]: “I want to mention Holocaust Day because things like this can only happen in a dictatorship and the State of Israel is fighting for its democracy these days.” El Al Airlines issued a statement in response to the incident, saying: “El Al Airlines condemns political statements of any kind by any of its personnel as part of their work and certainly not on its planes, which cannot be a platform for this type of activity. The company instructs that it be avoided, especially on such a sensitive and significant day for Am Yisrael.

IDF soldiers and Border Guard officers carried out a counterterrorism operation in Jenin on Tuesday afternoon, arresting two “ticking bomb” terrorists planning an imminent “significant attack.” According to Palestinian reports, the first forces were undercover Border Guard officers disguised as Arabs driving a produce truck. Local Arabs began shooting at them and a heavy gun battle ensued. Six Palestinians were injured. Heavy confrontations in Jenin between Palestinian Resistance and the israeli occupation forces israeli military sends helicopters to aid their troops coming under heavy fire from the Resistance pic.twitter.com/NwhpwkfcaD — Hussein (@EyesOnSouth) April 18, 2023 (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

The 22nd annual Anti-Semitism Worldwide Report by the Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry in Tel Aviv University, published in collaboration with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), was published on Monday ahead of Yom HaShoah, which begins on Monday evening, April 17. The report states that Chareidi Jews are the main target of physical anti-Semitic attacks in the West, such as hitting, spitting and throwing objects. The report is based on an analysis of dozens of reported physical attacks in New York, where the largest number of such attacks occurred in the US in 2022, in London, where the largest number of such attacks occurred in Europe, and other cities throughout the world.

Two Breslover chassidim on their way to daven Shacharis at the kever of Shimon HaTzaddik were moderately injured in a shooting attack on Derch Bar Lev. The victims, men in their 40s, were treated at the scene by paramedics and evacuated to the hospital for further treatment. United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Yechiel Stern said: “I was near the tomb of Shimon HaTzadik and received reports of gunfire. I arrived at the scene within a few seconds and provided initial treatment to two people who were in moderate condition.” This is a developing story. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)