One of the victims of the terror attack in Jerusalem on Thursday was identified as HaDayan HaRav Elimelech Wasserman, H’yd. HaRav Wasserman, a leading Rav of the Belz chassidus, was the son-in-law of HaTzaddik HaRav Asher Freund, z’tl. He lived on Rechov Sorotzkin in Jerusalem.

In a unanimous decision on Monday, the Oakland, California, city council passed a resolution urging for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. This came after hours of heated public testimony, with multiple residents getting up to declare their allegiance with Hamas.

Palestinian teen terrorist Muhammad Nazal, who was released from prison this week as part of the hostage deal, appeared in the Palestinian media immediately after his release and repeated a series of barefaced lies about his treatment in Israeli prison.

This week, U.S. Senator Marco Rubio encountered a challenge from an anti-Israel activist. However, Rubio, armed with knowledge and facts, confidently handled the situation.

According to a report by Walla, IDF soldiers have set up a Shul in the central area of the Gaza Strip amid the ongoing ground invasion. In this initiative, the soldiers transformed an existing building into a Shul. They furnished it with benches, a table designated for Seforim and Siddurim.

Four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, China is facing a concerning outbreak of a mystery pneumonia-like illness, leading to a resurgence of masks and social distancing measures reminiscent of the initial lockdown.

YWN regrets to inform you of the Tragic Petira of Aron Yishai Unger Z”L, who was killed in a crash on the Palisades Parkway, he was 62 years old. As Monsey Scoop reported earlier, the victim was traveling on the Palisades Parkway southbound near Exit 2, when his vehicle collided with a tree.

In a heart-wrenching account to French TV, the aunt of 12-year-old Eitan Yahalomi, who was recently released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, revealed the traumatic experiences he endured.

Further details about the conditions the hostages were held in are being revealed as more hostages are released each day. A doctor at Wolfson, Dr. Margarita Mashavi, said that one of the hostages, a nurse at Soroka Hospital, treated the wounds of the others. The hostages were beaten with sticks as they were abducted and many of them had bleeding wounds.

Israeli media reports on Monday evening said that Hamas has prevented the release of the youngest hostage, Kfir Bibas, now ten months old, who was abducted along with his brother, Ariel 4, and his parents, Shiri, 32, and Yarden, 34, from Kibbutz Nir Oz.