At least three Orthodox Jews were the victims of what appears to be some type of hate incident. Boro Park Shomrim tell YWN that the incidents occurred between 5:40AM to around 6:30AM, Tuesday morning. So far, victims at three different locations have come forward to say that a car occupied by three people suddenly stopped, the occupants exited and ran towards their victims as if they were going to attack them, scaring them and causing them to flee in panic. The men just got into their vehicle and drove away. It was still unknown what the suspects yelled at their victims. The incidents took place on 56th Street, 50th Street, and 52nd Street. The NYPD has been notified and is investigating the incident as well.

Israeli intelligence obtained a recording of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh revealing his efforts to develop “five warheads” for Iran that played a large part in convincing then-US president George Bush to combat Iran’s nuclear program, Yediot Achronot reported on Friday. Former Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert played the secret recording, obtained from an Iranian official close to Fakhrizadeh, for former US president George W. Bush during his visit to Israel in 2008. The recording played a vital role in persuading Bush to cooperate with Israel on joint efforts to thwart Iran’s nuclear program, the report said.

Every year thousands of Satmar chassidim celebrate chaf aleph Kislev, the day the Vayoel Moshe of Satmar, z’tl, was saved from the Nazis. This year, the event was held on a smaller scale due to the pandemic. During the event, the Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg criticized the heavy involvement of Chareidi Jews in the recent U.S. elections. “Jews are drawn to US politics and have greatly breached the line between Yisrael and the nations. We need to understand that we’re in galus. We live here but we’re not Americans.” “Rabbeinu [the Ba’al Vayoel Moshe] also used to say this. There was a Jew named R’ Dovid Eichler who once came for the Yamim Hanoraim from Yerushalayim and he told the Rebbe that he also came to collect money in America.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is in good health and is working according to his normal schedule, a senior Iranian official stated on Monday, denying reports that the Supreme Leader has suffered a severe decline in health. London-based Iranian journalist Mohamad Ahwaze reported over the weekend that Kahemenei’s health took a sharp decline for the worse and he transferred his duties to his son, Mojtaba Khamenei. Media outlets spread the tweet and rumors began to spread that Khamenei may even have died. Medhi Fazaeli, a close associate of the Supreme Leader, wrote on Twitter that Khamenei is in good health.

Thousands of people joined a protest on Bar Ilan Streets in Yerushalayim, as they protested the construction of the Jerusalem Light Rail. Hafganos were held last night, but on a much smaller scale. Tonight, the protest was widely advertised and promoted before, bringing out thousands of people. Some participants lit fires, causing an Egged bus to catch on fire. Shouts of “Nazi” and “Shiksa” were hurled at police as they moved into to try and disperse the crowd. The protesters are against the construction of the Light Rail in the Chareidi neighborhoods. Police responded to the protests with a large contingency, and at least two dozen arrests had been made at the time of this posting.

A 13-year-old Chareidi boy was killed in a tragic incident on Monday when a supportive wall of a fence in the courtyard of a yeshivah ketnana in Beit Shemesh collapsed, causing him to fall from a height of five meters (16.4 feet). Rescue services rushed to the scene and administered resuscitation methods, continuing with the efforts while evacuating him to Hadassah Ein Kerem Hospital in Jerusalem. He was identified as Daniel Madmon Z”L, a student at Yeshivas Mivakshei Breslov in Beit Shemesh. “According to passersby, the fence in the courtyard of the yeshivah collapsed, causing him to fall from a height of five meters,” said Meir Perel, a United Hatzalah paramedic.

Israeli nuclear experts and senior officials who worked at the Negev Nuclear Research Center in Dimona in the past have been warned to “exercise extra caution in their daily conduct,” Kan News reported. The report added that one Israeli scientist who worked in Dimona in the past was told to deviate from his usual daily routine and to beware of any suspicious objects or occurrences. Intelligence sources warned him that it is possible that Iranian agents are monitoring him via the Internet and/or social media. The warning follows the killing of the “father” of Iran’s nuclear program Mohsen Fakhrizadeh that was attributed to Israel’s Mossad and Iran’s subsequent threats of reprisal against Israel.

The sons of slain nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh spoke about the details of their father’s killing with Iran’s IRIB News on Friday, Israel’s Kan News reported. “My father was hit four, five times by gunfire,” one of Fakhrizadeh’s sons said, adding that the bullets were shot at short range and the scene was “a war zone.” He added that his mother was sitting next to his father in the car but was not targeted by the gunmen. (Fakhrizadeh’s wife suffered shrapnel wounds but was not hit by any bullets, according to a New York Times report.) روایت فرزند شهید #فخری‌زاده از انتقال به بیمارستان: صحنه تروریستی ساده ای‌نبود در حقیقت جنگی تمام عیاربود!

A prominent Saudi prince harshly criticized Israel on Sunday at a Bahrain security summit that was remotely attended by Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi showing the challenges any further deals between Arab states and Israel face in the absence of an independent Palestinian state. The fiery remarks by Prince Turki al-Faisal at the Manama Dialogue appeared to catch Israel’s foreign minister off guard, particularly as Israelis receive warm welcomes from officials in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates following agreements to normalize ties.

Iranian Jews have been afraid to leave their homes since the killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh due to fears of retaliation, Arutz Sheva reported. The report said that a number of demonstrations have taken place throughout Tehran since the assassination and when some of them passed by shuls, the demonstrators stopped and shouted anti-Semitic slurs. Following the assassination of Quds Force leader Qassem Soleimani in January, the Jewish community in Tehran, represented by Chief Rabbi of Tehran Rav Yehuda Grami and other Jewish leaders, condemned the incident and paid a condolence visit to Soleimani’s family members.