The head of the Hamas terror organization in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar tested positive for the coronavirus, Hamas said in an official statement on Tuesday morning. Sinwar, 58, the second most powerful figure in Hamas after Ismail Haniyeh, is asymptomatic and feeling well and is continuing his regular work schedule while in quarantine, the statement said. Sinwar, who is the co-founder of Hamas’s military wing and security apparatus, was designated by the US as a “Specially Designated Global Terrorist” in 2015. He was arrested by Israel in 1988 for masterminding the abduction and murder of two Israeli soldiers and in 1989 was convicted of murder and sentenced to four life sentences. He tried to escape several times but was always caught.

Police are investigating after a Jewish man was shot in Queens on Tuesday night. Sources tell YWN that the shooting happened at around 9:00PM at 150 Street near 71 Road in the heart of the Kew Gardens Hills Jewish community. Queens Hatzolah Paramedics treated the 21-year-old victim, who suffered a gunshot wound to his leg. The victim is reportedly in stable condition. NYPD sources tell YWN that the shooter may have fled in a vehicle, and he may be known to the victim. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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Israel’s Health Ministry confirmed over 1,200 daily coronavirus cases on Tuesday for the first time since October 19. A total of 1,227 new coronavirus cases were confirmed, with tests showing a positivity rate of 2.2%. The number of active virus cases exceeded 10,000 on Monday for the first time in weeks, reaching 10,513 by Tuesday, of whom 264 are seriously ill and 99 are ventilated. The death toll has risen to 2,865. “We’re in a state of emergency,” new coronavirus czar Prof. Nachman Ash said on Tuesday. “There’s a rise in morbidity but the public feels that the virus is gone.

Elazar Rompler, 46, a leader of the Lev Tahor cult fled Israel mid-trial and traveled to Guatemala despite a restraining order against him, his lawyer said on Tuesday. It is unknown how Rompler succeeded in leaving the country. Rompler left a 17-page letter with his lawyer Gabriel Tronisoili, saying that “it’s clear that I won’t see justice from the Zionist state.” The letter was addressed to the judge of his case, Rivka Friedman-Feldman, and Tronisoili transferred the letter to her on Tuesday, when Rompler was supposed to appear in the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing. Rompler was indicted for child abuse six months ago. He was charged with assaulting and abusing children physically and emotionally from 2009-2011 in his position as a principal of the Lev Tahor school in Canada.

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has been laying low since the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Friday, canceling any activities that require traveling from place to place, Israel’s Channel 13 News reported. Nasrallah, who is believed to be a long-standing Israeli target like Fakhrizadeh was known to be, fears he may be the next in Israel’s crosshairs. Nasrallah has been mocked for his tangible fears of being eliminated by Israel, residing in a bunker and rarely appearing in public. Furthermore, according to a report by the Jordanian newspaper Al-Hadath in September, Nasrallah has $1.6 billion stashed in bank accounts outside Lebanon in case of an urgent need to flee Lebanon.

President Donald Trump’s longtime personal defense attorney, Rudy Giuliani, talked to the president about receiving a preemptive pardon before Trump leaves office, The New York Times reported on Tuesday. The Times, citing two people told of the discussion, reported that Giuliani broached the possibility with Trump as recently as last week, and it wasn’t the first time the topic was raised. The Former NYC Mayor responded to the report by tweeting: “#FakeNews NYT lies again. Never had the discussion they falsely attribute to an anonymous source. Hard to keep up with all their lies.” Giuliani is currently the focus of a criminal investigation by the Manhattan US attorney’s office over whether he violated foreign lobbying laws through his work in Ukraine.

Yamina leader Ayelet Shaked said on Monday that Chareidi pressure to reopen the educational system ultimately also led to the advancement of the plan for the reopening of the pubic educational system. “The educational system was opened in the zechus of HaRav Kanievsky,” Shaked said. “All Israeli parents should say thank you to him.” HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky was criticized by the secular sector for his instructions to reopen the Chareidi school system for boys in October. HaRav Chaim had concluded, after consulting with medical professionals and mechanchim that the spiritual dangers of children remaining at home outweighed the physical dangers of the children gathering at school.

Many Israeli Chareidim, among them entire families, spent this past Shabbos in Dubai, B’Chadrei Chareidim reported. A representative of the Dubai government visited the hotel on Motzei Shabbos, welcoming the visitors to the United Arab Emirates, saying he views them as brothers and sisters. The peace agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has led to some intriguing and unprecedented scenarios and following the uplifting Shabbos, the Breslov mashphia Rav Nota Frank led a highly unusual tefillah at neitz on Sunday morning. Rav Frank, who was one of those who spent Shabbos in Dubai, led Shacharis in none other than a hot-air balloon over the sand dunes of the UAE’s most populous city.

Iran held a funeral service Monday for the slain scientist who founded its military nuclear program two decades ago, with the Islamic Republic’s defense minister vowing to continue the man’s work “with more speed and more power.” An honor guard carried the casket containing the body of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who reportedly was gunned down in a military-style ambush Friday that Iranian officials have blamed on Israel. Israel, long suspected of killing Iranian nuclear scientists over the last decade, has declined to comment on the attack. Defense Minister Gen. Amir Hatami gave a speech after kissing Fakhrizadeh’s casket and putting his forehead against it.

The weapon used in the killing of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh on Friday was made in Israel, Iranian media outlets stated on Monday. “The weapon collected from the site of the terrorist act (where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated) bears the logo and specifications of the Israeli military industry,” an unnamed source told state TV’s English language Press TV. The report was not corroborated by any identified sources or images. Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency claimed on Sunday that Fakhrizadeh was killed by a remote-controlled automatic machine gun from a Nissan truck nearby without any human perpetrators at the scene. However, witnesses of the attacks said that human gunmen were present at the scene.