A police officer-involved shooting on Sunday of a Black man who was shot in the back set off violent protests in the lakefront city of Kenosha,Wis., that have lasted into the early hours Monday. Many details of the shooting were not immediately clear, but the following unrest prompted the city to issue a curfew until 7 a.m. on Monday and police asked businesses to consider staying closed “due to numerous arm robberies and shots fired calls.” Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, issued a statement late Sunday and said Jacob Blake was shot in broad daylight. The shooting happened at around 5 p.m. Sunday and was captured on cellphone video that was posted online.

The IDF attacked Hamas terror targets in the Gaza Strip early Monday morning in response to the continuous launching of arson balloons into Israel in recent weeks. Dozens of incendiary and explosive balloons continued to land in southern Israel on Sunday, igniting at least 28 fires. Fortunately, most of the fires were minor and did not cause damage or injuries, Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services stated. Israel also banned vehicle imports through the Erez Crossing into the Gaza Strip on Sunday, after having already closed the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing apart from humanitarian needs last week as well as the Gaza fishing zone and halted the transfer of fuel into Gaza.

YWN regrets to inform you of the tragic Petira of Dina Rosenzweig A”H, 19-year-old girl who was R”L killed in a crash in upstate New York on Motzei Shabbos. Dina along with a friend were both critically injured in the crash near Buffalo, NY, and rushed to the hospital. Dina was taken into emergency surgery, but was R”L Niftar on Sunday. Dina lived in Cedarhurst (Five Towns), NY, and is survived by her parents Rabbi Menachem and Devorah Rosenzweig, as well as her siblings (she was one of 12 children). Her family belongs to Chabad of the Five Towns. Please continue to be Mispallel for Esther Perl bas Chanah Devorah who remains in serious condition. Boruch Dayan HaEmmes… (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

At least 30 people have been shot, and at least 7 have been killed in gun violence so far this weekend in New York City. Many NYPD officers will no longer have the entire weekend off anymore after NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea ordered schedule changes amid the insane spike in gun violence and other issues. In an internal memo that was obtained by the Daily News, NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea ordered the schedule changes to begin Aug. 31 and “remain in effect until further notice.”. Shea said in the memo that two-thirds of officers under the rank of sergeant who normally have off on Saturdays and Sundays will see changes to their schedules.

The Israel Airports Authority extended the ban on non-Israeli citizens from entering Israel on Sunday until October 1 due to the high coronavirus infection rate in the country. A surprising decision was made not to differentiate between potential visitors from “red countries,” where the coronavirus infection rate is high, to “green countries,” with low infection rates. However, according to a Globes report, the Population and Immigration Authority may end the ban at any time. According to Health Ministry Deputy Director-General Prof. Itamar Grotto, an outline allowing tourists to enter Israel will be presented by the end of August.

Israel’s Health Ministry recorded 1,140 new coronavirus cases over Shabbos. There are currently 22,393 active cases, with 398 patients in serious condition, of whom 119 are ventilated. Ten more deaths were recorded, raising the death toll to 819. Israel’s coronavirus czar, Prof. Ronni Gamzu spoke about the controversial issue of Israelis traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah during an interview on Channel 12 News on Motzei Shabbos. “Uman is not one of the Tishrei Chagim and is not a devar kodesh,” Gamzu said. “It’s a hillulah or party and it’s not necessary to do it. It can bring us closer to a lockdown. The whole government needs to be firm in order to earn the public’s trust and say to the chassidim – don’t travel during this time to Uman, it will endanger lives in Israel.

The IDF carried out airstrikes on the Gaza Strip early Friday morning for the third time since Thursday evening in response to multiple rockets launched from Gaza overnight as well the continuous launching of incendiary balloons from the Strip over the past two weeks. Seven rockets were launched from Gaza at about 2:30 a.m., six of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system.

In responding to numerous questions that have been posed to Rabbonim over the past few days, which then made their way to Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, the Gadol Hador stated that parents should send all children to schools and Yeshivos. HaRav Kanievsky even went so far to say that children should be sent without any special permission to stay home. “There is no such thing as special permission to neglect Torah not even for a single day.” BChadrei Charedim reported that he even sent a special letter to Roshei Yeshivos and the heads of Chadorim telling them that the responsibility is on their shoulders to ensure that no student stays home in order to protect their own spirituality.

A search has been launched for a group of Yeshiva Bochrim missing in the Catskills Mountains. The group of around 20 boys from Camp Adas Yereiyim were hiking in the area of Biscuit Brook, located on Frost Valley Road in Claryville, NY, when they went missing. They were last seen with a staff member at around 1:00PM. Other groups from the camp had hiked there today and returned safely. A group of around 40 trained search & rescue volunteers from Rockland Chaveirim were dispatched to the scene to assist the NYS Forest Rangers and Catskills Hatzolah who are mobilizing on the scene. Biscuit Brook is located in the “Big Indian Wilderness” section of Catskill Park. There is no phone service in the entire area.

Hezbollah acquired a large amount of ammonium nitrate in the same time period that the ammonium nitrate stored at the Beirut port that caused the devastating explosion on August 4 was delivered, according to a report by the German newspaper Die Welt, The Jerusalem Post reported on Wednesday. “According to information from Western secret services that is available to Welt, Hezbollah in Lebanon received large deliveries of ammonium nitrate, which are closely related to the material detonated in Beirut,” the report stated. The chemicals that caused the blast are believed to have been stored at the Beirut port since 2014, which corresponds to the same time period when Hezbollah received their deliveries.