Police are investigating a bullet that struck the windshield of a marked NYPD vehicle with two officers inside. It happened outside the 40th Precinct on Alexander Avenue and E138th Street in the Bronx. The bullet ripped through the windshield & into the divider between the back seats – missing both officers by inches. No arrests have been made and an investigation is ongoing. Meanwhile, in other anti-police violence in NYC, a man pointed a gun at cops in Queens, while another threw a lit firework into an NYPD vehicle in Brooklyn. Thankfully, no one was injured or killed. This is the environment created and cheered on by Socialist Mayor Bill DeBlasio and his buddies at “Black Lives Matters”. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Israel’s Health Ministry reported 1,130 new coronavirus cases as of Motzei Shabbos in the previous 24 hours, with the number of active patients reaching 10,929, the first time since the start of the pandemic that the number of active patients has been over 10,000. The number of seriously ill patients has doubled over the past ten days to a total of 84, of whom 32 are ventilated. There are also 74 patients in moderate condition. Four more deaths were recorded over Shabbos, raising the death toll to 330. At least 12 residents of a Tel Aviv senior living center were diagnosed with the coronavirus over the weekend.

Israel’s Health Ministry recorded a record new number of daily cases on Friday morning with 1,1090 coronavirus infections diagnosed in the previous 24 hours, the highest daily tally of new cases since the pandemic began. The number of active cases has risen to 9,618, of whom 70 are in serious condition with 27 on ventilators. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu‏‏ and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein announced tightened restrictions at a press conference on Thursday evening, including reducing the number of participants allowed at shuls, wedding halls and bars to 50. All other gatherings are limited to up to 20 participants. The restrictions went into effect on Friday at 8 a.m.

Kuwaiti based newspaper Al-Jareeda reported that Israel was responsible for two blasts that occurred at Iranian facilities in the past week. The newspaper, citing an unnamed senior source said that an Israeli cyberattack caused yesterday morning’s explosion at the largely underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility. In a more shocking part of the report, the newspaper reported that last Friday’s explosions at the Parchin military complex in the foothills of Tehran, were the result of Israeli F-35 bombardment – an operation that required no refueling, the newspaper reported. Al-Jazeera reports that the aircraft took off from southern Israel and carried out the bombing run without the need to refuel.

Hagaonim Harav Chaim Kanievsky and Rosh Yeshivah Harav Gershon Edelstein published a letter on Tuesday morning calling on the public to be mapkid on health regulations and to be mechazeik in kedushas beis ha’knesses in light of the rise of coronavirus cases in Israel. “When due to our many sins, Shamayim has increased the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, we surely must arouse ourselves and be mechazeik ourselves,” the Gedolim wrote. “Each person knows in their heart what to work on and specifically, everyone should guard the kedushas batei knesseios and batei medrashios.” “We also have to remember that at a time like this, the binding mitzvah upon us is guarding our health,” the Gedolim wrote.

Rabbanim, Roshei Yeshivos, Dayanim and municipal officials of Bnei Brak convened for an emergency meeting on Wednesday night in the wake of the alarming rise of coronavirus cases in the city, with the number of new cases doubling in the past week. Hagaon Harav Shimon Badani opened the meeting by crying bitterly over the severity of the situation. “A parent came to me and said that his son’s yeshivah told him he could sit in the shiur without a mask. I told him clearly: ‘You’re obligated to take your son out of yeshivah! It’s a zilzul of dinei nafashos and there’s no heter for it!’ I heard about a Jew, a yirei Shamayim who served as a sandak without wearing a mask. Who can matir something like this? Who can be meikel in dinei nefashos? It’s d’oreoiysa! He’s not scared?

A Florida sheriff said he will deputize every gun owner in his county to put down any violent protests his deputies can’t handle alone. Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels gave no indication in a three-minute video released Wednesday that any demonstrations are planned in his suburban Jacksonville county. Daniels also said he would protect any peaceful protests, but added that if anyone starts “tearing up Clay County, that is not going to be acceptable.” “If we can’t handle you, I’ll exercise the power and authority as the sheriff and I’ll make special deputies of every lawful gun owner in the county and I’ll deputize them to this one purpose: to stand in the gap between lawlessness and civility,” said Daniels, sporting a white cowboy hat as he stood in front of 18 deputies.

A man was arrested for allegedly setting off fireworks that burned down a home in Brooklyn. Damien Bend, 36, is charged with arson in the fourth degree. On June 24, firefighters responded to the home on E. 51 St. for reports of a fire on the first floor of a two-and-a-half story home. It took 60 firefighters to bring the flames under control. The Fire Marshal said video footage obtained of the incident shows Bend igniting fireworks in the driveway of the home when a burst from one of them entered an open window on the first floor. The Fire Marshal said Bend continued to set off the remaining fireworks before entering his house to retrieve more. In the last nine days, Fire Marshals have arrested 17 people and confiscated approximately $36,700 worth of illegal fireworks.

Despite viral rumors on social media stating that a Federal Judge in NY ruled that summer camps would not be allowed to open, it is nothing more than “fake news”. The only update in the case is that “supplemental briefs” have been filed – both by the State of New York, as well as by the attorney representing the Association of Jewish Camp Operators (AJCO). The briefs were filed on Wednesday. At this point, there is no news other than waiting for a decision by the judge. That’s what happens when “news sources” publish news without even bothering to verify what they are posting – or even bother to read the date on a court document. STAY UPDATED WITH BREAKING UPDATES FROM YWN VIA WHATSAPP – SIGN UP NOW Just click on this link, and you will be placed into a group.

Mayor Bill de Blasio said Thursday that the city is “full steam ahead” for reopening schools in September, with multiple plans already being discussed to bring as many students back to classrooms as possible. “We are doing the work right now to make September successful, to make the new school year successful,” de Blasio said at his daily briefing. “We’re full steam ahead for September—the goal of course to have the maximum number of kids in our schools.” The mayor said 450,000 families responded to a recent survey about schools. The survey found 75 percent of families wanted to send their children back to school in September. De Blasio said the city is developing multiple plans and contingencies with teachers, principals and parents.