As more and more new cases of the coronavirus are diagnosed in Israel, especially in schools, Channel 12 News spoke to Dr. Chagai Levine, the chairman of the Israeli Association of Public Health Physicians and an epidemiologist at Hebrew University’s Braun School of Public Health, asking him why there are so many cases being diagnosed among students. However, according to Dr. Levine, the increase in virus cases in schools is representative of a much broader problem, of an increase in cases in Israeli society in general.

The NYPD arrested more than a dozen protesters at Penn Street & Wythe Avenue in the heart of Williamsburgs Hasidoic Community, Thursday night. There were hundreds of officers in riot gear all over the neighborhood. Meanwhile, NYPD Commissioner Shea called for calm Thursday at a news conference that opened with a broadside against elected officials and others whom he blamed for stirring up animosity by speaking against police and sharing videos on social media that, presented without context, are seen as evidence of officer misconduct. “How do we move forward?” Shea said. “I do not know how we will get there. I wish I had all the answers, but I know this much.

Syrian News Agency SANA reported that shockwaves of mid-air explosions were heard in the northern region of Hama on Thursday evening. Additional reports coming from Lebanon confirmed that explosions were heard by the country’s northern border with Syria. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor reported that at least nine people were killed in the strike, with the death toll expected to rise. Earlier in the week, The Syrian Center for Human Rights reported that five members of the pro–Iranian militia were killed in an air-strike near over Al Bukamal also in Syria’s northern area. These newest reports come just three weeks after SANA accused Israel of carrying out airstrikes near Aleppo (Haleb). The target then was a factory that was suspected f producing chemical weapons.

Thanks to great police work and a fast NYPD response, at least 5 suspects are in custody in connection to a shots fired incident, which had the entire community in lockdown. Sources tell YWN that at around 12:00PM, suspects fired 2 shots next to the 101 Precinct on Mott Ave and Cornega Ave. They quickly fled on foot, the main suspect still armed with a gun. Although it has not been confirmed, an NYPD source tells YWN that the suspect may have been aiming at officers at the Precinct. Heavily armed NYPD Swat teams searched the backyards, and were assisted by the NYPD Aviation Unit and K-9 Units. By 2:00PM, five suspects were in custody, and a weapon had been recovered. One additional suspect was still missing. Far Rockaway Shomrim (RNSP) are on the scene assisting the NYPD.

A protest is planned for this Shabbos in Lakewood over the death of George Floyd, and local authorities are joining with the organizer in efforts to promote it as a peaceful event. The protest is scheduled for 1:00PM at 9th Street and Clifton Avenue, and will march down Clifton Avenue to Lakewood Town Hall. The demonstration is scheduled to end at 3:00PM. Meanwhile, some store owners on Clifton Avenue are boarding up their shops and removing valuables out of fears that the protest could turn into all out looting.

Two NYPD Officers attacked in Brooklyn on Wednesday night. According to initial reports, one officer was shot and another stabbed at Church Ave And Flatbush Ave. It appears one suspect was shot and another is in custody. Both officers were rushed to Kings County Hospital. Condition of officers still unknown. DEVELOPING STORY (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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In an extraordinary rebuke, former defense secretary Jim Mattis on Wednesday denounced President Donald Trump’s heavy-handed use of military force to quell protests near the White House and said his former boss was setting up a “false conflict” between the military and civilian society. “I have watched this week’s unfolding events, angry and appalled,” Mattis wrote. The criticism was all the more remarkable because Mattis has generally kept a low profile since retiring as defense secretary in December 2018 to protest Trump’s Syria policy. He had declined to speak out against Trump, saying he owed the nation public silence while his former boss remained in office. But he’s speaking out after this past week’s protests in response to the death of George Floyd in police custody.

New York City’s second night under curfew was calmer than the first, with mostly peaceful demonstrators marching to protest the death of George Floyd and sporadic reports of vandalism. The citywide curfew from 8 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday was imposed to prevent the nighttime chaos and destruction that followed peaceful protests for several days in a row. Chief of Department Terence Monahan said the order to clear the streets at 8 p.m., three hours earlier than Monday’s 11 p.m. curfew, allowed police to take control of city streets. “The earlier curfew really helped our cops take out of the neighborhoods people that didn’t belong there,” Monahan said on NBC’s “Today.” Monahan said officers allowed peaceful protests to continue after 8 p.m.

YWN has been informed by the Chaim V’Chessed organization on Wednesday evening that the Interior Ministry suddenly retracted permission for single students to enter Israel. In recent weeks, the Interior Ministry had developed a program for educational institutions to obtain entry permits for their students to enter Israel. Many yeshivah bochurim have already applied for these permits and received them. Dozens of bochurim are already en route to Israel. On Wednesday, the Interior Ministry suddenly reversed its decision and not only will the entry permits not be issued anymore to single students but even the permits already issued are now void. If bochurim arrive in Israel with the permit, they will be denied entry into the country.

New York City police fatally shot a man Tuesday night in Brooklyn in an incident that did not appear connected to protests elsewhere in the city. Officers responding around 10 p.m. to a report of shots fired at a public housing complex in Crown Heights found a man who had been shot and another man with a gun hiding behind a fence, a police spokesperson said. The man allegedly pointed the gun at officers and they opened fire. As many as 10 officers shot at him, the spokesperson said. Chief of Department Terence Monahan tweeted “an illegal gun was recovered at the scene.” An NYPD investigation into the shooting will include a review of footage from the officers’ body-worn cameras.