Thousands of people accompanied the funeral procession of Corporal Dvir Sorek (19) which took place in the regional cemetery in Ofra on Thursday night.
Sorek was found murdered early on Thursday morning near Migdal Oz in Gush Etzion.

The following is via Politico:
Mayor Bill de Blasio is turning to reliable allies in New York City’s Orthodox Jewish community as he scrambles for debate-qualifying donations to his presidential bid.
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An IDF hesder soldier from the Binyamin Regional Council area of Shomron, who was a talmid in Yeshivat Hesder in Kibbutz Migdal Ohz in Gush Etzion, was stabbed to death and his body was found during the night near the entrance to the kibbutz.
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Two Israeli women were detained in England after they were caught smuggling a large quantity of illegal substances from Israel into London. They were detained by police for five days before they were extradited back to Israel.

The following is via Fox News:
President Trump took The New York Times to task Wednesday for changing the headline of its lead article about his remarks on the mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton after taking heat from the left for not being critical enough toward him.

U.S. immigration officials raided numerous Mississippi food processing plants Wednesday, arresting 680 mostly Latino workers in what marked the largest workplace sting in at least a decade.

For the third time in one week, the same two suspects committed another armed robbery in the Boro Park area.
The latest incident took place on Tuesday night near Ocean Parkway and Caton Avenue at around 11:00PM.
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The Ovitz family, a Mishpacha well-known among Vishnitzer Chassidim, gathered for a special occasion at the Kosel this week.
The family matriarch, Mrs Shoshana Ovitz – an Auschwitz survivor –  is about to turn 104, and she had a request.

The New York Police Department says the loud noise of a motorcycle backfiring caused a panic and sent people scrambling in Times Square.
The department tweeted Tuesday evening, “There is no #ActiveShooter in #TimesSquare.
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As the video below shows, for the past three consecutive days, dozens of foxes have been observed entering and exiting the south western corner of the Kosel from dawn until sunrise.