Israel’s Israel Defense Forces have carried out a second limited incursion into the Gaza Strip overnight. The operation, located near the Shuja’iyya neighborhood in eastern Gaza City, involved infantry, combat engineering, and armored forces, with support from Israeli Air Force drones and combat helicopters.

In a fiery and compelling address delivered in the presence of President Vladimir Putin, Russian Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar called for concerted efforts to free hostages in Gaza and expressed gratitude for Russia’s commitment to combating antisemitism within its borders.

The petirah of HaGaon HaRav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi, z’tl, during such a difficult time is a heavy blow for Klal Yisrael. B’Chadrei Chareidim published a moving video from the Rosh Yeshivah’s trip to Lithuania in Chodesh Av of 2015.

The IDF spokesperson said on Thursday morning that the Air Force carried out strikes on 250 Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in the previous 24 hours. Among the targeted sites were rocket launch pads deliberately placed in the heart of civilian areas, including one in Khan Yunis hidden by a preschool and a mosque.

Locals in the Hamadan province of Iran desecrated the kevarim of Mordechai HaTzaddik and Esther HaMalka and burned Israeli flags at the site in the wake of the war between Israel and Gaza, B’Chadrei Chareidim.

The IDF on Thursday published an audio recording of a conversation between an IDF intelligence officer and a civilian in Gaza.

In a precision bombing guided by meticulous intelligence, the IDF successfully targeted and killed Shadi Barud, the deputy head of Hamas’s intelligence department.

The war raging in Israel truly attests to “אם השם לא ישמר עיר…”. If Hashem allows it, a group of lowly terrorists [with the help of Iran] can blind the eyes of Israel’s intelligence and military agencies – previously respected by the entire world.

A group of Jewish students at Cooper Union College in New York had to be locked into a school library on Wednesday as a pro-Hamas group of protesters pounded on the door, attempting to get their hands on them.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday urged world leaders to collaborate in pursuit of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His statement comes at a crucial juncture as Israel’s ongoing conflict with Hamas reshapes the region and raises questions about the future of Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.