IDF soldiers gathered together on Sunday evening for a special tefillah prior to the launch of a major military operation in Jenin. Moments after the tefillah, over a thousand soldiers were deployed to Jenin to face hundreds of murderous terrorists. One IDF soldier from the Duvedan unit was lightly injured by a “friendly” grenade. After receiving emergency medical treatment, he insisted on immediately returning to his unit in Jenin to continue fighting. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

An Arab teen terrorist carried out a stabbing attack in the Kiryat Herzog neighborhood of Bnei Brak early Monday evening. The victim, a 28-year-old Chareidi avreich, was evacuated to Mayanei Hayeshua Hospital in light condition. B’Chasdei Hashem, he managed to grab the knife as the Arab accosted him, avoiding serious injury. The terrorist, a 14-year-old resident of Jenin, tried to flee the scene but was caught and arrested by the police. During his interrogation, he admitted to carrying out the attack as revenge for the IDF operation in Jenin that was launched in the early hours of Monday morning. נעצר מחבל ערבי שדקר יהודי בבני ברק pic.twitter.com/2klhdfL0t6 — בז news (@1717Bazz) July 3, 2023 (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Clashes broke out between Israel Police officers and anarchists at a protest at Ben-Gurion airport on Monday afternoon. Hundreds of protesters created chaos at Terminal 3 and refused police orders to leave the area. Police officers began evacuating protesters by force and clashes between the police and the protesters ensued. Four protesters were arrested. A source at the airport said that they received information that the anarchists purchased discounted plane tickets and came to the airport with luggage in order to create chaos at the boarding gates. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

As the IDF launched a widespread counterterrorism operation in Jenin in the early hours of Monday morning, armored bulldozers were deployed to the area to clear the roads and locate IEDS. The bulldozers scraped the asphalt off the road in order to reveal any hidden IEDS. During a raid in Jenin last month, three powerful explosive devices that were placed on the side of the road exploded under an IDF jeep as it was leaving the area, injuring seven IDF soldiers and Border Police officers, three moderately and four lightly. Three other IDF vehicles were also damaged, including one that came to assist after the explosion. Bulldozers also cleared roads of vehicles that were placed in the way by terrorists as roadblocks. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

The Israeli Defense Forces announced early Monday morning the start of an “extensive counterterrorism operation” in Jenin. The announcement followed reports of at least two airstrikes in terrorist infrastructure in the West Bank city. Videos posted on Palestinian channels showed tens of Israeli Security Forces armored vehicles entering the city. Palestinian media reported that the vehicles were entering for numerous directions. The Palestinian Health Ministry has reported that at least one man was killed in airstrikes in the city, and another was wounded. Palestinian media reported the deceased as a member of a local terror group. Israel’s public broadcaster Kann reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was receiving regular updates on the ongoing operation. Updates to follow.

Israel Police has completed its preparations for the 280th yahrtzeit of the Ohr HaChayim HaKadosh in the Har HaZeseisim area of Jerusalem, which is taking place on Monday evening and Tuesday. Hundreds of police officers and security forces, with the assistance of ushers, will be deployed to Har HaZesim and in the kever complex itself to maintain public order and security. No private vehicles will be allowed entry to the Har HaZeisim area during the event. Buses (Line 51) will be available from Rechov Shmuel HaNavi to the kever complex and back on Monday evening from 7 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. and on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.

In a tense turn of events, a level 2 emergency was declared at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel on Saturday night as United Airlines Flight UAL91 encountered a harrowing situation. The flight, scheduled to travel from Tel Aviv to Newark, found itself in distress due to a broken window on the aircraft. With 339 passengers on board, the situation demanded immediate action and the crew swiftly declared an emergency. FlightRadar24, a popular flight tracking service, revealed that the airplane had been circling over the Mediterranean and engaging in fuel dumping procedures since 12:40 PM. These maneuvers were undertaken to reduce the plane’s weight and ensure a safe landing back at Ben Gurion Airport.

In a tense pre-dawn incident on Sunday, an anti-aircraft missile launched from Syria detonated over Israeli airspace, resulting in shrapnel falling in the southern city of Rahat. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) allegedly carried out strikes near the Syrian city of Homs, according to reports. Syria’s state news agency, SANA, confirmed the Israeli strikes near Homs, stating that several sites were targeted, causing unspecified “material losses.” The Syrian air defenses responded to what they referred to as “Israeli aggression” on Homs, a claim frequently made by Syria in response to alleged Israeli attacks. However, military analysts often doubt the veracity of these assertions.

As YWN reported earlier this week, terror groups in the Gaza Strip have been indoctrinating young children to commit terror acts in specialized summer camps in the Gaza Strip for years. Strangely, the UN, which has condemned Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, more times than any other nation in the world, remains silent on the issue. This is true despite the fact that according to its Human Rights Council, using children for military conflicts constitutes a war crime. Where is the outrage of the “human rights activists” around the world, whose rage spills on the streets if Israel dares to defend itself from these camp directors/terrorists? The silence is deafening.

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie didn’t hold back in criticizing his rival Ron DeSantis’ remarks regarding the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Christie described DeSantis’ response as “one of the most ridiculous answers I’ve heard in this race so far.” During an event in New Hampshire on Tuesday, DeSantis was asked whether he believed former President Trump had “violated the peaceful transfer of power, a key principle of American democracy that we must uphold,” with his claims of election fraud. DeSantis replied, “I wasn’t anywhere near Washington that day. I have nothing to do with what happened that day. Obviously, I didn’t enjoy seeing, you know, what happened, but we’ve gotta go forward on this stuff.