Two Arab terrorists surrendered themselves to IDF forces after an hours-long siege outside their home near the city of Shechem beginning in the early hours of Tuesday morning. IDF soldiers entered the village of Rujeib overnight Monday and surrounded a building where two Arabs suspected of perpetrating recent shooting attacks in the Shomron, including an attack on a security vehicle near Shavei Shomron, were hiding, according to information provided by the Shin Bet. The terrorists refused orders to turn themselves in, instead opening fire at IDF forces. An intense hours-long gun battle ensued, during which IDF troops returned fire and also fired anti-tank missiles at the building. B’Chasdei Hashem, there were no injuries among IDF forces.

A fight over a parking spot in Williamsburg turned violent Tuesday morning, resulting in a Chasidic man requiring stitches after being punched in the face, Williamsburg Shomrim told YWN. Shocking video taken at the scene showed the Chasidic man engaged in a dispute with a relative of a driver he was arguing with, who claimed that he took their parking spot. The video shows the Jewish man being pushed up against a gate before his attacker became more aggressive and punched his victim in the face. Shockingly, multiple people watching the disturbing incident unfold did nothing as the innocent man was beaten by a stranger. Rather than helping, the people nearby either stood around and watched, or worse, videoed the incident without stepping in.

Senator Lindsey Graham on Sunday predicted that there will be riots in the streets if former President Donald Trump is slapped with charges over his handling of classified documents. “If there is a prosecution of Donald Trump for mishandling the classified information after the Clinton debacle, which you presided over and did a [great] job, there will be riots in the streets,” Graham told Fox News host Trey Gowdy, a former Congressman who investigated Hillary Clinton’s mishandling of classified information.

ABC journalist Jon Karl reported Sunday that former President Trump’s inner circle of advisers are very worried about their inability to get good attorneys to join them in the wake of the FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago. “Publicly, what they’re saying is this is rallying Republicans to Trump’s defense,” Karl said. “This makes it more likely that he will win the Republican nomination. Campaigning against this political action by the FBI and the DOJ.” “Privately, they are really concerned,” he continued. “And one of the big concerns here is that Trump has nobody defending him. If you look at his legal team, it is comically inept and inexperienced. All of the big names who defended him through the first two impeachments, through the Mueller investigation, are gone.

Tens of thousands of Sephardi Jews gathered at shuls at on Sunday night at chatzos and early Monday morning to begin reciting Selichos. Thousands of Jews also gathered at the Kosel and tens of thousands more will continue to flock to the remnant of the Beis HaBechira throughout Elul, including many traditional and secular Jews. In light of the great demand to attend Selichos at the Kosel, a decision was made this year to hold 14 main Selichos accompanied by a Chazan, amplification and giant screens on the outskirts of the Kosel. Selichos at Kever Rashbi: The Western Wall Heritage Foundation stated: “The traditional Selichos tefillos at the Kosel plaza unites Am Yisrael in all its shades and adds to the unity of the most exciting month of the year.

In the tradition of the age-old minhag, HaGaon HaRav Baruch Mordechai Ezrachi banged on the shtender on Rosh Chodesh Elul and yelled out E-L-U-L! HaRav Ezrachi is the Rosh Yeshivah of Ateres Yisrael, located in Modiin Illit. The minhag of banging on the shtender on Rosh Chodesh Elul began as a way of instilling fear about the impending Yom HaDin in the hearts of mispallelim. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Republican Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri on Sunday said that Donald Trump “should have turned over all” of the documents the FBI wound up seizing from him during their search at Mar-a-Lago, but also blasted the FBI’s timing of the raid. “He should have turned the documents over, and apparently had turned a number of documents over,” Blunt told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.

Satellite imagery showed widespread destruction at a giant military facility in western Syria targeted in a recent Israeli airstrike, and the head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said Sunday the strike targeted a depot housing over 1,000 middle-range missiles for Iran-backed fighters. Syrian state media reported after the Thursday night attack near the cities of Tartus and Hama that two people were wounded and fires were sparked in nearby forests. It added that the missiles were fired from over the Mediterranean and most of them were shot down. Syrian opposition activists at the time said the strike targeted an arms depot and a scientific research center near the central town of Masyaf, a government stronghold.

A tragic incident unfolded in White Lake, Sunday afternoon, when three people drowned in the water. Sources tell YWN that it appears that one victim fell off a pontoon, and two other people jumped off the same boat to assist the victim in the water. Tragically, all three drowned in the lake. Catskills Hatzalah and MobileMedics, White Lake FD, Bethel EMS, NY State Police, Sullivan Sheriff Dept. along with other local emergency personnel responded to the scene and attempted to save their lives. All three victims were found in cardiac arrest. Paramedics were able to get a pulse back in one victim, and two others were in cardiac arrest with CPR being performed when they were transported to the hospital. It appears that the victims of this tragic incident were local residents.

Famed Israeli singer Yishai Ribo released a new song on Sunday, Rosh Chodesh Elul aptly named: “Soon It Will Open”. However, Ribo actually wrote the song, the first one he ever wrote with a partner, quite a while ago. During of one of the COVID lockdowns in Israel, he was sitting with his friend – fellow famed singer Akiva Turgeman – by the ocean, and they wrote a song describing the moment before everything opens, before the picture clears and the light rises. However, the words of the song are very fitting for Rosh Chodesh Elul and its accompanying theme of the gates of Shamayim opening. Ribo said about the song: “After it was written, I put the song aside and almost forgot about it. Suddenly, after two years, I felt that it needed to come out.