Two victims suffered serious injuries after a second alarm fire ripped through a home, Flatbush Scoop reported Sunday night. The FDNY was on the scene at 1312 East 34th Street between Avenue K and Avenue L just after 11:00PM for a fire on the second floor of a semi-attached private home. Flatbush Hatzolah was on the scene in seconds and were treating two victims. Sources told YWN that it appeared that one victim had crawled out of a window onto a lower roof, where she rolled off. A second victim was removed from the home around 10 minutes later. Both were in serious condition. One victim was taken to Kings County Hospital, and a second victim was taken to Cornell Hospital. The cause of the fire was unknown.

The plight of the Kleinerman family, whose son Moishe has been missing for close to three months, is finally catching the public’s attention and a special investigative police unit has been established to search for him. Shmuel Sackett, founder and director of Am Yisrael Chai, was moved by the case and decided to act, offering NIS 50,000 for anyone who provides any information that could bring Moishe home. “Several days ago I saw the video of the parents and I cried,” Sackett said. “But I didn’t want to just cry and daven – as important as that is – I wanted to do something else.” “My foundation, Am Yisrael Chai, will give NIS 50,000 to anyone who provides concrete information leading to finding Avraham Moshe alive and well.

A storm of controversy arose on Sunday after HaGaon HaRav Yosef Yitzchak sharply condemned Religious Zionist MK Itamar Ben-Gvir for his repeated visits to Har HaBayis. The report aroused even more interest than usual as recent polls show the Religious Zionist party as possibly doubling its mandates in the next election. Reports even say that the Shas party is very worried that Ben-Gvir’s popularity will cause them to lose a significant number of votes. Speaking at his weekly shiur on Motzei Shabbos, HaRav Yosef slammed Ben-Gvir, saying that his visits to Har HaBayis are a chillul Hashem as they are contrary to the opinion of so many Gedolei Yisrael, who hold that it is assur to visit Har HaBayis.

The IDF carried out airstrikes on Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip in retaliation for a rocket fired at Ashkelon on Friday night, the first rocket fired into Israel in two months. Residents of Israeli towns near the southern border and in the industrial area of Ashkelon were forced to run to bomb shelters at 3 a.m. Fortunately, the rocket was intercepted by the Iron Dome missile defense system. No injuries were reported. One of the targets hit by the IDF was an observation post overlooking the southern border community of Netiv Ha’asara. However, the observation post was damaged rather than destroyed and Hamas terrorists returned to the post hours later and raised Hamas flags. Residents of Netiv Ha’asara expressed disappointment that the IDF didn’t destroy the post completely.

Rosh Yeshivah HaGaon HaRav Meir Tzvi Bergman addressed hundreds of orphaned yeshivah bochurim this week at an event held by the Mamshichim organization. The Rosh Yeshivah, who was the keynote speaker at the event, spoke at length about his experience of losing his mother at the young age of seven. “My dear children,” HaRav Bergman said. “The person speaking to you right now was also a yasom. At the age of seven and a half, my dear mother, a’h, passed away. I myself went through what you’re going through and I know what it’s like to be a yasom.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

In a tweet today, Texas Senator Ted Cruz called out President Joe Biden comparing him to President Jimmy Carter. “Reagan was right: “Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.”” Cruz continued saying, “With a looming recession because of Joe Biden, Jimmy Carter 2.0 should be concerned.” The U.S. has experienced at least 30 recessions throughout history, dating back as early as 1857. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

Nehorai Gal, the son of Reb Boaz Gal, hy’d, who was brutally killed in the Elad terror attack last month, celebrated his bar mitzvah on Monday night. There wasn’t a dry eye in the crowd when Nehorai sang a special song he wrote for his father to the tune of the famed Israeli song Abba by Shlomi Shabbat. The bar mitzvah took place in Petach Tikvah with the participation of among others, the Rav of Elad HaRav Mordechai Malka, famed Mezake HaRabim, HaGaon HaRav Yigael Cohen, and Elad Mayor Yisrael Porush. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

An explosion at a chemical factory in southern Iran injured scores of people, most of them lightly, the country’s state TV reported Tuesday. The report said a leak from an ammonium tank caused the blast on Monday evening in the southern city of Firouzabad in Fars province, located about 770 kilometers (480 miles) south of the capital, Tehran. Firemen were able to quickly extinguish the blaze, the report added. According to the chief of the provincial health department, Vahid Hosseini, out of 133 injured who were taken to local hospitals, mostly factory workers, 114 were later released after treatment. Authorities on Tuesday reopened a nearby major road that they had closed after the explosion. The factory went online in 2020.

Chareidim in the Stamford Hill neighborhood of London on Tuesday held a protest against the decision of welfare authorities to transfer a frum teen from a Chareidi foster family to a Muslim family. The protest, along with the extensive efforts of askanim, were successful and the authorities ultimately agreed to transfer the teen to a frum family. The 14-year-old has been living with a Chareidi foster family but has to move to another family for various reasons and welfare authorities made a decision to transfer her to a Muslim family instead of a Jewish family. The decision was apparently made for technical reasons, since there are very strict rules regarding the qualifications for foster families, such as the number of children that are allowed to share a room.

President Joe Biden made obviously contradictory statements in the span of thirty seconds while speaking to reporters. Asked by a journalist whether he’s yet decided if he will make a widely discussed potential trip to Saudi Arabia, Biden said, “No, not yet.” But then, a second reporter followed up, asking what would be holding up his decision over the trip and whether he’s waiting for certain commitments from the Saudis. “No, no,” Biden responded. “The commitments from the Saudis don’t relate to anything having to do with energy.” “There happens to be a larger meeting taking place in Saudi Arabia. That’s the reason I’m going,” Biden continued.