An Anglo elderly man fell into an underground garbage bin in the southwestern Jerusalem neighborhood of Givat Massuah on Sunday morning and was rescued by teams from the Jerusalem Municipality, Fire and Rescue Services, and the Jerusalem Sanitation Department. The man apparently fell in the garbage bin as he was bending over to search for a bag that he accidentally threw out. Passersby heard the man calling out for help and called the municipality. Fortunately, the man emerged unscathed and was apparently even wearing a face mask when he fell in, which perhaps made the malodorous incident a bit less traumatic. The video of the unusual rescue quickly went viral on Israeli social media.

IDF forces on Sunday afternoon opened fire on a car in which the two brothers of Ra’ad Hazem, the Tel Aviv terrorist, were traveling in Jenin after they resisted arrest. According to Palestinian sources, at least one of the brothers was injured but managed to flee. IDF soldiers are continuing the pursuit. The brothers are suspected of aiding their brother in carrying out the murderous attack. The IDF is also carrying out a manhunt for the terrorist’s father, Fathi Hazem, who praised the attack. He refused to surrender himself to IDF forces and fled Jenin and is currently hiding out in northern Israel. Fathi wrote on Facebook that his wife and younger son were in the car when the soldiers shot at his two sons.

An Arab terrorist was shot to death in Ashkelon after he attempted to grab a soldier’s weapon. Nearby police officers opened fire at the terrorist and neutralized him. A large number of police forces were called to the scene. Fortunately, there were no reports of injuries to Israeli security forces. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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A Palestinian woman armed with a knife approached Border Police officers at a checkpoint near Mearas Hamachpeilah in Chevron on Sunday evening and stabbed one of them, lightly injuring him. The other officers at the scene opened fire at the woman, eliminating her. The officer received medical aid at the scene. Earlier on Sunday, a Palestinian woman ran toward soldiers stationed in the Arab village of Husan, near Beitar Illit. After the soldiers ordered her to halt several times and she ignored them, they shot at her lower body. She later died of her wounds. Palestinian media reported that the woman is a 45-year-old widow of six children.

A Palestinian woman on Sunday approached IDF soldiers at a military checkpoint in the Palestinian village of Husan, next to Beitar Illit, and failed to heed their orders to halt. The IDF soldiers shot and neutralized her. “A Palestinian woman approached IDF soldiers in a suspicious manner,” an IDF statement said. “As part of the arrest regulations for a suspect, the soldiers shot in the air and after she failed to stop, they fired at her lower body.” IDF medics administered first aid to the woman and she was evacuated by Palestinian medics to Beit Jala hospital, where her death was pronounced shortly later. Apparently, no knife or weapon was found on the woman’s body. An investigation has been opened into the incident. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

A DHL cargo jet slid off the runway and broke in half while landing at San Jose’s international airport Thursday, shutting down the airport, but not injuring crew. The fire department said the Boeing 757 had taken off from Juan Santamaría Airport just west of the capital, but decided to return after detecting a failure in the hydraulic system. Héctor Chaves, director the Costa Rica Fire Department, said that upon landing the aircraft skidded, turned and broke in two, exposing its cargo. “Units mobilized to remove the pilot and co-pilot,” Chaves said.

SpaceX launched three rich businessmen and their astronaut escort to the International Space Station on Friday for more than a week’s stay, as NASA joins Russia in hosting guests at the world’s most expensive tourist destination. It’s SpaceX’s first private charter flight to the orbiting lab after two years of carrying astronauts there for NASA. Arriving at the space station Saturday will be an American, Canadian and Israeli who run investment, real estate and other companies. They’re paying $55 million apiece for the rocket ride and accommodations, all meals included. Russia has been hosting tourists at the space station — and before that the Mir station — for decades. Just last fall, a Russian movie crew flew up, followed by a Japanese fashion tycoon and his assistant.

Chesed Shel Emes of Monsey received its first-ever specialized operations truck on Thursday, with the vehicle to provide a boost to the organization’s operational capabilities and efficiency, Monsey Scoop reported. The truck, donated by Meyer Tauber of Metrex Realty, Leiby Teitelbaum from Belgian Blocks, will be used for a variety of purposes, including transporting niftarim and cleaning up scenes as necessary, among various other services provided by the organizations selfless volunteers. The truck is Chesed Shel Emes’s fourth vehicle, and the first in the area to cover Rockland County and the Hudson Valley region.

The American Dream Mall was placed on lockdown on Thursday afternoon, after a person was shot. The details behind the shooting are unclear, but a suspect is reportedly in custody, with one victim suffering gunshot wounds. Passaic Hatzolah was at the mall at the same time for an unrelated emergency, prompting many to think that Hatzolah was called for the shooting, fearing that Jews may have been targeted. This does not appear to be the case at all. Additional information will be published shortly.

A small group of Women of the Wall members arrived at the Kosel on Thursday morning with a Sefer Torah and proceeded to forcibly push security guards out of their way and slam past security barriers in order to enter the Kosel plaza. The Western Wall Heritage Foundation submitted a complaint to the police about the women attacking the guards. The Women of the Wall members claimed that the guards acted with violence toward them by trying their thwart their entry into the women’s section with a Sefer Torah, something forbidden by Israeli law. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)