When United Hatzalah CEO Eli Beer landed in Israel on Wednesday after a prolonged battle for his life due to the coronavirus, Israeli media outlets were eager to interview him and Beer, despite his weakness, spoke to many of them. Beer told The Jerusalem Post that he had left Israel long before the risk of the coronavirus was on anyone’s mind on a fundraising trip, to India, California, Washington for the AIPAC conference, and other places. He then headed to Miami for Purim. He started feeling unwell at the end of Purim and a few days later he was rushed to the hospital when he started having trouble breathing. “They took an X-ray of my chest, and the doctor immediately put me in the intensive-care unit,” Beer told the Post.

As YWN has reported, wild animals have been roving about cities around the world as streets gradually became desolate due to coronavirus restrictions. In some areas, where animals were accustomed to being fed by throngs of tourists, animals emerged from their natural habitats in a desperate search for food. The problem is worse for cities located near forests, mountains or other natural areas, and the southern coastal city of Ashkelon is no exception. Red foxes, which are native to the area, have been seen prowling the city in recent weeks.

Hagaon Harav Gershon Edelstein answered a chinuch question recently that is on the minds of many parents with teenagers at home during the current coronavirus era. A parent asked. “There are children in the house above the age of 12 who aren’t keeping to a schedule because they’re in the house all the time. They’re going to sleep late and waking up late in the morning. How much should one be makpid with them on zeman tefillah and Kriyas Shema?” Harav Edelstein answered: “Never force. Only through darchei noam.” The parent clarified: “To nudge them with darchei noam?” The Rav answered firmly: “No, no, no -never nudge – only darchei noam. The child knows what’s good for him. You should encourage him so he’ll have cheishek [to daven on time]. Force doesn’t have any influence at all.

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A large fire broke out moments ago at Jerusalem’s City Hall on Wednesday afternoon, and police are investigating it as a possible terror attack. Multiple reports state that an eyewitness has told police that he witnessed someone throwing a molotov cocktail into the building. A spokesperson for City Hall tells the media in a written statement that Police have arrested a suspect. The entire building evacuated as fire fighting crews raced to the scene. The fire is in the main building of the complex. Attached videos provided to YWN show the fire in what appears to be the basement / first floor. It does not appear that anyone was injured. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerussalem)

A Palestinian-Arab carried out a combined ramming-stabbing attack on Wednesday morning against a Border Police officer at a checkpoint near Maale Adumim east of Jerusalem. The Arab accelerated his van, rammed into the officer and then jumped out of his vehicle and attacked the officer with a pair of scissors. The officer fought back, pushing the attacker away and then running off to gain time as other Border Police officers opened fire on the attacker and killed him. A pipe bomb was later found at the scene and the area was closed off while bomb sappers arrived the scene and neutralized the bomb. The police officer was moderately wounded in the incident. He was treated by MDA medics at the scene and evacuated to the hospital.

A dramatic scene occurred in Rishon L’Tzion when a crane collapsed on a building frame in an industrial area on Wednesday morning. Emergency forces rushed to the scene amid fears of a multi-casualty event. No injuries were found among the construction workers who had managed to exit the building and extensive searches were initiated to find anyone trapped under the building. Many passersby witnessed the collapse and a video documented them gasping at the sight and saying: “Were there people there?” “I hope there weren’t people there!” According to the Fire and Rescue services, initial reports indicated that there were many people trapped under the wreckage. “As soon as we received the report of the incident, we sent a large force to the area because there was fear of many casualties.

The Gerer Rebbe emerged after a month-and-a-half of not being able to see his followers due to the health restrictions in place in Israel, and stood at the window of the Beis Medrash Hagadol on Yirmiyahu Street in Yerushalayim in order to participate from afar in the Levaya of Reb Efraim Landau Z”L. Rabbi Landau was one of the main people responsible for helping to build the Bais Medrash in Yerushalayim. He recently passed away after a long ordeal with an illness. The last time the Gerer Rebbe was seen in public was during the Yartzheit for a previous Admor of Gur, just after Purim. Then also the Gerrer Chassidim were very limited in attending in order to protect the Rebbe and only his immediate family were allowed to participate.

The Department of Police Investigations (DIP) opened an investigation into a disturbing incident that occurred shortly before Pesach when Attorney Yissachar Dov Frenkel, 38, a resident of Mea Shearim, left his home to bring food and medication to his parents who were self-quarantining at home. Frenkel was violently attacked by two Border Police officers, thrown to the ground and kicked. The Border Police were in the neighborhood to enforce Health Ministry directives but Frenkel hadn’t violated any directives. Frenkel is not a typical Toldos Aharon chassid due to the fact that he is a top attorney, in the past working at the office of senior attorney Yaakov Weinrot, z’l, and currently working in the office of senior attorney Boaz Ben Tzur.

United Hatzalah CEO Eli Beer arrived in Israel on Tuesday afternoon and was greeted by hundreds of United Hatzalah members. Dozen of United Hatzalah ambulances, ambucycles and most importantly the volunteers themselves stood by to greet him. Beer shared an emotional greeting with his family members, who haven’t seen him for four months due to his prolonged fundraising trip before he contracted the coronavirus in Miami.