The IDF revealed on Tuesday that a Hezbollah commander surrendered to Golani forces about two weeks ago and provided valuable intelligence information to his interrogators. While operating in southern Lebanon two weeks ago, Golani forces found a tunnel inside a Hezbollah command post in Ayta ash-Shab. Several terrorists were cornered in the tunnel, including Hassan Akil Javad, the commander of Hezbollah’s Ayta ash-Shab region. The forces surrounded the military command post, and after the terrorists surrendered [as seen in the video below], they were captured, detained, and interrogated by field investigators from Unit 504 [IDF intelligence]. They were then taken to the unit’s detention facility for further questioning.

As tensions mount between Israel and Iran, Republican vice presidential candidate Senator JD Vance emphasized that, while Israel has a right to defend itself, a war with Iran would not align with U.S. interests. Vance made these comments during an appearance on The Tim Dillon Show on Saturday, where he discussed the potential implications of an escalating conflict in the Middle East. “Israel has the right to defend itself,” Vance said, but added that U.S. interests do not always align with those of its allies. “America’s interest is sometimes going to be distinct. Sometimes we’re going to have overlapping interests, and sometimes we’re going to have a distinct interest,” he explained.

CNN has banned conservative writer Ryan Gidursky from the network following a contentious on-air exchange where he told panelist Mehdi Hasan that “I hope your beeper doesn’t go off.” “Did you just say I should die?” Hasan said, responding to Gidursky’s apparent reference to September’s attack where pagers used by hundreds of Hezbollah members in Lebanon and Syria exploded simultaneously. The attack was widely believed to be carried out by Israel. Hasan has a long history of anti-Israel activism, terror apologia, and openly siding with anti-Western actors around the world.

IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi visited the Ramon Air Force on Tuesday and spoke to the air and ground crews who participated in Operation Days of Return, Israel’s recent attack on Iran. Halevi said, “If Iran makes the mistake of firing another barrage of missiles at Israel, we’ll know how to reach Iran again, even with capabilities we didn’t use this time, and hit very, very hard – both in terms of our capabilities and places we didn’t hit this time.” “We did this for a very simple reason: because we may need to do it again.

A high-speed car chase through Williamsburg on Tuesday nearly ended in disaster as a driver, pursued by officers from the NYPD’s 94th Precinct, sped onto the sidewalk, narrowly missing several bystanders. The pursuit began when officers attempted to pull over the suspect vehicle, but the driver refused to stop, leading police through the neighborhood at dangerous speeds. The chase took a harrowing turn on Wythe Avenue, where the driver veered onto the sidewalk at South 8th Street, coming perilously close to chassidish bochurim on the sidewalk. Thankfully, they were able to jump out of the way just in time, avoiding injury.

In a striking new advertisement for the Trump campaign, 94-year-old Auschwitz survivor Jerry Wartski confronts Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent comments comparing former President Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler. Wartski, who lifts the sleeve of his purple button-down shirt to reveal the number tattooed on his arm by the Nazis, declares, “I know more about Hitler than Kamala will ever know in 1,000 lifetimes.” He expresses outrage at Harris’s accusations, saying, “For her to accuse President Trump of being like Hitler is the worst thing I’ve ever heard in my 75 years of living in the United States.” Trump has faced accusations of fascism, including claims from Harris’s campaign.

Donald Trump defended himself against accusations of authoritarianism at a rally in Georgia on Monday, telling supporters, “I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite of a Nazi.” His remarks came amid heightened tensions in one of the tightest U.S. presidential races in recent history, as both Trump and Democratic rival Kamala Harris campaigned hard in crucial swing states. Trump claimed that Harris’s campaign was unfairly branding his supporters as “Nazis” and called Harris a “fascist” in response. The exchange followed statements by Trump’s former White House chief of staff, retired General John Kelly, who labeled Trump a “fascist” in a recent New York Times interview.

Tensions ran high in Wednesday’s debate between incumbent Republican Rep. Mike Lawler and his Democratic challenger, former Congressman Mondaire Jones, as the two squared off on numerous issues, with particular sparring over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Lawler’s resolute support for Israel clashed starkly with Jones’ position, highlighting the candidates’ contrasting approaches to a pivotal issue in New York’s 17th District. During the CBS-hosted event, Jones called for a “two-state solution” and advocated a land swap, suggesting that Israel should consider relinquishing territories acquired in the 1967 war. Lawler, visibly astounded, retorted, “Are you out of your mind?

Thousands gathered at Yeshiva Chaim Berlin in Flatbush to pay their final respects to the beloved Rosh Yeshiva, HaRav Shlomo Halioua, zt”l, who was Niftar on Sunday afternoon at the age of 66. Hespeidim were delivered by his sons, sons-in-law, and prominent rabbanim, including HaRav Chaim Kitowitz, HaRav Malkiel Kotler, HaRav Elya Yarmalk HaRav Yitzchok Meir Senderowitz, HaRav Avigdor Kitowitz and others, highlighting his dedication to the Yeshiva, Tzidkus, Anivus, Hasmada and his incredible Chesed. At the Levaya, it was revealed that Rav Halioua had been battling illness for some time, choosing to keep it private to avoid burdening the yeshiva. Despite his suffering, he mustered the strength to attend Simchas Beis HaShoeva, where he spoke, danced, and greeted the crowd.

Chicago police are not pursuing hate crime charges against a Muslim man who shot and injured a visibly Jewish man as he made his way to shul on Shabbos morning – despite video obtained by YWN showing the suspect shouting “Allah Akbar” as he fired at police and paramedics in a subsequent shootout. The suspect, identified by police as 22-year-old Chicago resident Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, faces over a dozen serious felony charges, including six counts of attempted first-degree murder and seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm at police officers. After allegedly shooting the 39-year-old Jewish man in the 2600 block of West Farwell Avenue around 9:30 a.m., Abdallahi engaged in an exchange of gunfire with responding police officers, who ultimately shot and apprehended him.