A self-styled daredevil died Saturday after a rocket in which he launched himself crashed into the ground, a colleague and a witness said. “Mad” Mike Hughes died after the homemade rocket crashed on private property near Barstow about 1:52 p.m. near Highway 247, the Daily Press of Victorville reported. Waldo Stakes, a colleague who was at the rocket launch, said Hughes, 64, was killed. “It was unsuccessful, and he passed away,” Stakes told The Associated Press. He declined further comment.

IDF forces opened fire at Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorists who were placing a bomb on the security fence in the Khan Yunis area of the Gaza border on Sunday. “A short while ago, IDF forces identified two terrorists who approached the perimeter fence in the southern Gaza strip and placed an explosive device near it,” the IDF spokesperson stated. “The IDF forces…opened fire toward them. A hit was identified.” At least one terrorist was killed according to the IDF. Palestinian media reports said that both terrorists were killed. The terrorists were responsible for placing several other explosive devices on the border in the last few months, according to the IDF spokesperson. Shortly later the IDF opened fire again at PIJ terrorists who tried to drag the terrorists’ bodies away.

Palestinian terrorist fired some 20 rockets toward southern Israel on Sunday evening, the IDF said, hours after Israel said it killed a Palestinian terrorist who tried to place a bomb along the Israel-Gaza barrier fence. There was no immediate claim for the rocket fire, but it appeared to be meant to avenge the death of the terrorist. Palestinians were furious over the image of the man’s lifeless body dangling off the front of an Israeli bulldozer that had crossed into Gaza to retrieve it. There was also criticism in Gaza of the territory’s Hamas rulers for not responding. The Israeli military reported air raid sirens throughout southern Israel, and said at least 20 rockets had been fired.

Around 19 Jewish Community Centers around New York received bomb threats on Sunday. All facilities were evacuated and bomb squads swept each location and determined all were safe. Governor Cuomo responded to at least one scene. An investigation is underway. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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Depite international outrage including being kicked off UNESCO last year, the city of Aalst in Belgium once again is having despicable anti-semitic floats at their annual carnival. Ahead of today’s parade Mayor Christoph D’Haese said, context mattered and there was no anti-semitism in his city. Clearly, that is a total lie and he is just another raging anti-Semite. At the parade there are floats featuring many anti-Semitic motifs. One float shows the “Wailing Wall” and has caricatures of Orthodox Jews complaining. “Done with all the ‘nagging,’” one sign reads. “I don’t have a big nose,” says another. Some participants are dressed up as Gestapo officers, wearing a sticker reading “UNESTAPO” on their, long black coats.

Itzik, known in Israel as “Itzik HaSini” (Chinese Itzik) is a Chinese citizen living in Beijing who speaks fluent Hebrew and works for the China Radio International (CRI) in the Hebrew department and also teaches Hebrew at a university. Recently Itzik posted a video on his YouTube channel telling viewers how people in China responded to the tefillah at the Kosel for the coronavirus crisis. He showed how the video of the tefillah was posted on various Chinese websites. On one website the post about the tefillah received 634,187 likes and over 18,000 responses. “During World War II, we extended only a bit of help to the Jews,” one viewer wrote.

A non-Jewish man fighting leukemia finally met the stranger – a Frum man from Lakewood New Jersey – who donated bone marrow to help save his life. The two men had the chance to meet for the first time at a bone marrow gala on Thursday night. Bone marrow recipient Scott Novorr said he owes his life to Binyomin Gewirtz. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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An Arab terrorist approached Border Police officers near Sha’ar Haa’rayos waving a knife on Shabbos morning at about 11 a.m. and was eliminated by the officers. When the police officers saw the terrorist approaching with a knife, they ordered him to halt and when he continued to approach they fired at him. A nearby woman was slightly injured on her foot by a ricochet from the officers’ gunfire and was evacuated to the hospital by MDA paramedics. The suspect was identified as Maher Ibrahim Za’atara, 33, from Jabel Mukaber of East Jerusalem, according to a Channel 13 News report. המחבל הגיע עם סכין שלופה במטרה לבצע פיגוע, השוטרים הגיבו במהירות, ביצעו ירי ונטרלו אותו.

About 30 Beer Sheba eighth grade students who were in contact with South Korean tourists in Israel were instructed to self-quarantine after the South Koreans tested positive for the coronavirus on their return to South Korea, Israel’s Health Ministry stated on Motzei Shabbos. Nine South Koreans who were on a week-long trip in Israel from February 8 -15 and were in contact with hundreds of Israelis tested positive for the coronavirus when they returned home, the ministry said. Two of the students’ teachers were also instructed to self-quarantine as well as the cleaning staff of the Jerusalem hotel where the tourists stayed.

The eleven Israelis that were quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan have landed at Ben-Gurion Airport early Friday morning. The Israelis flew on a private jet chartered from Thailand through arrangements made by the Health and Foreign ministries. The foreign crew manning the jet will not be permitted to enter Israel while the jet is being prepared for its immediate flight back to Asia. The Israelis are being transferred in MDA ambulances to a special wing in the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer where they will be quarantined for another two weeks.