The head of Hezbollah’s medium-range rocket array was killed in an Israeli airstrike in the area of Kfar Jouz in Southern Lebanon on Monday, the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday.
According to the IDF, Ali Tawfiq Dweiq was responsible for the launch of more than 300 rockets at Israel, including at Haifa and central Israel, since taking command of the rocket array in September.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will decide on Tuesday whether to postpone the sentencing of Donald Trump following his conviction on charges related to hush money or potentially dismiss the case altogether, now that Trump is preparing for a return to the White House.
The prosecutor may request a delay in Trump’s scheduled Nov. 26 sentencing after his conviction for concealing a payment that helped prevent a scandal from affecting voters ahead of the 2016 presidential election.
Bragg may also seek to have the case dismissed entirely.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan would need to approve any proposal by prosecutors before it is implemented.

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My name is Yitzchak, and I am writing to you as a broken and worried father. Our dear Avigayil, less than a year old now, was born with a small, heartwarming smile, but now she’s fighting a severe illness—cutaneous lymphoma. The word “cancer” is still too heavy for us to assimilate, and the fear is unrelenting.

An Israel Defense Forces reservist was killed in action battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in Southern Lebanon, the military announced on Tuesday afternoon.
Sgt. First Class (res.) Omer Moshe Gaeldor, 30, from Jerusalem, served in Lebanon as a member of the 5111th operational support unit of the IDF’s Golani Brigade, according to the statement.
According to Israel’s Ynet news outlet, Gaeldor was killed when his unit was attacked by a Hezbollah suicide drone. Three additional soldiers were seriously wounded in the incident, the IDF confirmed.

President-elect Donald Trump is set to appoint Howard Lutnick, the co-chair of his transition team, as his commerce secretary, a source close to the situation confirmed to The Post on Tuesday.
Lutnick, who serves as the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, had previously been considered a frontrunner for the more high-profile position of treasury secretary. However, his chances for that role seemed to have dwindled in recent days.
The news of the 63-year-old’s expected nomination was initially reported by Punchbowl News.
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House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) has indicated that his committee is unlikely to heed Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-LA) request to hold back the release of its investigation into former Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Breitbart reports.
Matt Gaetz, who resigned after President-elect Donald Trump announced him as his pick for Attorney General, is no longer part of the House, meaning he no longer falls under the Ethics Committee’s jurisdiction. Johnson has expressed strong opposition to releasing the report, directly conveying this to Guest over the weekend, according to Politico.
“I appreciate Mike reaching out,” Guest told Politico. “I don’t see it having an impact on what we as a committee ultimately decide.”

Dear Matzav Inbox,
It is often said that “no one truly understands another’s struggles until they’ve walked a mile in their shoes.”
Nowhere is this more true than in the life of a rosh hamossad. Running a school is not just a responsibility. It is an all-consuming mission that eats up every corner of one’s life—mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Yet, despite the Herculean effort it requires, the rosh hamosad is so often treated as a convenient punching bag for every complaint, grievance, and unmet expectation within the school system.
Let me pull back the curtain for a moment and explore what it truly means to shoulder the leadership of a mosad chinuch.

A recent survey by Rasmussen Reports indicates that Americans under the age of 40 are becoming increasingly less religious.
According to the findings, only 48 percent of younger Americans identify as religious, with just 17 percent describing themselves as “very religious.”
“The number of under-40 adults who are Very Religious has declined from 20 percent two years ago. By comparison, 81 percent of those 65 and older consider themselves religious, including 35 percent who are Very Religious,” the report noted.
The survey also revealed a gender divide, with 61 percent of men identifying as religious compared to 57 percent of women. Women under 40 were the most likely demographic to say they are “not at all religious.”

Speaking nearly two weeks after the U.S. election, Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu delivered sharp criticism of the Biden administration’s decisions and guidance during pivotal moments in Israel’s ongoing conflict with Iran and its proxies.
Addressing the Knesset plenum on Monday, Netanyahu remarked, “The US had reservations and suggested that we not enter Gaza. It had reservations about entering Gaza City, Khan Younis, and, most critically, strongly opposed entry into Rafah.”
American officials had publicly called on Israel to carefully tailor its operations in Rafah to minimize harm to civilians.

The chairman of Degel HaTorah, MK Moshe Gafni, Deputy Minister Uri Maklev, and MK Yaakov Asher met last night with Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu.
The meeting was an attempt to restart the process of formulating the Draft Law following the appointment of the new Defense Minister.
The demand was to advance the law quickly. The representatives primarily sought to understand from the new Defense Minister, Yisroel Katz, where things are headed, given the importance of presenting the security establishment’s position on the law—a goal that was not achieved during Gallant’s tenure.
Katz committed to managing the issue in a professional and collaborative manner.