A two-year-old girl who was rushed to Ruth Children’s Hospital at Rambam Health Care Campus in Haifa last week after being left unattended in a vehicle was niftar overnight in the pediatric intensive care unit, hospital officials confirmed Friday morning. The toddler, whose identity has not been released, was admitted in critical condition on July 3 following an extended period inside a parked car in Hadera. United Hatzalah first responders provided on-scene emergency treatment, including CPR, before transporting her to Hillel Yaffe Medical Center. She was later transferred to Rambam for specialized pediatric intensive care. “Despite all life-saving efforts, the child’s condition remained grave,” a Rambam spokesperson said.

An IDF officer was killed Thursday in an apparent accident during operations in southern Gaza, bringing Israel’s death toll in its renewed ground offensive against Hamas to 41 since March. The fallen soldier was identified as Captain Reei Biran, 21, a reconnaissance team commander in the Golani Brigade and a resident of Shorashim. According to an IDF investigation, troops were preparing to demolish buildings in Khan Younis suspected of housing Hamas operatives. After rigging the structures with mines, an explosion occurred approximately two hours later. Captain Biran was struck—likely by shrapnel or debris—and succumbed to his wounds shortly thereafter. The circumstances remain under further inquiry.

The IDF and Shin Bet announced Friday that they have killed the commander of Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Shejaiya sector in a recent airstrike in the Gaza Strip. The slain terrorist, identified as Fadl Abu al-Ata, had risen from deputy commander to head of Islamic Jihad’s regional unit during the October 7 assault on southern Israel. According to Israeli authorities, Abu al-Ata “was one of the key coordinators between terror organizations in the Shejaiya sector” and orchestrated “numerous terror attacks against IDF troops.” He is also accused of infiltrating into Israeli territory alongside other militants at the outset of the war last year.

Former Hamas captive Romi Gonen was released from Sheba Medical Center at Tel HaShomer on Thursday after nearly six months of intensive rehabilitation and two surgeries to treat wounds she sustained during the October 7, 2023, terror attacks in southern Israel. Gonen, 26, was among the hostages released by Hamas on January 19 under the hostages-for-ceasefire agreement. She arrived at Sheba Medical Center shortly thereafter, having been airlifted from the IDF reception point at the Gaza border alongside fellow former captives Emily Damari and Doron Steinbrecher. During her hospitalization, Gonen underwent two operations — one to address shrapnel damage to her right arm and another on her lower back, where she suffered a gunshot wound at the Nova music festival.

At least 200 homes were damaged during a deadly flash flood in the mountain village of Ruidoso, and local emergency managers warned Wednesday that number could more than double as teams survey more neighborhoods. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was among the officials who took an aerial tour of Ruidoso and the surrounding area as they looked to bolster their case for more federal assistance for the community, which has been battered over the past year by wildfires and repeated flooding. The governor said the state has received partial approval for a federal emergency declaration, freeing up personnel to help with search and rescue efforts and incident management. She called it the first step, saying Ruidoso will need much more.

A woman convicted of stowing away on a flight from New York to Paris without a boarding pass or a passport won’t be released from custody as she faces new charges of breaching security at a Connecticut airport. Svetlana Dali was sentenced Thursday to time already served for her illegal ride to Paris last year. But a federal judge in Brooklyn said she would not be released as Connecticut authorities are seeking to extradite her to face felony charges that could have her serving up to five years behind bars if convicted. The 57-year-old, who is originally from Russia but has a green card, has been held in a federal lockup in Brooklyn for roughly seven months.

BREAKING: A protester was seen apparently firing some kind of weapon at federal agents during the immigration raid at a farm near Camarillo, California on Thursday. It’s unknown if anyone was injured in the chaos.

The White House is trying to turn the Federal Reserve into a poster child for wasteful spending, criticizing an expensive renovation at the central bank’s headquarters as President Donald Trump pursues an extraordinary pressure campaign to lower interest rates.

Holocaust survivor Reb Duvid Einhorn was surprised this afternoon with a warm birthday celebration arranged by his mincha group and the Yizkor Foundation. The event was filled with brachos, singing, and dancing, and Reb Duvid was visibly moved. A long line of well-wishers gathered to receive his bracha and share in the simcha.

BREAKING: Biden-appointed judge BLOCKS federal law enforcement from immigration crackdown tactics in Los Angeles.