Following a long period of time that police abstained from indicting extremist Chareidim who participate in various protests, the direction seems to have changed, Kikar Shabbos reported. An indictment was filed on Tuesday by the criminal division of the Jerusalem District Prosecutor’s office to the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court against a Chareidi protester, charging him of trying to assault policemen. The indictment said that on October 30, 2018 (the day of Israel’s municipal elections) at about 9 p.m, a protest began at the Bar Ilan intersection in Jerusalem. In the course of the protest, several protestors blocked traffic and a Special Patrol Unit (riot police unit) was sent to the area.

President Donald Trump faces one of the greatest tests of his presidency after Iran launched ballistic missiles at Iraqi bases housing U.S. troops and plans to address the nation on Wednesday. Iran’s attack was its most brazen direct assault on America since the 1979 seizing of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. The strikes pushed Tehran and Washington perilously close to war and put the world’s attention on Trump as he weighs whether to respond with more military force. The Republican president huddled with his national security advisers on Tuesday night but offered no immediate indication of whether he would retaliate. “All is well!” he said in a tweet. The White House said Trump plans to address the nation at 11 a.m. EST Wednesday.

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Heavy rain began falling overnight in Israel’s north and by Wednesday afternoon, there was heavy flooding in several cities and snow accumulating in Ramat Hagolan. A 32-year old resident of Nahariya drowned on Wednesday afternoon when he was swept away by a stream of water as he was trying to rescue a mother and daughter who were trapped in a flood. His body was located after several hours by a rescue unit. His neighbor said: “A tragic drowning that to my knowledge has never occurred in Nahariya.” Earlier on Wednesday afternoon in Nahariya, two cars were caught in a heavy stream of water, with one car flipping over, when the Ga’aton river which bisects the city overflowed its banks due to the torrential rain.

Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan held a status briefing on the upcoming storm that is expected to hit Israel beginning on Wednesday with all of the rescue services in Israel. The briefing was held in order to assess the readiness of emergency services in the face of the storm. The briefing included representatives from the police, the fire department, prison services, Magen David Adom, the Home Front Command, the National Security Council, and representatives from local governments. Minister Erdan emphasized that the main objective was to prevent the loss of life. Therefore he prioritized the dispatching of rescue workers and volunteers over the dispatching of workers to fix infrastructure issues damages.

A Ukrainian airplane carrying 180 passengers and crew crashed Wednesday near an airport in the capital, Tehran, state TV reported. There was no immediate word on casualties. The plane had taken off from Imam Khomeini International Airport, the report said. The crash is suspected to have been caused by mechanical issues, it added, without elaborating. An investigation team was at the site of the crash in southwestern outskirts of Tehran, civil aviation spokesman Reza Jafarzadeh said. Flight data from the airport showed a Ukrainian 737-800 flown by Ukraine International Airlines took off Wednesday morning, then stopped sending data almost immediately afterward, according to website FlightRadar24. The airline did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The killing of a top Iranian general has ratcheted up the anxiety of families of Americans held in Iran, one month after the release of a New Jersey student had given them hope. The Trump administration has made a priority of bringing home hostages held abroad, but the prospect of a forthcoming resolution for the handful of captives in Iran seems to have dimmed with the two nations edging dangerously close to conflict and warning of retaliatory strikes and continued agitation. “He wasn’t safe before now, but now he’s really not safe,” said Joanne White, whose son, Navy veteran Michael White of Imperial Beach, California, has been imprisoned since July 2018 while visiting a girlfriend in Iran.

Two more people have suffered severe medical complications due to contracting the flu. A 38-year-old woman who is in her 15th week of pregnancy was suffering from severe shortness of breath and was taken to Meir Medical Center in Kfar Saba. At the hospital, she was diagnosed with suffering from the Flu. The woman, who received a flu vaccination last week, was admitted to the hospital’s intensive care unit. According to studies done, the flu vaccination offers protection from the virus after approximately three weeks from the time it was received. In a separate incident, a 57-year-old man with a preexisting condition was hospitalized after suffering severe shortness of breath and he too was diagnosed as suffering from the flu.

SpaceX launched 60 more mini internet satellites late Monday, this time testing a dark coating to appease stargazers. It’s a “first step” compromise between SpaceX and astronomers fearful of having dark skies spoiled by hundreds and, eventually, thousands of bright satellites circling overhead. The Falcon 9 rocket blasted into a cold, clear night sky, recycled by SpaceX for its fourth flight. As the first-stage booster flew to a vertical landing on an ocean platform, the Starlink satellites continued hurtling toward orbit to join 120 similar spacecraft launched last year. Flight controllers applauded, and the launch commentator described the booster’s fourth touchdown as “awesome.” An hour later, all 60 satellites were free of their upper stage and making their own way in orbit.

Why did Harav Chaim Kanievsky recite the brachos at the bris instead of the father? A half a year ago, Shai Gabai, Z”L, a 36-year-old resident of Givat Olga, a neighborhood in the city of Hadera, was killed while on duty at an IDF base in Tel Hashomer. Last week, his wife gave birth to a baby boy. The askan Rav Eli Brauner, who is close to Hagaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky, arranged for the Gadol Hador to serve as the sandak at the bris. Additionally, Harav Chaim also recited the brachos in place of the father. Those who attended the bris, which took place at the Lederman shul, said that there wasn’t a dry eye at the bittersweet event.