NEW YORK – Robert Josman, president of the 24th Precinct Community Council on Manhattan’s Upper

The Israel Prison Service (IPS) recently initiated an unusual move of hanging posters of the extensive destruction in the Gaza Strip inside the cells and wings in security prisons, Yisrael Hayom reported. Among other places, a large photo was hung in the Rakafet underground wing, where Nukhba terrorists who participated in the October 7th massacre are held. “This is a conscious step designed to make clear to them the consequences of October 7,” Northern District Commander Shmulik Lavi told Yisrael Hayom.

US CENTCOM air strikes on Houthi terrorist positions in Sanaa, Yemen.

WATCH: IDF forces operating across different areas on the Gaza Strip.

India and Pakistan engaged in a firefight in Kashmir’s Lipa Valley, following the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty.

FRIDAY NIGHT: Three people were struck by a vehicle in Lawrence at the intersection of Broadway & Rockaway Turnpike at around 10:00PM. They were transported to the hospital by Rockaway Lawrence Hatzalah. Sources tell YWN that Bichasdei Hashem, all three are in stable condition.

Sergeant Neta Yitzchok Kahana, a member of the undercover Border Police Southern District unit, was tragically killed during an intense clash with terrorists in southern Gaza on Erev Shabbos, Israeli police announced late tonight.
Authorities confirmed that Kahana’s family has been personally notified of his death. The Israel Police and Border Police emphasized their commitment to offering full support to the grieving family during this difficult time.
“Israel Police bows its head and mourns the fall of the brave fighter who fell while defending the security of the State of Israel and its citizens,” the official police statement declared.

Tonight, the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) appointed Hussein al-Sheikh, the Secretary-General of Fatah, to serve as deputy to Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
Al-Sheikh, regarded as a close confidant of Abbas, is set to celebrate his 65th birthday this coming December.
Between 1978 and 1988, al-Sheikh spent a decade imprisoned in Israel.
In December 2022, a Hamas-affiliated news outlet published recordings of al-Sheikh, which captured him expressing frustration toward Abbas and criticizing other figures seen as potential successors to the Palestinian Authority leadership. The full circumstances of the recordings were not fully clarified.

Sixteen years after suffering life-threatening wounds during Operation Cast Lead, Aharon Karov has officially returned to the IDF, this time as part of a new effort to establish the Disabled Soldiers Department.
Karov, who became an enduring symbol of perseverance and recovery, spent recent years working with at-risk youth, aiming to inspire them to believe in themselves and their potential.
In the aftermath of the October 7 massacre, Karov helped launch the “Continuing Life” initiative, a military program pairing wounded veterans with soldiers recently injured in combat.
“I understood that rehabilitation does not end in the hospital, but continues throughout life,” Karov shared, reflecting on the lessons he learned from his own recovery journey.

Egypt and Qatar have put forward a new proposal calling for a six-month pause in fighting in Gaza, the full release of all hostages, and the freeing of convicted terrorists, according to a report by Asharq Al-Awsat.
Previously, Hamas informed AFP that the group would be prepared to accept a deal involving the immediate release of all 59 hostages still in captivity, along with agreeing to a five-year ceasefire with Israel.
Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas figure based in Lebanon, stated that the organization “will respond to any initiative which discusses complete withdrawal from Gaza, opening of the crossings, a fair prisoner swap, and no intervention in reconstruction.”

Many hours after the explosion, the blaze in Iran continued to burn.

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WATCH THIS! A massive explosion and fire rocked a port Saturday in southern Iran linked to a shipment of a chemical ingredient used to make missile propellant, killing at least 14 people and injuring around 750 others. Helicopters dumped water from the air on the raging fire hours after the initial explosion, which happened at the Shahid Rajaei port just as Iran and the United States met Saturday in Oman for the third round of negotiations over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program.

MORE: At least one Iranian official said that the blast was caused by the improper storage of chemicals in containers at the port. Hossein Zafari, a spokesperson for Iran’s crisis management organization, told an Iranian news agency that “the cause of the explosion was the chemicals inside the containers,” Reuters reported.

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