Following a lengthy deliberation that lasted seven hours, Israel’s Security Cabinet gave its unanimous consent in the early hours of Monday to intensify the military campaign in Gaza.
The primary focus of the discussion was on new strategic initiatives intended to ramp up military pressure on Hamas. These plans include a significant ground incursion into sections of Gaza, where Israeli forces may remain on the ground for a prolonged duration.
Another key item approved during the session was a new approach to distributing humanitarian aid to Gaza. This measure passed despite objections from National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir. Under this plan, future aid will be funneled through an international fund designed to ensure that none of it reaches Hamas.

Four of the eight suspects, including seven Iranians, who were arrested over the weekend in the UK for an alleged plot to attack an unspecified target in London, were “hours away” from committing a major attack, UK media outlets reported on Monday. According to the reports, speculation is rising that the target was a shul or another Jewish target. The government called the suspects the biggest “counter-state threat and counterterrorism” operations for years. It said the premises were being given “advice and support.” The Israel-based IntelliTimes blog reported that the UK confirmed that the attack was planned against a “major Jewish target,” adding that in such a case,  Israeli intelligence agents were likely involved in helping to foil the plot.

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Some intelligence analysts believe that the “attack” on the so-called Gaza “freedom flotilla” overnight Thursday was a self-inflicted attack designed to divert attention from another vessel on the same route—an Iranian cargo ship en route to Lebanon to deliver weapons and ammunition, Ynet reported. According to the theory, the “Conscience” ship was not attacked by Israeli drones, as the organizers alluded to, but instead suffered self-inflicted explosions. Regardless of the origin of the attack, the behavior of the ship’s crew following the incident was highly suspicious, choosing to be stuck at sea on a damaged ship rather than allow representatives of the Maltese government to board the ship to confirm that it is carrying “humanitarian aid” as they claimed.

Two suspects were arrested next to Ben Shemen Forest on suspicion of arson on Sunday The suspects, a minor and a 19-year-old, both residents of East Jerusalem, were arrested after an Israeli citizen called the police and reported seeing the two suspects on the side of the road, lighting something and throwing it into a wooded area. The suspects were arrested on the spot. Later on Sunday, Modi’in police officers brought them to a hearing in court, where the judge agreed to extend their detention for two days. Ben Shemen Forest, near Modi’in, is the largest forest in central Israel and one of the largest in the entire country.

The IDF on Monday morning announced that a reserve soldier was killed on Sunday morning in an operational accident near the Gaza border. He was identified as Sgt. Maj. (res.) Dejen Daniel Sahalo, H’yd, 41, from Rechovot. He served as a heavy equipment operator in the Combat Engineering Corps’ 5067th Battalion. He was killed in the overturning of a military truck near Kibbutz Nachal Oz. Reservist forces from the Jerusalem Brigade are currently operating in the area to expand the buffer zone in the northern Gaza Strip. The IDF said that it is investigating the incident. (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

Israel’s security cabinet unanimously approved a decision to expand the military operation in the Gaza Strip in light of the lack of progress in reaching a hostage release deal. The decision was made early Monday morning following a seven-hour overnight discussion. It should be noted that Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar did not attend the meeting, with his deputy attending in his place. According to a political source, the plan includes the conquest of the Strip, with IDF forces to remain in the Strip for an extended period. “The plan will include, among other things, the conquest of the Strip and holding the territories, moving the Gazan population south to protect them, denying Hamas the ability to distribute humanitarian supplies, and powerful attacks against Hamas,” the source said.

In this episode, Rabbi Reinman contrasts Rechavam, the first king of Yehudah, and Yeravam, the first king of Yisrael, after the partition.
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Chapter Thirty: A Study of Two Kings
After Shlomo passed, his son Rechavam ascended to the throne. Rechavam did not possess a fraction of his father’s wisdom, and his rash actions immediately set into motion the fulfillment of the prophecy that the kingdom would be torn asunder.

As tens of thousands prepare to ascend Har Meron for the annual Lag Ba’omer hilula at the kever of Rav Shimon bar Yochai, the families of the 45 victims who perished in the 2021 Meron disaster have issued a heartfelt public letter, urging attendees to strictly adhere to safety guidelines.
The letter, released through the Meron Kedoshim 5781 Organization — headed by Rav Yisrael Shimon Elchadad, who lost two of his brothers in the tragedy — was penned with what the families described as “unfading pain” and a profound sense of “mission and responsibility for every Jew who sets foot on the mountain.”

Shocking footage captures a suspect wielding a weapon at a gated condo complex in Fayetteville, NC, where a shooting left one person dead. Police have apprehended the gunman.

Ynet reports that both the U.S. Army’s THAAD batteries in Southern Israel and the “Arrow-2/3” Anti-Ballistic Missile System failed to intercepted the long-range ballistic missile launched by Iranian-backed Houthis targeting Ben Gurion airport this morning.

POTUS ON MIKE WALTZ: “He didn’t resign. You people are so bad. You’re trying to make a big deal out of something that’s not. You are so bad. That’s why nobody watches you anymore.”

POTUS on reopening Alcatraz to house our most ruthless, violent criminals: “It’s a symbol of law and order and it’s got quite a history, frankly — so I think we’re going to do that, and we’re looking at it right now.”

In a sharply worded critique delivered during a private meeting, MK Moshe Gafni, head of the Degel HaTorah faction within United Torah Judaism, lashed out at Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for what he described as a failure to prioritize the return of Israeli hostages. Gafni made it clear that, in his view, rescuing the captives must be the nation’s top concern.
“Anyone who abandons the hostages is sealing their fate to death. In Judaism, there is no concept of future pikuach nefesh. It’s now or never,” Gafni asserted, addressing senior representatives of the chareidi community.
The comments, made during a closed-door gathering, were first made public by Kol Barama radio.

President Donald Trump says he is directing his government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on a hard-to-reach California island off San Francisco that has been closed for more than 60 years. In a post on his Truth Social site Sunday evening, Trump wrote that, “For too long, America has been plagued by vicious, violent, and repeat Criminal Offenders, the dregs of society, who will never contribute anything other than Misery and Suffering. When we were a more serious Nation, in times past, we did not hesitate to lock up the most dangerous criminals, and keep them far away from anyone they could harm.

President Trump mentioned Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio as potential successors during an interview broadcast Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” but stopped short of endorsing either one definitively.
In that same interview, Trump addressed previous speculation about seeking a third term, stating that he has no plans to pursue it. “It’s far too early to say that. But you know, I do have a vice president … and JD’s doing a fantastic job,” Trump said.
When asked further about Rubio, Trump chose not to commit, instead offering praise: “I don’t want to get involved in that. I think he’s a fantastic, brilliant guy. Marco is great. There’s a lot of them that are great,” he added. “We have a lot of good people in this party.”

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