RAFAH, Gaza — The Israeli military announced that two IDF soldiers were killed and two others wounded in a devastating explosion caused by a booby-trapped tunnel shaft in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Saturday. The fallen soldiers were identified as Captain Noam David, 23, from Sha’arei Tikva, and Staff Sergeant Yaly Seror, 20, from Omer. Both served in the elite Yahalom combat engineering unit, known for its specialized operations. According to an initial IDF investigation, the Yahalom soldiers, operating under the Golani Brigade, were scanning the entrance to a tunnel inside a building when the explosion occurred. One of the wounded soldiers is reported to be in moderate condition, while the other’s condition was not specified.

On Shabbos morning at around 6:30 a.m., missile alert sirens echoed across Jerusalem, Beit Shemesh, Modi’in, the Negev, and the Dead Sea area as a missile, launched by the Houthis in Yemen, targeted Israel, following two similar attacks on northern Israel the previous day; Israel’s missile defense forces successfully intercepted the projectile, though a 26-year-old man sustained light injuries while hurrying to a protected area.

Singing Acheinu in Kerestir for the hostages still languishing in Hamas captivity

According to local sources, tonight’s U.S. airstrikes on the outskirts of Deir ez-Zor targeted equipment and positions in the vicinity of the Al-Omar Oil Field, left behind by the U.S-led Coalition during their recent drawdown of forces in Northeastern Syria.

After an uplifting Shabbos in Kerestir, Havdalah tonight at the new “Kerem Yeshaya” tent, built by Reb Yaakov Eliezer Shisha.

END OF AN ERA: Warren Buffett announced at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting in Omaha that he will soon propose Greg Abel as his successor as CEO by year-end, surprising shareholders despite Abel’s designation as successor in 2021, with the decision to be discussed at a board meeting with his children, Howie and Susie, already informed.

Do not do this! A driver stopped in the middle of Interstate 71 in Ohio after they missed their exit, causing a multi-car pileup before driving off.

Singapore’s long-ruling People’s Action Party won another landslide in Saturday’s general elections, extending its 66-year unbroken rule in a huge boost for Prime Minister Lawrence Wong who took power a year ago. The Election Department announced the PAP won 82 Parliamentary seats after vote counting ended. The party had earlier won five seats uncontested, giving it 87 out of a total 97 seats. The opposition Workers Party maintained its 10 seats. The PAP’s popular vote rose to 65.6%, up from a near-record low of 61% in 2020 polls. Jubilant supporters of the PAP, which had ruled Singapore since 1959, gathered in stadiums waved flags and cheered in celebration.

Yerushalayim’s Ezras Torah neighborhood is in mourning following the passing of one of its founding pillars, Rav Zev Hakohein (Velvel) Kopshitz zt”l. He was 71 years old and had been battling illness over the past year.
Rav Kopshitz passed away on Leil Shabbos Kodesh, leaving behind a legacy of dedication to Torah, community, and kedushah. He was among the early builders and shapers of the Ezras Torah neighborhood and played a key role in its spiritual development.