Russia on Wednesday convicted 23 captured Ukrainians on terrorism charges stemming from the war in Ukraine in a military court trial that Kyiv denounced as a sham and a violation of international law. The defendants included current or former fighters of the elite Azov brigade, which Russia designated a terrorist group, and those who worked there as cooks or support personnel, according to Russian media reports and rights activists. Memorial, a prominent Russian human rights group, designated the defendants as political prisoners. It said some of them were captured in 2022 during fighting in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, where they held out at the Azovstal steel mill under siege by Russian troops.

The Kaliver Rebbe of Williamsburg, Rav Moshe ben Reizel, has been hospitalized and is suffering from internal bleeding.
The rebbe, who only communicates through his eyes due to his illness, is in need of rachamei Shomayim.
The rebbe was taken to Columbia Hospital in Manhattan after not feeling well. Despite battling a progressive muscle disease for a decade, the rebbe continues his avodas hakodesh, using his eyes to communicate through a specialized computer program.

While navigating the complexities of international travel, a group of Jewish students in Jerusalem found themselves with an unexpected and unfamiliar backpack, one that none of them recognized as their own.
Luckily, these students are committed to performing good deeds, or mitzvahs, as an integral part of their everyday routines.
After returning to Brooklyn for the Yomim Tovim, an exchange student—who wishes to remain unnamed—had no idea that a lost bag, and the ensuing attention, would find him at Newark Airport.
A New York automotive technology competition had recently seen local students participate.
While unloading luggage, a cab driver mistakenly handed over a backpack that had been left behind.

ISRAEL KATZ: Residents of Gaza, the IDF will soon intensify operations in Gaza, requiring evacuations from combat zones as approved plans unfold, while Hamas endangers lives, sacrifices territory to Israel’s defenses, and clings to power—its leaders hiding in tunnels or luxury hotels with billions stashed abroad, using civilians as hostages—prompting a call to follow Beit Lahia’s example, reject Hamas, and demand the release of Israeli hostages to end the conflict.

Another clip released by the IDF shows airstrikes on “military capabilities” at the Palmyra military airport and the nearby T-4 airbase in central Syria on Tuesday and Thursday. Over the past week, the IAF says it struck 18 targets in Syria and another 40 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.

Palestinian protests against Hamas rule in the Gaza Strip are proof that Israel’s approach to the terrorist organization is working, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared today.
“In recent days, we have seen something we have never seen before—public protests against Hamas rule in Gaza,” the premier said during a 40-signature debate, which the opposition can call once a month and which he is obliged to attend. “This shows that our policy is working.”
On Tuesday, hundreds of Palestinians staged protests in northern Gaza, demanding an end to the ongoing war with the Jewish state and calling for Hamas terrorists to relinquish their control of the coastal enclave.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe: “There’s so much talk about this, Atlantic article and about, things that were said and that could have happened instead of a focus on what did happen. My responsibility as CIA director, one of its responsibilities is to kill terrorists. And that’s exactly what I did, along with President Trump’s excellent national security team.”

Chuck Schumer on the Trump economy: “The economic chickens are coming home to roost, and I fear this is just the beginning.” (Wholesale egg prices have gone down over the past four weeks consecutively)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Se