Officials said Israel is seeking to eradicate the terror networks responsible for the escalation Israel on Wednesday ruled out mediated talks with Hamas and other Gaza-based terror groups, which are apparently seeking a truce to end the latest deadly escalation, unnamed Israeli officials told local media. Egypt, which shares a border with the Gaza Strip, has often served as a broker between Israel and Gazan Islamists, who are prepared to agree a ceasefire after having borne the brunt of Israel Defense Forces' military might. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens However, the officials sai...
An attempted knife attack was thwarted in the West Bank city of Hebron on Wednesday, according to Hebrew media reports.  The suspected terrorist was "neutralized" following the incident. The condition of the attacker remains unknown. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens No Israeli was reportedly injured in the incident.  This is a developing story...read more at i24
As the State of Israel is under attack, the IDF is striking military targets belonging to terror organizations in Gaza.  Watch raw, real and unedited footage filmed during the operation: 12.5.2021 IDF STRIKES SENIOR MEMBERS OF ISLAMIC JIHAD: On May 11, 2021, the IDF & Israel Security Agency carried out a targeted strike against Islamic Jihad commander, Samah Abed al-Mamluk & other senior members of his unit. They were among those responsible for hundreds of rockets fired at Israelis. IDF STRIKES 3 HAMAS TERRORISTS IN GAZA: On May 11, 2021, after a barrage of rockets fired from the Gaza Strip towards southern Israel, the IDF struck 3 Hamas terrorists operating an anti-tank missile in Gaza. IDF AIR STRIKES IN THE GAZA STRIP: The Hamas terror organiz...
A Kornet anti-tank guided missile (ATGMs) was fired towards a jeep shortly after the warning was lifted, killing the soldier and severely wounding the others inside including an officer. One IDF soldier was killed and three others injured after Hamas fired a Kornet anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) towards a jeep near the southern Israeli community of Netiv Ha’Asara on Wednesday morning, after a night of intensive rocket barrages towards the center of the country. The jeep belonging to the 931rst Nahal battalion was inside the Kibbutz of Netiv HaAsara but was at a spot where it was exposed to the ATGM when it was struck. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more   Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click...
PM Netanyahu: “A short while ago we assassinated senior commanders in the Hamas General Staff, including the Gaza Brigadier General and other senior terrorists. This is just the beginning.”
A couple gets married yesterday and, while under the Chuppah, hears an air raid siren. Children who think the pandemic is over and they can return to their school routine find themselves once again learning through ZOOM when school is canceled. Israelis in the North extend open invitations to Israelis in the South to come up North and relax, out of harm's way, with them. In Lod, mothers look out their windows, see rioters burning their cars and, in the midst of it, need to calm their children. A gabai (synagogue manager) arrives at his synagogue and sees it desecrated.  A reporter tearfully conveys that Torah scrolls have been burned. Teachers and students realize there will not be any school today simply because their school is gone. Near Beersheba, a driver is surrounded by a l...
Baltimore, MD – May 11,  2021 - It is with regret that BaltimoreJewishLife.com informs the community of the petira of Rebetzin Chana Baer, a’h, wife of Rabbi Aaron Baer, Z’L, mother of Rabbi Simcha (Miryam) Baer, Frada (Moshe) Ben Pazi, Ora (Eliyahu) Gerstel, Shira (Joe) Elbaz and Rabbi Ephraim (Miriam) Baer.Shiva is being observed at:‎11 חיי טייב Apt 7 Har Nof, YerushalayimShacharis: 7:00am Mincha and Maariv: 7:10pm Rabbi Simcha Baer can be reached on his American number 410-375-1188.Israeli number: 053-223-4821 Bila HaMaves LaNetzach
Jerusalem, Israel — After days of rioting by Arab hooligans in the mixed Arab-Jewish town of Lod, tens of cars have been gutted by fire, shuls and schools set on fire and public infrastructure damaged. In the most serious event, Arabs attacked a Jewish neighborhood and despite calling police for over an hour, no police showed up. The Jewish residents were forced to defend themselves and one of the Arab hooligans was killed by Jewish fire. The government declared a civil emergency in the city Wednesday and brought in border police in an attempt to restore order. Prime Minister Netanyahu arrived in Lod during the night and said that “during the course of the day I received updates about what is happening in this city and I take this very seriously. This is anarchy by hooligans w...
New York — Mayor candidate Andrew Yang was verbaly assaulted on Tuesday by a group of Anti-Israel activists. He was heckled and disturbed by the persistent shouting with accusations that he is supporting “genocide.” Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more   Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens He tried to approach the group and explain his pro-Israel position. He was met with loud shouting of slanderous lies about the activities of the Israeli military. One of the activists shouted at the candidate “You don’t represent us, you only represent Jewish people.” She went on to label the Jewish com...
Hamas operatives fired an anti-tank guided missile at an Israeli jeep on the Gaza border on Wednesday morning, killing one person seriously injuring one and moderately injuring two more, according to Israeli authorities, as fierce fighting between the Israeli military and Palestinian terrorist group entered its third day with no signs of abating. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens Immediately after the missile attack, terrorists in the Strip fired waves of mortar shells at the area, around the community of Netiv Ha’asara just north of the Strip, in an apparent effort to keep medical teams...
Over 50 rockets pound Israel amid attack on top Gaza terror targets • Six Israelis killed so far since escalations began Hamas launched a barrage of rockets at Ashdod and Ashkelon on Wednesday afternoon following a complex operation carried out by the IDF in the Gaza Strip. Shortly before the attacks, the IDF warned residents of the Gaza envelope to remain at home out of concern that Hamas might fire short-range mortars, ATGM’s or carry out sniper attacks against civilians in the area. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more   Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens An ATGM was fired towards a jeep shortly aft...
Bensouda said that she had opened an investigation into actions by Israel and Palestinians in the West Bank The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) voiced concern Wednesday at the escalation of violence between Israel and the Palestinians and said "crimes" may have been committed.  "I note with great concern the escalation of violence in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, as well as in and around Gaza, and the possible commission of crimes under the Rome Statute," which founded the ICC, Fatou Bensouda said on Twitter. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens ...
Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters take to streets to demonstrate against Jewish state With Israel under fire from Hamas rocket attacks and Arab rioting causing mayhem in many cities, thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters took to the streets of New York City Tuesday to demonstrate against the Jewish state, clashing with a smaller contingent of Israel supporters near the country's consulate in Manhattan. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayos, events & more Join BJL on WhatsApp Groups: Click here to Join an official BJL WhatsApp group for breaking news as it happens The demonstration, dubbed "Emergency Rally for Palestine," featured a promotional flyer stating the meeting place as the Israeli Consu...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Wednesday, 12 May 2021), went to the Acre police station for a discussion and assessment of the situation – with the mayor, the Public Security Minister, the Inspector General of the Israel Police and other senior officials – following events in the city. PM Netanyahu after the assessment: "We are in a fight on several fronts. Last night, at 02:00, after the discussions and decisions at the Kirya about the situation in Gaza, I went to Lod, another front of anarchy that was opened there. We also made decisions there and brought in forces and this afternoon here in Acre. We will continue the effort to stop the anarchy, restore governance to Israel's cities with an iron fist if necessary, with all necessary force and with all necess...
When we give in to one another and don't have to "be right", when we acknowledge the opinions of the other, we quickly realize that there is room for everyone. Know when to draw your line but know when to yield.
Former US Secretary of State places blame on current US President for current round of Hamas-Israel violence. Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed the Biden Administration for the ongoing Hamas and Islamic Jihad rocket fire on Israel. "Biden delayed his call with Israeli leadership and restarted funding to the Palestinian Authority through the UN — both signal to Hamas & terrorists in the West Bank that America places less value on our relationship with Israel. It matters who leads," the former secretary of state tweeted Wednesday, Pompeo's statement comes as over 1,050 rockets have been launched at Israel since Monday. Six Israelis have been killed in the rocket attacks so far. The Biden Administration has come under fire for drawing a moral equivalence be...
In an extraordinary bow to former President Trump, House Republicans voted Wednesday to purge GOP Conference Chair Liz Cheney from her leadership post, punishing the conservative Wyoming Republican for daring to refute Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was stolen.  The closed-door, secret-ballot vote to oust Cheney represented a remarkable shift from a similar challenge to her leadership status in February, when she won handily. And it marked the first time in recent memory that a congressional GOP leader was toppled by rank-and-file Republicans in the middle of their term through a formal vote. Trump was not on Wednesday’s ballot, but he was the elephant in the room as Cheney’s colleagues lined up ahead of the vote to condemn her for what has becom...
Hamas fires anti-tank missile from Gaza at Israeli border town, killing 1, injuring 2. 49 Gazans killed in retaliatory strikes thus far. Israeli warplanes and artillery continued to strike the Gaza Strip Wednesday afternoon, as terrorists in the Strip fired rockets and at least one anti-tank missile into Israeli territory. The latest wave of Israeli retaliatory airstrikes targeted senior Hamas military commanders in Gaza City in the northern Gaza Strip, and in Khan Younis in the south. Several commanders from Hamas General Staff Forum were eliminated Wednesday, including several officials close to Mohammed Deif, the supreme military commander of Hamas' Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. Join BJL on WhatsApp Status: Click here to Join BJL status for engagements, births, deals, levayo...
Baltimore, MD - May 12, 2021 - Listen: Moishe Lowenbraun - L'Zacher Nishmas Zaide Rabbi Yitzchak "Itchie" Lowenbraun, Z'L A Million Sparks - In tribute to Rabbi Yitzchok Lowenbraun, Z'L Composed and performed by Moishe Lowenbraun Musical Production by Moshe Siegel Recording and mixing by Yakov Englander Guitars by Jay Gore
President Rivlin: “The sight of the pogrom in Lod and the disturbances across the country by an incited and bloodthirsty Arab mob, Injuring people, damaging property and even attacking sacred Jewish spaces is unforgiveable. Tearing down the Israeli flag by Arab rioters and replacing it with the Palestinian flag is a brutal assault on shared existence in the State of Israel.”   “The silence of the Arab leadership about these disturbances is shameful, giving support to terrorism and rioting and encouraging the rupture of the society in which we live and in which we will continue to live once all this has passed.” “The Israeli government must pursue the rioters with a firm hand restore security and order while fighting terrorism from Gaza without co...
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