Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh was killed by an explosion device that detonated in his room and not by a missile as previously believed, the New York Times reported on Thursday citing seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and an American official.
According to the report, the bomb was planted approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, which is managed and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound, known as Neshat, in northern Tehran.
According to IRGC officials, the explosion shook the building, shattered some windows, and caused the partial collapse of an exterior wall.
Iranian media had reported on Wednesday that the Hamas leader was killed by an Israeli-made Spike short-range missile was launched ...
Imprisoned American journalist Evan Gershkovich will be freed from a Russian prison Thursday as part of a prisoner swap with Moscow, according to reports.
Gershkovich will return to the US after spending 16 months in Moscow’s notorious Lefortovo Prison alongside serial killers and other political prisoners, sources told Bloomberg News.
A senior Biden administration also told ABC News that Gershkovich will be released alongside former US Marine Paul Whelan in the extraordinary deal.
Gershkovich and Whelan are expected to be released as part of the largest multi-country prisoner exchange since the Cold War, Good Morning America said.
The US and four NATO allies are reportedly swapping a total of 24 prisoners with Russia, the outlet explained.
Russian-American journal...
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Baltimore, MD - July 31, 2024 - Dry wall, door frames, and drop ceiling installation in our main lobby are some of the most recent developments toward the completion of our Mikdash Mi'at. Upon entry, two sets of double doors greet members between a spacious vestibule leading into the magnificent grand lobby space. A sefarim room can be found immediately off the lobby entrance, symbolizing the ease and accessibility of Torah study immediately upon entry. A row of elegant sinks lie against the right lobby wall, ready to be used for Birkas Kohanim. These exciting developments help frame a realistic vision of the incredible beauty and functionality of our new building.
Russia may be preparing to free between 20 and 30 political prisoners and journalists in an imminent exchange with the United States and Germany, a source familiar with the planning said, in what, if confirmed, would be the largest swap since the end of the Cold War.
Previous reporting by independent Russian media suggested that up to 10 high-profile political prisoners were being readied for the rumored exchange.
“I know of more people than those who have already been mentioned publicly,” the source told Politika.Kozlov.
“My estimate is that Moscow will extradite about 20 to 30 people to the West.”
The source spoke on condition of anonymity in order to share details about a sensitive diplomatic matter.
Speculation has been growing in rece...
The names have no meaning. Forty-two unknown and historically insignificant desert locations. Forty-two sand dunes along our winding journey to the promised land. Who knows where these sandbanks are, and quite frankly, who cares? The sooner we forget about these doomed deserts the better. Each stop on our trail of misery evokes painful memories of a depressing forty-year odyssey. Our national death sentence had already been decided upon and was irrevocable. During those long and dreary years, prophecy was suspended, and Hashem seemed distant. These desert stops possess meaning only for historians and archaeologists. The pit stops of the desert are cursed regions of Jewish history.
Astonishingly though, the Torah provides an extensive list of each desert location. Moreover, instead of ju...
Baltimore, Md – July 31, 2024 - 25 Tammuz 5784 - Pictured is Chaim Fink making a Siyum this morning on Mesechta Krisus on the 18th yahrzeit of his grandfather, Rabbi Beryl Fink. Rabbi Fink was a rav in Chicago, Edmonton, New Orleans, and Baltimore from 1959 until 1974. After Rabbi Fink went into business, he remained close friends and learned regularly with the Ner Yisroel Rosh HaYeshiva, Harav Yaakov Weinberg ZTZL, Harav Yitzchok Sternhell, ZTZL, Harav Mendel Feldman ZTZL, Rav Nachman Klein, ZTZL and Rabbi Dr. Hersh Weinreb, shlita.
The Fink, Dubin, Englander, Frankel, Elman, Feldbaum, Kohen, Spatz, and Abramson families are all descendants or are married to descendants of his proud legacy. His grandson Chaim learned at Yeshivas Mercaz HaTorah in Yerushalayim for 3 years after...
Baltimore, MD - July 31, 2024 — In response to forecasts predicting dangerously high temperatures this weekend within the Baltimore region, the Interim Health Commissioner, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Simone Johnson, has declared a Code Red Extreme Heat Alert for Thursday, August 1st through Saturday, August 3rd. With temperatures expected to reach over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, the declaration aims to ensure the safety and well-being of the community during this string of severe heat – especially if residents and visitors plan to visit Artscape this weekend. The heat index is a measure of air temperature and relative humidity and indicates how hot it feels to the human body.
“I urge all residents to take the necessary precautions to protect themselves and t...
Jerusalem, Israel - July 31, 2024 - Major American and British airlines have told passengers that flights to Israel are canceled, Hebrew media reports, amid spiraling tensions with Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran.
Delta is said to cancel its flights until August 2, as is British Airways. The reports say United has canceled its flights until August 6.
Tens of thousands of Israelis are reportedly estimated to remain stranded in the United States due to the cancellation of flights to Israel.
The cancellation by United and Delta, respectively the second- and third-largest airlines in the world, will likely spark a wave of cancellations by other airlines, according to some reports.
The US State Department raised its travel advisory level to 4, the highest level, on Wednesday after Israel eliminated Hezbollah military chief Fuad Shukr.
The State Department stated: "Do Not Travel to Lebanon due to rising tensions between Hezbollah and Israel. If you are in Lebanon, be prepared to shelter in place should the situation deteriorate. The US Embassy strongly encourages US citizens who are already in Southern Lebanon, near the borders with Syria, and/or in refugee settlements to depart.
"Since October 8, Hezbollah has conducted attacks against Israel that have escalated in recent weeks, culminating in a July 27 rocket attack on Majdal Shams, a town in the Golan Heights, which killed 12 children. This strike has increased the risk of further escalation between Hizballah and...
Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Ed Bastian said the carrier took a $500 million hit from the CrowdStrike CRWD -1.26%decrease; red down pointing triangle technology outage that hurt its operations.
With more than 5,000 flight cancellations over several days, Delta faced deeper disruption and took days longer than rivals to get back on track after the outage knocked key systems offline. The U.S. Department of Transportation is investigating how the airline handled the disruption and its customer response.
Delta has hired prominent litigator David Boies, chairman of the firm Boies Schiller Flexner, and notified CrowdStrike and Microsoft MSFT -0.96%decrease; red down pointing triangle to prepare for litigation, acco...
Khaled Meshaal, tipped to be the new Hamas leader, became known around the world in 1997 after Israeli agents injected him with poison in a botched assassination attempt on a street outside his office in the Jordanian capital Amman.
The hit against a key senior figure of the Palestinian militant group, ordered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, so enraged Jordan's then-King Hussein that he spoke of hanging the would-be killers and scrapping Jordan's peace treaty with Israel unless the antidote was handed over.
Israel did so, and also agreed to free Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, only to assassinate him seven years later in Gaza.
For Israelis and Western states, the Iran-backed Hamas, which has directed suicide bombings in Israel and fought frequent wars again...
Lakewood, NJ - July 31, 2024 - Middlesex County Judge Joseph Paone has thrown out the charges against SCHI founder Rabbi Eisemann this morning, just as the prosecution wrapped up their arguments.
Explaining his decision, Judge Paone said the prosecution completely failed to show any evidence that Rabbi Eisemann committed the crimes they were alleging.
The jury has now been dismissed, meaning the case is effectively over and an appeal is unlikely at this point.
See here for a complete history of the decade long saga.
There is still a staggering amount of legal fees that must be paid to cover the cost of the trial to date. Please help Rabbi Eisemann so he can fully return to his Avodas Hakodesh with a piece of mind and not be burdened by the nearly $350,000 in outstanding...
One of the bodyguards of Hamas political bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh leaked information to the assassins who eliminated him, Iranian media reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, an Israeli-made Spike short-range missile was launched at the leader's bedroom in northern Tehran from within Iranian territory.
Sky News Arabia, citing Iranian sources, reported that the Hamas political leader was killed by a missile that was launched from a building near the one where he was staying.
Senior Iranian officials told the New York Times earlier in the day that Tehran’s top leadership was "in utter shock," by the dramatic assassination.
According to the officials, this assassination also questions Iran's security reputation and its ability to protect its borders against suc...
Today, the Chief of the General Staff, LTG Herzi Halevi, visited the brigade-level exercise of the Kfir Brigade on the northern border, with the Commanding Officer of the Northern Command, MG Ori Gordin, the Commanding Officer of the Central Command, MG Avi Bluth, the Commanding Officer of the Training Command, MG David Zini, the Commanding Officer of the 99th Division, BG Barak Hiram, the Commander of the Ground Forces Training Center (“Mali”), BG Kobi Heller and other commanders.
The exercise took place in cooperation with different units, during which the soldiers of the Kfir Brigade practiced a variety of extreme scenarios, combat in thicketed and mountainous terrain, the activation of fire, and combat in a built-up area, as part of increasing the readiness for combat in t...
U.S. measles cases are nearly triple what they were last year, including one to nine cases in Maryland, according to data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
With five months left to go in the year, 26 states and the District of Columbia have reported 188 cases of measles, about half of which (49 percent, or 93) were severe enough to require hospitalization, mostly among people under the age of 5.
Last year, the nation saw 58 measles cases in four outbreaks. This year, there have been 13 outbreaks, the largest of them traced to a migrant shelter in Chicago in March in which 60 illnesses have been linked.
Seven states — Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon and Vermont — joined the growing list o...
Baltimore, MD – July 2024 - Every Shabbos table offers every Jewish family an incredible opportunity by which they can share their joy for Shabbos, for Yiddishkeit and for HaShem with their children. Unfortunately, our schedules are hectic and many people don’t have the time to prepare themselves to utilize the Shabbos table to its fullest. Therefore, we at ACHIM created TableTalk as a pre-packaged talking points pamphlet which is attractive, fun and has something for everyone. Limited copies are distributed to many shuls on a weekly basis but they are snatched up very quickly. Get yours ASAP or click on the graphic below and print your own.What’s in it and what’s all the excitement about?TableTalk features:• Weekly halachic dilemma creating l...
Baltimore, MD - July 31, 2024 - Dr. Janet Sunness - The Mitzvah to Settle The Land of Israel
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