Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth led a morning workout on Omaha Beach to mark the 81st anniversary of D-Day.

HY’D: The Southern Sharon Regional Council announced today that IDF soldier Staff Sergeant Yoav Rever, 19, from Sde Warburg fell in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.

Maj. Gen. David Zini, who was appointed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to head the Shin Bet security agency, officially left the military this week. On Wednesday, a ceremony was held to bid Zini farewell after 33 years of service in the IDF.

TWICE IN ONE WEEK: Rabbi Elie Lemmel, a Jewish outreach leader, was violently assaulted on Friday morning in France – for the second time within days. On Friday morning, an Afghan national threw a chair at him in Neuilly-sur-Seine for wearing a Yarmulka. Passersby apprehended the suspect, and Rabbi Lemmel, with minor injuries, was hospitalized. On May 31, three drunks attacked him in Deauville, remaining at large.

Germany’s Lufthansa airline group announced it will restart flights to and from Tel Aviv on June 23, following a suspension last month. The decision impacts Lufthansa, Austrian, SWISS, Brussels Airlines, Eurowings, ITA, and Lufthansa Cargo. The group stated that services will resume “gradually” for operational reasons, marking a cautious return to the region.

A serious motor vehicle accident occurred Friday morning in Woodmere’s Five Towns at the intersection of Howard Avenue and West Broadway. A vehicle overturned, leaving one person with critical injuries and entrapped inside. As of 9:30 a.m., the victim remains pinned in the wreckage. Hatzalah Paramedics are on scene providing advanced life support, and sources tell YWN the victim is in traumatic arrest. Emergency crews continue working to extricate the victim. Further updates will follow as they become available.

Iran has ordered thousands of tons of missile materials from China, enough to produce up to 800 ballistic missiles, as it seeks to rebuild its arsenal amid talks with the U.S. on its nuclear program.

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A321 evacuated at Detroit Metro Airport after a bomb threat at 7 a.m. this morning. Passengers deplaned on the taxiway, and K-9 units swept the aircraft. No injuries reported.

Earlier today, DHS arrested Marcos Lopez, Sheriff for Osceola County, FL, for his alleged involvement with an illegal gambling operation that generated more than 20 million dollars.

The April explosion in Iran, triggered by Quds Force Unit 190, destroyed Chinese ammonium perchlorate meant for proxy militias’ missile production. It has also been confirmed in earlier reports that Iran has, for the first time, provided long-range ballistic missiles to Shia militias in Iraq.