An Israeli in his 60s who entered the Palestinian city of Qalqilya to fix his car on Monday evening was shot and seriously wounded by a terrorist. The gunfire also wounded two Palestinians who were near the Israeli man. All three were evacuated to a Palestinian hospital. After the Israeli was treated and stabilized, he was evacuated with the coordination of the IDF to Meir Hospital in Kfar Saba. His condition is serious but stable. IDF forces shot and killed the terrorist as he attempted to escape the scene. The terrorist was Tariq Daoud, an 18-year-old Hamas terrorist who was released as part of the ceasefire/hostage deal in November.

The Israeli government has taken steps to block the Hezbollah-affiliated news network al Mayadeen, citing national security concerns. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has signed an order to confiscate the network’s equipment and block its websites, effectively shutting down its operations in Israel. The move comes after a recent incident in which an al Mayadeen reporter broadcast from Majdal Shams, a day after a rocket attack by the terror group killed 12 children in the Golan Heights. The reporter’s presence was seen as a blatant disregard for Israel’s security and sovereignty. This is not the first time Israel has attempted to shut down al Mayadeen. In November, the security cabinet voted to close the network under emergency regulations, but the measure expired in January.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ruled to make public the discussions leading up to the decision on whether to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. The court’s pre-trial panel ordered Prosecutor Karim Khan to file a motion to classify his request for arrest warrants as a public document or resubmit the document with requested redactions. This move may reveal the extent of the investigative work done by Khan’s office since the October 7 attack, shedding light on the impact of the war on Israeli and Palestinian populations.

In a shocking incident, Channel 12 News published a tampered video of footage from security cameras at Sde Teiman and claimed that the video was evidence of the reservists’ alleged crime in the now infamous “Sde Teiman case” in which 10 reservists were arrested by masked police officers. Five of the reservists have since been released for lack of any evidence tying them to the alleged crime. Additionally, Kan News reported on Thursday morning that medical reports and examinations and tests carried out by the head of the surgical department of Hadassah Hospital prove that the allegations against the reservists are false.

Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris denied the New York Times report that she told anti-Israel activists that she is open to imposing an arms embargo on Israel, A source close to Harris told the Times that although she did introduce the anti-Israel activists to her staff to arrange a meeting, she did not express willingness to discussing an arms embargo on Israel. Harris issued a statement: “Since October 7, the Vice President has prioritized engaging with Arab, Muslim, and Palestinian community members and others regarding the war in Gaza. In this brief engagement, she reaffirmed that her campaign will continue to engage with those communities.

Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Gilad Erdan, wrapped up his four-year service at the U.N. during a ceremony held in Manhattan on Monday, hosted by Israel’s U.N. delegation in collaboration with the UJA-Federation of New York. The event drew hundreds of attendees, including numerous ambassadors, leaders of Jewish organizations, New York Mayor Eric Adams, and Congressman Richie Torres (D-N.Y.), who gathered to pay tribute to Erdan. “Many times I have been asked how I can come to work every day in a place where there is so much hatred and hypocrisy against Israel,” Erdan said.

Ehud Yaari, the Middle East analyst for Israel’s Channel 12, estimates that Hezbollah will retaliate for the elimination of its commander Fuad Shukr on Tisha B’Av. “I have a gut feeling that Hezbollah will want to attack on Tisha B’Av,” Yaari said in an interview with Kol B’Ramah. “Hezbollah is aware of the Jewish calendar – they understand that on this day there are more people who fast and are in shuls.” “Nasrallah has a difficult dilemma – the impression is that he hasn’t yet decided on the nature of the response.” Regarding the appointment of Yahya Sinwar as the new political leader of Hamas, Yaari said: “Sinwar knows Israel and its traditions better than Nasrallah.

As the Orthodox Jewish community continues to experience exponential growth across the region, natural expansion has become necessary for both seasonal and year-round living needs. Unfortunately, religious Jews have been subject to discrimination from many towns and cities that have placed arbitrary roadblocks in the form of restrictive zoning ordinances designed to prevent them from pursuing opportunities available to other communities.

Vice President and presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris has taken the lead over former President Donald Trump in both major polling averages from RealClearPolitics and FiveThirtyEight. According to FiveThirtyEight, Harris’s lead, which initially narrowed to 0.2 percent, has widened to 1.8 percent, placing her at 45.2% compared to Trump’s 43.4%. Meanwhile, in the RCP average, Trump started with nearly a two-point lead, but Harris now holds a half-point advantage, with 47.4% to Trump’s 46.9%. It’s important to note the differences in how these averages are calculated. The RCP average looks back at the previous two weeks of qualifying polls and produces an unweighted average.

Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich, who is a member of Israel’s Security Cabinet, said on Wednesday morning that the political echelon was exposed during the war to a detailed strategic plan by Iran for the destruction of Israel. Speaking at a conference in Sderot, he said: “Without elaborating, we were exposed to this plan during the war – Iran is striving to achieve a nuclear defense umbrella that will provide it immunity to carry out a conventional destruction plan of the state of Israel – a combination of massive fire with a physical ground occupation.” In other words, Iran wants to achieve nuclear power to ensure its survival before carrying out a conventional war against Israel without the risk of being attacked in kind.