Indonesia’s Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano erupts, releasing a massive ash column high into the sky.

HY’D: Two of the four victims murdered by an Iranian missile strike on an apartment building in Petach Tikvah early Monday morning have been identified as Yaakov and Dasi Belo. The couple was killed in their reinforced room (“mamad”) when a missile with a heavy warhead hit the wall between two safe rooms.

The IDF launched a new counterterrorism operation overnight in Jenin, alongside Shin Bet and Border Police, aiming to expand gains from Operation Iron Wall.

President Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, says he is looking for “an end” to the Israel-Iran war. “A real end. Not a ceasefire – an end.”

R’ Avrumy, who was just 45 years old, had been learning in the Whispering Pines shul when he began experiencing severe chest pain. Hatzolah responded, but he went into cardiac arrest. Sadly, Hatzolah paramedics were unable to revive him. Read the full article on Lakewood Alerts.   

A cell of Iranian soldiers who fired anti-aircraft missiles at an Israeli Air Force drone over Iran were killed in a strike yesterday, IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin reveals in a press conference.

About 2,000 Israelis are homeless after Iranian missiles hit residential buildings in central Israel and Haifa in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning. One missile hit a high-rise building in Petach Tikvah, killing four and injuring hundreds. About 400 families, 1,300 people, had to evacuate their homes, Zman Yisrael reported. In Tel Aviv, where two missiles scored direct hits, about 300 people were forced to evacuate their homes. In Bnei Brak, where a missile hit the ALEH rehabilitation center in the Pardes Katz neighborhood, the force of the blast heavily damaged a shul and nearby residential buildings, killing Avraham Cohen, H’yd. Hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate their homes and have been provided temporary housing in hotels by the municipality.

The U.S. economy is mostly in good shape but that isn’t saving Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell from a spell of angst. As the Fed considers its next moves during a two-day meeting this week, most economic data looks solid: Inflation has been steadily fading, while the unemployment rate is still a historically low 4.2%. Yet President Donald Trump’s widespread tariffs may push inflation higher in the coming months, while also possibly slowing growth. With the outlook uncertain, Fed policymakers are expected to keep their key interest rate unchanged on Wednesday at about 4.4%. Officials will also release a set of quarterly economic projections that are expected to show inflation will accelerate later this year, while unemployment my also tick up a bit.

Six of the Group of Seven leaders are trying on the final day of their summit Tuesday to show the wealthy nations’ club still has the clout to shape world events despite the early departure of U.S. President Donald Trump. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his counterparts from the U.K., France, Germany, Italy and Japan will be joined by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO chief Mark Rutte to discuss Russia’s relentless war on its neighbor. World leaders had gathered in Canada with the specific goal of helping to defuse a series of pressure points, only to be disrupted by a showdown over Iran’s nuclear program that could escalate in dangerous and uncontrollable ways.

An overnight Russian missile and drone bombardment of Ukraine killed 15 people and injured 156, local officials said Tuesday, with the main barrage demolishing a nine-story apartment building in one of the deadliest attacks on Kyiv in recent months. At least 14 people were killed as explosions echoed across the Ukrainian capital for almost nine hours, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said, destroying dozens of apartments. Russia fired more than 440 drones and 32 missiles, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, calling the Kyiv attack “one of the most terrifying strikes” on the capital. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said 139 people were injured in Kyiv. Mayor Vitalii Klitschko announced that Wednesday would be an official day of mourning.