A Chareidi toddler was climbing a slide in a park in Beitar Illit on Tuesday afternoon when he fell almost 3 meters (10+ feet) landing on his head. Worried witnesses called emergency services for help and EMS responders from United Hatzalah arrived moments later.

Due to failures in negotiations with the Transportation Ministry, which is accused of refusing to permit equal travel conditions for residents of East Jerusalem, including in regard to the state of the transport vehicles, infrastructure, and the implementation of new technologies as is customary in the rest of the State of Israel, a strike has been called.

Some central New York residents reported hearing a loud, explosive-like sound that experts say may have been a sonic boom from a meteor.
The Post-Standard reports 911 centers in both Onondaga and Oswego counties reported receiving several calls about a loud boom Monday evening.
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In an interview conducted with the president of Lakewood’s BMG, Rabbi Aharon Kotler, a myth and legend that has been well-entrenched in the chareidi world about famous Jewish composer and singer, Shlomo Carlebach Z”L being expelled from the Lakewood Yeshiva, was shattered.

The Trump administration imposed sanctions Tuesday on Iran’s space agency for the first time, accusing it of developing ballistic missiles under the cover of a civilian program to launch satellites into orbit.
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Israeli snake catcher Avi Bruchim received a routine call on Sunday from a family in Netanya with three small children to capture a “small green snake” from their ground floor apartment, according to a Kikar Shabbat report.

One of the fastest growing economies in Central Africa, and now one of the safest too, Rwanda has of late become a popular tourist destination. Chabad’s opening in Kigali, the country’s capital city, following the recent opening of the Israeli embassy there, makes it even more attractive to visiting Israelis, and Jewish travelers.
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Shas chairman Aryeh Deri remained loyal to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu despite pressure from Likud members to support another candidate for prime minister prior to the dissolution of the previous Knesset, a Channel 12 News report said on Monday.
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An Iranian oil tanker blacklisted and pursued by the U.S. turned off its tracking beacon off the coast of Syria, leading to renewed speculation Tuesday that its oil will end up there, despite earlier assurances it wouldn’t.
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