HY’D: IDF Sergeant First Class (res.) Noam Shemesh, aged 21, from Yerushalayim, a squad commander in the Shimshon Battalion (92), Kfir Brigade, was killed in battle in the southern Gaza Strip.

TEHILLIM: The tzibur is urgently requested to daven for Baruch Avraham Yisroel Ben Chava Yitta and Golda Bas Rochel Fraida, both of whom are in critical condition after being struck by a drunk driver in a serious Motzei Shabbos accident on Old Nyack Turnpike in Monsey. Two other children were also struck in the incident and are reported to be in stable condition.

Footage from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the Hamedan Province of Western Iran earlier today shows the destruction of several trucks which appear to have been carrying ballistic missiles.

An Iranian government representative issued a stern warning that any nation offering support to Israel would become a direct target of Iranian retaliation.
“Iran reserves the right – under international law – to respond decisively to this regime,” the official told CNN. “Any country that attempts to defend the regime against Iran’s operations will, in turn, see its regional bases and positions become new targets.”

Israel has pressed the Trump administration to enter the conflict against Iran with the objective of dismantling the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, according to two Israeli sources familiar with the matter, Axios reports.
While Israel has launched extensive strikes, it lacks the necessary firepower—such as long-range bombers and bunker-busting munitions—to effectively destroy Iran’s Fordow enrichment facility, which is fortified deep within a mountain, Axios claims. The U.S. military, on the other hand, possesses these capabilities and has them stationed within range of Iranian territory.

JERUSALEM – An Israeli official has indicated that Ayatollah Al

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has declared that Israel has “paved the way to Tehran,” as the IDF continued to bombard Iranian military and nuclear targets in and around the Iranian capital. The ongoing campaign, now entering its third day, marks the most direct and sustained Israeli assault on Iranian territory in history. “This is just the beginning,” Netanyahu said in a video statement released Motzei Shabbos.