Hamas attacked a bus carrying about two-dozen members of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation team at about 10 p.m. in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, with “at least five fatalities, multiple injuries and fear that some of our team members may have been taken hostage,” the aid group stated.
The “local Palestinians,” who were “working side-by-side with the U.S. GHF team,” were on the way to one of the U.S.-backed aid group’s distribution centers west of Khan Younis, the foundation said.
“We condemn this heinous and deliberate attack in the strongest possible terms,” it stated. “These were aid workers. Humanitarians. Fathers, brothers, sons and friends, who were risking their lives everyday to help others.”

A federal judge ruled on Wednesday that the Trump administration cannot deport or continue holding Mahmoud Khalil, a controversial anti-Israel activist, in detention.
Judge Michael Farbiarz of the U.S. District Court in New Jersey issued a preliminary injunction blocking federal authorities from removing Khalil from the United States. According to court records reviewed by The Post, Farbiarz found that the administration’s justification — that Khalil’s presence threatened U.S. foreign relations — did not meet the legal threshold required to proceed.

One of the world’s most active volcanoes, Kilauea on Hawaii’s Big Island, began spewing lava from the north vent Wednesday, the latest event in an ongoing eruption that began almost six months ago. Lava fountains reached heights of more than 330 feet (100 meters) and feeding multiple lava streams. Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the fountains were likely to go higher. The latest event was preceded by gas-pistoning, in which gas accumulates at a lava column’s top within a vent, on Tuesday. The observatory said this process causes the lava surface to rise or piston. “Eventually, gas escapes as splatter/lava is erupted, and lave drains back into the vent,” the observatory wrote on its Facebook page.

Airfare costs have soared since the onset of the war between Israel and Hamas, and El Al Israel Airlines has come under fire for its role in the spike. On Tuesday, a class action complaint was submitted to the Lod District Court, accusing El Al of inflating ticket prices during the national emergency that erupted after the events of October 7, 2023.
The legal motion, filed by attorney Ilan Verednikov and represented by Tal Rotman and Adi Zitron of the Perl Cohen law firm, contends that El Al exploited its dominant market position to impose unfair price hikes on passengers. The damages sought in the case exceed NIS 2.5 million.

An emotional pidyon haben ceremony was held last week for a firstborn baby boy born to a couple who had waited 19 years to embrace a child of their own.
The remarkable story behind this long-awaited yeshuah centers on the guidance of the Rosh Yeshiva of Ateres Shlomo, Rav Chaim Feinstein, and an unusual segulah he shared with the couple that changed the course of their lives.

BREAKING: US officials say, Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, with the US anticipating that Iran could retaliate against US sites and assets prompting evacuation.

Novavax announced Wednesday that its investigational vaccines—both a combined COVID-19 and flu shot and a standalone influenza vaccine—triggered a robust immune reaction in seniors aged 65 and up, comparable to the responses seen with currently authorized vaccines.
The company reported that both vaccines were generally well tolerated by participants, with no unexpected safety issues emerging from the study.
Following the news, Novavax’s stock climbed 1.3% in premarket trading, reaching $7.29.

UPDATE: The Levaya for Yaakov Yisroel Jurkansky, an einikel of Hagaon Harav Elya Ber Wachtfogel, Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshiva of South Fallsburg, who was tragically killed in an accident in the Catskills on Wednesday afternoon, will take place at approximately 8:00 PM at the Har Shalom Beis HaChaim in Airmont. Besuros Tovois!

Will artificial intelligence save humanity — or destroy it? Lift up the world’s poorest — or tighten the grip of a tech elite? Jensen Huang — the global chip tycoon widely predicted to become one of the world’s first trillionaires — offered his answer on Wednesday: neither dystopia nor domination. AI, he said, is a tool for liberation. Wearing his signature biker jacket and mobbed by fans for selfies, the Nvidia CEO cut the figure of a tech rockstar as he took the stage at VivaTech in Paris. “AI is the greatest equalizer of people the world has ever created,” Huang said, kicking off one of Europe’s biggest technology industry fairs. Huang’s core argument: AI can level the playing field, not tilt it. Critics argue Nvidia’s dominance risks concentrating power in the hands of a few.

The majority of justices on Brazil’s Supreme Court have agreed to make social media companies liable for illegal postings by their users, in a landmark case for Latin America with implications for U.S. relations. Brazil’s top court decided to rule on two different cases to reach an understanding on how to deal with social media companies as reports of fraud, child abuse and violence among teenagers become rampant online. Critics warn such measures could threaten free speech as platforms preemptively remove content that could be problematic. Gilmar Mendes on Wednesday became the sixth of the court’s 11 justices to vote to open a path for companies like Meta, X and Microsoft to be sued and pay fines for content published by their users.

The Democratic National Committee just overwhelmingly voted to remove David Hogg from his position as Vice Chair, 294 to 99.

President Trump was asked earlier while leaving the White House on the way to the Kennedy Center, why military dependents and diplomats were being evacuated from the Middle East, to which he shrugged and responded, “You’ll have to see, thank you.”

President Trump on Iran: “They (US personnel in the Middle East) are being moved out. It could be a dangerous place, we’ll see what happens. Iran can not have a nuclear weapon, we won’t allow it”

BREAKING: Likud MK Yuli Edelstein, chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, announced that after extended deliberations, coalition members have reached an agreement on core principles for the new enlistment law. Edelstein described the development as “historic news,” signaling the end of the coalition crisis and the start of a legislative push to expand the IDF’s conscription base. “Only a real, effective bill like this will come out of my committee,” he said, without sharing further details. “We’re on our way to real change in Israeli society and strengthening the State of Israel’s security.”

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, which has distributed millions of meals to Gazans, says a bus carrying its members was attacked by Hamas. At least 5 were killed, and others possibly taken hostage.

At least five people were killed and several others injured Wednesday following an attack by Hamas on a bus operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), the organization announced in a statement late Wednesday night. The vehicle was reportedly transporting over two dozen individuals, including GHF team members and local Palestinians working alongside the U.S.-based organization, en route to the foundation’s distribution centers in Khan Yunis when it was targeted. In addition to the fatalities and injuries, GHF says some team members may have been taken hostage. “This attack did not happen in a vacuum,” GHF said in its statement, revealing that Hamas had issued repeated threats to GHF staff and local civilians involved in its aid distribution network.

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