The Bazan oil refining and petrochemicals company announces it has suspended activity in all its facilities in the Haifa bay, after yesterday’s Iranian ballistic missile strike “severely damaged the central power plant.”

What appears to have been a cyber attack (possibly from Iran), a live broadcast from Israel’s Channel 14 broadcast was temporarily interrupted.

Hagaon HaRav David Yosef, the Sephardic Chief Rabbi of Israel, recorded this message in Hebrew from the Kosel tonight.

POTUS: “I’ve spoken to everybody… I’m in constant touch, and as I’ve been saying, I think a deal will be signed… I think Iran is foolish not to sign one.”

POTUS: “I want to see no nuclear weapon in Iran and we’re well on our way to making sure that happens.”

A new survey released Monday night by Channel 14 indicates that the Israeli public is strongly backing the military campaign targeting Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The poll also reflects a surge in approval for how Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has been steering the war effort.
When respondents were asked, “What grade does Prime Minister Netanyahu deserve for his management of the war in Iran so far?” 61% rated his performance as “Excellent,” 19% selected “Good,” 8% responded with “Not good,” and 12% said “Poor.”

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is a fascinating Kochvei Ohr, w

by Rabbi Yair Hoffman There is a fascinating Kochvei Ohr, written by Rav Yitzchok Blaser

The Louvre, the world’s most-visited museum and a global symbol of art, beauty and endurance, has withstood war, terror, and pandemic — but on Monday, it was brought to a halt by its own staff, who say the institution is crumbling under the weight of mass tourism. It was an almost unthinkable sight: the home to works by Leonardo da Vinci and millennia of civilization’s greatest treasures — paralyzed in a strike by the very people tasked with welcoming the world to its galleries. Thousands of stranded and confused visitors, tickets in hand, were corralled into unmoving lines beneath I.M. Pei’s glass pyramid. “It’s the Mona Lisa moan out here,” said Kevin Ward, 62, from Milwaukee. “Thousands of people waiting, no communication, no explanation.

The Israeli Defense Forces released a statement Monday evening confirming the death of Captain (Res.) Tal Movshovitz, 28, a resident of Reut and Deputy Company Commander in the 7086th Combat Engineering Battalion of the Golani Brigade. He was killed while engaged in battle in the southern region of the Gaza Strip.
Captain Movshovitz lost his life after an explosive device was set off in the Khan Yunis area.
According to preliminary findings, the incident occurred when a terrorist cell staged an ambush. After an improvised explosive device struck the Hummer vehicle carrying Movshovitz and other troops, the attackers began firing on the soldiers.
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Iran’s foreign minister on Monday said it would take one call from President Donald Trump to muzzle Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In a lengthy social media post, Seyed Abbas Araghchi called Netanyahu a “war criminal” who has “duped” several American presidents into fighting his own wars for three decades. He called on Trump to help de-escalate the growing conflict between both nations. “If President Trump is genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential,” Araghchi wrote on X. “Israel must halt its aggression, and absent a total cessation of military aggression against us, our responses will continue.” “It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu,” he added.

President Trump is expected to present Iran with a “last chance” offer, American and European officials told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. Trump said that Tehran reached out to his administration in an attempt to stop the barrage of Israeli strikes that have decimated Iran’s nuclear facilities and military sites. “It looks like Iran isn’t winning this war. They need to talk before it’s too late,” Trump said in Canada, where he is attending the G7 Summit. One official told the newspaper that Trump’s new offer may be slightly better than the previous proposal the administration submitted to the Iranians earlier this month. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

After the Israeli military instructed civilians in northern Tehran to leave areas close to military installations, Iran responded with its own threat—this time targeting civilians in Israel. In a message written in Hebrew, Iranian authorities warned residents to leave Bnei Brak, claiming that additional missile attacks were imminent.
The announcement, which included a map of Bnei Brak, read: “Urgent warning to all those in the Bnei Brak area within Tel Aviv, as marked on the attached map. Please vacate the marked area.”

At least two people died and 32 others were injured after an iron bridge over a river collapsed on Sunday at a popular tourist destination in India’s western Maharashtra state, the state’s top elected official said. At least six people were hospitalized in critical condition, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis wrote on the social media platform X. Local media reported that scores of tourists were on the bridge when it collapsed, plunging many into the swollen river. Fadnavis said six people were rescued and that an intense search operation was ongoing as some people were swept away. The incident occurred in Kundamala area in Pune district, which has witnessed heavy rains over the past few days, giving the river a steady flow, Press Trust of India reported.

The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog said it is “very likely” that nearly all 15,000 centrifuges at Iran’s largest uranium enrichment facility were severely damaged or destroyed in an Israeli airstrike. Speaking to the BBC on Monday, Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), confirmed that the centrifuges at the underground Natanz enrichment plant suffered catastrophic damage due to a sudden loss of external power — the result of a targeted Israeli strike on the facility’s power infrastructure.

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