IDF Spokesman Brigadier-General Yoav Mordechai confirms that Yechi Biya, the Hamas commander of the rocket firings brigades, was eliminated in a targeted strike earlier in the afternoon. Mordechai explained that
The NYPD has stepped up security around the United Nations, various diplomatic missions and other sensitive sites throughout the city amid increased violence in Gaza, a department spokesman said Thursday.
Police are searching for a pair of robbers who posed as electricians in order to gain access to an elderly man’s home in Queens Tuesday. According to police, the robbers
President Barack Obama insisted on Sunday that Israel had a right to defend itself but said it would be “preferable” to avoid an Israeli ground offensive in Gaza. He said
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks at the start of the weekly Cabinet meeting today: “By now the IDF has attacked over 1,000 terrorist targets in the Gaza
Egyptian security officials say a senior Israeli official has arrived in Cairo for talks on reaching a cease-fire to end an Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip. The officials said
Rabbi Baruch Sharf is recovering from his injuries sustained in last week’s rocket attack in Kiryat Malachi in which his wife HY”D was killed. She was 7 months pregnant with
In five days of fighting against Gaza-based terrorists, Israel has used a missile-defense system called “Iron Dome” to intercept rockets fired at populated civilian areas. It says the new home-grown
A U.S. contractor jailed in Cuba after being convicted of crimes against the state sued the U.S. government and the company that hired him for $60 million on Friday, blaming
Residents of Yerushalayim, Betar Illit and other communities in Gush Etzion were surprised when the sirens sounded on Friday night. According to a Kikar Shabbat report, HaGaon HaRav Aaron Leib
New York City plans to tear down about 200 homes badly damaged in Superstorm Sandy after a review found they could pose a threat to public safety, The New York
Israel’s military says soldiers shot at Syrian fighters after gunfire from the Syrian civil war spilled over to the Israel-controlled Golan Heights. A military spokesman said soldiers deployed artillery toward
Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi said on Saturday there were “some indications” a ceasefire could be reached soon between Israel and Gaza Palestinians but he had no firm guarantees. Egypt, which
Following is a brief recap of the warfare in Eretz Yisrael over shabbos. As was already published by YWN-NYC on Friday afternoon, sirens sounded in Yerushalayim on Friday night while
Prime Minister Netanyahu called the President today to provide an update on the situation in Israel and Gaza. The Prime Minister expressed his deep appreciation to the President and the
A New York City boutique owner was fatally shot in the head with the same gun that killed two other shopkeepers over the summer. The shop owner was behind the
The Hugh Carey Tunnel, formerly known as the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, will reopen Monday morning, Gov Cuomo says. Cuomo announced Friday both tubes of the Hugh Carey Tunnel, formerly known
UPDATE: 11:59PM IL: Maccabi HMO launches psychological trauma hotline for rocket victims- 3555. UPDATE: 10:54PM IL: Sirens in Eshkol Regional Council a short time ago. The sirens sounded 11 times
[PHOTOS IN EXTENDED ARTICLE] Friday 12:50PM EST: Defense Minister Ehud Barak sought government approval on Friday to mobilize up to 75,000 reserve troops for Israel’s Gaza campaign, political sources said,
The exiled leader of Hamas told Sudan on Friday his Palestinian terror group would take revenge on Israel for the deadly bombing of an arms factory in Khartoum, state news
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