09:35: Grad katyusha rockets fired in the direction of Beersheva and Netivot. Sirens heard in both cities. Explosions were heard. Iron Dome downed one rocket. Two other rockets landed in

While southern Israeli residents remain close to safe rooms and brace for rocket attacks, city streets in rocket range of Gaza have become ghost towns as residents are ordered to

While dozens more were fired from Gaza, 104 rockets landed in southern Israel since the current round of warfare began on Friday night, March 9, 2012, official Israeli sources report

A Yeshiva Bochur has been hospitalized with a head injury, after being viciously assaulted & robbed on a Waterbury street. Sources tell YWN that the incident happened around 11:30PM, Sunday

While Israel agreed to halt air force targeted strikes over Gaza for as long as rocket fire into southern Israel stopped, this arrangement was short lived. It was reported last

The IDF Homefront Command has already announced that schools in rocket attack areas between 7km (4.2 miles) from the Gaza border to 40km (24 miles) will remain closed Monday, 18

Fearing the outbreak of bird flu in Moshav Shalva near Kiryat Malachi, Israel’s veterinary officials gave the order to destroy tens of thousands of turkeys. In addition, a quarantine was

As a result of diminished kidney function in Maran Posek HaDor HaGaon HaRav Yosef Sholom Elyashiv Shlita, tomorrow, Monday, 18 Adar5772, doctors will attempt a “significant medical procedure” which only

A reader informs YWN that they received a plate (shown in the attached photos) as part of Mishloach Manos, this past Purim. It was apparently given out by a Tzedaka

National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror will be traveling to India where he will be briefed on the terror attack against the Israeli diplomatic mission in New Delhi. The news of

Minister of Transportation Yisrael Katz on Sunday morning, 17 Adar 5772 told Israel Radio “Israel must disengage from Gaza totally,” explaining there must be a gateway in Gaza to Egypt

Many residents of the southern areas under rocket fire from Gaza have turned to HaGaon HaRav Chaim Kanievsky Shlita to inquire if they should return home after Shabbos or if

Volunteers in Los Angeles are looking for a missing person. His name is Akiva Estersohn, and he is 48-years-old. He is approximately 6 feet tall, and has blond hair. He

Attention, MetroCard swipers: the cost of a ride will definitely go up in 2013, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota told NBC New York in an exclusive interview Friday. “How sure is

YWN was shocked to discover an article written by New York State Senate candidate David Storobi preaching apikorsus. As background, Storobin is running for State Senate in a heavily Orthodox

The last time I renewed my driver’s license, the clerk at the DMV asked if she should check me off as an organ donor. I said no. She looked at

There were two volleys of katyusha rockets fired from Gaza towards Beersheva. In the first attack, it appears one rocket was intercepted and the second crashed down on a street