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4 days ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: Holocaust survivor Magda Baratz, 96, died Friday — just days after learning that her great-grandson, Master Sergeant (res.) Asaf Cafri, was killed in combat in Gaza. Baratz was attending a Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in Germany, which she had survived, when she was informed of his fall in action, according to a Ynet report.
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5 days ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — The vicious terrorist organization Hamas released a video Saturday, showing signs of life from the hostages Elkana Bohbot and Yosef Chaim Ohana.
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The families have approved the video’s publication. This is the fourth time Hamas has published signs of life from these two hostages.
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1 week ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — In the wake of the huge wildfires that wreaked havoc in the Jerusalem corridor last week, the Fire and Rescue Service has ordered a nationwide ban on lighting fires in most open areas ahead of Lag B’Omer next week, a holiday typically celebrated with large bonfires and other outdoor activities.
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1 week ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Two reservists soldiers were severely injured in a drive-by shooting attack which occurred on Wednesday evening at the Reihan checkpoint in northern Samaria
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At the end of a several-hour manhunt, Israeli security forces arrested the terrorist who perpetrated the attack.
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1 week ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — BDE: Levi Yitzchak Leizerovich, a 21-year-old charedi youth from Tiberias, was killed after two boats collided in Eilat and one capsized. Leizerovich, married and a father of one, was associated with the Breslov chasidic group and was a former student of Rabbi Yitzchak Grossman of Migdal Ha’Emek.
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1 week ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
LONDON – Two men from Stamford Hill’s Charedi community have been arrested as part of a sweeping police operation targeting a $18.7 million (£15 million) cryptocurrency fraud and money laundering scheme.
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The men, aged 24 and 36, were taken into custody early Wednesday morning following coordinated raids on six residential properties across Hackney.
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1 week ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a warning to the Houthi rebels in Yemen and to their sponsor Iran, stating that Israel “must be capable of defending itself on its own against any threat or enemy.”
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The remarks come a day after the Houthis said that the truce reached with the United States would not prevent them from continuing to attack Israel.
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1 week ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — National Unity party chief Benny Gantz remarked on Tuesday that Israel should not have fully withdrawn from Gaza in 2005, and that the notions of further Israeli withdrawals or Palestinian statehood were “disconnected from the security reality,” according to a Times of Israel report.
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1 week ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Ahead of next week’s pilgrimage and mass celebration in Meron, public health experts are warning of the risk of a measles outbreak at the event, which is expected to draw hundreds of thousands, many of whom are arriving from areas currently experiencing outbreaks of the disease.
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In just over two weeks since April 20, 24 cases of measles have been reported in Israel.
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1 week ago | 
vinnews.com | Yehuda Dov
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — Senior members of the charedi parties are demanding a tougher stance to promote a draft law and regulate the status of yeshiva students. In the coming week, the heads of the charedi factions are expected to convene to make decisions and consult with their spiritual leadership about how they will respond to the ongoing dispute over the law, which has undergone several revisions and is currently unacceptable to charedi leaders.
