Israel is on high alert as it awaits retaliatory responses to its high-profile targeted eliminations of terror leaders in the capital cities of its two most powerful enemies, Iran and its proxy Hezbollah • Read More

The average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell this week to its lowest level since early February, easing borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers facing record-high home prices • Read More

A huge Second Temple period quarry, one of the largest ever found in Jerusalem, is uncovered during an excavation in the Har Hotzvim industrial area • Full Story

The Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency on Thursday confirmed that the head of Hamas’s terror army, Mohammed Deif, was killed in a joint operation in the Khan Yunis area of southern Gaza on July 13 • Full Story, Watch

The New York City area will have to deal with extreme heat for at least the next three days as heat index values could hit close to 100, according to forecasts. Stay cool • Read More

In the blink of an eye, 15-year-old Mendel Bluming, a lively cheerful bochur, was suddenly fighting for his life on the side of a road. It is up to us to write the end of the story • Read More

Students majoring in design at the Machon Chamesh Institute presented their work at the Hadassah Medical Center in Moscow displaying the Shtetl, Jewish towns throughout Europe that were destroyed during the Holocaust, and Jewish life that continues until today • Full Story, Photos

Reports surfaced early this morning that Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was eliminated in Tehran. Hamas confirmed the report. Isreal did not comment • Full Story

United Airlines and Delta Airlines canceled their flights to Israel starting today. Despite initial reports that British Airways was also set to cancel flights to Tel Aviv, the British airline stated this was not the case • Full Story

Bringing hope and unity to remote Jewish communities, the Mitzvah Tank traversed Ukraine’s landscape • Full Story

SafeTech Crown Heights, a service center for the smart use of technology, and for help with filter installation on all electronic devices, announced its summer schedule and upstate office location • Read More

Spirit Airlines is moving farther away from its history as a fee-happy budget airline and will start selling tickets that include some of its most popular extras in bundles • Full Article

The IDF conducted a targeted airstrike in Beirut against the Hezbollah commander responsible for the murder of 12 children in Majdal Shams • Full Story, Watch

A potentially tragic incident was narrowly avoided this morning when a car nearly struck two young children who were about to cross the street to board a school bus. The bus had its stop sign extended at the time of the incident • Read More, Watch

The US Geological Survey reported a 4.9 magnitude quake with an epicenter near Barstow, California – about 103 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The quake was at a depth of nearly five miles • Full Story

Amazon is responsible under federal safety law for hazardous products sold on its platform by third-party sellers and shipped by the company, a U.S. government agency ordered Tuesday • Full Article

A Jewish woman was assaulted while walking home on Friday night in East Flatbush, according to Shmira. The incident occurred as the victim was making her way through the neighborhood, which has seen a rise in reported attacks in recent months • Full Story

Chabad of Squirrel Hill was defaced with hateful antisemitic spray paint overnight. Congregants worked to cover the graffiti on the Shul as police open investigation • Full Story

History was made on Gimmel Tammuz, when the Jewish community of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, gathered to inaugurate ‘Mikvah Mei Elazar,’ the city’s first-ever Mikvah. The Mikvah’s opening marks a coming of age for Jewish life on the vast Kazakh steppe • Full Story

The Evolv scanner — a sleek-looking weapons detector using artificial intelligence to search riders for guns and knives — was on display at a lower Manhattan subway station where Mayor Eric Adams announced the 30-day trial • Full Article