Permanent residents in Israel (toshavei keva) must now present entry permits to board flights to Israel, a change made by the authorities without any prior notice, according to the Chaim V’Chessed organization on Thursday • Full Story

A shooting attack has taken place at Tapuah Junction east of the city of Ariel. One person is in critical condition and another is in serious condition, while a third was lightly hurt. Reports indicate the attack was a drive-by shooting directed at a number of young people standing at a bus stop • Full Story

The government approved a national day of mourning for the victims of the Mount Meron disaster, to take place Sunday, May 2. The approval was made by telephone, following a suggestion made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Benny Gantz • Full Story

Thirty-six rockets were fired from Gaza towards southern Israel on Friday evening. IDF soldiers manning the Iron Dome missile defense system intercepted six rockets aimed at populated areas • Full Story

The Israeli military says that a missile was fired into Israel from neighboring Syria early Thursday, and that it has struck targets in Syria in response • Full Story

Following their child losing her earring in the upholstery of their couch that was given to them, Rabbi Mendy and Gitty Yitzchaki, Shluchim in an area of Be’er Sheva, discovered $100,000 in the couch and chose to make a Kiddush Hashem with the money they found • Full Story

The Shliach to New Delhi India, Rabbi Shneur Kupchik, addressed senior members of the Israeli Defense Forces who came as part of a delegation to India this week • Photos

Chaim V’Chessed has learned that, effective immediately, entry permits to Israel will no longer be issued to student visa holders. This sudden decision by the Israeli authorities is due to the discovery of fraudulent activity involving entry permits. Several non-students have been caught in recent days entering Israel under the guise of students • Full Story

Israel will start allowing the limited entry of vaccinated tourist groups next month as its own inoculation campaign has sharply brought down COVID-19 infections, an official statement said on Tuesday • Full Story

Israel has loosened restrictions on air travel for non-citizens, permitting tourists with family members living in Israel to enter the country. On Tuesday, the Israeli government updated its policy limiting the entry of non-citizens into the country, following pressure from immigrant groups and criticism by two Blue and White party ministers. • Full Story

Australian philanthropist Rabbi Joseph Gutnick is privately encouraging Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to step aside as prime minister. “Dear Bibi, please do not let the opportunity of forming a 65/66 right-wing government slip away,” Gutnick texted Netanyahu. “Act according to the wishes of the Rebbe” • Full Story

Israel’s president on Tuesday handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task of trying to form a new government, giving the embattled Israeli leader a chance to extend his lengthy term in office • Full Story

For the past few months, Israel has been stringently limiting the entry of foreigners. Due to these restrictions, students have been barred from entering the country, even if they have already commenced studies in the country. For this reason, many students, wisely, refrained from travel during the Pesach season, due the the real fear of being prevented from returning to Israel • Full Story

The Chabad House in Kenya has been working overtime to make sure that every Jew in the country receives what he needs for Pesach. Yesterday, the Bochurim helping the Shliach visited the Israeli embassy in the capital of the country, Nairobi, and made sure that every single person working there received Shmurah Matzah • Photos

Like every year, the Shliach Rabbi Menachem Mendel Wilhelm in Eretz Yisroel visited Israeli members of Knesset and ministers this week in order to give them Shmurah Matzah in time for Pesach • Photos

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party emerges from exit polls in Israel’s unprecedented fourth general election in two years as the Knesset’s biggest, but the incumbent remains shy of a clear majority • Full Story

Earlier today, Kfar Chabad went to the polls with everyone making sure to vote for the right party that would protect the Rebbe’s views on voting for the most Frum party, Mihu Yehudi and Shleimus Ha’aretz among other policies. Throughout the day, the city was visited by a number of Frum politicians to encourage the public to vote including Betzalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben-Gvir from one party and Meir Porush from another party. Photos by Shmuel Amit and Nitai Abel • Photos

As the polling stations are closing up for the Israeli elections, the Shliach Rabbi Dovid Cohen was seen putting on Tefillin with a campaign activist for the Yisroel Beteinu Party headed by Avigdor Lieberman.

Chabad houses in the US, London, and Mexico were equipped with Corona-effective air purifiers as part of the preparations for hosting the worshipers and visitors over Passover. The air purifiers, developed by the Israeli start-up Aura Air, were flown out of Israel and installed in synagogues and dining halls in the Jewish communities with the purpose of reducing the risk of spreading the disease • Full Story

In Israel this year, hundreds of families are being supported by the efforts of Colel Chabad in Eretz Yisroel, which was founded by the Alter Rebbe • Full Story

The Yeshiva and Seminary Coalition for Bnei Chul announced Tuesday that the Israel Population and Immigration Authority have informed them that as of now, all students who have been learning in Israel this year, and are vaccinated for coronavirus or in possession of a certificate of recovery, and who have traveled home for Pesach will be allowed back into the country after Yom Tov • Full Story

A group of Lubavitch Bochurim from a Yeshiva in Northern Eretz Yisroel were injured in a car accident on the highway from the Yeshiva • Photos

The Israeli first-responder organization United Hatzalah announced on Thursday that it was “expanding its international board and bringing on some remarkable people who have made large impacts on the Jewish community in the United States and Israel.” • Full Story

Machon Halacha Chabad in Eretz Yisroel’s yearly food distribution as part of their ‘Kimcha D’Pischa’ campaign is underway with hundreds of Anash families in Eretz Yisroel already receiving these much needed boxes of supplies for Pesach • Photos