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🇮🇱🕯️ JUST IN: The IDF Spokesperson’s Unit announced moments ago that Staff Sergeant Negev Dagan Hy’d, 20, from Dekel, was sadly killed during combat operations in southern Lebanon. Dagan served as a combat soldier in the Golani Brigade’s 12th Battalion. He was killed Thursday night at approximately 10:00 p.m. when Hezbollah terrorists fired an anti-tank guided missile during fighting in the area. READ ⬇️ 🔗belaaz.com/news/golani-so…

🇺🇸 - FOOTAGE: A police chase in Georgia ended when deputies used a PIT maneuver to flip a fleeing U-Haul truck onto its side. The driver, a wanted suspect in other counties, was driving recklessly, hitting a truck and nearly striking several vehicles. Drugs were found inside. No major injuries reported.

🇱🇾 - FOOTAGE: A fire broke out earlier near the Libyan Prime Minister’s office and other government buildings in Tripoli, amid clashes between security forces and angry soccer fans protesting after a controversial soccer match.

✡️🇷🇴 - PHOTOS: The Satmar Rebbe landing earlier in Satu Mare, the Romanian city historically known as Satmar.

🇺🇲 DISCRIMINATION: The Department of Justice has alleged that Yale School of Medicine engages in discriminatory admissions practices, claiming the institution gives preference to Black and Hispanic applicants over white and Asian candidates with comparable academic credentials. The findings were issued following a yearlong federal investigation that examined Yale’s internal admissions data and policies to assess compliance with the 2023 Supreme Court ruling that barred race-based consideration in admissions decisions. READ ⬇️ 🔗belaaz.com/news/doj-accus…

🇺🇲 POLITICS: U.S. Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks announced today that he is stepping down from his post as the Department of Homeland Security continues undergoing major leadership changes following the departure of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. “It’s just time,” Banks told Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin. “I feel like I got the ship back on course. From the least secure, disastrous, chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen. Time to pass the reins, 37 years is time to enjoy the family and life.” READ ⬇️ 🔗belaaz.com/news/border-pa…

🇬🇧✡️ MORE FOOTAGE: King Charles III meets with community members, Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis, Community Security Trust and Shomrim members in Golders Green

🇬🇧✡️ VIDEO: King Charles III was presented with a traditional challah loaf during his visit to Golders Green on Thursday, as he met with members of London’s Jewish community following the recent terror stabbing attack in the neighborhood. The challah was gifted by the historic Grodz bakery, a longtime Golders Green institution serving the community for more than a century.

Jerusalem Day celebration at Yeshivat Merkaz Harav.

✡️🇬🇧 KING'S VISIT: Police sealed off the heavily Jewish neighborhood of Golders Green in northwest London on Thursday, but unlike the lockdown following last month’s terrorist stabbing attack that wounded two Jewish men, residents this time welcomed the security presence as crowds gathered to greet King Charles III. Large crowds lined the streets to welcome Charles, with many shouting, “Long live the King,” as he arrived. READ ⬇️ 🔗belaaz.com/news/king-char…

✈️✡️ - VIDEO - Belaaz On Scene: The Jetcon Travel Show, the industry’s only dedicated high-end kosher luxury travel event, was held yesterday, Wednesday, at the @bell_work Business center in New Jersey. Top airlines including @ELALUSA and @AirCanada, luxury hotels like the @WaldorfAstoria, @Hyatt, @HiltonHotels and specialized kosher travel providers from Panama, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland and beyond came together, along with local properties such as the All Kosher Armon Hotel in Stamford. Dozens of Jewish travel agents and brands networked to strengthen partnerships in the kosher luxury segment, where Jewish and kosher travelers spend tens of billions of dollars annually on global tourism.

🇮🇷📺 - FOX NEWS REPORT Iran seized a ship off the coast of the UAE, further increasing tensions in the region as disputes grow over alleged attacks and a denied Netanyahu visit to the UAE. U.S. officials told @TreyYingst that talks with the Iranian regime have made some progress but remain uncertain, with Iran still signaling it’s ready for either diplomacy or conflict.

✡️🇮🇱 - “You Dreamed, You Reached Jerusalem”: Israel Honors Ethiopian Jews Lost On Journey: Israel held its annual state memorial ceremony Thursday for more than 4,000 Ethiopian Jews who died trying to reach Israel through Sudan in the 1980s. Held on Yom Yerushalayim at Mount Herzl, the ceremony honored generations of longing for Jerusalem alongside the pain of families who never completed the journey. ⬇️ Read It: 🔗 belaaz.com/news/you-dream…

✡️🇮🇱 — STATS: Yerushalayim officially crossed the 1 million resident mark ahead of Jerusalem Day today, with new government data showing more than 10% of Israel’s population now lives in the capital. • New reports from Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics showed Yerushalayim is now one of Israel’s youngest and most crowded major cities, with roughly 31.6% of residents under age 14 and around 21,000 new residents added annually through natural population growth. • While nearly one-third of residents reported financial difficulty and housing density remains high, about 94% said they are satisfied with their lives, one of the highest rates in Israel, as Mayor Moshe Lion said the figures show “something good is happening in Yerushalayim.”

🇮🇱 — PHOTO: The huge Israeli flag held up at the Kotel now.

🇺🇸 — Trump: “President Xi would like to see a deal made. He said, 'If I can be of any help at all, I would like to be of help.' Anybody that buys that much oil has obviously got some kind of relationship, but he'd like to see the Hormuz Strait open.”

🇺🇸 — JUST IN: US Border Patrol Chief Mike Banks told Fox News he is resigning, effective immediately: "It's just time… I feel like I got the ship back on course. From the least secure disastrous chaotic border to the most secure border this country has ever seen. Time to pass the reigns, 37 years its time to enjoy the family and life."

🇷🇺 — REPORT: Former Russian intelligence officer Dmitry Senin said he escaped Russia in 2022 by hiding inside a dead cow’s carcass to evade what he described as a Kremlin death squad after being accused of treason, the Telegraph reported today. • Senin, a former high-ranking Russian security official, said trusted smugglers transported the carcass across the Kazakhstan border while he hid inside wearing a gas mask, rubber suit and tin foil to avoid thermal detection. • He said he fled after concluding that staying in Russia under President Vladimir Putin would eventually lead to prison and death.

🇺🇸 — VID: CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper on the blockade in Iran: "[Iran's] capability has been significantly degraded. If I just use my own professional experience, in 100 transits through the Strait of Hormuz, you would typically see 20-40 fast-boats; lately, we've seen two or three."