Hourly Roundup 04:00 Israel · 13 May 2026

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🚨 BREAKING: A New York-based Iranian national pleaded guilty to smuggling multiple Iranian nationals into the US — including an individual affiliated with Iran's IRGC, a designa…🚨 BREAKING: A New York-based Iranian national pleaded guilty to smuggling multiple Iranian nationals into the US — including an individual affiliated with Iran's IRGC, a designated foreign terrorist organization. Authorities say Sharon Gohari also…
WTF, @Pontifex?WTF, @Pontifex? Mokhtari represents a barbaric terrorist regime that recently massacred 36,000+ of its own citizens for demanding basic human rights.
Of COURSE the @nytimes reached out to Hamas for a comment on the report detailing Hamas's weaponization of sexual violence on October 7.
Magen David Adom announces new mental health emergency response unitUnder the new system, mental health-related calls will be transferred to a specially trained mental health dispatcher for evaluation, instead of being handled by standard medical teams.
'All options are relevant': Dedi Simchi aims to influence political arena from within - 103FM"I don't know what else I am doing, but I made the decision to enter and influence from the political arena," Simchi said. "In my opinion, it's no longer possible to sit on the sidelines."
South Korea weighs phased role in Hormuz mission after US talks, defense minister saysSouth Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back told a press conference that he had conveyed Seoul’s position at a meeting with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Monday.
US budget watchdog estimates Golden Dome will cost $1.2 trillion, dwarfing Pentagon estimateThe CBO estimated acquisition costs alone for the system would total just over $1 trillion, with the space-based interceptor layer and a constellation of 7,800 satellites.

Torah perspective

Mental health emergencies have long been treated as lesser than physical crises, yet the Torah insists that the soul's wellbeing is inseparable from the body's. When it is written 'and you shall guard your souls very carefully' (Deuteronomy 4:15), it speaks of guarding the inner life, not only the physical. This shift by Magen David Adom - routing mental health calls to trained dispatchers rather than defaulting to standard medical teams - reflects a profound truth: that a broken spirit requires its own healer. There is no shame in the soul's distress, only an invitation to respond with the same urgency we give any wound. True chesed meets the person whole.