🇺🇸 - WATCH: Over 10,000 Southern California residents have been ordered to evacuate today as fast-moving wildfires, driven by dry winds, spread through Ventura County, California. The Mountain Fire has burned 14,000 acres, damaging multiple structures and injuring two people.

Governor Gavin Newsom confirmed the evacuations, and Southern California Edison has initiated power shutdowns in high-risk zones. Schools are closed, and firefighting efforts are underway with additional support requested.

✡️🕯️— BDE: Hagaon Rav Yehuda Boyer zt"l, from the last remaining Talmidim of the Chazon Ish Zatzal and Rosh Yeshiva of Yeshivas Beit Shmayah in Bnei Brak, passed away at the age of 90.

Levaya will take place tonight 9 PM in Bnei Brak.

🇺🇸 — BIDEN ADDRESS: “On January 20th, we will have a peaceful transfer of power here in America."

🇺🇸 — BIDEN POST ELECTION ADDRESS:

“I know for some people
It’s a time of victory, for others it’s a time of loss…”

🇺🇸 — BIDEN ADDRESS: "The American experiment endures. We're going to be okay. But we need to stay engaged…. We need to keep our faith..”

🇺🇸 - BIDEN ADDRESS: "You know, we're leaving behind the strongest economy in the world. I know people are still hurting. But things are changing rapidly. Together we changed America for the better."

🇳🇱🚨 — *HATE IN AMSTERDAM:* Israeli Jews visiting for the Macabi soccer game are being lynched in the streets of Amsterdam.

• Reports of a ramming attack, stabbings and some missing.

• The incident is going on now for over 4 hours.
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• The Netherlands army is reportedly assisting police.

• Authorities arrested more than 20 muslim men with Iranian and Turkish identities.

• Israel sending a rescue plane to Amsterdam.

• Macabi Fans report: “We're looking for friends who were with us and are now unreachable, and their phones are turned off…”

🇳🇱 - AMSTERDAM ATTACKS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has directed two rescue planes to depart immediately for Amsterdam, Netherlands, to assist in evacuating Israeli nationals stranded in the city amid ongoing attacks.

El Al Flight ELY5525 can already be seen en route to Amsterdam on flight trackers.

🇳🇱🇮🇱 - AMSTERDAM UPDATE: Israeli officials report that 10 individuals who were unreachable by their families following the pogrom-like attack last night, have all been accounted for by 3 p.m. today local time.

• officials say 10 Israelis have been injured, with hundreds more people having sheltered in their hotels for hours, fearing further attacks. 62 people have been arrested so far.

• Dutch PM Dick Schoof condemned the “unacceptable antisemitic attacks” and assured PM Netanyahu that those responsible would be pursued and prosecuted.

🇳🇱 - LOOK: Geert Wilders, leader of the Dutch Party for Freedom (PVV), called for “immediate, strong measures” in response to violent incidents targeting Jewish individuals in Amsterdam.

• “I will NOT accept that. NEVER. The authorities will be held accountable for their failure to protect the Israeli citizens.”

• In another post, he added, “Disgusting. Violence, knives, Jew-hatred, no police. I’m done with it.”

🇺🇸🇷🇺 - NEWS: Reports indicate that Trump is proposing an 800-mile demilitarized zone between Russia and Ukraine, to be patrolled by British and European troops.

* Under the plan, Russia would keep its territorial gains, while Ukraine would commit to refraining from joining NATO for the next 20 years.

* The U.S. may also provide arms to Ukraine to deter further Russian aggression, and that European allies should shoulder the financial and military burden of the buffer zone. Ukrainian President Zelensky has warned that such concessions would be "suicidal for Europe."

🇺🇸 — JUST IN: White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has announced that outgoing President Joe Biden will meet with President-Elect Trump in the Oval Office on Wednesday.

🇺🇸 — JUST IN: Donald Trump confirms Mike Pompeo and Nikki Haley will not be invited to Join the Trump administration.

✡️ — VID: Yidden Davening tonight, Motzei Shabbos, at Kever Rachel Imeinu. Her Yahrtzeit is this Tuesday.

🇮🇱 — UPDATE: Israel's military, the IDF, has eased restrictions in northern Israel, allowing gatherings of up to 2,000 people in areas like the southern Golan Heights and central Galilee, despite ongoing tensions with Hezbollah.

• The Home Front Command adjusted the activity scale from "partial" to "full" following a fresh assessment, indicating a reduced threat level in these regions.

• However, other areas remain unaffected by these changes.

🇮🇱 — NEW REPORT: IDF troops surprised Hamas terrorists in the Jabalia stronghold in Gaza by carrying out rapid maneuver to the encircle area last month, with some 900 terrorists captured alive so far. Terror operatives in area are on verge of full defeat, as Hamas collapses in northern Gaza, Walls News reports.

🇺🇸 - NEWS: Trump’s transition team is considering Mike Rogers, the Republican Armed Services Committee Chairman, for Secretary of Defense.

• Rogers has played a significant role in Congress on defense issues, overseeing budgets, weapons programs, and military technology.

• Known for his strong defense stance, he has backed increased funding and advanced military capabilities.

🇺🇸✡️ - WATCH: Security footage captured the startling moment a masked man attempted to abduct a young child who was walking to Shul with his father in Crown Heights this Shabbos.

• Shomrim and the NYPD are investigating and actively working to apprehend the suspect.

🇺🇸✡️ - CROWN HEIGHTS UPDATE: The suspect in today’s disturbing attempted abduction of a young Jewish child in Crown Heights was apprehended within the last hour by the NYPD with assistance from Shomrim after an extensive search.

🇺🇸 — NEW REPORT: A new source close to David Friedman now tells Belaaz that the former US ambassador to Israel is likely to receive a higher diplomatic role in President-elect Donald Trump's administration.

This reassures the initial Belaaz report from October 13, suggesting that Friedman may be nominated for positions like UN Ambassador or Secretary of State.