Iran’s favored next supreme leader wounded in Israeli air attack

 Mojtaba Khamenei — the expected next supreme leader — was reportedly wounded in an Israeli air strike.

The son of Iran’s slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei survived an assassination attempt made by Israel during the devastating launch of Lion’s Roar military operation Feb. 28, which occurred in tandem with the US’s Operation Epic Fury, Times of Israel reported on Saturday.

Other strikes in the joint military attack killed his father and roughly 40 other high-ranking Islamic Republic leaders.

Also killed was Mojtaba’s wife, Zahra Haddad Adel, who came from a family long associated with the country’s theocracy.

It’s not clear if Mojtaba, 56, was with his father in the Ayatollah’s compound that was decimated by airstrikes, or if he was targeted in a separate attack on the regime.

The details and extent of his injuries are also not clear.

He has likely gone into hiding as both the US and Israel continue to rain missiles on the Islamic Republic.

Mojtaba is favored by Tehran’s influential Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to succeed his father, but some in the 88-member Assembly of Experts – tasked with choosing the next supreme leader – have reportedly raised issues over passing the torch to the longtime ayatollah’s son.

The slain supreme leader’s son has been known for his staunch adherence to his father’s hardline conservatism and anti-Western sentiments that have been a hallmark of the Islamic Republic.

President Trump condemned Motjaba’s likely appointment as “unacceptable” for the US and vowed that it would not bring an end to the war.

“They are wasting their time. Khamenei’s son is a lightweight,” Trump said this week.

“We want someone that will bring harmony and peace to Iran.”

The assembly is expected to meet in the next 24 hours where they could possibly choose the next supreme leader, according to reports.

The election will take place virtually after the building used by the Assembly of Experts was destroyed in Israeli strikes earlier this week.

Tehran’s new leader will gain control of the IRGC, which has ruled the country with an iron fist for decades.

Investigation Reveals: 7 Of 9 Missile Victims In Beit Shemesh Were Outside Shelter

 

New details from a comprehensive investigation into the disaster caused by the direct missile strike on the synagogue shelter in Beit Shemesh reveal that only two of the nine people killed were inside the shelter when the missile struck.

According to the investigation published on Friday morning in the Haaretz newspaper, another person was standing at the entrance to the shelter at the moment of impact, while the rest of the victims were outside the shelter when the missile hit the site.

The missile that struck the structure carried a warhead weighing more than 400 kilograms, one of the heaviest warheads to fall in Israel since the start of the war.

At the time of the strike, about 30 residents were inside the shelter. Most of them were standing close to the walls and survived. Dozens of people were injured by the blast wave and explosion.

According to the website of the Israel Home Front Command, the alert for the missile launch was activated at 13:41.

Rav Dovis Spiegel Founder of the Five Towns Frum Community

The Five Towns community is in mourning with the passing of Rav Dovid Spiegel zt”l, the moreh d’asra of “the Shtiebel,” also known as the Bais Medrash of Cedarhurst. With his petirah, Klal Yisroel has lost one of the great builders of Torah life in the Five Towns.

A Talmid of the Gedolim

Rav Spiegel zt”l was one of the leading students of Rav Avrohom Pam zt”l and Rav Aharon Kotler zt”l. His relationship with Rav Aharon was particularly close and personal — he was among the bochurim who would often drive Rav Aharon to where he needed to be, and through this proximity he developed a deep bond with his Rebbe.

He and his Rebbitzen were married in Newark, New Jersey on June 19th, 1962, at a wedding that drew over one thousand people, as reported by the Newark Evening News. The assembled guests were a testament to the esteem in which his family was held: Rav Mendel Zaks zt”l, the Nadvorner Rebbe, Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky zt”l, and many other luminaries were all in attendance.

The Early Years

In the early years of their marriage, the Spiegels lived in a modest one-bedroom apartment on top of the stores on Fifth Street in Lakewood. Their neighbors across the street included such future luminaries as Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch shlita, today the Rosh Yeshiva of Slabodka in Eretz Yisroel.

Building a Torah Revolution

In 1970, his brother-in-law, Rav Binyomin Kamenetsky zt”l, approached Rav Spiegel with a vision: that he could create a revolution by building a warm shtiebel in the Five Towns. Rav Spiegel accepted the challenge, and what followed was precisely that — a Torah revolution.

For decades, the Shtiebel became a center of warmth, Torah, and authentic Yiddishkeit in the Five Towns. Rav Spiegel built not just a shul, but a kehillah — a community in the truest sense. He greeted everyone b’saiver panim yafos, with a warm smile and a genuine interest in every person who walked through the doors.

A Builder of the Community

Rav Spiegel understood that building Torah in a community required wisdom, patience, and an eye for what truly matters. He helped build Torah observance in the Five Towns in countless ways, always with chochma — knowing how to make authentic Yiddishkeit not only accessible but beautiful.

Starting in 1996, the Shtiebel hosted a Shabbos Women’s Shiur that drew women from across the community each week. That shiur had a kiyum — it continues to this day, a living testament to what Rav Spiegel built.

He was a man of principle and clarity. When the community faced moments that required someone to stand up and articulate what Torah truly demands — even when it was not the easy or popular thing to say — Rav Spiegel was that voice. He understood, as the Rebbitzen would often echo, that “Kiddush Hashem is when we do what Hashem wants us to do.”

His Legacy

Rav Dovid Spiegel zt”l leaves behind a kehillah that he built with decades of devotion, a family that embodies his values, and the countless lives that were shaped by his guidance, his warmth, and his example.

Chaval al d’avdin v’lo mishtakchin. May he be a mailitz yosher for his family, his kehillah, and for all of Klal Yisroel.

Zera Shimshon Parshat Ki Tizá

 

Israeli AG Totally Deranged ..Sowing Chaos in Israeli Society to Bring Down the Government During WAR

What was Attorney General Gali Baharav Miara occupied with on Wednesday of this week—while millions of Israelis were running for their lives in and out of bomb shelters as cluster bombs flew over their heads from Iran and Lebanon?

Baharav-Miara continued her usual daily efforts to sow chaos in Israeli society and bring down the government, filing an unusual petition to the Supreme Court, demanding that it issue an order requiring Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to dismiss National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir from office. Her petition comes after the Supreme Court issued a conditional order last month instructing Netanyahu to explain why he has not dismissed Ben Gvir. The Supreme Court hearing on the matter was postponed and is scheduled to take place before the end of March.

Baharav-Miara’s move was not only slammed by coalition members but by opposition members as well, who were appalled by her divisive behavior during wartime.

Tucker Carlson claims that Chabad is behind the military strikes on Iran.

 

🚨 EXCLUSIVE — Tucker Carlson claims that a sect of Judaism called Chabad is ultimately behind the military strikes on Iran.

This might be Tucker's most absurd claim to date.

And it's yet another shot at Trump.

Why? Well, @jaredkushner & @IvankaTrump have belonged to Chabad in… pic.twitter.com/AnrslkJCtN

— Joel Mowbray (@joelmowbray) March 5, 2026

Trump Disavows Tucker Carlson & Megyn Kelly

 

 Trump Disavows Tucker Carlson & Megyn Kelly As “Not MAGA,” Declares Tucker Has “Lost His Way”*

President Donald Trump publicly distanced himself from longtime ally Tucker Carlson on Thursday, declaring in a blunt interview that the former Fox News host is no longer part of the MAGA movement.

The sharp remarks come after Carlson blasted the Trump administration’s recent military strikes on Iran, calling the operation “absolutely disgusting and evil.” Carlson has also criticized the administration on several other issues in recent weeks, including the handling of the Epstein files and the war in Ukraine and giving into Israel and the Jews by attacking Iran.

Earlier Trump also took aim at Megyn Kelly after she argued that American’s were dying because of Israel. Trump again pushed back on that criticism during multiple interviews on Thursday.

“I think that MAGA is Trump. MAGA’s not the other two,” Trump said, referring to Carlson and commentator Megyn Kelly

Sen. Markwayne Mullin a strong supporter of Israel nominated as Kristi Noem's Replacement

The nominee by President Donald Trump to replace Kristi Noem is a strong supporter of Israel. 

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma, an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation, has been a vocal advocate for robust U.S.-Israel ties. 

Mullin introduced the “Stand with Israel Act” to cut U.S. funding to U.N. agencies that limit Israel’s participation and has pushed for strong military aid while opposing calls for a ceasefire in Israel’s conflicts.
 

400,000 Hezbollah supporters wandering the streets of Beirut, begging people to take them in. But nobody wants them.

 

Displaced with nowhere to go. Around 400,000 Hezbollah supporters are now wandering the streets of Beirut, begging people to take them in. But nobody wants them.

Christians, Druze, and Sunni Muslims in Lebanon know they can’t welcome these people into their homes and areas under… pic.twitter.com/iOCyLDE3MK

— Dr. Maalouf ‏ (@realMaalouf) March 5, 2026

Iran Announces Their New Supreme Leader

 

BREAKING: Iran Announces Their New Supreme Leader pic.twitter.com/2d4vrCjsMc

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) March 5, 2026