The Israeli security cabinet will convene tomorrow to discuss the expected backlash from Iran following the assassination of Qasem Soleimanin by the U.S. Air Force last week. Iran has declared that they will retaliate and harm many Americans and that the retaliation will come from Gaza, Syria, Lebanon, and Iraq. In response, the U.S. has begun to deploy extra forces to the Middle East and has issued a statement that if any Americans are harmed that the response against Iran will be strong and dire.

An additional five commanders of pro-Iran militias in Iraq were killed by an airstrike just north of Baghdad on Saturday. The U.S. led international coalition forces declared that they had nothing to do with the targeted attack.

Two people were killed on Shabbos after they were trapped in an elevator that was stuck in a flooded parking garage in a building on Nadav Street in the southern HaTikvah neighborhood in Tel Aviv. The elevator became flooded after it stopped and rescue divers from the firefighting department were called in after the roof of the elevator was cut through on floor minus 1 in the building.

A man in his 30s was extricated from the elevator with no signs of life and a woman in her 30s was extricated in critical condition She was rushed to the hospital but later pronounced dead.

The garage was flooded as a result of the heavy rains that fell across the Gush Dan region in the country. Highways and streets were closed due to flooding in Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak. And numerous people suffered injuries in addition to the two people killed in the elevator.

A woman in her eighties and a woman aged 23 were both lightly injured in their flooded home on Lechi Street in Tel Aviv

A 55-year-old man was lightly injured and rescued after his home on Shabtai Street in Tel Aviv was flooded. A 28-year-old woman was also lightly injured when her home was flooded on Bat Sheva Katznelson Street in Tel Aviv. A 55-year-old woman was lightly injured when her car sank into a flood on Yisrael Guri Street in Tel Aviv and two women and a young man were rescued, uninjured, from flooded cars at the Holon junction.

A 70-year-old man was electrocuted and died on Shalom Aleichem Street in Kiryat Bialik on Motzei Shabbos after an accident occurred with his electric heater. Volunteers from United Hatzalah who responded to the emergency call began CPR in an attempt to resuscitate him but unfortunately had to pronounce his death at the end of extensive resuscitation efforts.

A two-month-old infant whose family lives in Modi’in Illit was brought to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Yerushalayim on Shabbos morning suffering from a high fever. The medical team began antibiotic treatment, but as the infant’s situation deteriorated a large group of medical experts were called and attempted to save the baby’s life. After a few hours, the medical team was forced to pronounce the baby’s death. Due to the very quick and drastic deterioration of the child’s status, it is believed that the baby suffered a vicious infection and all safety measures in the hospital were taken after the confirmation of the lab results.

A 40-year-old man was seriously injured in an act of violence that took place on Ben Asher Street in Tel Aviv.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)