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Iranian missile kills three in Beit Awwa
Iranian hackers breach Yeshiva World News
Trump backs Pars gas strike, opposes escalation

The time is now 6:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Direct Israel-Iran Clashes, late-night sirens echoed across central Israel, the Sharon region, and parts of the West Bank as Iran fired another cluster-style missile with submunitions. A separate Iranian missile veered into Beit Awwa in the West Bank, killing three Palestinian women in a beauty salon, with the Palestinian Authority condemning Iranian fire toward Gulf states while Hamas remained silent. Hebrew reports described sirens in the center and warnings that Hezbollah had launched missiles to long-range targets, with claims that gas infrastructure had been damaged and that the next phase of the conflict was imminent. A cyberattack against the Orthodox Yeshiva World News site appeared to be Iranian in origin, displaying Farsi messages before the site returned online and after-action assessments noted warnings from US authorities about Iran-aligned hacktivists conducting low-level disruptions.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, the Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump supported an Israeli strike on Iran’s Pars gas field but opposed continuing strikes on Iran’s energy reserves unless Tehran escalates the situation.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, several IDF soldiers refused to report to posts due to inadequate protection from rocket and missile fire, with one volunteer noting that “when there’s a siren, we put on helmets and pray,” and saying they had pressed their superiors for shelter for a month without action, sometimes being told a shelter was on the way only for it to be canceled when access roads were deemed impassable. Medics from MDA were later dispatched to sites where reports had come in, with updates to follow. After the latest sirens, there was a fall in open terrain and no call signs of injuries reported at this time. Looking ahead, Netanyahu could call early elections as wartime results influence political strategy, with current schedules placing elections at the end of October unless circumstances shift.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, a World Israel News piece titled Into the fray frames an ominous rise in antisemitic vitriol and un-American invective, arguing that the claim Washington is Israel’s pliable puppet is logically ludicrous and false.

In Uplifting News, President Isaac Herzog visited the Jewish Agency’s Ulpan Etzion absorption center in Jerusalem, where he met with new immigrants and staff and highlighted that more than 60,000 new Israelis have arrived since October 7, 2023. He said wartime immigration embodies faith, hope, and a strong bond between the Jewish people and the state, praising the center’s staff for their spirit and dedication. An additional brief item titled So true… appears without further detail.

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