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HEADLINES
Iran warns US betrays diplomacy again
Lebanese rockets strike Israel one hits
Edgar Morin dies at 104

The time is now 7:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Iranian Retaliation, Mohsen Rezaee, an adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, says the United States is betraying diplomacy for the third time by continuing the naval blockade and pressing in negotiations, signaling it is not genuinely interested in talks and pursuing other objectives.
Rezaee’s remarks reflect Tehran’s framing of US policy as not seeking a serious agreement, emphasizing that Washington’s approach is at odds with diplomacy.

In Regional Impacts, red alert sirens sounded in Northern Israel, underscoring heightened security alerts in the region. Separately, Munich Airport suspended flights on Saturday morning after reports of a possible drone sighting, with operations resuming shortly afterward.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, authorities reported a targeted assassination in southern Lebanon moments ago. Overnight, 15 rockets were launched from Lebanon into Israel; all were intercepted except one, which caused significant damage. Hundreds of thousands of Israelis spent the night in shelters as the incident was described by officials as a ceasefire.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, France’s renowned intellectual Edgar Morin, a World War II Resistance member who promoted critical thinking and combatting intolerance, has died at age 104. Born to secular Greek-Jewish immigrants, Morin fused philosophy, psychology, ethnography and biology in a holistic approach he called “humanology” and helped popularize cinéma vérité with Jean Rouch; Liberation lauded him as “the grandfather of all French people and the memory of the last century.”

In Uplifting News, Mike Huckabee, the US Ambassador to Israel, was honored at Yeshiva University with the Presidential Medallion, while delivering the commencement address and being praised for his dedication to the Jewish people and the state of Israel, including efforts to free Israeli hostages held by Hamas after October 7. Milu-EM, a volunteer network of emergency physicians, has grown to more than 250 members, providing support to Israel’s emergency medical system, led by Dr. Ari Greenwald in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh to bolster Shamir Medical Center. At Kibbutz Nahal Oz’s reopened pub, singer Elai Botner performed the song “Chag Hamashek” with kibbutz members, closing a circle begun after October 7 and celebrating the community’s return home.

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