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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-06-11 at 15:02
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- IDF advances toward Zaharani River, Hezbollah alarmed
- Historic UAE Iran talks reset regional ties
- Israel Mahash overhaul faces High Court challenge
The time is now 3:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
In US Military Role, the US Central Command says that the Strait of Hormuz remains open for transit even though this is not true.
In Regional Impacts, senior security officials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran met face-to-face for the first time since the start of the Iran war, Bloomberg reported, citing sources with knowledge of the situation. The UAE agreed to meet after realizing the regime, which it still considers an enemy, will not be dislodged from power, according to the sources. Additionally, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the slow pace of negotiations between Iran and the US since the ceasefire began further convinced the UAE to reopen relations. One source told Bloomberg that Iran had been attempting to reestablish high-level talks with the UAE, but that the UAE held off to first ensure that any delegation had a direct line to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Khamenei’s status has been unclear since the start of the war, with many speculating that he had been injured or incapacitated during the first wave of attacks. The UAE coordinated with both the US and Israel to conduct dozens of airstrikes against Iran over the course of Operation Roaring Lion, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Iran targeted the UAE with over 2,800 missiles and drones, more than were...
In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, the IDF has advanced past the Litani River in Lebanon and is now approaching the Zaharani River. With the Zaharani River only six kilometers away, and Nabatieh only three kilometers away, Hezbollah has become concerned about a new IDF advance and has reinforced those areas. Some defense officials believe that completely disarming Hezbollah is unrealistic, but that if Hezbollah could be cleared out of Lebanon not only to the Litani River, but all the way up to the Zaharani River, the volume of threats that the Lebanese terror group would be able to fire so as to reach Israel's northern border villages would shrink dramatically. In order to make its recent advances, the IDF said that it carried out tricky maneuvers, fooling Hezbollah's many video cameras, such that the Lebanese terror group expected the IDF to cross the Litani River into the Wadi Saluki and other areas from one direction, and instead the IDF came from another direction. IDF forces have found a large number of Iranian-level sophisticated tunnels and larger and more dangerous anti-tank weapons in these areas. While the IDF has pushed Hezbollah back to reduce its FPV drone threat, the military ...
In Israeli Domestic Politics, petitions were filed with the High Court of Justice on Thursday against the newly passed law restructuring the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department, known by its Hebrew acronym Mahash, in a case that goes to the heart of who oversees the police – and how independent that oversight will be. Mahash is the body responsible for investigating suspected criminal offenses by police officers, including cases involving alleged police violence, corruption, abuse of authority, and unlawful use of force at protests. In certain cases, it also investigates suspected offenses by Shin Bet personnel. For that reason, the fight over the new law is not only about where Mahash sits on an organizational chart. Opponents argue that the law could affect the public’s ability to trust that complaints against police officers are handled professionally, equally, and without political pressure – particularly in sensitive cases involving demonstrations, elected officials, or law-enforcement officials themselves. The Knesset passed the amendment to the Police Ordinance late W
- IDF advances toward Zaharani River, Hezbollah alarmed
- Historic UAE Iran talks reset regional ties
- Israel Mahash overhaul faces High Court challenge
The time is now 3:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
In US Military Role, the US Central Command says that the Strait of Hormuz remains open for transit even though this is not true.
In Regional Impacts, senior security officials from the United Arab Emirates and Iran met face-to-face for the first time since the start of the Iran war, Bloomberg reported, citing sources with knowledge of the situation. The UAE agreed to meet after realizing the regime, which it still considers an enemy, will not be dislodged from power, according to the sources. Additionally, the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and the slow pace of negotiations between Iran and the US since the ceasefire began further convinced the UAE to reopen relations. One source told Bloomberg that Iran had been attempting to reestablish high-level talks with the UAE, but that the UAE held off to first ensure that any delegation had a direct line to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei. Khamenei’s status has been unclear since the start of the war, with many speculating that he had been injured or incapacitated during the first wave of attacks. The UAE coordinated with both the US and Israel to conduct dozens of airstrikes against Iran over the course of Operation Roaring Lion, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Iran targeted the UAE with over 2,800 missiles and drones, more than were...
In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, the IDF has advanced past the Litani River in Lebanon and is now approaching the Zaharani River. With the Zaharani River only six kilometers away, and Nabatieh only three kilometers away, Hezbollah has become concerned about a new IDF advance and has reinforced those areas. Some defense officials believe that completely disarming Hezbollah is unrealistic, but that if Hezbollah could be cleared out of Lebanon not only to the Litani River, but all the way up to the Zaharani River, the volume of threats that the Lebanese terror group would be able to fire so as to reach Israel's northern border villages would shrink dramatically. In order to make its recent advances, the IDF said that it carried out tricky maneuvers, fooling Hezbollah's many video cameras, such that the Lebanese terror group expected the IDF to cross the Litani River into the Wadi Saluki and other areas from one direction, and instead the IDF came from another direction. IDF forces have found a large number of Iranian-level sophisticated tunnels and larger and more dangerous anti-tank weapons in these areas. While the IDF has pushed Hezbollah back to reduce its FPV drone threat, the military ...
In Israeli Domestic Politics, petitions were filed with the High Court of Justice on Thursday against the newly passed law restructuring the Justice Ministry’s Police Investigation Department, known by its Hebrew acronym Mahash, in a case that goes to the heart of who oversees the police – and how independent that oversight will be. Mahash is the body responsible for investigating suspected criminal offenses by police officers, including cases involving alleged police violence, corruption, abuse of authority, and unlawful use of force at protests. In certain cases, it also investigates suspected offenses by Shin Bet personnel. For that reason, the fight over the new law is not only about where Mahash sits on an organizational chart. Opponents argue that the law could affect the public’s ability to trust that complaints against police officers are handled professionally, equally, and without political pressure – particularly in sensitive cases involving demonstrations, elected officials, or law-enforcement officials themselves. The Knesset passed the amendment to the Police Ordinance late W