HEADLINES
Iran's response due at Pakistan summit
IDF kills six Hezbollah in Bint Jbeil
DOJ indicts SPLC for fraud and laundering

The time is now 2:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Iranian Retaliation, Iran will deliver its response to the United States during the upcoming summit in Pakistan, according to a report in the New York Times.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, the IDF released new footage of an encounter in Bint Jbeil in which soldiers from the Paratroopers Brigade eliminated six armed Hezbollah terrorists in an exchange of fire earlier today.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, the White House says special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will travel to Islamabad, Pakistan, on Saturday to hold talks with Iranian negotiators mediated by Pakistan, and the administration says there has been some progress from the Iranian side in recent days, with Vice President JD Vance on standby to join if the talks move forward.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, one opinion piece argues that after Independence Day Israel faces its biggest test: unity, noting rising internal divisions and an Alternative Independence Ceremony as a rallying point for a commission of inquiry into the war, while also saying protests and debate can be strengths when kept within bounds. A second piece reflects on Independence Day as a time of danger and loss, suggesting a wake-up call in the form of a second siren at the start of the holiday and recalling that last year’s celebrations were muted by wildfires.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, the Department of Justice has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on six counts of wire fraud, four counts of false statements to federally insured banks, and conspiracy to commit money laundering, alleged to have steered donor funds to leaders of white supremacist and neo-Nazi groups to profit from their existence; the SPLC rejects the charges as political persecution. Separately, Ireland has decided to skip the Eurovision broadcast featuring Israel, even as the Irish public has given Israel 10 points in the last two years.

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I'm Noa Levi. Stay safe and informed.
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