HEADLINES
IRGC strikes US base in retaliation
US strikes southern Iran near Bandar Abbas
UN lists Israeli entities over sexual violence

The time is now 1:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Iranian Retaliation, Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it targeted a US airbase after the US military carried out what a Washington official described as strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Donald Trump rejected a report he was close to a compromise deal with Tehran. A US official said the strikes downed four Iranian attack drones and struck a ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone, adding that the actions were defensive and meant to maintain the ceasefire that took effect in early April. The IRGC said it targeted the US base in response to what it described as an early morning US attack near Bandar Abbas airport. Separately, reports noted an Iranian missile was on its way to an American base in Kuwait, underscoring the rising tensions and the risk to the fragile pause in hostilities that had helped keep oil markets steadier.

In US Military Role, US Forces carried out a round of strikes tonight against Southern Iran, targeting a military site near Bandar Abbas that posed a threat to American troops and commercial traffic in the Strait of Hormuz, while also downing a number of drones launched from Iran.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, additional footage of the Air Force attack on a Hezbollah headquarters in the Al-Athar neighborhood in the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon was released, and a message wishing good morning to Hezbollah in Tyre, southern Lebanon, accompanied the coverage.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, the United Nations has added Israeli entities to a blacklist of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones, a move that also includes Hamas and other groups. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon condemned the decision, saying anyone who would place Israel on the same list as Hamas has no sense of morality. The 2026 list will include the Israeli Prison Service, along with other Israeli authorities already in a monitoring framework for potential inclusion. Hamas was added to the list in August 2025. The UN’s secretary-general’s representative on sexual violence in conflict, Pramila Patten, said there were reasonable grounds for Hamas to have committed acts of rape and sexual violence; Israel says there was heavy pressure to include Israel, and the secretary-general has placed Israel on notice for potential inclusion in the blacklist.

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