HEADLINES
Fifty tunnels cleared to Iran's missile cities
NYPD unprecedented security for Israel Parade
Israel objects to UN sexual violence blacklist

The time is now 12:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Operation Lion's Roar, CNN reports that at least 50 access tunnels to missile cities in Iran were cleared and repaired after Israeli strikes blocked them.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, security preparations for this weekend’s Israel Day Parade would be the most extensive that the NYPD has ever mounted, with Commissioner Jessica Tisch saying the department is not messing around with security and will bring one of the world’s most capable municipal counterterrorism capabilities to bear for this year’s parade. Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he will not attend the parade, but stressed that his absence should not be mistaken for a refusal to provide security or the necessary permits for its safety. The event, themed “Proud Americans, Proud Zionists,” is expected to draw tens of thousands of participants. Separately, a cabinet-era message from the Secretary of War warned Iran that it can either do it the RIGHT WAY with a deal across the table—or they can deal with my guy on the left. Which happened to be me—but IT’S NOT ME. IT’S YOU GUYS.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, the IDF is preparing for mass arrests of haredi draft dodgers as early as next week, with hundreds of police officers set to assist and joint planning with the Israel Police to coordinate enforcement in the public sphere. The military has emphasized that coordination shapes where and how operations can be carried out. Israel Police Chief Daniel Levi had previously declined to allocate police for such operations, and a High Court of Justice critique of past protests has added pressure to enforcement efforts. Degel HaTorah chairman MK Moshe Gafni urged party members to stop cooperating with police, framing the move as a safeguard for the holy Torah and those who study it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the IDF’s Haredi Hasmonean Brigade for simultaneously learning Torah and serving.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, an editorial argues that the UN’s decision to add Israeli institutions to a blacklist of actors accused of sexual violence in conflict is a moral and institutional failure that erases the distinction between isolated criminal allegations and the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war. The piece notes that the UN added the Israel Prison Service to the list, joining Hamas and other groups, a move Israel says followed heavy pressure on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and prompted Israel to freeze relations with Guterres and cancel Pramila Patten’s planned visit. The editorial contends the act creates a dangerous vacuum when allegations of abuse are not addressed decisively, and it calls for maintaining clear accountability.

In Uplifting News, Kibbutzim are showing Israelis how to bridge the religious divide. Leaders at roughly 500 kibbutz movements gathered at the Dead Sea for the 11th Kibbutz Leadership Conference, with the Kibbutz Movement representing 259 kibbutzim and the Religious Kibbutz Movement about 23 communities. They announced a joint future described as a bayit meshutaf, a shared home, in which each side maintains its own identity. The effort is described as stage two of a ten-stage plan toward closer cooperation rather than a merger. Yad Vashem also announced Munich as the site for its first Holocaust education center outside Israel, with the center planned at Karolinenplatz and opening within three years, supported by the German government. The project aims to strengthen Holocaust education and combat rising antisemitism and distortion, with an extension planned in Leipzig to serve audiences across Germany and neighboring countries.

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