Kitchen Briefs - May 2, 2026

• In Lebanon, the death toll after 2 months is now 2,659, with 8,183 people injured, another 41 in the last 24 hours. Israeli forces also killed 7 in Gaza in the last 24 hours with their current death toll since October 7, 2023 to 72,608. Since their so-called ceasefire in October, 828 people have been killed. Israel has also just carried out further air attacks in Lebanon and set fire to a number of houses
• Iran is working on a new law on managing the Strait of Hormuz and it includes preventing Israeli ships from passing
• Spirit Airlines has shut down.
• The US is withdrawing 5,000 troops from Germany
• New York Archdiocese has offered $800M to settle sex abuse claims from approximately 1300 survivors
• Trump was all over social media posting AI images of himself and being a racist
• Trump says we might take over Cuba