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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-23 at 11:01
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- May 23, 2026
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HEADLINES US trims Europe troops amid NATO rebalancing Mediators push end to war, Hormuz reopen Netanyahu sidelined as Trump drives Iran talks The time is now 11:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In US Military Role, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, while in Sweden for the NATO Foreign Ministers Meeting, said that “it’s well understood in the alliance that the United States’ troop presence in Europe is going to be adjusted.” This comes amidst recent drawdown announcements on the continent and President Donald J. Trump’s reversal of those moves. In Regional Impacts, mediators say the proposal would extend the ceasefire by 60 days, gradually reopen the Strait of Hormuz and ease pressure on Iranian ports, while delaying detailed nuclear negotiations for a later phase. Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Metafrax Chemicals plant in Russia’s Perm region, roughly 1,700 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, in one of the deepest Ukrainian drone operations inside Russian territory since the war began. The facility is a major producer that supplies materials to dozens of Russian defense manufacturers involved in aircraft systems, drones, rocket engines, explosives, and military electronics. According to Israel’s I24 News, citing an Iranian official, a memorandum of understanding that excludes the key point of contention on Iran’s enriched material has been reached with Pakistani mediators, and they are waiting for a US response. Al Jazeera reports that the memorandum of understanding reached with the Pakistanis would include a permanent end to the war in the region, including Lebanon, a US naval blockade being lifted, Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz, and American military forces leaving the region, with nuclear matte…