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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-27 at 18:01
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- May 27, 2026
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HEADLINES Trump won't be deterred by midterms Hamas armed wing chief Odeh killed IDF hits 150 Hezbollah targets in Lebanon The time is now 6:00 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, US President Donald Trump said he is unconcerned about the political fallout of an extended confrontation with Iran and that Iranian leaders miscalculated if they thought the November midterm elections would force him into a deal. “They thought they were going to outwait me,” Trump said at a White House cabinet meeting, adding, “You know, 'We'll outwait him. He's got the midterms.' I don't care about the midterms.” The remarks come as officials discuss how to end the conflict, now approaching its fourth month after earlier projections of four to six weeks. Some Republican allies have expressed unease about the economic impact of the war on Americans as the campaign season unfolds. In Regional Impacts, dozens of Palestinians carried the body of Hamas's armed wing chief Mohammad Odeh through Gaza City in a funeral procession, a day after Israel killed him as it advances to eliminate the group’s top leadership despite a ceasefire. The Israeli military said Odeh was killed in a targeted attack Tuesday night, a week after his predecessor Izz al-Din al-Haddad was killed in an Israeli strike on a Gaza apartment block. The deaths leave few Hamas leaders in Gaza to lead the armed wing as US-brokered talks continue on Gaza’s future. Hours after Odeh’s funeral, the Israeli military said it targeted two Hamas militants in northern Gaza, without disclosing their identities; health officials reported at least seven people killed and 18 wounded in an apartment strike in Gaza City. Mourners said the killings won’t stop Palestinian resi…