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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-31 at 09:01
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- May 31, 2026
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HEADLINES - Dams refill floods threaten Syria Iraq - Kataib Hezbollah seeks drones from rivals - Israel tech booms as jobs flee abroad The time is now 9:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Regional Impacts, drought in Syria and the broader Middle East has shifted from a water scarcity crisis to one dominated by flooding as dams fill from Turkey through Syria and Iraq. Syria’s decade-long drought left groundwater levels in eastern Syria down as much as sixty percent with wells drying up, and Morso connections to rivers like the Euphrates weakened; Mosul Dam and Lake Tharthar levels declined and the great Lake Urmia in Iran dried. Today, with dams replenished, the emphasis has moved to flooding: bridges over the Euphrates in Syria have been rendered unusable, and authorities say measures are being taken to reduce the inflow of Euphrates water into Syrian territory to ease high river levels in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor as technical staff work to gradually adjust the flow. In Misgav, alarms prompted concerns as authorities disclosed that a group prepared a payload and was in touch with Hamas, with later accusations that residents of Jerusalem plotted an attack against IDF troops. The situation highlights a regional pattern where shifts in water and security dynamics intersect with ongoing tensions on multiple fronts. In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, a striking development comes from Kataib Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Iraqi militia that seeks to buy drones and missiles from other militias that have laid down their arms, a move tied to the broader and barred network of PMF forces backed by Tehran. Kataib Hezbollah is among the most dangerous groups sanctioned by the US as a terrorist organization and is…