# Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-06-01 at 12:01

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Podcast: [Israel Today: Ongoing War Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-6668940)
Published: 2026-06-01T16:02:23+00:00
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HEADLINES Iran halts talks; threatens Hormuz, Bab el-Mandeb Hezbollah drone explodes; IDF kills commander Mossad chief pick approved by High Court The time is now 12:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, Iran has halted talks with the United States over Israel's military activity in Lebanon, according to Tasnim News Agency, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps affiliated outlet. Iran also threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz completely, as well as the Bab el-Mandeb Strait at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, saying there would be no talks until its demands on stopping Israel's operations in Gaza and Lebanon are met. The straits border Yemen and have previously seen sieges and attacks by the Iran-backed Houthis. Iranian officials and negotiators emphasized the immediate cessation of the Zionist regime's aggressive operations in Gaza and Lebanon and the regime's complete withdrawal from Lebanon, with no talks until Iran and the resistance's views on this matter are met. In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, a Hezbollah drone exploded at an IDF site near Rosh Hanikra, with the IDF saying the impact of an explosive drone had been identified in the area near the Israel-Lebanon border. No injuries were reported, and the situation remains developing. Separately, in what the Israeli military described as parallel northern tensions, the IDF said it killed a commander of Hezbollah's missile-artillery unit in an airstrike coordinated by the Golani Brigade in the Nabatieh region; the officer had long led the unit and oversaw hundreds of rocket and unmanned aerial vehicle launches toward Israeli civilians and IDF forces, including near the Bufor area. The report also notes Iran told th…

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