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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-06-02 at 15:02
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HEADLINES Qaani Warns of New Fronts, Maritime Risk Beaufort Castle Retaken, Lebanon Endgame Looms IDF Strikes 100 Targets, Hezbollah Near Tyre The time is now 3:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, Iran's Quds Force chief Qaani warned the United States and Israel against further military escalation in Gaza and Lebanon, saying that new fronts could open and maritime traffic in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait could mirror the situation in the Strait of Hormuz. Qaani, appointed in 2020 after the US killed his predecessor Qasem Soleimani, has largely remained in the background and is described as an Afghanistan expert. He reportedly struggled taking over from Soleimani, who built Iran’s regional proxy networks with Hezbollah in Lebanon, helped draw in Russian support for the Assad regime in Syria, connected to the Houthis in Yemen, and mobilized militias in Iraq. Qaani inherited that sprawling network, and observers have long viewed him as steady if not especially innovative, appearing in brief runs in places like Iraq. In Regional Impacts, Matti Friedman: As Israel plays king of the castle in Lebanon, what’s its endgame? describes a week in which Israel marked the fallen of the First Lebanon War and announced the recapture of Beaufort Castle as it pressed deeper into Lebanon. The Times of Israel piece, anchored by Amanda Borschel-Dan, draws on Friedman’s perspective, including his experiences as a soldier and his book Pumpkin Flowers, to consider how the Beaufort Castle site resonates for Israelis and what it signals about Israel’s possible endgame in Lebanon in the present moment. In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, the IDF said it struck 100 targets and killed more than 20 terrorists in…