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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-06-03 at 12:01
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HEADLINES US Redirects 125 Vessels in Iran Blockade Knesset Cancels 2021 Kashrut Reform Trump Netanyahu Call Signals Iranian Victory 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 US Military Role, CENTCOM says US forces have redirected 125 commercial vessels and disabled 6 more in support of the naval blockade of Iran. In US Policy Concerning Israel, a phone call between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the IDF plan to strike Beirut was described as signaling Iranian victory by INSS researcher Beni Sabti, who warned that Hezbollah has recovered and that the United States is rebuking Israel and not allowing it to attack. Yaki Dayan, a former Israeli consul in Los Angeles, said the exchange reflected difficult negotiations and shifting regional dynamics. The discussions come as Washington hosts Israel-Lebanon talks, with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying Hezbollah is not only an enemy of Israel and the United States but also of Lebanon and its people, and that Lebanon could have peace if Hezbollah did not block progress. Rubio spoke before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as the talks considered a potential plan to aid the Lebanese army and other measures. In Israeli Domestic Politics, the Knesset approved in first reading a bill to cancel the 2021 kashrut reform by a 49-34 vote, a move that could keep official kashrut certification largely in the hands of local rabbinate and limit broader competition in the market for official certificates. The reform had aimed to move Israel’s kashrut system away from near-total control by the Chief Rabbinate toward a regulated market that would allow private bodies to issue certificates, but the broader market ne…