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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2025-11-29 at 06:07

Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2025-11-29 at 06:07

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 HEADLINESNC funds dump Israeli bonds activists claimLebanese army tours Hezbollah tunnels near borderUS suspends asylum processing amid security pushThe time is now 1:00 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.Tonight’s hour-by-hour update covers a set of developments shaping the Middle East landscape, with attention to Israeli security concerns, Palestinian and regional perspectives, and pertinent US policy stances.In North Carolina, activists who advocate for divestment from Israel have claimed a victory after the state pension fund reportedly sold about 6.7 million dollars in Israeli government bonds. State officials have pushed back, saying the claim overstates the impact and that the fund’s portfolio movement cannot be interpreted as a decisive victory for the divestment push. The episode underscores the ongoing, contentious debate inside US states over investments connected to Israel, and it highlights how activists’ signaling of success often meets counterpoints from treasury officials who emphasize the technicalities of fund management and portfolio accounting.In New York City, a Palestinian restaurant, Ayat NYC, renamed its Upper West Side storefront Hind’s Hall in solidarity with Columbia University activists who took over a campus building and renamed it Hind’s Hall in honor of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl who died in Gaza in January 2024. The restaurant states the renaming is in memory and in recognition of a broader student-driven protest environment around Gaza and Israel. Critics point to the tensions facing Jewish communities in some urban neighborhoods following campus protests and media coverage surrounding Hind Rajab’s death, which experts and observers have labeled complex and contested in attribution. The development sits amid a broader national conversation about campus speech, antisemitism, and the way protests at colleges are remembered in public spaces.Lebanon’s military leadership invited journalists to tour underground Hezbollah sites near the border, providing a rare glimpse of a tunnel complex in the Zibqin area. The Lebanese army described the site as part of a broader assessment of Hezbollah’s past and potential rearmament efforts. Officials emphasized ongoing border-security operations and the army’s resolve to enforce the ceasefire regime that has been in place since last year’s heightened clashes. Officers disclosed that hundreds of thousands of military items have been seized in the past year and that the border zone south of the Litani River remains a focus of security operations. While Hezbollah asserts it no longer operates openly south of the Litani, the Lebanese army and international observers say the group continues to monitor, influence, and in some cases threaten to rebuild capabilities along the border. The sharing of detailed statistics on violations, airstrikes, and housing destruction by the Lebanese side reflects a broader effort to document the human and material toll of the broader Israel-Hezbollah dynamic and to signal a potential path toward normalization of border security amid ongoing regional volatility.On the Israeli front, reports indicate the IDF is weighing an expanded operation in southern Syria if forces aligned with the Syrian government are implicated in attacks against Israeli troops near Beit Jinn. Channel 13 cited an unsourced TV report suggesting a shift from some border-arrest operations to increased airstrikes against what Israel identifies as threat networks. Other reporting points to intelligence assessments that members of Syria’s security apparatus may be involved with groups planning attacks against the IDF and Druze communities in southern Syria. The Israeli military said it detained two brothers linked to an Islamic group operation during an early morning raid, and fighting with gunmen ensued, leaving several soldiers seriously wounded and civilian casualties reported by Syrian authorities. Israel’s objective remains to prevent any projection of hostile capabilities toward its northern border, a priority framed by an enduring posture of vigilance along a frontier shaped by years of conflict and repeated cross-border incidents.In parallel regional commentary, observers note that as the United States deepens ties with Saudi Arabia and reassesses regional alignments, questions intensify about Israel’s status within that evolving diplomatic architecture. Analysts point to the possibility that Israel could find itself somewhat distant from certain diplomatic conversations, even as it maintains security coordination with Washington. This context matters for how Israel calibrates its security posture and senior leadership’s communications with international audiences about deterrence, deterrence plausibility, and the risks of escalation along the border with Lebanon and in Syria.Turning to the United States, authorities announced a suspension of asylum ...
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