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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-01-27 at 03:05

Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-01-27 at 03:05

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 HEADLINESThree Hezbollah Operatives Killed Amid Ceasefire BreachGaza Postwar Diplomacy Ties Aid to DisarmamentHamas Cooperates to Recover Israeli Hostage BodiesThe time is now 10:00 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.10:00 PM. This is a late-evening update from the Middle East front. Three Hezbollah operatives were killed in separate Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, according to the Israeli Defense Forces. One of the men was identified by the Lebanese health ministry as killed in Tyre, Ali Nour a-Din, who the army said headed an artillery unit. Two others were reported dead in the village of Kfar Rumman near Nabatieh. The military added that Nour a-Din had carried out attacks on Israel during the current round of fighting and had recently worked to restore Hezbollah’s rocket capabilities in the area. Hezbollah’s media outlets identified Nour a-Din as a former presenter on a television channel affiliated with the group and as an imam in the Tyre outskirts. The Hezbollah leadership denounced the strikes as a treacherous assassination.Israeli officials said the operation in Tyre breached understandings reached in the US-brokered ceasefire agreed in November 2024, which ended more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah. Since that ceasefire, Israeli forces have repeatedly said Hezbollah has sought to rebuild its capabilities, and Israeli authorities have stressed that any rearmament or rearmament efforts near the border would be met with a reply.The broader backdrop remains the long-running conflict that began when Hezbollah began firing rockets and drones into northern Israel on October the eighth, 2023, one day after Hamas launched a major assault in southern Israel, setting off a wider war in Gaza. Since the truce, Israeli forces say they have killed hundreds of Hezbollah-linked operatives and struck a wide range of targets tied to the group, arguing these actions are violations of the border understandings between the two countries.In related developments, discussions among international partners continue to shape how the region manages security and reconstruction in Gaza. The United States-led diplomacy has linked a broader effort toward stabilizing Gaza with steps to curb weapons and improve governance on the ground. Washington has highlighted that a number of countries have joined a proposed Board of Peace to help oversee Gaza’s postwar framework, while stressing that any reconstruction aid should be tied to security assurances and disarmament measures.Separately, Italian officials signaled a push to have Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps designated as a terrorist organization by the European Union, arguing that recent crackdown on protests in Iran warrants a stronger stance. The move is part of a larger international debate about Iran’s regional involvement and the impact of its actions on security in the Middle East. European and Middle Eastern partners have debated the scope of sanctions and designation, with Israel’s government and allied states supporting stronger measures.In a related line of reporting on Gaza, negotiations and operations around locating and returning hostages have produced mixed but hopeful signals. United States officials described Hamas as cooperative in efforts to locate and recover the bodies of Israeli hostages, including the final one recovered in a cemetery in Gaza City in recent days. Officials said the work demonstrates what can be achieved through coordinated action among regional powers and mediators, including Egypt, Qatar and Turkey. The same officials indicated a continuing push to create a security and rebuilding framework that could involve a Palestinian policing role and some form of governance for Gaza, while insisting that any disarmament of armed factions is essential to broader stability.On the ground in Israel’s tourism sector, authorities said they have prepared a contingency plan to evacuate roughly 42,000 tourists if escalating tensions with Iran threaten airspace or safety. Tourism Ministry officials described internal procedures designed to keep visitors informed and safe, including multi-language communications and a centralized operations center to coordinate responses.In domestic matters, opinion surveys in the United States show continued concerns over immigration policy, with a Reuters-Ipsos poll indicating the public remains divided on the administration’s approach.Meanwhile, diplomatic and security conversations continue around the possibility of a broad realignment in the region. United States officials have described discussions about a subsequent phase in Gaza’s postwar timeline, including considerations about reconstruction funding and security arrangements, as well as how a future governance structure could accommodate both Israeli and Palestinian authorities. They stress that any steps toward rebuilding must be matched by measures to reduce the ...
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