Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-04-24 at 15:01

HEADLINES
Hezbollah drones target Israeli forces in Lebanon
US Iran push talks in Islamabad weekend
DOJ indicts SPLC for fraud charges

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 the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, the Israeli Defense Forces report that Hezbollah launched explosive drones toward Israeli forces in southern Lebanon. Separately, seven Hamas militants were eliminated in Gaza in an IDF air strike.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, White House officials say Special Envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will meet Iranian negotiators in Islamabad this weekend in an effort to move negotiations forward. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is planned to travel to Islamabad, Muscat and Moscow for consultations with the United States, with Pakistani mediators anticipating another round of talks. Vice President JD Vance would be on standby should the discussions trend positively.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, a prominent columnist, Ben Kaspi, argues that an ugly truth has emerged about Netanyahu’s government, describing a long and varied list of alleged sins.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, the Department of Justice has indicted the Southern Poverty Law Center on multiple counts of wire fraud, false statements to banks and money laundering, alleging it funneled $3 million to leaders and organizers of white supremacist groups to profit from their existence. The SPLC denies the charges, calling it political persecution, while DOJ prosecutors say the SPLC is “manufacturing racism to justify its existence.”

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