Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-06 at 18:01

HEADLINES
Iran signals Hormuz shipping aid from ports
Hamas leader's son seriously wounded in Gaza
El-Ghriba pilgrimage draws international visitors

The time is now 6:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Regional Impacts, Iran has sent a message to merchant ships in the Hormuz Strait, with ports signaling they are prepared to provide general maritime support and services.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Azzam al-Hayya, the son of Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya, was seriously injured in an IDF strike in Gaza. A senior military source told Maariv that his death is of no interest to Israel, and if he was harmed, it was because he was somewhere he should not have been, not because of family ties or his position. The assessment indicates he was nearby one of the terrorists eliminated during the operation in Gaza’s Daraj Tuffah area. Separately, there was an attack reported in Nabatieh.

In Uplifting News, the annual pilgrimage to the 26-century-old El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia drew a modest but notable return of international visitors this year, with attendees from France, China, Ivory Coast and Italy, including France’s ambassador to Tunisia, symbolically signaling renewed international engagement after the deadly 2023 attack. That year, a national guardsman killed five people at the synagogue, an event that left a lasting impact on security for the festival. Also tonight, a grandmother and her five grandchildren were rescued after becoming stranded on steep cliffs in northern Israel while attempting to reach Lag BaOmer celebrations in Meron. The group, from Safed, became lost traveling on foot through the Nahal Amud area and was trapped on a slippery slope following rainfall; rescue teams conducted a nighttime operation using search equipment and a drone to locate them.

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