Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-09 at 09:01

HEADLINES
Lebanon vehicle strike kills three, evacuations ordered
Hezbollah drone targets Merkava; Bahrain arrests IRGC
UK police charge two over antisemitic videos

The time is now 9:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Regional Impacts, Lebanese sources report three people killed in a vehicle strike in the Maltekā al-Nahrāin area of al-Shouf, between Sidon and Beirut, amid an apparent escalation of Israeli activity. A separate attack targeted a vehicle on the al-Saadiyat road south of Beirut. Israel has ordered evacuations of residents from several villages in southern Lebanon ahead of anticipated strikes against Hezbollah, and Lebanon says at least one person was killed in Israeli strikes in the south.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Hezbollah launched a drone attack on a Merkava tank, with a soldier reportedly able to jump to safety. Bahrain's Interior Ministry announced the arrest of 41 individuals linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, described as the core of the organization, on charges including espionage and sympathy with Iranian aggression, with legal proceedings under way. Across southern Lebanon, authorities report more terrorists eliminated while escaping in cars, and a separate attack near the Hirām hospital junction in Tyre since this morning has seen at least ten vehicles and motorcycles targeted. Eyewitnesses and officials describe Israeli strikes against Hezbollah targets across southern Lebanon this afternoon, part of a wave of attacks in the region.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, British police have charged two men with religiously aggravated harassment after they traveled to a Jewish area in north London to film antisemitic videos. The men, Adam Bedoui, 20, and Abdelkader Amir Bousloub, 21, are due to appear at Thames Magistrates’ Court.

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