Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-11 at 20:02

HEADLINES
US Eyes Renewed Action Against Iran
Gulf Tensions Rise as UAE Strikes Iran
Israel Approves Tribunal for 2023 Hamas Attack

The time is now 8:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In US Military Role, President Donald Trump is leaning toward renewing military action against Iran after growing frustration inside the White House over stalled negotiations with Tehran, with reports citing senior US officials. The discussions described an initial hope for a diplomatic agreement that waned after Iran allegedly rejected key American demands conveyed through mediators, and a senior official said “everyone knows where this is headed,” while another suggested the military option had returned to the fore following a breakdown in trust between the sides. At the Pentagon, Elbridge Colby, the US Under Secretary of War for Policy, was present for today’s meeting with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and South Korean Minister of National Defense Ahn Gyu-back. Hegseth hosted Ahn Gyu-back in Washington, and a Department of War release noted talks on increased burden-sharing with South Korea and other Indo-Pacific allies and the upcoming Korea-US Integrated Defense Dialogue set to take place later this week.

In Regional Impacts, the region has seen covert strikes attributed to the UAE against Iranian assets, including an attack on Iran’s Lavan Island refinery earlier in April, carried out in response to Iranian strikes on Emirati civilian and energy infrastructure. Iran answered with drones and missiles against the UAE and Kuwait, while the United States quietly welcomed the UAE’s initiative and signaled an expectation of broader Gulf participation in the region’s ongoing hostilities. The broader conflict has left the UAE among the Gulf states most affected economically and physically, with disruptions to airspace and regional trade corridors. Separately, Pakistan quietly allowed Iran to park military aircraft at Nur Khan Air Base near Rawalpindi, including an RC-130 reconnaissance plane, even as Islamabad publicly presented itself as a mediator between Tehran and Washington. Iran also moved civilian aircraft to Afghanistan, including relocating a Mahan Air plane from Kabul to Herat during Pakistan’s March airstrikes on Kabul. Pakistani and Afghan Taliban officials denied the claims, while US officials said the arrangement appeared aimed at shielding Iranian assets from American strikes. Additional reporting notes that Iran repositioned key aircraft on bases in the region in the early days of the conflict, with discussions and counterclaims surrounding the scope of such moves and their strategic purpose.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, Treasury will continue to deprive Iran’s regime of funding by cutting it off from financial networks used to support weapons programs, terrorist proxies, and nuclear ambitions, in a broad effort described as Economic Fury to destabilize the regime and its capabilities.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, Israeli lawmakers approved a bill establishing a special tribunal with the authority to sentence Palestinians convicted of taking part in the 2023 Hamas-led attack that triggered the Gaza war, passing 93-0 in the 120-seat Knesset, with the remaining 27 lawmakers absent or abstaining.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, a 34-year-old man was convicted of religiously aggravated assault, religiously aggravated fear of violence, and religiously aggravated harassment after an incident in which he attacked a person while asking if they were Jewish. The Crown Prosecution Service said the defendant harassed, threatened, and assaulted several individuals, and the prosecutor emphasized that hate crimes of this nature inflict fear beyond the immediate victims.

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