Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-06-06 at 09:01

HEADLINES
Oak Ridge hosts Iran talks 100 experts
IDF strike kills two Lebanese Army officers
Bahrain intercepts three missiles, drones from Iran

The time is now 9:00 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In US Military Role, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner consulted with technical experts at the Oak Ridge National Lab in Tennessee on Thursday regarding preparations for a potential Iranian nuclear deal. They believe the Oak Ridge team could participate in nuclear negotiations with Iran, according to Axios citing two US officials. About 100 experts were recently selected to participate in nuclear talks with Iran should a preliminary agreement be reached, with a plan for verifying compliance, limiting enrichment, and disposing of existing Iranian nuclear materials. Some of the experts had helped remove enriched Venezuelan uranium now in South Carolina, and several traveled with Witkoff and Kushner to Oman prior to the start of Operation Epic Fury to negotiate with Iran.

In Regional Impacts, Bahrain Armed Forces said they intercepted three ballistic missiles and several drones launched from Iran.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, the IDF said a strike in the Tebnit area of southern Lebanon may have hit Lebanese Army personnel as part of ongoing operations against Hezbollah. The military said the vehicle involved was moving in a suspicious manner and was struck after soldiers determined it posed a threat to their safety. Initial findings indicated two Lebanese Army officers and a Lebanese soldier were inside the vehicle. The IDF stressed that all movement in the area requires coordination in what it called an active combat zone, adding that Israel acts against Hezbollah, not the Lebanese military. The Lebanese Army later reported that two officers and one soldier were killed in a separate IDF strike on the Khardali-Nabatieh road in southern Lebanon.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, analysis following the attack on the home of Supreme Court Deputy President Justice Noam Sohlberg portrays the assault as part of a long-running ultra-Orthodox campaign against conscription, framed by some as a religious crusade against the state. The piece argues this is an existential religious-extremist phenomenon that resists compromise, with shattered windows and damaged property seen as part of a broader mobilization against draft laws and state institutions.

In Uplifting News, Spain’s National Police recovered two 17th-century oil paintings missing since 1930 after their display at the Ibero-American Exposition of Seville. The works, Samson Taking the Honeycomb from the Lion's Mouth and David Receiving the Loaves of the Presence from Achimelech, were returned to the Archdiocese of Seville during a May 20 handover ceremony at the Hospital of the Venerable Priests. The ceremony was attended by the Archdiocese’s Secretary-General and Chancellor Isacio Siguero, Dean Francisco José Ortiz, the Cathedral Chapter’s Executive Administration and Heritage Delegate Francisco Román, and members of the Historical Heritage Brigade of Spain’s National Police.

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