Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-27 at 03:01

HEADLINES
- Iran May Transfer 60% Uranium to China
- Israel Kills Hamas Wing Chief Odeh
- Park Slope Coop Approves Israeli Boycott

The time is now 3:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Regional Impacts, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi said he hoped the parties involved in the Iran conflict would stay committed to pursuing a ceasefire and continue to meet each other halfway. He spoke at the United Nations in New York after chairing a Security Council meeting. Iran said the United States had violated the ceasefire after US defensive strikes in southern Iran, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal to halt the fighting could take a few days. Wang added that every step forward in the negotiation brings more hope for peace and that ending the conflict sooner means fewer civilian casualties. He noted that it takes more than one cold day to freeze three feet of ice, underscoring that long-standing issues cannot be resolved overnight. Iran may consider transferring its 60% enriched uranium to China.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Israel said it struck Hamas's newly appointed military wing commander Mohammed Odeh in Gaza, a move ordered by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, according to the Prime Minister's Office. Odeh, who headed Hamas's intelligence staff during the October 7 attack, was named to replace Ezzedine al-Haddad about a week earlier. The strike underscores Israel's effort to crush Hamas on one front while confronting Hezbollah in Lebanon, as the two-front contest shapes discussions of strategic goals. Footage from the scene has surfaced.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, exiled Gaza security chief Mohammed Dahlan has met with multiple Shin Bet officials and defense sector leaders in recent years to discuss solutions to the situation in Gaza. Dahlan, who has lived in Abu Dhabi since 2011 after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused him of involvement in Yasser Arafat’s death, has been described by one source as “the most powerful man in the Gaza Strip” because of his fundraising. Shin Bet did not comment on the chief’s schedule. Earlier this month, Mossad chief David Barnea visited the UAE at least twice during Operation Roaring Lion to coordinate on the war. Israel’s Civil Administration issued an expropriation order for the Nabi Samuel tomb north of Jerusalem, removing control from the Islamic Waqf and placing the site under direct Israeli authority for development and preservation. The order covers roughly 110 dunams near Nabi Samuel, a site revered across faiths, and includes access roads, agricultural land, a spring, archaeological remains, and the surrounding mosque compound.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, Brooklyn Park Slope Food Coop voted two-thirds in favor of a boycott of Israeli products. Of the 6,772 votes cast at a lengthy meeting, 67% supported the boycott, 31% opposed, and 2% abstained, with nearly 7,000 of the coop’s 16,000 members participating. Israeli products will be removed from shelves as the long-running debate within the Park Slope community continues to play out in the wake of the Gaza war. In Texas, a Democratic runoff for the 35th Congressional District drew national attention as Maureen Galindo, a housing activist who had argued that “Zionist billionaires run the world” and proposed turning a local immigrant detention center “into a prison for Zionists,” was defeated by Johnny Garcia after scrutiny of her antisemitic rhetoric.

In Uplifting News, 442 new families joined Israel’s foster care system over the past year, bringing the total to 3,560 children in foster care, with 905 disabled people currently cared for by the system. The Labor and Social Affairs Ministry has expanded financial and training support for foster families and is promoting pending legislation to remove age restrictions for foster parents ahead of World Foster Day on May 31. Minister of Social Welfare and Social Security Haim Katz called foster families evidence of mutual responsibility and social resilience, while Senior Deputy Director Eti Kissos emphasized the importance of foster families.

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