Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-27 at 04:01

HEADLINES
Khamenei Warns Israel Doomed US Power Fading
Israel Strikes Hamas Leader Odeh in Gaza
Golders Green Kosher Supermarket Fire Under Investigation

The time is now 4:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Iranian Retaliation, Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei used his annual Hajj message to issue threats against the United States and Israel. He said recent fighting with the US and Israel has changed the balance of power in the Middle East, dooming Israel’s existence and signaling the end of American power in the region. He asserted that the hands of time will not turn backwards, that the nations of the region will no longer shield American bases, and that the United States will not have a safe haven there as it loses its former status. He reiterated Tehran's long-standing call for Israel's destruction.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, the Israeli military said it struck Mohammed Odeh in Gaza, the latest leader of Hamas's military wing, installed about a week earlier to replace Ezzedine al-Haddad. The strike was announced by the Prime Minister's Office and described Odeh as a senior Hamas commander who helped plan the October 7 attacks when he headed Hamas's intelligence staff. The attack is presented as part of Israel's effort to curb Hamas leadership ahead of broader contests with Hezbollah, though questions remain about what such strikes mean for strategy on the ground. Separately, a Lebanese Shiite-aligned channel reported an Israeli Army jeep was spotted near the La Vita restaurant about 3 kilometers south of Nabatieh, about 30 kilometers north of the border with Israel, suggesting potential new Israeli movement in southern Lebanon. If accurate, the report would mark renewed Israeli activity in a border area not seen in decades.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, coalition talks indicate the bill to dissolve the Knesset will be presented to the plenum next Monday for its first reading, with the date window to be written between 8 September and 27 October.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, a fire broke out at Golders Green’s largest kosher supermarket, with around 100 firefighters responding to a three-story building that also contains apartments above the store; the blaze produced a significant amount of smoke and residents were urged to keep windows and doors closed while the cause remained unknown and no injuries were reported. Separately, the Brooklyn Park Slope Food Coop voted to boycott Israeli products, with 67% of 6,772 votes in favor, 31% against, and 2% abstaining; nearly 7,000 of 16,000 members participated, and the boycott will remove Israeli products from shelves after a long-running dispute intensified since the Gaza war began. In Texas, runoff results in the 35th Congressional District saw Sheriff’s deputy Johnny Garcia win the Democratic nomination over Maureen Galindo, whose antisemitic rhetoric drew national condemnation; Galindo had pledged to turn a local immigrant detention center into “a prison for Zionists” and claimed that “Zionist billionaires run the world,” drawing scrutiny from national Democrats and Jewish organizations, with others distancing themselves from her candidacy. In London, a kosher shop fire was reported as arson, described as a kosher shop in the city being set ablaze, with authorities noting intent behind the blaze.

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