Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-06-12 at 23:01

HEADLINES
US targets Tren de Aragua Niño Guerrero
Iran drones downed Hormuz transit open
UK jails Palestine Action activists Elbit raid

The time is now 11:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In US Military Role, President Trump says US Southern Command carried out a swift and lethal kinetic strike against Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of Tren de Aragua, with coordination from Venezuelan authorities, and he vowed to pursue "murderers and drug lords" anywhere. CENTCOM says Iran launched several one-way attack drones at ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz and that US forces downed all of them as traffic remains unimpeded; the Strait remains open for transit. US forces were also reported to have shot down Iranian attack drones near the Strait of Hormuz, intercepting multiple drones heading toward the corridor.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, Trump told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it is time to end the war with Iran and described the potential US-Iran agreement as "a great deal," according to Axios. Netanyahu was described as not directly involved in the talks and expressing concern about Iran's nuclear program, but officials said he avoided public criticisms of the emerging deal even as Israeli officials voiced skepticism about its contents privately.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, a UK court jailed four Palestine Action activists for the Elbit factory raid near Bristol, with prison terms ranging from four years eight months to seven years eight months; the judge said the raid had terrorism connections as 107 protesters were arrested outside the court.

In Uplifting News, Jane Yolen, the author whose The Devil’s Arithmetic became a Holocaust classic, has died at 87. Yolen was an award-winning writer and illustrator of more than 100 titles for young readers when her editor urged her to write a Jewish children’s book, and she later brought 450 titles to press, according to her family. The Devil’s Arithmetic, published in 1988, remains a cornerstone of Holocaust literature and was adapted into an Emmy-winning Showtime feature starring Kirsten Dunst; her work left a lasting legacy in children's literature.

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