Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-04 at 10:01

HEADLINES
Funeral for Khamenei Draws Foreign Leaders Vengeance
Hezbollah Buries 49 Operatives Across Eight Villages
Majority of American Jews Faced Antisemitism

The time is now 10:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Iranian Retaliation, Iran is holding the funeral for Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei today, with foreign leaders arriving in Tehran, including the President of Iraq and the leaders of Turkmenistan, Armenia and Namibia. Iran's Intelligence Ministry issued a "statement of vengeance," blaming the United States and Israel for killing Khamenei, while crowds chanted "Death to America."

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Hezbollah buried today 49 operatives in eight villages across the Sidon District in southern Lebanon.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, Lessons from Yitzhak Shamir: What Israel should look for in its next prime minister - opinion describes the upcoming elections and stresses the need for strong, properly motivated leadership to secure Israel's future, noting that Israel faces international isolation and rising antisemitism, and asking whether fluency in English should be a gatekeeping factor for leadership. It also cites a London protest with placards reading “From the river to the sea Palestine shall be free” to illustrate broader debates about Israel's security and legitimacy. In a separate opinion, A political jungle argues that international media have already framed Israelis as too right-wing, and uses a safari metaphor to describe how reporters expect a sequence of elections, wars, peace moves, and a pandemic in recent years, while noting the current political landscape is more complex than often portrayed.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, a CAM survey shows that a majority of American Jews experienced antisemitism over the past year. Of the 1,060 Jewish American adults surveyed, 58% said they felt more unsafe than the previous year and 57% experienced Jew-hatred; about one-third changed their behavior, with 38% visibly hiding their Jewish identity and 32% concealing it online. More than half reported antisemitism online, and nearly half saw or experienced an antisemitic trope. Additionally, 23% said they skipped Jewish-related events due to fear, representing roughly 1.2 million American Jews.

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