Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-04-02 at 07:01

HEADLINES
Israel hits IRGC bases, mobile posts
Britain convenes Hormuz talks; US absent
Family-run Mazor pharmacy supports Passover

The time is now 7:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Direct Israel-Iran Clashes, the Israeli military says it destroyed an IRGC Ground Forces base and a mobile command post in Tehran as part of strikes targeting the regime’s infrastructure. It says Iran has begun using mobile units as command centers to dodge Israeli and American airstrikes, and that commanders were inside them when they were hit. The IDF also struck a ballistic missile storage site in the Tabriz area as part of a broader effort to degrade the regime’s missile array. US Central Command confirms the EA-37B electronic warfare aircraft is deployed in the region and reports more than 12,300 targets destroyed since late January and over 13,000 combat flights, with at least 155 Iranian navy vessels rendered inoperative by American actions. Among the targeted facilities are IRGC command and control centers and headquarters. A Hebrew-language report from the front describes air alarms along the line, notes statements about battlefield developments, and recounts claims of a unique event in Arad, a dramatic description of a building collapse likened to a pancake, and the recovery of a fallen soldier’s burial site after 78 years. Reports also identify Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Fathalizadeh, commander of the IRGC’s Fatehin unit, as having been eliminated.

In Regional Impacts, Britain will host a virtual meeting of about 35 countries, including France, Germany, Italy, Canada and the United Arab Emirates, to explore ways to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, with the United States not attending. The gathering follows President Trump’s assertion that reopening the waterway is an issue for other nations to resolve and comes as Iran has effectively shut the Strait in retaliation, helping push energy prices higher. French President Emmanuel Macron said it would be unrealistic to force open Hormuz by military operation, noting that such an effort would take a very long time and would risk those passing through the strait due to threats from the Guardians of the Revolution and ballistic missiles. A separate Hebrew-language report mirrors Macron’s stance, insisting that Hormuz should be opened through diplomacy rather than force.

In Uplifting News, a Passover tribute from a Jerusalem neighborhood pharmacy spotlights Mazor, a family-run drugstore in the German Colony. The Kimiagarov family has owned Mazor since 1981, and the shop has endured despite a Super-Pharm branch opening directly across the street 12 years ago, as well as changes brought by local infrastructure projects. The piece highlights how this small, community-focused pharmacy continues to provide care and healing to neighbors as the Seder season approaches.

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