Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-05-24 at 03:02

HEADLINES
Iran Declares Victory, Resilience Defies Collapse
Israel Education Should Teach Zionist History
China Launches Yearlong Shenzhou-23 Space Mission

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 הם חוגגים ניצחון בטהראן — ואצלנו שומרים על זכות השתיקה ​מפקד משמרות המהפכה האיראניים בהצהרה שמבהירה בדיוק מי לדעתו ניצח במערכה הזו: 'ההתנגדות האיראנית אילצה את האויב להתחנן להפסקת אש ולהיכנע לכל תנאינו'. Iran’s leadership, as conveyed in the statement, asserts a victory and describes the enemy as having sought a ceasefire and conceded to Tehran’s terms.

In Iran did not win the war, it won something more dangerous - opinion, The analysis argues that after more than seventy days of conflict Iran is not defeated, decapitated, or negotiating from weakness. The central decisions about the next phase are being made inside a military institution that many outside observers did not fully anticipate. The idea that destroying Iran’s central command would trigger institutional collapse is challenged by the evidence of a resilient leadership and a hardened military framework; even after the killing of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on February 28, the system did not pause, panic, or surrender, and CIA assessments indicate Iran’s military capacity has not collapsed despite an intensive US air campaign.

In The future of Israeli education depends on teaching history, not headlines - opinion, the piece argues that chasing headlines may feel urgent, but genuine Israel education goes beyond current events. True Israel education transmits the enduring principles of Zionism by immersing students in the full sweep of Jewish and Zionist history, from biblical times through modern Zionism to the Yishuv, 1948, and the decades that followed. Current-events briefings have value in keeping students informed about today’s realities, but they cannot substitute for a broad, elevating historical perspective that reveals patterns and purpose amid chaos. Separately, the small cabinet is set to convene this evening.

In הקבינט המצומצם יתכנס הערב, the cabinet update notes that the security cabinet will meet this evening.

In China to send astronaut on year-long space mission as it eyes 2030 moon landing, China will launch the Shenzhou-23 mission on Sunday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, carrying three astronauts aboard the Long March-2F Y23 rocket. Liftoff is scheduled for 11:08 p.m. local time (1508 GMT). The crew includes Li Jiaying, a former Hong Kong police inspector and the first Hong Kong-born astronaut on a Chinese space mission, along with Commander Zhu Yangzhu and Pilot Zhang Yuanzhi. One member will remain aboard the Tiangong space station for about a year, making this one of the longest Chinese missions to date, while the roles and durations for the other crew members will be decided later based on progress. The mission aims to advance long-duration human physiology research as Beijing pursues a crewed moon landing by 2030, a milestone in China’s expanding presence in space and its competition with the United States in the space race.

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