Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-06-09 at 21:01

HEADLINES
US Iran Talks Unimpeded By Strikes
Bandar Abbas Explosions Shake Southern Iran
Israeli Airstrikes Hit Tyre Area Lebanon

The time is now 9:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Negotiations with Tehran unimpeded by US strikes on Iran, US officials say, President Donald Trump told ABC News that he believes the United States and Iran will still reach a very good deal after the strikes, in a phone call just before CENTCOM announced actions. CENTCOM described the strikes as a proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression in reference to the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz. Several US officials stress the strikes would not block negotiations to end the war, with CNN noting the strikes were seen as a warning shot and a White House official telling POLITICO that a deal with Iran remains close, asserting that two things can happen at the same time.

In Regional Impacts, multiple explosions were heard within the last few minutes near Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan Province, Southern Iran, according to the report. The blasts were described again in brief summaries, with no attribution given in the provided material.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, footage shows Israeli airstrikes in Aabbasiyyeh and other towns in the area of Tyre, southern Lebanon.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, when asked if you asked Netanyahu not to hit back, President Trump said no. He added that he told him to do what’s right but to stop as quickly as possible, stressing that the matter concerns Lebanon and that it must stop, and that the aim is to get the situation finished.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, three people, including one Border Police officer, were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder. The investigation found that the officer, a man in his 20s, and two family members who are IDF officers plotted an ambush to carry out the murder in May in southern Israel; the Border Police officer had been absent from his post for about a year, and one of the suspects is a colonel in the IDF reserves while the other is a man in his 20s currently serving in the IDF. Detention for the Border Police officer was extended by nine days, and the others by three days, with the probe ongoing.

Clashes in Jerusalem and Beit Shemesh saw hundreds of Haredim protest the arrest of draft evaders, burning garbage bins, throwing rocks, and blocking roads and the light rail. The demonstrators called for the release of draft evaders and rioters who vandalized the home of Supreme Court justice Noam Sohlberg, with organizers describing the actions as exceeding red lines.

Thank you for tuning in to this Israel Today: Ongoing War Report update.
I'm Noa Levi. Stay safe and informed.
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https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-898910
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