Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-06-24 at 23:01

HEADLINES
Iran Rejects Transit Framework Threatening Shipping
Wounded Soldiers Claim Pentagon Downplayed Injuries
Caracas Devastated by 7.2 and 7.5 Quakes

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 Iranian Retaliation, Iran’s IRGC-N has rejected the Omani-International Maritime Organization transit framework announced earlier. Per the release, in what is seemingly a veiled threat to resume the targeting of commercial shipping and/or limit mine clearance efforts, the IRGC-N said “The proposed route is unacceptable and poses serious safety risks.”

In US Military Role, wounded US soldiers accuse the Pentagon of downplaying injuries - report. The Army has strongly disputed this claim, telling CBS that military designations, including “not seriously injured” and “combat casualty,” have specific definitions that have been misinterpreted. CBS News cited cases such as Chief Warrant Officer Rodney Bearman, who was hit by shrapnel during an Iranian drone strike on a US base in Kuwait on March 1, and later medical records showed a concussion, hearing and vision loss, and lung damage, even though he was labeled not seriously injured. Sergeant First Class Cory Hicks suffered severe shrapnel wounds and underwent emergency surgeries in Kuwait, while a US Army official told his wife the injuries were “minor.” Separately, Trump meets arms makers as US pushes to rebuild missile stockpiles. Defense executives are set to meet President Donald Trump at the White House as Washington seeks to expand weapons production after the war with Iran and other conflicts strained Pentagon stockpiles, alongside a $35 billion THAAD contract awarded to Lockheed Martin.

In Regional Impacts, Rescue work underway after quakes rock Venezuela, 'high casualties' likely. Strong earthquakes struck west of Caracas, with a magnitude 7.2 quake about 160 km (100 miles) west of Caracas, followed less than a minute later by a magnitude 7.5 tremor, according to the USGS. The USGS warned that high casualties and extensive damage are probable, and authorities reported collapsed buildings, rescues, and a growing number of injured. In Caracas, video showed emergency crews during ongoing rescues as night fell. Utter devastation seen across the Northern Venezuelan coastal city of La Guaira, following tonight’s pair of major earthquakes, measuring 7.2 and 7.5 with an epicenter just to the west of Caracas. Search-and-rescue operations are fully underway across the Venezuelan capital of Caracas, with dozens of collapsed buildings reported throughout the city and across areas of Northern Venezuela.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, Nearly half of Americans think US is ‘too supportive’ of Israel — poll. A Quinnipiac University survey found 48% of American voters believe the United States is too supportive of Israel, the highest figure since the pollster began asking the question in 2017. The same poll showed 60% of respondents say military intervention in Iran is not worth it, while 38% say support for Israel is about right and 7% say not supportive enough. Party breakdown shows 66% of Democrats think the US is too supportive of Israel, 9% not supportive enough, and 18% about right; among Republicans, 20% think the US is too supportive, 69% say about right, and 6% not supportive enough; independents split with 55% saying too supportive, 34% about right, and 7% not supportive enough. Trump brands NYC’s victorious Israel critics as ‘communists.’ Following the Democratic candidates aligned with Mamdani sweeping key races in New York, President Trump labeled the critics as communists in social media posts, framing them as a challenge to his stance on Israel.

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