HEADLINES
- Kuwait strike kills soldiers; aid requests ignored
- Gulf fears retaliation disrupts energy, shipping
- Israel strikes Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon

The time is now 5:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In US Military Role, at least one soldier who was killed in the Iranian strike on a US military outpost in Kuwait could have survived if requests for medical supplies weeks before had not been ignored, survivors said, in a CBS report. According to several soldiers, neither their unit nor the facility was prepared for the strike, which killed six US soldiers and wounded 20, the day after the war began on March 1. The unit had expressed concerns weeks before about both the number of medical personnel on hand and the availability and accessibility of medical supplies, and they received no response. Additionally, Master Sergeant Ann Marie Carrier told CBS that the Army had no plan for a mass-casualty event and that there were no run-throughs or rehearsals before the start of Operation Epic Fury. “We didn’t have any training,” Carrier said. “There was really nothing in place for something like that to happen.” CBS described the aftermath of the strike as unorganized and chaotic, with soldiers commandeering civilian vans and trying to find a local hospital for the wounded. Major Stephen Ramsbottom told CBS that he believed one of the fallen soldiers, Master Sergeant Nicole Amor, could have survived if there had been more medical personnel and supplies at the post.

In Regional Impacts, Gulf leaders fear that even a limited American strike on Iranian energy or military infrastructure could provoke retaliatory attacks targeting desalination facilities, electrical grids, oil infrastructure, and shipping lanes throughout the Gulf. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar urged President Trump to hold off on the planned strike, and Trump wrote that in negotiations with those leaders a deal could be reached that would be very acceptable to the United States. Regional analysts caution that even a limited strike could widen the conflict and bring wider disruption to Gulf energy and infrastructure. Separately, observers note that Ben-Gurion Airport is expected to remain operational even in renewed hostilities with Iran, with officials arguing that Iran’s launch capabilities have declined and that the country is now only capable of small salvos of 10–15 missiles rather than large, past-scale barrages.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Israel carried out a fire belt of eight airstrikes on Hezbollah terrorist infrastructure in Kafr Jouz al-Kafour, in southern Lebanon.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, US Vice President JD Vance said there has been a lot of progress in talks with Iran, and neither side wants to see a resumption of the military campaign. He said he had just spoken with Trump, who stressed that the core issue for the US is that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon. Vance said a deal is the aim, warning that if Iran acquires a nuclear weapon, Gulf and other nations would seek their own capabilities. The United States wants a process to ensure Iran cannot rebuild its nuclear capacity in the years ahead. Separately, the US Treasury sanctioned an Iranian foreign currency exchange house and associated front companies, Amin Exchange, describing Iran’s shadow banking network as facilitating illicit funding for terrorist purposes. The managers named were Yousef Ebrahimi, Mahmoud Ebrahimi, Samad Nemati, and Ali Hazrati Chakherlo. The sanctions come as part of broader efforts to disrupt Tehran’s financial networks. In other developments, Rubio heads to a NATO meeting in Sweden amid concerns about President Trump’s Europe troop reductions and the Iran war fallout, before traveling to India for Quad-related meetings. The Treasury also sanctioned Islamist Gaza flotilla organizers, signaling ongoing initiatives to constrain operatives linked to broader regional tensions.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, the Knesset dissolution bill vote is set for Wednesday for its first plenum vote amid a coalition crisis over the haredi draft bill. If the bill passes, it would move the election date forward slightly from October 27 and would proceed to debate in the House Committee, requiring three readings to take effect. The opposition plans to introduce its own dissolution bill for a Wednesday vote as well. In a separate development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it has finished taking control of all flotilla ships; flotilla activists are on their way to Israel to meet with consular representatives.

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