Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-04-10 at 21:02

HEADLINES
Historic US Iran talks in Islamabad
Northern Israel under Hezbollah attack
Lebanon urges pause before Israel talks

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 Regional Impacts, a United States team led by Vice President JD Vance has left for Islamabad for weekend talks with Iran, even as both sides accuse each other of breaking commitments made to secure a temporary ceasefire. White House officials said they are skeptical that the talks could immediately reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s lead negotiators said they could not even begin without commitments on Lebanon and sanctions. Iranian parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the ceasefire had to include Israel’s assault on Hezbollah in Lebanon and that Iranian assets blocked by sanctions must be released. It would be the highest-level meeting between the United States and Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. As Vance, along with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner, flew to Islamabad, the Pakistani capital was under an unprecedented lockdown, with thousands of paramilitary personnel and army troops on the streets.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Northern Israel is under fire as Hezbollah attacks continue; Sirens sounded in Safed and the Galilee as Hezbollah continued its strikes, and US officials warned that Iran still holds thousands of missiles. Hezbollah continues attacks, and President Donald Trump said the Hormuz Strait will reopen soon. Tehran signaled conditional talks with Washington in Pakistan.

In US Policy Concerning Israel, The United States and Lebanon have requested that Israel temporarily cease attacks against Hezbollah before peace talks between Israel and Lebanon begin, according to an Axios report. Citing two sources with knowledge of the issue, Axios said Lebanon had made the request through US mediators, describing a pause in fighting as a potential Israeli gesture to Lebanon. Some Israeli officials support the proposal, believing it could help negotiations move forward. According to Axios, Lebanon has suggested returning to the principles of the November 2024 ceasefire as a basis for the pause, with Israel responding only to imminent threats from Hezbollah. The report said the request was still under review by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with US officials already agreeing to the move. The Lebanese leadership had stated that the US would be mediating the talks, and the move comes as those talks are contemplated.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, Antisemitism is returning – and the world is silent, again - opinion argues that history’s lessons are at risk of being ignored as confrontation with Iran looms. The piece points to Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, the collaboration of Haj Amin al-Husseini, the mufti of Jerusalem, with the Nazi regime, and the troubling link between Nazi ideology and radical political Islam, framed against a critique of appeasement echoes by Neville Chamberlain. In The sky is no longer silent: Antisemitism persists, but Jews are no longer defenseless - opinion notes Holocaust Remembrance Day as a moment to remember the past and reaffirm the responsibility to prevent another catastrophe, while acknowledging that Jews today are active participants in history; it references Theodor Herzl and the early Zionists’ concerns about antisemitism in Europe.

In Uplifting News, Good morning from Osaka City Central Public Hall, where we’re about to begin the conference. Good morning from Osaka City Central Public Hall, where we’re about to begin the conference. Artemis 2: minutes of tension as the spacecraft entered the atmosphere, with six minutes of blackout during atmospheric entry before contact was restored; NASA astronaut observers aboard the International Space Station monitor the approach to Orion’s landing.

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