Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-04-25 at 02:01

HEADLINES
- Court exposes Hamas funding network via Turkey
- US sanctions Hengli refinery for Iranian oil
- New Immigrants Experience Holidays Differently in Israel

The time is now 2:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, a Central District Court ruling has unveiled a covert financial network designed to funnel money to Hamas, supporting the terror group’s efforts in the Israel-Gaza conflict. Hamas affiliates based in Turkey coordinated the transfer of millions of shekels to contacts in the West Bank and Gaza through intermediaries operating within Israel. Central to the operation was Fadi Arabi, whose brother is connected to Hamas operatives in Turkey. Arabi was joined by several others, including Adem Dolani, who received a five-year prison sentence and a fine of 270,000 shekels. According to the amended indictment, Dolani and other accomplices executed seven transfers totaling about 2.2 million shekels, funds allegedly meant to assist, promote, or reward the commission of serious terrorist offenses. The indictment also notes that Dolani deleted communications with his associates and the Turkish contact after directions to erase evidence.

In the US Policy Concerning Israel, the Trump administration said it had imposed sanctions on an independent teapot refinery in China for buying billions of dollars’ worth of Iranian oil, as Washington and Tehran head into another round of peace talks over the weekend. The Treasury Department targeted Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Refinery, which it said is one of Iran’s largest customers of crude oil and petroleum products. The department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control also sanctioned about 40 shipping companies and vessels tied to Iran’s shadow fleet. China has opposed unilateral sanctions, with its embassy in Washington saying normal trade should not be harmed and calling on the United States to stop politicizing trade and tech issues and stop abusing sanctions to hit Chinese companies. The administration last year imposed sanctions on teapots Hebei Xinhai Chemical Group, Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical, and Shandong Shengxing Chemical.

In the Israeli Domestic Politics, the pieces urge reflection on how holidays remain constant even as personal experience shifts with time and life circumstances. The author notes that children meet Passover with awe, while their parents experience it differently, and the same dynamic applies to civic holidays. New immigrants, for example, may not experience Remembrance Day or Independence Day as native-born Israelis do because they lack the same memories, connections, or sense of loss. Those days feel different in the early years after arrival and after decades have passed. The author recalls Remembrance Day as a solemn, evolving experience from the moment of arrival, growing more meaningful as personal memories accumulate.

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SOURCES
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-894095
https://www.jpost.com/international/article-894093
https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-893811