Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - August 15, 2026, 02 PM Eastern

Israel Today: Ongoing War Report · Aug 15, 2026 · 3m

This report covers a significant military escalation in southern Lebanon following a Hezbollah drone attack that injured IDF soldiers, leading to retaliatory Israeli strikes on a Hezbollah command center. Prime Minister Netanyahu's office stated Hezbollah used civilians as human shields. The episode also details incidents in the disputed territories, including settlers entering the West Bank village of Kusra amid an IDF probe and an IDF tank encountering a Hamas explosive device in Gaza. We report on an investigation into alleged antisemitic acts at a Portuguese university and touch upon…