Update from Israel

May 14, 2026 

Prepared by and sent from Jewish Federations of North America's Israel Office 

• Knesset set to dissolve - Israel appears headed to early elections
• IDF reservist killed in Lebanon
• Netanyahu says NYT article claiming abuse of Hamas prisoners is “one of the most hideous and distorted lies ever published against the State of Israel in the modern press.”

Lebanon

• On Monday, an IDF reservist, Warrant Officer (res.) Alexander Glovanyov, 47, was killed when an explosive drone launched by Hezbollah struck Israeli territory near the northern border. Several additional explosive drones were launched in the same incident;  three soldiers were lightly wounded in separate Hezbollah drone attacks in southern Lebanon that day.  Alexander is survived by his wife and two children, including a newborn baby.

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