Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-02-26 at 17:01

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Kamikaze Drone Unit Debuts in Middle East
Carlson Promotes Khazar DNA Tests for Jews
Brooklyn Man Guilty of Antisemitic Hate Crimes

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 the conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, the Pentagon's first US kamikaze drone unit, Task Force Scorpion, is now operational in the Middle East and prepared to act if President Trump orders strikes on Iran. The unit is equipped with low-cost "LUCAS" one-way attack drones, priced at about $35,000 each, designed to target softer sites such as missile installations. While it represents only a small part of the broader US military buildup, any deployment would mark the unit's first combat use and could support efforts to expand the military's use of drones.

In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, Tucker Carlson pushes DNA tests for Jews: the Khazar theory that antisemites can’t shake. The largely discredited theory states that Ashkenazi Jews are genetically descended from a Turkic minority that converted to Judaism in the Middle Ages rather than from the 12 tribes of Israel. During a recent interview with Mike Huckabee, Carlson floated genetic testing to determine rightful claim to the land, asking, “Why don’t we do genetic testing on everybody in the land and find out who Abram’s descendants are?” He also singled out Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as illegitimate. A Brooklyn man was convicted Wednesday for a series of bias-driven attacks in Lower Manhattan, including an antisemitic assault on a Jewish couple in Union Square; Skiboky Stora, 42, was found guilty of assault, stalking, attempted assault and aggravated harassment—all as hate crimes.

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https://t.me/JewishNews24/50231
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-888178
https://t.me/JewishNews24/50232