{"id":250844,"date":"2026-08-16T01:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/250844\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T01:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:56:16","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-the-middle-east-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/250844\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East | The Jerusalem PostSome 15 settlers enter Kusra despite IDF closure \u2022 Three Iranian military pilots held captive in Qatar for six months without contact; Qatar denies reports, says it found remains of oneFollow us on Google<\/a>\"IsraeliIsraeli Navy Force soldiers operate on Navy vessels off the coast of of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod.(photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n

August 16, 4:45 AM<\/p>\n

IDF strikes Hezbollah command center after attack seriously wounds three soldiers in s. LebanonIDF reportedly conducted additional strikes early Sunday morning \u2022 IDF: Three soldiers wounded in strike from explosive Hezbollah droneBySHOSHANA BAKER<\/a>, CORINNE BAUM<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"TwoTwo IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.(photo credit: JONATHAN SPYER)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 16, 4:43 AM<\/p>\n

Navy rebuilds Gaza coastal defense into ‘Iron Wall’ after October 7 failuresAccording to the sailors, Hamas is attempting to rebuild its naval capabilities from the ruins, developing low-tech methods using basic rowboats and paddles.ByAMIR BOHBOT<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"AnAn Israeli Navy patrol boat sails off the coast of Haifa, as seen from Haifa beach, May 26, 2026. (photo credit: Sharon Label\/Flash 90)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 16, 4:41 AM<\/p>\n

Explosion near Libya’s Zawiya power station knocks generating units offlineThe incident comes days after the company said an attack on the South Zawiya substation caused a complete outage and cut power to wide areas south of the city.ByREUTERS\"Enlarge\"\"AA fuel tank after fire was extinguished at the Zawiya oil complex following drone strikes, in Zawiya, Libya, August 12, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS\/Hamza Al Ahmar)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 16, 4:41 AM<\/p>\n

Iran’s Ghalibaf ‘in contact’ with Hezbollah terrorists despite Lebanese objections – reportMeanwhile, the IDF continues to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon following ceasefire violations by the terrorist group, with Hezbollah saying the latest strike would be “met accordingly.”ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"Iran'sIran’s top negotiator and speaker of its Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, meets the head of Pakistan’s Army Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir (not pictured) on April 16, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.(photo credit: Hamed Malekpour\/Iranian Parliament Communication Office\/Handout via Getty Images)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 16, 4:41 AM<\/p>\n

Palestinians say settlers want to \u2018expel us, kill us\u2019 as Jewish extremists return to KusraPalestinian residents who remain in the area told KAN News that they still feel threatened by Jewish extremists in the area.ByCORINNE BAUM<\/a>, SHIR PERETS<\/a>, REUTERS\"Enlarge\"\"IsraeliIsraeli settlers gather outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.(photo credit: VOBR\/via REUTERS)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East | The Jerusalem PostSome 15 settlers enter Kusra…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[33],"tags":[211,41,38,2254,34731,100,34,424,37,1096,93,2206,38528,55170,212,92,101],"class_list":["post-250844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-abbas-araghchi","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-gaza-strip","tag-hamas-disarmament","tag-hezbollah","tag-iran","tag-irgc","tag-israel","tag-jd-vance","tag-lebanon","tag-live-updates","tag-memorandum-of-understanding","tag-normalization","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117102706004902752","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}