{"id":1028672,"date":"2026-08-28T02:58:23","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1028672\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T02:58:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T02:58:23","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-the-middle-east-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1028672\/","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 PostNetanyahu held direct talks with Hamas behind security establishment’s back during 2014 Gaza war \u2022 Israel considers expelling British and European officials from Int’l Gaza Support CenterFollow us on Google<\/strong><\/a>\"SmokeSmoke rises from fires ignited by Israeli shelling that targeted the plain of Marjayoun in southern Lebanon on August 25, 2026. (photo credit: AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)<\/p>\n

August 28, 4:33 AM<\/p>\n

US clears Strait of Hormuz as 50,000 troops maintain blockade of Iran, CENTCOM chief saysNearly 1500 vessels carrying roughly 750 million barrels of crude oil have transited the strait in the past months, Cooper said, adding that this was done with the protection of US forces.ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"USUS forces operating in the Strait of Hormuz, July 17, 2026.(photo credit: Screenshot\/X\/@PeteHegseth)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 28, 2:13 AM<\/p>\n

Trump: Iran is ‘begging’ for a deal with USByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

August 28, 12:38 AM<\/p>\n

Al-Sharaa appoints former SDF head as senior adviserByREUTERS<\/p>\n

August 28, 12:08 AM<\/p>\n

IDF strikes Syria – reportByMAARIV<\/p>\n

August 27, 10:57 PM<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s security head dismisses reports of plot targeting Trump\u2019s son after US warningByREUTERS\"Enlarge\"\"IranianIranian military commander Mohsen Rezaee attends the funeral ceremonies for Ali Shamkhani, political advisor to Iran\u2019s late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in airstrikes, in Tehran, Iran, March 14, 2026; illustrative.(photo credit: REUTERS\/ALAA AL MARJANI)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 27, 7:54 PM<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s Hormuz trump card is rapidly losing strategic value, expert tells ‘Post’ – interviewAlthough 14 to 15 million barrels of oil passed through Hormuz per day before the war, an expert told the Post that it was entirely possible to manage without much of that supply.ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"LightningLightning occurs when META 4, an Oil Products Tanker, sails into Muscat Anchorage on March 21, 2026 at Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat, Oman.President Donald Trump had threatened to attack Iran’s energy infrastructure if it did not end its de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz by March 23.(photo credit: Elke Scholiers\/Getty Images)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 27, 7:51 PM<\/p>\n

Iran regime will fall through mix of operations, economic pressure, ex-Mossad chief Barnea saysBarnea, in his first speech since leaving the post of Israel’s spy chief in June, also said that Hezbollah and Hamas are weaker now than they were before the October 7 massacre.ByYONAH JEREMY BOB<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"Ex-MossadEx-Mossad chief David Barnea (L) and Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion (R) at the Jerusalem Municipality, August 27, 2026.(photo credit: JERUSALEM MUNICIPALITY)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 27, 5:24 PM<\/p>\n

PM, Defense Minister deny any instruction exists to reopen Erez Border Crossing into Gaza StripThere are preparations to open the crossing on September 1, but it still requires final approval, sources from COGAT told The Jerusalem Post.ByJAMES GENN<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"ViewView of the Erez border crossing between Israel and Gaza, which has been closed since the October 7 massacre, on December 16, 2025.(photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov\/Flash90)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

August 27, 4:43 PM<\/p>\n

IDF retrieves drone after emergency landing in Negev desertByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

August 27, 3:56 PM<\/p>\n

Iranian oil sales, deliveries have not stopped despite reduction, oil minister saysByREUTERSLoad More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East | The Jerusalem PostNetanyahu held direct talks with…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1028673,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[372,238590,69,5247,4526,232739,4527,4783,4784,13850,83,6111,99,7218,3097,374,269500,50,411362,266321,266253,5503,103],"class_list":["post-1028672","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-board-of-peace","tag-donald-trump","tag-drone","tag-gaza-strip","tag-gazan-board-of-peace","tag-hamas","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-idf-soldiers","tag-iran","tag-iran-nuclear","tag-israel","tag-live-updates","tag-middle-east","tag-missiles","tag-mojtaba-khamenei","tag-news","tag-operation-economic-fury","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-world"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117170899797501038","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028672","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1028672"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1028672\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1028673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1028672"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1028672"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1028672"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}