{"id":971336,"date":"2026-07-31T13:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/971336\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T13:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T13:23:30","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-middle-east-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/971336\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostUS, BoP officials discuss details of Gaza reconstruction plan \u2022 IDF destroys Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon \u2022 US officials say deal will prevent next Oct. 7Follow us on Google<\/strong><\/a>\"SmokeSmoke rises from southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation, July 30, 2026.(photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n

July 31, 1:46 PM<\/p>\n

Kuwait army destroys Iranian drones entering its airspaceByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

July 31, 1:25 PM<\/p>\n

Trump convenes cabinet meeting at Camp David on Iran war, as Republicans threatened by gas pricesUnlike some past presidents, Trump has largely stayed away from the mountaintop presidential redoubt in western Maryland, preferring to spend time at his golf resorts when not at the White House.ByREUTERS\"Enlarge\"\"USUS President Donald Trump, with incoming White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) President and Fox News Senior White House Correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, takes the lectern to deliver remarks at the WHCA Dinner, in Washington, DC, US, July 24, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS\/JONATHAN ERNST)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

July 31, 12:59 PM<\/p>\n

IRGC stops two tankers from passing through Strait of Hormuz – reportByREUTERS<\/p>\n

July 31, 11:29 AM<\/p>\n

IDF escorts Israelis out of Nablus following excursion into prohibited Area AByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS<\/a><\/p>\n

July 31, 11:07 AM<\/p>\n

Hamas official says group will reject Board of Peace disarmament deal if Israel does not approveThe official said that the Gaza agreement is a phased agreement which must be implemented by stages.ByREUTERS\"Enlarge\"\"IsraeliIsraeli soldiers stand next to armored personnel carriers (APCs) near the Gaza border, in Israel, September 16, 2025(photo credit: REUTERS\/AMIR COHEN)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

July 31, 11:07 AM<\/p>\n

Pickaxe Mountain exposes Trump-Netanyahu divide on Iran, experts sayNetanyahu brought new intelligence on activity at Iran\u2019s fortified underground site to Washington, but the White House offered no public commitment on how it would respond.ByGABRIEL COLODRO\/THE MEDIA LINE\"Enlarge\"\"PrimePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets US President Donald Trump in the White House, July 28, 2026.(photo credit: MAAYAN TOAF\/GPO)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

July 31, 11:07 AM<\/p>\n

British-Azerbaijani national arrested for allegedly spying on airbase in Cyprus for Iran’s IRGCRashad Sultanov, 44, from Islington in north London, was arrested on July 17 by Cypriot authorities and is being held in custody as extradition proceedings progress, the Metropolitan Police said.ByREUTERS\"Enlarge\"\"TheThe entrance of RAF Akrotiri pictured on March 2, 2026 in Akrotiri, Cyprus.(photo credit: Alexis Mitas\/Getty Images)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

July 31, 9:38 AM<\/p>\n

Hamas disarmament plan will ensure Oct. 7 ‘never happens again,’ US officials saySenior US officials said: “One of the important things for Israel is that it will not withdraw as long as there is a Hamas threat; Israel’s withdrawal will occur according to a [later] schedule.”ByIDAN KWELLER<\/a>, ARIELLA ROITMAN<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\" Israeli security gather near a rifle at the site of a battle following a mass infiltration by Hamas gunmen from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot(photo credit: REUTERS\/Ronen Zvulun)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

July 31, 9:15 AM<\/p>\n

IRGC officials urged Hamas not to sign disarmament deal during late-stage negotiations – report Hamas representatives reportedly met with IRGC officials on a recent visit to Iran for the funeral of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei, per\u00a0Axios.\u00a0ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"(FILE(FILE PHOTO) Members of security forces look on during a funeral procession held for IRGC Navy Chief Alireza Tangsiri, alongside other senior naval commanders and their families who were killed in US-Israeli strikes in late March, on April 1, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.(photo credit: Majid Saeedi\/Getty Images)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

July 31, 8:55 AM<\/p>\n

Bab el-Mandeb sees 25 commodity vessels transit, Hormuz traffic stays thinByREUTERSLoad More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostUS, BoP officials discuss details of…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":971337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[372,69,5247,4527,83,5599,5241,99128,99,6112,7218,38339,50,266321,266253,354409],"class_list":["post-971336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-drone","tag-hamas","tag-iran","tag-iran-israel","tag-irgc","tag-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps","tag-israel","tag-israel-iran-war","tag-live-updates","tag-memorandum-of-understanding","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-us-iran-deal"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117014812642723070","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971336","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=971336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/971336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/971337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=971336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=971336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=971336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}