Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostIsraelis cross border into Syria • IDF faces looming manpower gap • Source: Drone attack on nuclear plant was message for UAE • Trump admin. reoprtedly urging UAE to seize Iran’s Lavan IslandActivists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, gather at a port before their departure in the southern Turkish resort of Marmaris, Turkey, May 14, 2026.Activists from the Global Sumud Flotilla, aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade, gather at a port before their departure in the southern Turkish resort of Marmaris, Turkey, May 14, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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May 18, 5:25 AM

IDF faces looming manpower gap as ultra-Orthodox draft fight stalls service extensionThe haredi draft issue is growing in urgency as the bill returned to the Knesset agenda amid a coalition crisis that may dissolve the Knesset.BySARAH BEN-NUNEnlargeIDF troops active in Southern Lebanon, published on April 28, 2026. IDF troops active in Southern Lebanon, published on April 28, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON’S UNIT)Go to the full article > >

May 18, 5:25 AM

Turkish flotilla to reach Israel in 48 hours, Netanyahu to meet with defense officialsAn Israeli official told the Post that Netanyahu held a preliminary security consultation on the matter on Sunday.ByAMICHAI STEINEnlargePeople raise V-signs and take photos from a boat decorated with Palestinian flags as another vessel displaying solidarity signs sails past near the port in Marmaris, Turkey, on May 14, 2026.People raise V-signs and take photos from a boat decorated with Palestinian flags as another vessel displaying solidarity signs sails past near the port in Marmaris, Turkey, on May 14, 2026.(photo credit: Murat Kocabas / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)Go to the full article > >

May 18, 5:25 AM

IDF catches ten Israeli civilians who crossed Israel-Syria borderIDF soldiers operating in the area returned the civilians from Syrian to Israeli territory, before transferring them to the Israel Police.ByTZVI JASPEREnlargeVIEW OF the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.VIEW OF the Israeli border area with Syria, as seen from the northern Golan Heights, April 11, 2026.(photo credit: MICHAEL GILADI/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >

May 18, 5:25 AM

Trump says ‘clock is ticking for Iran’ after call with Netanyahu on China, Hormuz”For Iran, the Clock is ticking, and they better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them. TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. ByAMICHAI STEIN, REUTERSEnlargeUS President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a press conference after meeting at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, US, December 29, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)Go to the full article > >