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A satellite imagery shows Bab el Mandeb Strait, a key shipping waterway and the gateway to the Red Sea, as Iran threatens using Yemen’s Houthi allies to shut the Bab el-Mandeb gateway to the Red Sea, in this handout picture dated July 12, 2026.(photo credit: NASA Worldview/Handout via REUTERS)
July 23, 9:10 AM
Houthis say they attacked Saudi tankers in Red Sea, threatening new oil chokepoint in Iran warFive tankers have rerouted to avoid Bab el-Mandeb as fears grow that Red Sea disruptions could further raise oil prices, impact shipping routes, and strain US military resources.ByREUTERS
An oil tanker docks at Keelung Port in Keelung, Taiwan April 19, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/EDGAR SU/FILE PHOTO)Go to the full article > >
July 23, 9:10 AM
US escalates Iran campaign with first B-1 bomber strike since conflict resumed, sources tell ‘Post’Using B-1 bombers, which can carry two dozen 2,000-lb. bombs or dozens of cruise missiles, signaled a significant escalation and expansion of the US military campaign, per Axios. ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, AMICHAI STEIN
American B-1 bomber fighters fly over Israel alongside IDF F-15 jets(photo credit: IDF)Go to the full article > >
July 23, 9:10 AM
US increasing military forces in Middle East as Trump considers escalation against Iran – report According to the WSJ, US President Donald Trump is considering expanding his attacks on Iran, and the added forces in the region are intended to provide him with more military options.ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A US Air Force F-16 fighter jet refuels during a patrol over the Middle East, pictured in an image shared by US Central Command on July 12, 2026.(photo credit: screenshot/X/@CENTCOM)Go to the full article > >
July 23, 5:17 AM
Saudi-owned vessel targeted in Red Sea, crew safe, state news agency saysByREUTERS
July 23, 4:45 AM
US House passes $1 trillion defense bill despite Iran, Israel concernsUS Democrats object to the ongoing and deeply unpopular war with Iran, which the Pentagon said has cost the US $37.5 billion so far.ByREUTERS
US President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks the new Qatari-gifted Air Force One, while he arrives at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, US, July 17, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/Evan Vucci)Go to the full article > >
July 23, 4:45 AM
Kuwait military intercepts Iranian drones, IRGC claim tanker explosion in Strait of HormuzThe IRGC spokesperson added that US interventions in Iran “have no effect on the world except the energy crisis and the reduction of agricultural fertilizers.”ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke billows near the oil facility in Mangaf, Kuwait, July 18, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.(photo credit: Social Media/via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
July 23, 4:45 AM
CENTCOM aims to degrade Iranian attack capabilites on ships in latest round of strikes against IranSeveral explosions were heard in the southern Iranian city of Sirik on Thursday morningByESTHER DAVIS
An explosion at an unknown location, during what U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) says are strikes on Iran, in this screengrab taken from a handout video released on July 20, 2026. (photo credit: CENTCOM/Handout via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
July 23, 4:45 AM
Mossad chief meets CIA director as US, Israel coordinate on Iran – reportAccording to Axios’ sources, the visit aimed to coordinate the US and Israel ahead of the ongoing negotiations with Iran and the nuclear issue.ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Mossad Chief Roman Gofman waits before a joint press conference of US President Donald Trump and Netanyahu in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.(photo credit: REUTERS/JONATHAN ERNST)Go to the full article > >