{"id":318196,"date":"2026-03-02T17:28:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/318196\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T17:28:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T17:28:19","slug":"live-updates-trump-warns-iran-about-larger-strikes-as-war-spirals-in-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/318196\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Trump warns Iran about larger strikes as war spirals in Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9bbx9o000m396rlydonnc4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel announced on Saturday the closure of all the crossings into Gaza \u201cuntil further notice\u201d amid the ongoing strikes on Iran, according to a statement from the liaison agency.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9bd90d000p396ryb44peu2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Israel\u2019s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) claimed the closures were \u201cnecessary security adjustments,\u201d adding that the rotation of humanitarian personnel in and out of Gaza was postponed.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9bd90d000q396rh00ip6cs@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            COGAT claimed the closure of the crossings \u201cwill have no impact\u201d on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and that the existing stock of food in Gaza is expected to suffice for an extended period.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9bd90d000r396rgoaxzk35@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe substantial quantities of food that have entered since the beginning of the October 2025 ceasefire amount to four times the nutritional needs of the population, according to the UN methodology,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/cogatonline\/status\/2027817097187807461\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">statement read<\/a>.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9bd90d000s396r98vhvi7y@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Humanitarian groups have been critical of the amount of aid and food crossing into Gaza since the ceasefire went into effect in mid-October.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9bd90d000t396rbdo5k55w@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The World Central Kitchen that operates in Gaza said in a statement Wednesday that to continue their work, \u201ca consistent flow of aid trucks must cross every day from Egypt to Gaza. Lately, that number has not been enough.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9bd90d000u396rnmn7k5li@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The closure includes the Rafah crossing, which was closed throughout most of the two-year Gaza war. It was only reopened partially for residents in the beginning of February as part of the US-brokered ceasefire agreement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9fqrw30000396w8lqhd1o1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The UK-based NGO Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP) warned Israel\u2019s blanket closure of border crossings would have a \u201cdirect impact\u201d on Palestinians in Gaza. People are rushing to stockpile food, which is unaffordable for families forcibly displaced from their homes, MAP said in a statement today.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9frqjj0003396wa2bgsqgr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Abeer Salman and Sana Noor Haq contributed reporting.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmm9g6pqg00003b6w1fm8vv69@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            This post has been updated with the statement from MAP.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israel announced on Saturday the closure of all the crossings into Gaza \u201cuntil further notice\u201d amid the ongoing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-318196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}