{"id":418168,"date":"2026-04-30T10:14:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/418168\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T10:14:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T10:14:14","slug":"report-u-s-prepares-plan-for-short-and-powerful-wave-of-strikes-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/418168\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: U.S. Prepares Plan for &#8216;Short and Powerful&#8217; Wave of Strikes on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Here are Wednesday&#8217;s latest updates:<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Israeli defense officials confirmed that Israeli forces took control of vessels participating in a Gaza-bound flotilla, following reports from organizers that Israeli forces on speedboats had approached their ships and aimed weapons at them.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Israel&#8217;s Foreign Ministry released a video of what it described as &#8220;approximately 175 activists from more than 20 boats of the condom flotilla &#8230; enjoying themselves aboard Israeli vessels.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The IDF announced that it began striking Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Fire and rescue services reported that following a Hezbollah drone intrusion in northern Israel&#8217;s Moshav Shomera, a car caught fire; no injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The IDF announced that the military prosecution filed an indictment against a major-ranking officer for smuggling goods into the Gaza Strip and bringing in an Israeli civilian for purposes other than operational purposes.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 U.S. CENTCOM presented plans for renewed military action against Iran to U.S. President Trump on Thursday, a U.S. official and a source with knowledge of the meeting told <a class=\"x1bvjpef x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2026\/02\/27\/trump-iran-middle-east-military-options\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Axios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 U.K. Security Minister Dan Jarvis \u2060on \u2060Thursday said the government would bring forward an \u200cadditional 25 \u200cmillion pounds ($33.65 million) of funding to protect the Jewish community, \u2060after <a class=\"x1bvjpef x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/jewish\/2026-04-29\/ty-article\/two-wounded-in-stabbing-in-londons-golders-green-jewish-security-group-say\/0000019d-d8ef-d95a-afbd-f9ef8fe10000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two Jewish men \u200cwere \u2060stabbed<\/a> in \u200cnorth London on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Ukraine welcomed the announcement that a vessel carrying grain from Ukraine&#8217;s occupied territories will not unload cargo in Israel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are Wednesday&#8217;s latest updates: \u25a0 Israeli defense officials confirmed that Israeli forces took control of vessels participating&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418169,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[157718,49,54,50,51,42,86,1031,9152,1513,43,3215,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-418168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-2026-israel-iran-war","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-donald-trump","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-headlines","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-israel-u-s","tag-israel-gaza-war","tag-news","tag-october-7","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418168","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=418168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}