{"id":452363,"date":"2026-05-21T05:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/452363\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T05:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T05:11:08","slug":"middle-east-war-live-trump-says-willing-to-wait-a-few-days-for-right-answer-on-iran-peace-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/452363\/","title":{"rendered":"Middle East war live: Trump says willing to wait \u2018a few days\u2019 for right answer on Iran peace deal"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Issued on: 21\/05\/2026 – 05:28Modified: 21\/05\/2026 – 07:08<\/p>\n

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US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One in Connecticut, in Maryland, May 20, 2026 \u00a9 Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters <\/p>\n

\n US President Donald Trump on Wednesday said the United States was ready to proceed with further attacks on Tehran if\u00a0Iran\u00a0did not agree to a peace deal, but suggested Washington could wait a few days to “get the right answers”. Follow our liveblog for the latest developments.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

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21\/05\/2026 – 06:51South Korea says nationals held by Israel released after Gaza aid vessel seizure<\/p>\n

South \u200bKorea’s presidential Blue \u200bHouse has said me \u200cof \u2060its nationals \u200cwho had been in \u2060held in Israeli custody have \u200bbeen \u200creleased.<\/p>\n

Seoul, which had earlier expressed \u200cstrong regret \u200bover Israel’s seizure of an aid vessel \u200bbound for \u200bGaza \u200band the arrest of \u200bits nationals, welcomed their release, a \u2060presidential spokesperson said.<\/p>\n

21\/05\/2026 – 06:49EU’s Costa ‘appalled’ by Israeli minister’s treatment of flotilla members<\/p>\n

\u2060European \u2060Council President \u200bAntonio Costa has he is “appalled” by the treatment of aid flotilla members attempting \u200cto enter \u2060Gaza by Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir.<\/p>\n

“Appalled by the \u200btreatment of flotilla \u200bmembers by Israeli Minister \u200bBen-Gvir. This behaviour is completely unacceptable. We call for their immediate release,” Costa said in a statement \u2060on social media website X.<\/p>\n

Costa was referring to a video \u200cclip posted by Ben-Gvir on Wednesday that showed Israeli police \u2060forced activists from the aid flotilla to \u200ckneeling with their hands \u200ctied behind their backs \u200bas the Israeli minister heckled them.<\/p>\n

21\/05\/2026 – 06:43Australia condemns Israel’s ‘degrading’ treatment of flotilla activists<\/p>\n

Australia’s foreign minister has condemned Israel’s “degrading” treatment of detained activists from a Gaza-bound flotilla, after footage showed protesters bound and on their knees.<\/p>\n

“The images we have seen posted by Israeli Minister Ben-Gvir — who Australia has sanctioned — are shocking and unacceptable,” Foreign Minister Penny Wong said in a statement.<\/p>\n

“We condemn his actions and the degrading actions of Israeli authorities towards those detained.”<\/p>\n

21\/05\/2026 – 05:33Asian stocks surge on Iran hopes <\/p>\n

Shares surged in Tokyo, Seoul and other Asian markets Thursday, fuelled by hopes of a Middle East peace accord.<\/p>\n

Japan’s Nikkei index jumped more than 3.5 percent after Iran said it was examining a new US proposal to end the Middle East war.<\/p>\n

President Donald Trump described on Wednesday the talks as being on the “borderline” between a deal and renewed attacks.<\/p>\n

Cautious hopes rippled quickly through financial markets. Oil fell more than five percent Wednesday, while US stocks rose.<\/p>\n

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21\/05\/2026 – 04:51Iran has ‘received US views and are reviewing them’, foreign ministry says<\/p>\n

The \u2060Iranian \u200bstate-run agency \u200bNour News quoted Foreign Ministry spokesperson \u200bEsmaeil \u200cBaghaei \u2060as saying “We \u200chave received US Views \u2060and are reviewing them” Pakistan \u200bcontinued to \u200cmediate exchanges of messages \u200cbetween Tehran and \u200bWashington, adding that several rounds of communication \u200bhad \u200btaken place \u200bbased on Iran\u2019s \u200boriginal 14-point framework, he added.<\/p>\n

Iran<\/a> said on Wednesday it was examining a new US proposal to end the Middle East<\/a> war, as President Donald Trump<\/a> described the talks as being on the “borderline” between a deal and renewed strikes. The US military<\/a> said Wednesday that it boarded an Iranian-flagged commercial oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman<\/a> that was suspected of trying to violate the American blockade. The US ambassador to Israel<\/a> sharply criticised far-right National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir<\/a> on Wednesday, after he posted a video<\/a> showing detained activists<\/a> from a Gaza-bound flotilla kneeling with their hands tied and foreheads on the ground. <\/p>\n

(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Home Middle East Live Issued on: 21\/05\/2026 – 05:28Modified: 21\/05\/2026 – 07:08 US President Donald Trump boards Air…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":452364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,87,117780,46,47,2899,43,114994,40,38,41,39,48717,2586],"class_list":["post-452363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-iran","tag-iran-war","tag-israel","tag-middle-east","tag-military","tag-news","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-military","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452363","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=452363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/452363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=452363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=452363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=452363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}