{"id":455994,"date":"2026-05-23T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/455994\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T10:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T10:11:09","slug":"live-updates-report-u-s-prepares-for-new-iran-strikes-as-military-staff-cancel-weekend-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/455994\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates | Report: U.S. Prepares for New Iran Strikes as Military Staff Cancel Weekend Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Here are Saturday&#8217;s latest updates:<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Seven people were killed and brought to hospitals in the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, 29 people were wounded and one body was recovered from rubble, Gaza&#8217;s Health Ministry said, bringing the death toll to 890 killed since a cease-fire took effect in October.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Israeli troops in Gaza killed &#8220;several&#8221; people who had crossed the Yellow Line and &#8220;approached the troops, posing an immediate threat to them&#8221; on Friday, the IDF said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration has cut Israel &#8220;almost entirely out of the loop on truce talks between the United States and Iran,&#8221; <a class=\"x1bvjpef x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/05\/23\/world\/middleeast\/israel-trump-iran.html\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The New York Times reported on Saturday<\/a>, citing two Israeli defense officials.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi discussed in a call with his Omani counterpart the ongoing diplomatic efforts to prevent escalation, Iran&#8217;s Foreign Ministry said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Iran has permitted 25 ships to sail through the Strait of Hormuz in the past 24 hours, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy said, according to the IRGC-linked Fars News Agency.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 A drone impact sparked a fire in northern Israel&#8217;s Galilee Panhandle after sirens had sounded in Kiryat Shmona. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The IDF said it struck overnight an underground weapons manufacturing site that was used by Hezbollah in Lebanon&#8217;s eastern Beqaa Valley.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 An explosive drone launched from Lebanon hit the area of Rosh Hanikra, a northern Israeli community near the Lebanese border, the IDF said. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Dr. Margaret Connolly, sister of Irish President Catherine Connolly, <a class=\"x1bvjpef x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/gaza\/2026-05-23\/ty-article\/irish-presidents-sister-says-idf-held-gaza-flotilla-detainees-in-prison-ship\/0000019e-5299-d154-a5de-7eb98e530000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told RT\u00c9 Radio<\/a> she and other activists detained by Israel while on board a Gaza-bound flotilla &#8220;got a feeling of what the Jews felt like during the Second World War,&#8221; adding that Israel is &#8220;now acting like a Nazi state.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are Saturday&#8217;s latest updates: \u25a0 Seven people were killed and brought to hospitals in the Gaza Strip&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[157718,49,54,50,42,86,1031,88,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-455994","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-headlines","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-lebanon","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\/455994","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=455994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/455994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=455994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=455994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}