{"id":488725,"date":"2026-06-12T05:12:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/488725\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T05:12:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T05:12:25","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-middle-east-42","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/488725\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostUS forces said to have been just hours away from striking Iran \u2022 CENTCOM reportedly struck Iranian water reservoir \u2022 IDF downs drone over troops in southern Lebanon<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"ArticleGoogleNewsButton_btn__uqBA8 ArticleGoogleNewsButton_desktop__OuWv9\" aria-label=\"Follow The Jerusalem Post on Google News\">Follow us on Google<\/a><img alt=\"US Navy and US Marine Corps aircraft attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are arrayed on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 10, 2026.\" title=\"US Navy and US Marine Corps aircraft attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are arrayed on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 10, 2026.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"img-fluid full-width cb-thumbnail\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/713343.jpeg\"\/>US Navy and US Marine Corps aircraft attached to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 are arrayed on the flight deck of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln during the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran from an undisclosed location March 10, 2026.(photo credit: US NAVY\/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">June 12, 6:44 AM<\/p>\n<p>Trump, allies working on plan to void his impeachments &#8211; reportUS President Donald Trump was impeached twice by the US House of Representatives during his first term, the first for alleged abuse of power and the second over the January 6 US Capitol riots. ByREUTERS<img alt=\"Enlarge\" title=\"Enlarge\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zoom-image-icon.svg.png\"\/><img alt=\"US President Donald Trump signs a proclamation for restoring American commercial fishing in the Pacific, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 11, 2026. \" title=\"US President Donald Trump signs a proclamation for restoring American commercial fishing in the Pacific, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 11, 2026. \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"img-fluid full-width cb-thumbnail\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/725385.jpeg\"\/>US President Donald Trump signs a proclamation for restoring American commercial fishing in the Pacific, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 11, 2026. (photo credit: Daniel Heuer\/Reuters)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/american-politics\/article-899186\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">June 12, 6:42 AM<\/p>\n<p>US&#8217;s Wednesday strikes on Iran damaged drinking water facility near Strait of Hormuz &#8211; reportIranian media posted images showing a damaged reservoir that provided drinking water to around 20,000 people, alongside images of fragments appearing to belong to a US-made bomb.By<a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/ariella-roitman\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ARIELLA ROITMAN<\/a><img alt=\"Enlarge\" title=\"Enlarge\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zoom-image-icon.svg.png\"\/><img alt=\"An Iranian drinking water reservoir damaged by strikes, June 10, 2026\" title=\"An Iranian drinking water reservoir damaged by strikes, June 10, 2026\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"img-fluid full-width cb-thumbnail\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/725390.jpeg\"\/>An Iranian drinking water reservoir damaged by strikes, June 10, 2026(photo credit: MEHR NEWS AGENCY)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-899190\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">June 12, 5:48 AM<\/p>\n<p>US military was prepared, hours away from strike on Iran when Trump canceled attack &#8211; reportThe officials claimed that the military had been \u201ceven more surprised by Trump\u2019s post canceling the strikes than they were by his comments about big strikes coming tonight and taking Kharg Island.\u201dBy<a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/miriam-sela-eitam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MIRIAM SELA-EITAM<\/a><img alt=\"Enlarge\" title=\"Enlarge\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zoom-image-icon.svg.png\"\/><img alt=\"US Navy F-18 prepares to launch from a carrier, May 29, 2026.\" title=\"US Navy F-18 prepares to launch from a carrier, May 29, 2026.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"img-fluid full-width cb-thumbnail\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781241144_86_723346.jpeg\"\/>US Navy F-18 prepares to launch from a carrier, May 29, 2026.(photo credit: X\/CENTCOM)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/international\/article-899189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">June 12, 5:48 AM<\/p>\n<p>Iran-born engineer wins bail ahead of US trial tied to deadly drone strikeMahdi Sadeghi, a dual US-Iranian citizen, was charged with conspiracy to illegally procure technology used in a navigation system for Iran&#8217;s military drones.ByREUTERS<img alt=\"Enlarge\" title=\"Enlarge\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/zoom-image-icon.svg.png\"\/><img alt=\"Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual US-Iranian national, appears in an 2024 photo that federal prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., obtained from his phone and included in a court filing on January 13, 2025 that depicts Sadeghi with two other individuals, including Mohammad Abedini.\" title=\"Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual US-Iranian national, appears in an 2024 photo that federal prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., obtained from his phone and included in a court filing on January 13, 2025 that depicts Sadeghi with two other individuals, including Mohammad Abedini.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"822\" height=\"537\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"img-fluid full-width cb-thumbnail\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/725382.jpeg\"\/>Mahdi Sadeghi, a dual US-Iranian national, appears in an 2024 photo that federal prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., obtained from his phone and included in a court filing on January 13, 2025 that depicts Sadeghi with two other individuals, including Mohammad Abedini.(photo credit: US Department of Justice\/Reuters)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-899182\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">June 12, 5:48 AM<\/p>\n<p>US forces shoot down two Iranian attack drones, official saysByREUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostUS forces said to have been&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,56,54,21754,86,1031,85,87,53065,46,15005,57,47,11982,43,157282,157283,114994],"class_list":["post-488725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-ceasefire","tag-donald-trump","tag-drone-attack","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-il","tag-iran","tag-irgc","tag-israel","tag-israel-iran-war","tag-live-updates","tag-middle-east","tag-missiles","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-strait-of-hormuz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488725","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=488725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}