{"id":504787,"date":"2026-06-22T02:40:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/504787\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T02:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T02:40:20","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-middle-east-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/504787\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"

Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostTrump insists US-Iran MoU qualifies as Tehran’s ‘unconditional surrender’ \u2022 Israel will not withdraw troops from southern Lebanon ahead of negotiations, official tells ‘Post’Follow us on Google<\/a>\"USUS Vice President JD Vance, left, meets with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for talks about Iran, in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 11, 2026.(photo credit: Jacquelyn Martin\/Pool via REUTERS)<\/p>\n

June 22, 5:06 AM<\/p>\n

Ship traffic plunges after Iran re-closes Strait of Hormuz following Israeli strikesFive vessels passed the strait on Sunday, from 26 ships spotted a day earlier, data from analytics firm Kpler showed.ByREUTERS\"Enlarge\"\"VesselsVessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, June 16, 2026.(photo credit: STRINGER\/FILE\/REUTERS)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

June 22, 5:06 AM<\/p>\n

IDF considering handing Lebanese army control of Hezbollah underground compound – reportIsrael believes that transferring the responsibility to Lebanon\u2019s army could serve as a test of its ability and willingness to act against Hezbollah, said N12.ByARIELLA ROITMAN<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"AnAn Israeli soldier inspects a Hezbollah attacking position tunnel found during anIDF operation.(photo credit: Amir Levy\/Getty Images)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

June 22, 2:20 AM<\/p>\n

Iran refused to return to negotiations with US, says Trump used \u2018threatening, insulting’ statementsByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

June 22, 12:17 AM<\/p>\n

Israel will not withdraw troops from southern Lebanon ahead of negotiations, official tells ‘Post’An earlier report from LBCI claimed that the US had notified Lebanon that Israel was planning to withdraw some troops as a \u201cgoodwill gesture\u201d ahead of Israel-Lebanon negotiations.ByAMICHAI STEIN<\/a>, JERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a>\"Enlarge\"\"IsraeliIsraeli soldiers are seen inside southern Lebanon as seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 7, 2026. (photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN\/FLASH90)Go to the full article > ><\/a><\/p>\n

June 21, 11:09 PM<\/p>\n

Qatar reports explosion at factory in Ras Laffan, no injuries or leak reportedByREUTERS<\/p>\n

June 21, 10:56 PM<\/p>\n

Loud boom heard in Doha, reason unknownByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

June 21, 10:07 PM<\/p>\n

Sharaa doesn\u2019t rule out intervention in Lebanon – reportByMAARIV<\/p>\n

June 21, 7:18 PM<\/p>\n

Iranian delegation backed out of handshake last second – source to \u2018Post\u2019ByAMICHAI STEIN<\/a><\/p>\n

June 21, 6:53 PM<\/p>\n

Iranian delegation weighs options following Trump threat – reportByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n

June 21, 6:19 PM<\/p>\n

Netanyahu: Iran will not obtain nuclear weapons as long as I am Prime MinisterByJERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a>Load More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostTrump insists US-Iran MoU qualifies as…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,56,54,83420,1031,85,87,92,53065,46,88,57,1486,159370,43,114994,3950,1032],"class_list":["post-504787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-ceasefire","tag-donald-trump","tag-gulf-states","tag-idf","tag-il","tag-iran","tag-iran-nuclear","tag-irgc","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-live-updates","tag-memorandum-of-understanding","tag-mojtaba-khamenei","tag-news","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-switzerland","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504787","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=504787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}