{"id":543791,"date":"2026-07-16T04:34:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/543791\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T04:34:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:34:15","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-middle-east-74","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/543791\/","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 PostTrump says Iran &#8216;will be defeated soon&#8217; \u2022 Trump, Netanyahu expected to meet in US on Monday \u2022 US CENTCOM redirects vessels attempting to breach Hormuz blockade <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=\" Armored vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and armed IRGC forces with their faces covered have been deployed across the streets of Tehran, with martial law effectively imposed. \" title=\" Armored vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and armed IRGC forces with their faces covered have been deployed across the streets of Tehran, with martial law effectively imposed. \" 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\/07\/703872.jpeg\"\/> Armored vehicles equipped with heavy machine guns and armed IRGC forces with their faces covered have been deployed across the streets of Tehran, with martial law effectively imposed. (photo credit: Courtesy)<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 16, 6:38 AM<\/p>\n<p>Iran reportedly strikes US assets at airbases in Kuwait, Jordan The IRGC claims they targeted US soldiers and communications systems in Jordan and Kuwait.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=\"A drone is seen during a suspected drone strike targeting an oil warehouse on the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region.\" title=\"A drone is seen during a suspected drone strike targeting an oil warehouse on the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region.\" 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\/07\/730074.jpeg\"\/>A drone is seen during a suspected drone strike targeting an oil warehouse on the outskirts of Erbil, the capital of Iraq&#8217;s Kurdistan Region.(photo credit: Gailan Haji\/Middle East Images\/AFP via Getty Images)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-902659\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 16, 5:54 AM<\/p>\n<p>Fewer vessels travel through Hormuz as US, Iran continue strikesByREUTERS<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 16, 5:25 AM<\/p>\n<p>House rejects bill to strip Israel aid despite over 100 Democrats voting to cut funding  The House voted 314 to 104 to defeat the measure.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 Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks to the press as he exits a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington.\" title=\"US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks to the press as he exits a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington.\" 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\/07\/1784176455_656_730068.jpeg\"\/>US Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) speaks to the press as he exits a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington.(photo credit: REUTERS\/Annabelle Gordon\/File Photo)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/american-politics\/article-902655\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 16, 5:25 AM<\/p>\n<p>Tehran in an &#8216;existential war&#8217; as US launches new wave of strikes on IranMeanwhile, US President Trump stated that Iran badly wants to settle with the United States.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=\"A US Navy fighter jet aboard the top deck of the USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Sea, published July 15, 2026; illustrative.\" title=\"A US Navy fighter jet aboard the top deck of the USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Sea, published July 15, 2026; illustrative.\" 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\/07\/730056.jpeg\"\/>A US Navy fighter jet aboard the top deck of the USS George H.W. Bush in the Arabian Sea, published July 15, 2026; illustrative.(photo credit: X\/CENTCOM)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/iran-news\/article-902647\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 16, 5:25 AM<\/p>\n<p>US military says it completed its latest wave of strikes on IranByREUTERS<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 16, 5:25 AM<\/p>\n<p>Iran says it targeted US troops, radar system at Kuwait air baseByREUTERS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostTrump says Iran &#8216;will be defeated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":543792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[16097,56,54,16606,51,42,86,1031,87,92,53065,21453,46,88,57,1486,47,159370,43,157282,157283,114994,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-543791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-ayatollah-ali-khamenei","tag-ceasefire","tag-donald-trump","tag-drone","tag-hamas","tag-headlines","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-iran","tag-iran-nuclear","tag-irgc","tag-islamic-revolutionary-guard-corps","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-live-updates","tag-memorandum-of-understanding","tag-middle-east","tag-mojtaba-khamenei","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543791","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=543791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/543791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/543792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=543791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=543791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=543791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}