{"id":568020,"date":"2026-07-31T03:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T03:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/568020\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T03:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T03:58:13","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-middle-east-84","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/568020\/","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, BoP officials discuss details of Gaza reconstruction plan \u2022 IDF destroys Hezbollah tunnel network in southern Lebanon \u2022 Evyatar David recalls time in Hamas captivity in interview<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=\"Smoke rises from southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation, July 30, 2026.\" title=\"Smoke rises from southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation, July 30, 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\/07\/732210.jpeg\"\/>Smoke rises from southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation, July 30, 2026.(photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN\/FLASH90)<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 31, 6:14 AM<\/p>\n<p>Sources to &#8216;Post&#8217;: Israel rejects Hamas disarmament plan, no IDF pullout until Gaza demilitarizedThere will be no Israeli withdrawal from the Yellow Line in the Gaza Strip before Hamas is disarmed and the Gaza Strip is demilitarized, the source emphasized.\u00a0By<a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/amichai-stein\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AMICHAI STEIN<\/a>, <a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/idan-kweller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IDAN KWELLER<\/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=\"IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 2026.\" title=\"IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 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\/07\/1785305419_286_716091.jpeg\"\/>IDF destroys four Hamas tunnels in Gaza over weekend, April 14, 2026.(photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON UNIT)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-904113\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 31, 6:13 AM<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Still with me&#8217;: Evyatar David recalls captivity, being forced to dig his grave in first interview\u201cIt was like we said in captivity,\u201d David said, addressing Gilboa-Dalal. \u201c\u2018At least we are in captivity together.\u2019 It was the same thing. We shared the same fate.\u201d\u00a0By<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=\"Former hostage Evyatar David, July 31, 2026.\" title=\"Former hostage Evyatar David, July 31, 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\/07\/732207.jpeg\"\/>Former hostage Evyatar David, July 31, 2026.(photo credit: Screenshot\/Channel 12\/Uvda)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/israel-news\/article-904193\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 31, 6:13 AM<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Lasting peace, security\u2019: BoP reaches \u2018historic\u2019 Hamas disarmament deal, Trump announcesBoard of Peace, White House officials to \u2018Post\u2019: Hamas, Palestinian factions agreed to deal\u2019s framework, implementation \u2022 \u2018Israel skeptical, but not much they can do except see it happen\u2019By<a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/miriam-sela-eitam\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MIRIAM SELA-EITAM<\/a>, <a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/idan-kweller\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IDAN KWELLER<\/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 President Donald Trump looks on on the day he makes an announcement on Freedom Haulers, an initiative to open pathways for military veterans to become commercial truck drivers, during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 30, 2026. \" title=\"US President Donald Trump looks on on the day he makes an announcement on Freedom Haulers, an initiative to open pathways for military veterans to become commercial truck drivers, during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 30, 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\/07\/732206.jpeg\"\/>US President Donald Trump looks on on the day he makes an announcement on Freedom Haulers, an initiative to open pathways for military veterans to become commercial truck drivers, during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, US, July 30, 2026. (photo credit: Kylie Cooper\/Reuters)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-904192\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">July 31, 6:13 AM<\/p>\n<p>Using 700 tons of explosives: IDF destroys Hezbollah tunnel network in southern LebanonBy<a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/jerusalem-post-staff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">JERUSALEM POST STAFF<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and Middle East | The Jerusalem PostUS, BoP officials discuss details of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568021,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-568020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568020","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=568020"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568020\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}