{"id":571775,"date":"2026-08-02T12:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/571775\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T12:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T12:52:11","slug":"iran-reportedly-not-planning-to-reopen-hormuz-as-long-as-u-s-strikes-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/571775\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran Reportedly Not Planning to Reopen Hormuz as Long as U.S. Strikes Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">Here are Sunday&#8217;s latest updates:<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Iran is planning to maintain its control of the Strait of Hormuz for as long as the United States continues to carry out hostile actions against the country, an Iranian military official told IRGC-linked Fars News.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Iranian military sources denied U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s claim that <a class=\"x1bvjpef x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/us-news\/2026-08-02\/ty-article\/trump-says-he-canceled-iran-attack-after-tehran-sought-more-time-for-deal\/0000019f-c052-d37f-adff-d5fe01a30000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tehran had asked Washington to halt its strikes<\/a>, calling it &#8220;a new lie&#8221; and &#8220;a desperate attempt&#8221; to pressure Gulf states, according to Iran&#8217;s Mehr news agency.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Tehran views \u200cevery threat from its adversaries \u2060as &#8220;real and \u2060credible&#8221; even if made as part of psychological warfare, Iran&#8217;s acting \u200cdefense minister, \u200cMajid Ibn al-Reza, said according to state media.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Israel is demanding the freedom to strike areas of the Gaza Strip set to be handed over to a temporary International Stabilization Force under the <a class=\"x1bvjpef x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/gaza\/2026-08-02\/ty-article\/.premium\/source-israel-wants-freedom-to-strike-in-gaza-areas-to-be-handed-to-intl-force\/0000019f-c12a-da0f-a59f-e5ef7ffa0000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">emerging agreement <\/a>between Hamas and U.S. President Donald Trump&#8217;s Board of Peace, a source familiar with the matter told Haaretz.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 One person was killed and several were wounded in an Israeli drone strike in northern Gaza&#8217;s Jabalya refugee camp, medics said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 The IDF said it killed two Hamas commanders in the Gaza Strip over the weekend, including one who participated in the attack on Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"rich-text\" class=\"x13faqbe x12ds5z6 x1rrzvkg x1txrjqu x115k1yo x126s5kd x1az39ph x1qxhirb xhhm3bp xjplvm8 x1ur7pbh\">\u25a0 Fourteen Israeli soldiers serving at the <a class=\"x1bvjpef x41m6fz xly1mqq x1k57tk5 x1i43xu1 xx6stda x15spe28 x1wntsoc xj69yco xfw692k xg830sg x13dflua xfagghw xz4gly6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/israel-news\/israel-security\/2026-08-02\/ty-article\/.premium\/14-sde-teiman-soldiers-sentenced-to-30-days-in-prison-after-unauthorized-walkout\/0000019f-bdbe-d37f-adff-bdbe181a0000\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sde Teiman base in southern Israel<\/a> were sentenced Friday to 30 days in prison and removed from combat duty after leaving the base without authorization on Thursday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are Sunday&#8217;s latest updates: \u25a0 Iran is planning to maintain its control of the Strait of Hormuz&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571776,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[157718,49,54,50,9150,51,42,86,1031,9152,1513,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-571775","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-gaza-aid","tag-hamas","tag-headlines","tag-hezbollah","tag-idf","tag-israel-u-s","tag-israel-gaza-war","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\/571775","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=571775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571775\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}