{"id":644911,"date":"2026-10-13T07:44:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/644911\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T07:44:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T07:44:12","slug":"live-updates-latest-from-israel-iran-and-the-middle-east-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/644911\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Live Updates: Latest from Israel, Iran, and the Middle East | The Jerusalem PostIran offers Saudi-Houthi mediation \u2022 Pakistan pledges military backing under defense pact \u2022 Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia condemn attacks on Riyadh<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 and flames rise from a house during an Israeli strike, carried out after the IDF warned residents to evacuate the area, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 9, 2026. \" title=\"Smoke and flames rise from a house during an Israeli strike, carried out after the IDF warned residents to evacuate the area, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 9, 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\/10\/1791877451_30_739353.jpeg\"\/>Smoke and flames rise from a house during an Israeli strike, carried out after the IDF warned residents to evacuate the area, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, September 9, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS\/Ramadan Abed)<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">October 13, 8:14 AM<\/p>\n<p>IDF kills five Hamas, PIJ terrorists in separate Gaza strikesBy<a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/shir-perets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SHIR PERETS<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">October 13, 8:08 AM<\/p>\n<p>Houthis threaten &#8216;swift, painful&#8217; response if US assists Saudi strikes in YemenAdditionally, authorities extended the closure of Riyadh&#8217;s international airport until Saturday to &#8220;allow for the completion of procedures to ensure the safety of the airport.&#8221;By<a class=\"reporter-name-channel\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/author\/shir-perets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SHIR PERETS<\/a>, REUTERS<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\/2026\/10\/1791877452_498_zoom-image-icon.svg.png\"\/><img alt=\" Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.\" title=\" Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.\" 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\/10\/741688.jpeg\"\/> Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, after Yemen&#8217;s Iran-backed Houthis said they attacked the airport, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, October 8, 2026, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.(photo credit: SOCIAL MEDIA\/REUTERS)<a class=\"full-article-link\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jpost.com\/middle-east\/article-911498\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Go to the full article &gt; &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">October 13, 6:27 AM<\/p>\n<p>Trump dismisses claims China, Russia are helping Iran, attacks \u2018radical left\u2019\u201cIf they are, it\u2019s at a very low level, but I don\u2019t believe they are at all,\u201d Trump wrote.By<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<p class=\"post-publish-date\">October 13, 4:57 AM<\/p>\n<p>Etihad cancels Saudi flights over \u2018regional disruption\u2019 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0ByREUTERS<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-publish-date\">October 13, 4:57 AM<\/p>\n<p>Rubio, Miliband reaffirm commitment to safeguarding Strait of Hormuz transitBy<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<p class=\"post-publish-date\">October 13, 4:57 AM<\/p>\n<p>Saudi Arabia issues danger alert for Khamis Mushait, later gives all-clear\u00a0By<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 the Middle East | The Jerusalem PostIran offers Saudi-Houthi mediation \u2022&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,112012,54,50,51,8954,85,87,46,88,57,1486,47,43,157282,157283,78,114994,1078,79,1032,77],"class_list":["post-644911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-benjamin-netanyahu","tag-board-of-peace","tag-donald-trump","tag-gaza","tag-hamas","tag-houthis","tag-il","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-lebanon","tag-live-updates","tag-memorandum-of-understanding","tag-middle-east","tag-news","tag-operation-epic-fury","tag-operation-roaring-lion","tag-saudi-arabia","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-uae","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-united-states","tag-west-bank"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644911","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=644911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}