Live Updates: Navy overhauls defensive strategy, IDF strikes Hezbollah HQ after three soldiers wounded
Some 15 settlers enter Kusra despite IDF closure • Iran claims contact with Hezbollah operatives • Libyan power plant powers down after being damaged in drone strike
Follow us on GoogleIsraeli Navy Force soldiers operate on Navy vessels off the coast of of the southern Israeli city of Ashdod.(photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)
Navy rebuilds Gaza coastal defense into 'Iron Wall' after October 7 failures
According to the sailors, Hamas is attempting to rebuild its naval capabilities from the ruins, developing low-tech methods using basic rowboats and paddles.
ByAMIR BOHBOTAn Israeli Navy patrol boat sails off the coast of Haifa, as seen from Haifa beach, May 26, 2026. (photo credit: Sharon Label/Flash 90)Go to the full article > >
Explosion near Libya's Zawiya power station knocks generating units offline
The incident comes days after the company said an attack on the South Zawiya substation caused a complete outage and cut power to wide areas south of the city.
ByREUTERSA fuel tank after fire was extinguished at the Zawiya oil complex following drone strikes, in Zawiya, Libya, August 12, 2026.(photo credit: REUTERS/Hamza Al Ahmar)Go to the full article > >
Meanwhile, the IDF continues to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon following ceasefire violations by the terrorist group, with Hezbollah saying the latest strike would be "met accordingly."
ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFIran's top negotiator and speaker of its Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, meets the head of Pakistan's Army Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir (not pictured) on April 16, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.(photo credit: Hamed Malekpour/Iranian Parliament Communication Office/Handout via Getty Images)Go to the full article > >
Palestinians say settlers want to ‘expel us, kill us’ as Jewish extremists return to Kusra
Palestinian residents who remain in the area told KAN News that they still feel threatened by Jewish extremists in the area.
ByCORINNE BAUM, SHIR PERETS, REUTERSIsraeli settlers gather outside a Palestinian home in Qusra, in the West Bank, August 15, 2026, in this screen grab obtained from a video.(photo credit: VOBR/via REUTERS)Go to the full article > >Operation Roaring Lion: What you need to know
Israel and the US launched Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury on February 28, with the stated aim of creating conditions for regime change
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by an Israeli strike on a Tehran bunker. Iran’s defense minister and several IRGC generals were also killed in the largest-ever aerial attack by the IAF
Iran retaliated by firing across the Middle East at Gulf nations and US military bases in the region
Thirty-nine IDF soldiers and 23 civilians have been killed, and at least 7,693 more injured in ballistic missile attacks across Israel since February 28 • 18 US soldiers killed, CENTCOM says
A ceasefire deal was announced on April 7 and went into effect on April 8
