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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-04 at 23:02
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HEADLINES Iran Plans Fees for Hormuz Transit Arab Israeli Youth Violence Surges, 140 Killed Patriot Front Marches DC Ahead of Independence The time is now 11:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, Iran’s ambassador to China said new fees would be charged for ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz, a move Washington has rejected. He added that friendly nations could receive special treatment. The initial deal ending the conflict allowed commercial ships to transit free for 60 days, but it remains unclear what will be in place after that period. Speaking at the World Peace Forum in Beijing, Ambassador Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli said Iran is pursuing new arrangements for the Hormuz in collaboration with Oman. He stressed that, as a country where the strait is part of its territorial waters, Iran “will definitely charge service fees,” though such charges would not be a toll. He described the arrangements as aimed at guaranteeing the security of passage through the straits, supervising vessel movement, and addressing environmental consequences of the heavy shipping traffic, and he said Iran would definitely consider special treatment for friendly countries. In Regional Impacts, new satellite images show activity at Pickaxe Mountain, an underground site in the Zagros Mountains that has not been accessible to IAEA inspectors, even as sites at Natanz, Isfahan and Fordow show little movement since last year’s US strikes. The reporting frames Pickaxe Mountain as part of Iran’s apparent “insurance policy,” highlighting the ongoing contrast between activity at this hidden facility and the relative quiet at other known facilities. In Israeli Domestic Politics, a violent crime wave is beleaguering Israel’s Arab yo…