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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-18 at 01:02
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- Jul 18, 2026
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HEADLINES - Iran escalates strikes threatening Gulf shipping - Hamas links to Global Sumud Flotilla revealed - Lod court halts Likud candidate list vote The time is now 1:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, Iran renewed attacks on US Gulf allies on Saturday after a seventh straight night of strikes targeting Iranian military sites including logistics infrastructure, escalating the war one week after a fragile ceasefire agreement fell apart. Both sides also targeted shipping traffic, with the US saying it was enforcing a naval blockade while Iran said it targeted vessels that violated its rules on navigating the Strait of Hormuz, the vital waterway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply. Oil prices climbed more than 4% on Friday to their highest level in more than a month, applying political pressure on US President Donald Trump as his Republican Party tries to hold on to power in the November elections. Washington and Tehran have been testing the limits of escalation since their ceasefire agreement collapsed last week, raising the prospect of a return to all-out war. The US military's Central Command said it concluded its latest round of attacks by hitting surveillance sites, military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage and maritime targets. In Regional Impacts, Kuwaiti air defenses are engaging another wave of Iranian missile and drone threats. In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar revealed links between Hamas and activists in the Global Sumud Flotilla during a conference on the rise of political terrorism in Washington. Sa’ar described the links between radical left-wing political movements in the West and Islamist terrorist orga…