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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-18 at 12:01
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- Jul 18, 2026
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HEADLINES Seventh Day of US Strikes Iran Retaliates Iran Claims Strike on US Command Center NYC Weighs Arresting Netanyahu at UNGA The time is now 12:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Regional Impacts, US strikes on Iranian military and transport infrastructure have entered a seventh day, while Tehran has retaliated across the Gulf and Jordan, targeting energy sites, bases and airports as threats to regional shipping and civilian infrastructure intensify. Wildfires in the West Bank and northern Israel moved quickly, reaching homes in Havat Gilad and prompting a full evacuation, with residents in Shimshit and Kfar Vradim told to shelter indoors or relocate as strong winds fanned the flames. In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, Iran’s claim of striking a US special operations command center in Tanf, southern Syria appears aimed at messaging to Syria and to keep weapons moving to Hezbollah via Syria. The United States says no troops were harmed and a Syrian military source says there was no attack. The episode follows a halted weapons shipment to Hezbollah near the border after Syrian security forces stopped a convoy on July 16, and it underscores Iran’s effort to maintain armaments flowing to Hezbollah despite Syria’s own moves to curb smuggling and to publicly name Hezbollah. In US Policy Concerning Israel, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says he is weighing the possibility of ordering the arrest of Prime Minister Netanyahu if he visits New York for the UN General Assembly, arguing that Netanyahu belongs in the Hague and that ICC charges apply. He says he is in active conversations with the city law department about what authority exists to detain, stressing that he would act only within the law…