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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-18 at 13:02
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- Jul 18, 2026
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HEADLINES - Khamenei vows hard lesson as Iran escalates - Iran claims strike on US base Jordan - IDF neutralizes Hezbollah cell near Beit Tabnit The time is now 1:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, Iran’s leadership and recent actions underscore an escalatory arc. A public statement from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader, on the recent flare-up asserts that violations of memoranda prove that the American president’s signature is not worth the paper it’s written on and is not worthy of trust, with the Iranian people saying they will teach the American enemy a hard lesson. Separately, Iran claimed to have struck a United States special operations command center in Tanf, in southern Syria, a claim the US denied and a Syrian military source said there was no attack; analysts note such claims may be intended as messaging to Syria as a channel for weapons to Hezbollah. Iran also launched three intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Jordan’s Muwaffaq Al Salti Air Base, which hosts US forces; initial assessments indicate impacts on the troop billeting area, though the full extent of damage and any casualties remain unknown. In US Military Role, 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. In Regional Impacts, wildfires driven by strong winds spread from the Gilad Farm area in Samaria into the Jezreel Valley and Shimshit, burning about 13 homes and damaging vehicles, including a firefighting truck; police evacuated residents and roads were closed as 27 fire and rescue teams, aided…