# Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-18 at 14:01 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-6668940/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-update-from-2026-07-18-at-14-01 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-6668940/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-update-from-2026-07-18-at-14-01.md Podcast: [Israel Today: Ongoing War Report](https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-6668940) Published: 2026-07-18T18:02:19+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-update-from-2026-07-18-at-14-01--73046263 Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/73046263/2026_07_18_14_00_audio.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-6668940/episodes/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-update-from-2026-07-18-at-14-01 Duration seconds: 218 ## Resource HEADLINES - Two US troops killed in Iranian strikes - Milei meets former hostage Horn at AMIA - Igor Levit concert funds hate-crime victims The time is now 2:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report. In Iranian Retaliation, CENTCOM reported that two US service members were killed in action, one is missing in action, and four were injured Friday in Jordan during Iranian strikes. The four wounded were evacuated to Jordanian hospitals and have since been discharged, and other personnel evaluated for minor injuries have returned to duty. CENTCOM said it will withhold the identities of those killed until 24 hours after their next of kin have been identified. This is a developing story. Separately, Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei criticized the US memorandum and Trump’s signature as worthless, saying that repeated violations by the United States prove that the signature is unreliable as hostilities continue. He warned that the United States should expect consequences as Washington and Tehran exchange strikes after a ceasefire collapsed, a development that has raised fears of a return to all-out war. In Antisemitism and Anti-Jewish Hate, Argentinian President Javier Milei met former hostage Iair Horn at a memorial marking 32 years since the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. Israeli Ambassador to Argentina Eyal Sela informed Milei of Horn’s presence at the Friday ceremony, and then arranged a brief exchange between the two before the event began. Horn is an Israeli citizen with Argentine nationality who was abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz to Gaza with his younger brother Eitan on October 7; Iair Horn was held for 498 days before being released, while Eitan remained in captivity for 737 days. The ceremony marked the anniversary of… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-6668940/episodes/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-update-from-2026-07-18-at-14-01/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-6668940/israel-today-ongoing-war-report-update-from-2026-07-18-at-14-01.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.