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Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, April 24, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/Mohammed Aty/File Photo) As a country where the Hormuz is part of its territorial waters, we will definitely charge service fees,” an official said, denying such charges were a toll. The Islamic Republic intends to charge fees to ships crossing the  Strait of Hormuz , offering exemptions to “friendly nations,” officials announced this weekend, despite US President  Donald Trump  claiming late last month that Iran had promised him there would be no “CHARGES OF ANY KIND BEING SOUGHT OR RECEIVED BY IRAN ON SHIPS TRAVELING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ.” Iran’s ambassador to China, Abdolreza Rahmani Fazli, announced Tehran’s plans during the World Peace Forum in Beijing on Saturday, claiming that the regime was working in “collabora...

Former deputy minister of foreign affairs Danny Ayalon seen at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem on October 23, 2012. (photo credit: YOAV ARI DUDKEVITCH/FLASH90) Danny Ayalon, a former deputy foreign minister and Israel's former ambassador to the US, laid out his view of Israel's standing in the US, calling the current deal between the US and  Iran  a "massive surrender" to the regime, during a Thursday interview with 103FM. Ayalon began the interview by citing recent reports on the relationship between  US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu . What is happening today is massive surrender by the US to Iran; the Iranians are setting the tone, the US is releasing funds to Iran," he said.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen Eyal Zamir meets with soldiers in southern Lebanon, July 5, 2026. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen  Eyal Zamir  described the Hezbollah terror group as "exhausted" during a meeting with Israeli soldiers at the Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon on Sunday, the military announced. Zamir noted the significance of Israel having taken the Beaufort area from Hezbollah's control, saying it was "saturated with terrorist infrastructure." Zamir emphasized that the agreement with Lebanon would not have been possible without “the courage of our soldiers and the operations led by Northern Command."

Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks during a signing ceremony hosted by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (out of frame) at the US Department of State in Washington, DC, on June 26, 2026. (photo credit: SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images) Israeli Ambassador to the United States  Yechiel Leiter  said Israel’s framework agreement with Lebanon depends on conditions on the ground, not on a fixed timetable for an Israeli withdrawal, while warning that statements by Israeli politicians could damage Jerusalem’s standing in Washington. Leiter, who led Israel’s delegation in the negotiations that led to the agreement with  Lebanon , made the comments in a Thursday interview with the Jewish People Policy Institute’s podcast. He said Israel would not leave the security zone in southern Lebanon until the Lebanese army has full control over the entire area south of the Litani River and Hezbollah no longer has an armed presence there.

Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard at a site as Hamas says it continues to search for the bodies of deceased hostages, in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip December 3, 2025. (photo credit: REUTERS/STRINGER) While the IDF’s Southern Command is preparing for the possibility that war against  Hamas  may be necessary to disarm the terrorist organization,  Walla  learned on Friday that the  International Stabilization Force  (ISF), the multinational force created to manage the security and governance situation in the Gaza Strip, has begun to receive military equipment to use in the disarmament efforts. According to sources in the Southern Command, in the past 24 hours, dozens of vehicles, some of which are bulletproof, were transferred to Gaza and handed over to American forces from the ISF’s headquarters in Kiryat Gat.

(ILLUSTRATIVE) AN IDF soldier aiming out of a window in southern Lebanon. (photo credit: IDF SPOKESPERSON'S UNIT) An IDF reservist was severely wounded on Thursday during an altercation with a Hezbollah terrorist in Bint Jbail in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Friday morning.  The soldier has been evacuated to the hospital to receive medical treatment, and their family has been notified, the IDF added. Following the incident, the IDF fired on the area to isolate it and remove the threat of any remaining terrorists. 

FOREIGN MINISTER of Iran Abbas Araghchi, and Speaker of Iran Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf with the delegation of Iran at the Lake Lucerne Summit at the Buergenstock resort in Obbuergen, near Lucerne, Switzerland, Sunday, June 21, 2026. (photo credit: Urs Flueeler/Pool via REUTERS) US officials believed Israel may have planned to use the negotiations between the US and Iran as a window of opportunity to kill Iran’s top negotiators, the  New York Times  reported on Thursday.  According to the report, US officials were particularly concerned that Iranian Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Iran’s Foreign Minister  Abbas Araghchi  would be targeted during the cease-fire negotiations beginning in April.  While targeting high-level government officials was one of the goals at the start of the war, which began with the joint US-Israeli strikes that killed Supreme Leader  Ali Khamenei , after talks began, US officials feared that any attempt on...