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<article data-history-node-id="441160" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-draft-us-deal-would-reopen-hormuz-end-naval-blockade" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-draft-us-deal-would-reopen-hormuz-end-naval-blockade" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran says draft of US deal would reopen Hormuz, end naval blockade</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38; margin-bottom:11px">Tehran has received a draft of the initial unofficial framework for a memorandum of understanding with the US, Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday.</p> <p>According to the report, Washington has agreed to withdraw its military forces from the vicinity of Iran and lift its naval blockade in exchange for Tehran restoring commercial transit through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within one month.</p> <p>Military vessels are not included in the agreement, Iranian state TV said, adding that traffic management and shipping routes through the strait would be overseen by Iran in coordination with Oman.</p> <p>The report added that if a final agreement is reached within 60 days, it would be approved through a binding UN Security Council resolution, but contended that the framework is not yet finalised and that Iran would not proceed without first receiving “tangible verification”.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="441156" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-claims-hit-150-lebanon-sites-one-day" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-army-claims-hit-150-lebanon-sites-one-day" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli army claims to hit 150 Lebanon sites in one day</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38">The Israeli military has said that it carried out strikes on more than 150 “Hezbollah sites” over the past 24 hours. </p> <p>Strikes hit southern Lebanon areas of Tre and Nabitieh as well as Bekaa Valley in eastern Lebanon, killing at least 30 people on Tuesday night in what the Lebanese Health Ministry has described as a “massacre”, with further attacks carried out on Wednesday morning.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="441154" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-says-hostile-countries-vessels-blocked-hormuz-strait" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-says-hostile-countries-vessels-blocked-hormuz-strait" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">IRGC says ‘hostile countries’ vessels blocked from Hormuz strait </span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38; margin-bottom:11px">Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned that vessels from “hostile countries” to Iran will be prohibited from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, in a message carried by Iranian media on Wednesday. </p> <p>This comes after Tasnim news agency reported an announcement from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that 25 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with its navy and after receiving Tehran’s permission.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="441159" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/strikes-rock-gaza-eid-al-adha-israeli-ceasefire-violations-top-3000" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/strikes-rock-gaza-eid-al-adha-israeli-ceasefire-violations-top-3000" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Strikes rock Gaza on Eid al-Adha as Israeli ceasefire violations top 3,000</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>As Palestinians in Gaza celebrated Eid al-Adha, Israel continued to launch strikes on the besieged enclave, with authorities saying ceasefire violations have topped 3,000.</p> <p>An overnight strike on a residential building in al-Rimal neighbourhood, west of Gaza City, has so far left six people dead, according to Al Jazeera.</p> <p>Israel says they killed Mohammed Odeh, the head of Hamas's armed wing, who succeeded the former chief Izz al-Din al-Haddad in mid-May.</p> <p>Hamas has yet to officialy confirm the news, which came on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.</p> <p>However, a Hamas source told AFP that Odeh's wife and two children were also killed in the air strike, and that a funeral procession would take place on Wednesday in Gaza City.</p> <p>Since a nominal ceasefire agreement came into effect in October, hundreds of Palestinians have been killed in Israeli strikes.</p> <p>According to the Gaza Government Media Office, Israel has committed 3,005 violations so far.</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/strikes-rock-gaza-eid-al-adha-israeli-ceasefire-violations-top-3000">Strikes rock Gaza on Eid al-Adha as Israeli ceasefire violations top 3,000</a></h3> <figure class="image"><img alt src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/GAZA_EID_PRAYERS_AFP.jpg.jpg?itok=G3MofhH2"> <figcaption>Palestinians perform morning prayers marking the start of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, on a heavily damaged street in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, on 17 May 2026 (Bashar Taleb / AFP)</figcaption> </figure> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="441160" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-draft-us-deal-would-reopen-hormuz-end-naval-blockade" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iran-says-draft-us-deal-would-reopen-hormuz-end-naval-blockade" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iran says draft US deal would reopen Hormuz, end naval blockade</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38; margin-bottom:11px">Tehran has received a draft of the initial unofficial framework for a memorandum of understanding with the United States, Iranian state TV reported on Wednesday.</p> <p>It reported that the US has agreed to withdraw its military forces from Iran’s viciity and lift its naval blockade in exchange for Iran restoring the number of commercial transit ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz to pre-war levels within one month.</p> <p>Military vessels are not part of the agreement, according to Iranian state TV, adding that the management and route of traffic through the strait will be handled by Iran in cooperation with Oman.</p> <p>It also stated that if a final deal is reached within 60 days, the agreement will be approved in a binding UN security council resolution, but contended that the framework is not yet finalised and Iran will not move forward without first receiving “tangible verification”.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="441154" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-says-hostile-countries-vessels-blocked-hormuz-strait" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-says-hostile-countries-vessels-blocked-hormuz-strait" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">IRGC says vessels from 'hostile countries' blocked from Hormuz strait</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p style="line-height:1.38; margin-bottom:11px">Iran's Revolutionary Guards have warned that vessels from countries "hostile" to Iran would be prohibited from passing through the Strait of Hormuz, in a message carried by Iranian media on Wednesday. </p> <p>This comes after Tasnim news agency reported an announcement from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that 25 ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz in coordination with its navy and after receiving Tehran's permission.</p> </div> </div> </article>

<article data-history-node-id="441158" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/they-stole-our-sheep-killed-my-son-israeli-settlers-soldiers-attack-and" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/they-stole-our-sheep-killed-my-son-israeli-settlers-soldiers-attack-and" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">'They stole our sheep, killed my son': Israeli settlers, soldiers attack and loot West Bank villages</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>"The army stole our sheep and killed my son," said Ali Kaabneh, standing at the spot where his 16-year-old son Yousef was shot in the village of Jiljilya, north of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, as settlers and Israeli soldiers raided the area last Wednesday. </p> <p>Some 900 sheep were forcibly taken from local Palestinian residents during the raid.</p> <p>While settlers frequently raid Palestinian communities and steal livestock, in this case the entire operation was carried out in coordination with – and under the protection of – the Israeli army, which secured the theft and assisted the settlers throughout.</p> <p>"They chased our flock, stole it, looted and robbed us, and killed my son in cold blood," Kaabneh told Middle East Eye. "This is the policy of a terrorist government that kills and plunders."</p> <p>The raid was launched after reports that, in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 120 sheep had been stolen from an enclosure belonging to the Tzur Levavi Farm – an illegal outpost run by the Maguri family – located in Jabal al-Batin in Area A, the part of the occupied West Bank under nominal Palestinian Authority control. The outpost itself sits on land belonging to the villages of Sinjil and al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya.</p> <p>Later that morning, dozens of settlers, accompanied by Israeli soldiers, raided the villages of Sinjil, Jiljilya and Abwein, entering sheep pens and emptying them.</p> <p>Israel National News (<a href="https://www.inn.co.il/news/696752" target="_blank">Arutz 7</a>), a settler-aligned outlet, reported that the seizure of the sheep "was made possible through joint activity by security forces and civilian volunteers operating in full coordination with the search forces".</p> <figure role="group"> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/israel-army-settlers-steal-sheep-kill-palestinian-teen-west-bank">'They stole our sheep, killed my son': Israeli settlers, soldiers attack and loot West Bank villages</a></h3> <figure class="image"><img alt="“My son wanted his sheep back, and their answer was to shoot him,” says Ali Kaabneh, whose son was killed during an Israeli settler and army raid on the village of Jiljilya on 20 May 2026 (Oren Ziv/MEE)" src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/styles/max_2600x2600/public/images-story/palestinian-ali-kaabaneh-mee-oren-20-may-2026.jpg.jpg?itok=fo0DBX9I"> <figcaption>“My son wanted his sheep back, and their answer was to shoot him,” says Ali Kaabneh, whose son was killed during an Israeli settler and army raid on the village of Jiljilya on 20 May 2026 (Oren Ziv/MEE)</figcaption> </figure> </figure> </div> </div> </article>