LiveLive Updates May 22, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMay 22, 2026UpdatesIDF: Two possible drone infiltrations on Lebanese borderSirens sounded twice in the northern Israeli community of Rosh Hanikra, on the Lebanese border, after two possible drone infiltrations were detected in the last hour, the IDF said."A suspicious aerial target was identified, with whom contact was lost prior to crossing into Israeli territory," the IDF said about both incidents. No injuries were reported.Report: Iran discussed partnering with Oman to toll ships in HormuzVessels sail through the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, on Wednesday. Credit: Stringer/ REUTERSVessels sail through the Strait of Hormuz, Musandam, Oman, on Wednesday. Credit: Stringer/ REUTERSIran has suggested it may work with Oman, a U.S. ally in the Gulf, to toll vessels sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, The New York Times reported on Thursday.Since the United States and Israel launched the war on Iran in late February, commercial traffic in the critical waterway has ground to a near halt, affecting the global economy and energy prices.U.S. President Donald Trump previously suggested his country may impose tolls in the Strait, or that the revenue could be shared. He later dismissed the idea. "We don't want tolls... It's an international waterway," Trump said on Thursday at the White House.U.S. House Republicans abruptly pull Iran war powers voteHouse Republicans abruptly pulled a vote on a war powers resolution aimed at curbing Trump's Iran war after it became clear they would not have the votes to defeat the measure.The incident, days after the Senate passed a war powers resolution for the first time, is the strongest indication yet that the war is increasingly unpopular, and is a major sign that the GOP may start pushing back against Trump's agenda after he has been effectively granted a blank check since returning to the White House.Last week's most recent House effort to pass a war powers resolution ended in a tie - indicating that even more Republicans indicated they would break party ranks to vote against the war.5 hours agoU.S. hits nine Hezbollah-aligned individuals in Lebanon with sanctionsThe United States on Thursday announced sanctions against nine individuals, including Iran's designated ambassador to Lebanon, for obstructing the peace process in the Middle Eastern country and impeding the disarmament of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group.Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control said the officials were embedded across Lebanon's parliament, military, and security sectors, where they worked to preserve Hezbollah's influence over key Lebanese state institutions."Hezbollah is a terrorist organization and must be fully disarmed," U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement. Hezbollah, founded in 1982 by Iran's Revolutionary Guards, has been designated a "terrorist group" by the U.S. and Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia.Among those being sanctioned are Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani and Hassan Fadlallah, a member of parliament. The U.S. holds the group responsible for suicide bombings in 1983 that killed 241 U.S. service personnel and destroyed the U.S. Marine headquarters in Beirut, along with a French barracks, killing 58 French paratroopers. It blames Hezbollah for a suicide attack on the U.S. Embassy in Beirut in 1983.RECAP: Gazan teen killed by Israeli forces; all flotilla activists deportedHere are Thursday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran cease-fire and Israel's war with Hezbollah:■ An ‌Israeli drone strike killed a 13-year-old boy in the northern Gaza Strip, health officials said, as residents reported ⁠a renewed pattern of Israeli warnings urging people to flee ahead of attacks.■ Israeli soldiers on Thursday killed a person in the northern Gaza Strip who crossed the Yellow Line, the Israel Defense Forces said.■ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed to restart U.S. strikes on Iran in a tense call with U.S. President Donald Trump, CNN reported.■ Iran's Mojtaba Khamenei reportedly issued a directive that the country's enriched uranium must stay in Iran, while President Donald Trump said a deal depended on Tehran surrendering the material. ■ All pro-Palestinian activists from the Gaza-bound flotilla were deported, the Israeli government said. Poland said it would enact an entry ban on the Israeli national security minister over their treatment.■ The U.S. Treasury said it would sanction nine officials connected to Hezbollah, including Iran's Ambassador to Lebanon Mohammad Reza Raouf Sheibani and Hassan Fadlallah, a member of parliament.■ The U.S. State Department's oversight body is investigating the now-defunct Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and how it spent millions of dollars in emergency aid, the Financial Times reported.■ Iran ⁠has ‌already restarted some ‌of its drone production during the ⁠six-week ceasefire that ⁠began in early April, CNN reported.In the NewsWhy Zionist Radicals Yearned to Be Hanged by the BritishA Mayor Took on the 'Mafia' Choking Israel's Arab Towns – and Nearly Died for It'In Germany I Became More Calculated. 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