LiveLive Updates May 28, 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 28, 2026UpdatesIran's IRGC says it targeted U.S. airbase after strike near Bandar AbbasIran's Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Thursday it targeted a U.S. airbase at 4:50 A.M. local time after what it described as an early morning U.S. attack near Bandar Abbas airport, Tasnim news agency reported.The IRGC did not say where the base is.The IRGC warned that any repeat of what it called aggression would draw a "more decisive" response and said responsibility for the consequences lay with the "aggressor."2 hours agoIsraeli soldier killed by explosive drone on Israel-Lebanon border, IDF announcesSergeant Rotem Yanai, 20, was killed by an exploding drone during operational activity in northern Israel on Wednesday, the IDF announced, and two soldiers were wounded.Yanai, from Givat Ada, was a human resources non-commissioned officer in the Rotem Battalion (435) of the Givati Brigade.In the same incident in which Yanai was killed, one reservist was seriously wounded and another reservist was moderately wounded.A statement from the Binyamina-Givat Ada Local Council said that Yanai "will be remembered for her sense of humor, self-confidence, big heart and endless generosity – as someone who acted with deep care and sensitivity for those around her."Yanai's death brings the number of soldiers killed since the beginning of the current round of fighting in the north to 24. In addition, four civilians have also been killed.Sergeant Rotem Yanai Credit: IDF Spokesperson's UnitSergeant Rotem Yanai Credit: IDF Spokesperson's UnitRead the full articleU.S. imposes sanctions on Iranian agency trying to control shipping in the Strait of HormuzPeople walk on the beach, with vessels in the Strait of Hormuz visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Friday. Credit: Majid-Asgaripour/WANA/REUTERSPeople walk on the beach, with vessels in the Strait of Hormuz visible near the beach of Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Friday. Credit: Majid-Asgaripour/WANA/REUTERSThe Trump administration on Wednesday placed additional sanctions on Iran as part of a sprawling economic pressure campaign during the war, this time targeting the country's newly created agency that is trying to control shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.The sanctions were announced late Wednesday after U.S. forces carried out strikes on an Iran military facility after downing Iranian attack drones, according to U.S. officials who were not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.The sanctions move, first reported by The Associated Press, is the latest U.S. effort to use economic leverage on top of military action to push Iran's leadership into an agreement to end the war and open the waterway where a fifth of the world's oil and natural gas normally passes. President Donald Trump has said a deal is imminent, but talks are ongoing.U.S. strikes Iran again, official says, after Trump denies deal on Strait of HormuzThe U.S. military carried out new strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation that posed a threat to U.S. forces and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said, hours after President Donald Trump dismissed an Iranian report of a deal to restore traffic through the strategic waterway.The U.S. official, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about military operations, told Reuters on Wednesday the military shot down four Iranian attack drones and struck a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone. A ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran took effect in early April."These actions were measured, purely defensive and intended to maintain the ceasefire," the official said.Iran's Tasnim news agency cited a military source as saying that the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Navy fired toward a U.S. oil tanker that was trying to transit the strait, forcing it to turn back. The source said the U.S. military then struck open ground around Bandar Abbas, with no casualties or damage reported.U.S. has re-added UN expert Francesca Albanese to list of sanctioned individuals, Treasury website showsUN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese Credit: Jure Makovec/AFPUN Special Rapporteur for the occupied Palestinian territories Francesca Albanese Credit: Jure Makovec/AFPThe United States has re-added Francesca Albanese, a UN expert on the ‌Palestinian territories, to a list of sanctioned individuals, according to a notice posted to the U.S. Treasury's website on Wednesday.Albanese was removed from the sanctions list earlier in May in what the Trump administration said was a temporary move.At least seven killed, 18 wounded in Israeli strike on Gaza City, medics sayAt least seven people were killed and 18 wounded in an Israeli strike that targeted an apartment in a building in Gaza city on Wednesday evening, health officials said.Earlier, the Israeli military said it struck "two central Hamas terrorists" in the northern Gaza Strip, providing no further details. 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