LiveLive Updates July 12, 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 formatSubscribeJuly 12, 2026UpdatesAhead of the next election, Netanyahu seeks to brand Turkey as Israel's new enemy | EditorialThe election is approaching, and the "Mr. Security" campaign has begun. In a calculated move, Benjamin Netanyahu last week launched a blitz of interviews, phone calls and statements in an attempt to block the sale of F-35 jets to Turkey. If and when this move materializes (Donald Trump still faces fierce opposition in Congress and the Senate), Netanyahu will always be able to say, "I warned and cautioned, I did everything possible."In doing so, he intensified his anti-Turkish rhetoric and now portrays the Turks as the main strategic threat to Israel, the Middle East, Europe and even the U.S. One regional power declines, another rises; one enemy weakens, another continues to strengthen.Netanyahu meeting with Erdogan at the UN in New York in 2023. Credit: Turkish Presidency Press Office/AFPNetanyahu meeting with Erdogan at the UN in New York in 2023. Credit: Turkish Presidency Press Office/AFPRead the full articleU.S. Central Command says third round of strikes on Iran completeThe U.S. Central Command said it completed a third round of strikes against Iran on Saturday, hitting approximately 140 Iranian military targets with precision munitions.CENTCOM said the operation targeted missile and drone sites, naval capabilities, ammunition storage facilities, communications networks and coastal surveillance locations, following Iranian attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.IRGC says forces struck U.S. base in Qatar, vessel in Hormuz and port in OmanIran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Sunday it struck and disabled a second vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, targeted the U.S. strategic air base at Al Udeid in Qatar with ballistic missiles, destroying its fighter jet maintenance center and command and control facility and destroyed logistical support centers and refueling platforms for U.S. aircraft carriers at the Port of Duqm in Oman.In the NewsHamas Disarmament and Israeli Withdrawal Dominate Cairo Talks on Gaza's FutureRep. Khanna Urges Arrest of IDF Soldiers He Says Detained Him in West BankTop GOP Senator Lindsey Graham Dies at 71 After Sudden IllnessTehran Says Hormuz Closed, Gulf States Hit After U.S. Strikes Iran OvernightQatar Condemns Iranian Attacks on Neighboring Countries and Its TerritoryRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThe Original Tradwives of Ancient RomeThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesMade in Kurdistan, Smuggled via Jordan: The Mysterious Firearms Flooding IsraelInside the German pro-Israel Lobby's Campaign to Defund UNRWAIsraeli Cop Filmed Throwing Stun Grenade Into Car, Trapping Palestinians Inside