LiveLive Updates August 14, 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 formatSubscribeAugust 14, 2026UpdatesHaredi protesters demonstrate outside homes of Women of the Wall leadersHaredi protesters demonstrated outside the homes of two leaders of Women of the Wall after obtaining their addresses through deception, the organization said. Women blow shofars during a prayer service marking the Jewish month of Elul at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday. Credit: Women of the Wall Women blow shofars during a prayer service marking the Jewish month of Elul at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Friday. Credit: Women of the Wall The protesters arrived early in the morning outside the homes of Yochi Rappaport, the group's CEO, and Anat Hoffman, its chairwoman. They used a loudspeaker to chant, "A woman does not wear a tallit," referring to the Jewish prayer shawl traditionally worn by men.The protesters also confronted neighbors, according to the organization.In a statement, Rappaport said the demonstration crossed a red line and that she feared for her safety and her family's.U.S. could not verify Israeli warnings of Iran plots against Trump, sources sayU.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after landing at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday. Credit: Jim Watson/AFPU.S. President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after landing at Joint Base Andrews on Tuesday. Credit: Jim Watson/AFPThe U.S. has received several warnings from Israel over the past year that Iran intended to assassinate President Donald Trump, including before a secret Air Force One ruse in Turkey, that U.S. intelligence officials could not independently verify, according to a current U.S. official and two former officials.The warnings, passed to ‌U.S. intelligence agencies and in some cases relayed directly by Israeli officials to senior White House officials, included possible plots to shoot Trump with a sniper or recruit someone to attack him with a knife at a large public event, the sources said. The tips began in the lead-up to the 12-day war in June 2025 and intensified prior to the U.S. decision to go to war in Iran in February, the sources said.The most detailed warning came ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara in July, the U.S. official and the other person familiar with the matter said. Israeli officials briefed the White House about intelligence that indicated Iran may try to kill Trump, potentially with a shoulder-launched missile, while he ​traveled on Air Force One for the summit, the officials said.In the case of the NATO episode, a Turkish official said the country's intelligence agencies also did not have any evidence to corroborate the Israeli claim about the threat to Trump's life, an assessment the host country shared with Americans.Despite the lack of verification, White House officials and the Secret Service have taken steps to mitigate the threats out of an abundance of caution, including an extraordinary deception operation during the Turkey trip that involved moving Trump from Air Force One to a different aircraft for his flight out of the country.That episode underscores how Israeli intelligence is influencing the Trump administration's decision-making about Iran at a time of heightened tensions with Tehran – and broader disagreement between U.S. and Israeli intelligence assessments on Iran's threat overall.Jared Kushner to visit Israel and Egypt next week with Board of Peace officials to talk GazaPresident Donald Trump's son-in-law and negotiator Jared Kushner will travel to the Middle East next week to try to advance plans for an end to the conflict in Gaza after a deal recently announced by the Trump administration ran into Israeli opposition.An official with the Board of Peace, the body Trump established to oversee the fragile ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war, said Kushner, board high representative Nickolay Mladenov, and executive board member and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair would arrive in Israel on Sunday.The group will then travel to Cairo, where meetings of a Palestinian technocratic group set to assume control of Gaza under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal have been taking place for the past several months, the official said. The trip was reported earlier by Axios.The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because planning for details of the trip has not yet been finalized, said the meetings would demonstrate the determination of Trump and the Board of Peace to "see peace, prosperity and sustainable security emerge" in a demilitarized Gaza where Hamas has ceded control to allow reconstruction of the devastated territory.But Israel has dismissed a recent deal announced by Trump for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from the Palestinian territory, marking a rare public display of friction with the Trump administration. Though Hamas accepted the plan to decommission its weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in recent days that Israel would not withdraw until Hamas has completely disarmed.The deal had been seen as a potential breakthrough for ending the war in Gaza. The agreement was based on an October ceasefire that ended major military operations and brought about the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza, but it has stalled on other fronts.Netanyahu: Britain is nuclear-armed 'Islamic republic,' Israel preventing Iran becoming onePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an Army Radio podcast, earlier this week. Credit: Svreenshot/GLZ Radio on YouTubePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at an Army Radio podcast, earlier this week. Credit: Svreenshot/GLZ Radio on YouTubePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu referred to the United Kingdom as "the Islamic Republic of Britain," saying Israel is "making sure" Iran doesn't become "another one."Netanyahu said former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's son and grandson, who were journalists, were friendly to Israel."They came here and covered the Six-Day War in a very positive way for us," he said, speaking on the IDF-run Army Radio's video podcast recorded at the studios of a company employed by his Likud party's election campaign."Go find that today in Britain, what is known as the Islamic Republic of Britain," Netanyahu added. "Someone said that the first nuclear-armed Islamic Republic will be the Islamic Republic of Britain. We're making sure there won't be another one in Iran."RECAP: IDF kills at least two in Gaza; U.S. sending new aircraft carrier amid Iran warHere are Friday's latest updates:■ An Israeli drone strike in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip killed one and wounded seven others. Another drone strike in southwestern Gaza City killed at least one person and wounded several others.■ The Israeli military said it killed a "Hamas company commander" in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.■ Iran's top joint military command announced that no vessel can transit the Strait of Hormuz without Iran's permission, according to state-run media.■ Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said hackers accessed his X account and deleted a recent post condemning Israel's attacks in southern Lebanon.■ UNRWA said its facilities in the Palestinian refugee camp of Shoafat in East Jerusalem face an "imminent risk of unlawful seizure and takeover" by Israeli authorities, citing recent raids on schools and health facilities.■ A Palestinian family in the West Bank village of Qusra said IDF soldiers who took over its house removed a digital video recorder containing security camera footage of recent settler attacks.■ Washington is sending a new aircraft carrier to the Middle East to replace the USS Abraham Lincoln, The Wall Street Journal reported, shortly after reports that sailors aboard the Lincoln tried to jump overboard.In the NewsThe Lessons of Lebanon and Ukraine: Why the IDF Wants 100,000 Drones a YearUnmoved by Netanyahu's Tricks and Shticks, Eisenkot Eyes a Minority GovernmentKatz Orders Plan to Transfer West Bank Civilian Enforcement From IDF to PoliceHuckabee Condemned 'Settler Terror' but He Was Defending Trump, Not Palestinians'I Don't Know a Wounded Israeli Soldier Whose Soul Wasn't Affected'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI50 Years Ago, a Young Israeli Was Crowned the Most Beautiful Woman in the WorldIsrael's Leading Philosopher on Manipulation, Morality and the Future of ZionismWho Is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Frontrunner to Become the Next UN Chief?Phones of Missing Israeli Mother, Daughter Last Traced Near Vienna Train StationIsrael Elections: How to Actually Read the PollsU.S. University to Pay Israeli Scholar Who Lost Job for Calling Gaza a Genocide