Live Updates August 31, 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 31, 2026Iran attacks U.S. forces in Jordan, Fox News reports, citing American sourceIran is attacking U.S. forces stationed in Jordan, Fox News reporter Trey Yingst said on Sunday, citing an American source.There has been no significant impact so far, the reporter's X post said, adding that nearly all incoming missiles "have been intercepted at this point."NOW: Iran is attacking U.S. forces stationed in Jordan.
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No significant impacts so far. Nearly all incoming missiles have been intercepted at this point.U.S. military says forces redirected 83 commercial vessels, disabled three under Hormuz blockadeU.S. Central Command said Sunday that its forces have redirected 83 commercial vessels, disabled three and boarded two since enforcing a blockade against Iran, in what it said was an effort "to ensure compliance."A U.S. Sailor directs an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter onto the flight deck of USS Delbert D. Black (DDG 119) while the ship sails in the Arabian Sea enforcing the U.S. blockade against Iran. As of Aug. 30, CENTCOM forces have redirected 83 commercial vessels, disabled 3 and boardedShow moreU.S. strikes Iranian launchers on Larak Island after mine-laying preparations, officials sayU.S. forces struck two Iranian launchers on Larak Island earlier Sunday after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was observed preparing to launch rockets carrying sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said.Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz.The IRGC said a U.S. attack on Larak Island on Sunday killed and wounded several Iranian fighters and civilians, and vowed to respond and punish those responsible, state broadcaster IRIB reported.They did not provide a precise casualty toll.Netanyahu downplays settler violence as acts of 'juveniles,' vows to stop itPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that he would not tolerate Jewish violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, while concurrently saying he wants to "defend the settlements and strengthen them," during an interview on the Channel 14 News talk show The Patriots. Prime Minister Netanyahu on Channel 14 on Sunday. Credit: Screenshot from Channel 14Prime Minister Netanyahu on Channel 14 on Sunday. Credit: Screenshot from Channel 14Netanyahu, entering the studio to "Bibi king of Israel" chants, said such attacks harm Israel's image and undermine the settlement movement. He also accused the Israeli and international media of exaggerating the extent of the violence."We don't need to add problems to ourselves by ourselves," Netanyahu said regarding settler violence. He described those involved as a small group of young people and said they had no right to enter Palestinian villages, where he said the military and police are responsible for maintaining security.Netanyahu said the violence is "a huge blow" to law-abiding Israelis who are fighting and making sacrifices, and pledged to "stop it."Netanyahu further boasted that his current government founded 84 settlements and 150 outposts in the West Bank.NBC News reporter says he and crew are ‘all OK now’ after West Bank attackThe masked settlers recorded as they attack the NBC crew in the West Bank, on Saturday. Credit: nbcnews.com/The masked settlers recorded as they attack the NBC crew in the West Bank, on Saturday. Credit: nbcnews.com/NBC News international correspondent Matt Bradley says he and his crew are "all ok now" after being attacked by masked Israeli settlers in the West Bank on Saturday."They jumped out, beat us, then jumped back in the car," Bradley told NBC News, describing the attack.The correspondent and members of his press crew were attacked while interviewing a Palestinian woman in Jalud, one of several Palestinian villages in the Nablus area that have become a flashpoint for clashes with settlers over recent weeks.Four Palestinians wounded by live fire near Ramallah, Red Crescent saysThe Palestine Red Crescent said that its teams, along with private ambulance crews, treated four Palestinians who were wounded by live fire in the town of al-Mughayyir, near Ramallah in the West Bank.The wounded were taken to a hospital for medical treatment, the Red Crescent said. Local reports said the shooting was carried out by Israeli settlers. There were no details on the condition of the wounded.Report: IDF strikes southern Lebanese village of Yohmor Yohmor in the Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon.Yohmor in the Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon.The Israeli Defense Forces struck the outskirts of the village of Yohmor in the Nabatieh Governorate in southern Lebanon, according to Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al Akhbar.UKMTO says tanker hit by projectile near OmanThe Omani port city of Khasab.The Omani port city of Khasab.The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said a tanker was struck by a projectile 12 nautical miles north of the Omani port city of Khasab.No casualties or environmental impact were reported, the UKMTO said.Hundreds of thousands of Gaza children remain out of school, new data showsGaza's education system remains largely dysfunctional, with hundreds of thousands of school-age children lacking meaningful access to education, according to data collected by the Humanitarian Forum on Gaza, an organization of Israeli civil society experts and NGOs, in August 2026.The group said 772,042 school-age children are currently outside the formal education system. Of those, 338,722 are expected to receive no form of education, while 433,301 are participating in temporary learning spaces, operating at roughly 600 locations across the Gaza Strip.More than 93 percent of schools in Gaza have been severely damaged or destroyed, the forum said. It estimated that about 180,000 children aged 9 and 10 have never attended school regularly.A school in Gaza's Nuseirat in 2025. Credit: Eyad Baba/AFPA school in Gaza's Nuseirat in 2025. Credit: Eyad Baba/AFPThe forum attributed Gaza's slow education infrastructure recovery partly to restrictions on aid and construction materials, which have forced children into inadequate temporary learning spaces.The forum also raised concerns that some organizations permitted by Israel to operate in Gaza lack established experience implementing similar educational initiatives.In the NewsLet Our People Choose: Israel Must Legalize Same-sex MarriageIran's IRGC Vows to Respond to U.S. Strike, State Broadcaster ReportedCasualties Reported by Iranian State Media in U.S. Strike in Strait of HormuzHaaretz CartoonParents to Suspend Classes at Tel Aviv School Over Admission of Migrant ChildrenRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With Israel'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? 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