LiveLive 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, 2026UpdatesPalestinian attacked by Israeli settlers freed after month of detention in rare releaseA young Palestinian man who was arrested last month after being repeatedly attacked by Jewish settlers living in West Bank outposts was released after nearly a month in detention without trial, in an unusual move by an Israeli military court.Thabet Masalem, a 25-year-old Palestinian shepherd from the village of Khirbet al-Marajim, south of Nablus, had been held in administrative detention for roughly three weeks of that period. The Israeli military said Moslem was involved in "violent friction incidents with settlers," even though he and his village have been repeatedly attacked and harassed by settlers.Thabet Masalem, a 25-year-old Palestinian shepherd from the village of Khirbet al-Marajim, who was jailed after being attacked by settlers. Credit: Jacob LazarusThabet Masalem, a 25-year-old Palestinian shepherd from the village of Khirbet al-Marajim, who was jailed after being attacked by settlers. Credit: Jacob LazarusAdministrative detention allows authorities to imprison a person without trial or indictment on the grounds that they pose a future security threat. The early release of an administrative detainee – involving the cancellation of an initial detention order just weeks after it was issued – is considered highly unusual.Masalem, who makes a living raising sheep, was released Wednesday following an appeal filed by his attorney, Afnan Khalifa. The appeal was heard by Lt. Col. Erez Hasson at the Ofer Military Court of Appeals.Read the full articleIran denies attack on Kharg Island, calls Trump's post 'laughable', Nournews reportsOil operations ‌at Iran's Kharg Island ‌have not stopped, Hamid Bovard, ⁠CEO of the National Iranian ⁠Oil Company, said on Monday, according to Nournews, which said he denied the key oil ‌hub was being destroyed, as U.S. ‌President Donald Trump's social media post had said."Trump's tweets are laughable and conditions in Kharg are calm and appropriate," Nournews cited him as saying, adding that the ⁠island, from which 90 percent of Iranian oil exports ‌originate, had been ⁠bombed repeatedly by ‌U.S. and Israeli forces in the past, but oil workers ⁠had not allowed operations to stop "even for a moment".Contractors were currently rebuilding and ‌modernising storage tanks and jetties, he added.Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say supertanker struck by mines in Strait of Hormuz A ⁠supertanker ‌caught fire and ‌was brought to a complete ⁠halt after being struck ⁠by two naval mines in the southern Strait of Hormuz, Iran state TV ‌reported on Monday, citing a ‌statement by the Revolutionary Guards.The Guards said the tanker had been attempting to pass through the waterway illegally. It did not identify ⁠the vessel or provide information about its crew.The ‌Guards ⁠warned that other ‌ships violating its security rules would face the same ⁠fate and said compliance with its regulations for passage through the ‌Strait of Hormuz was mandatory.6 hours agoTrump shares AI video showing Iran's Kharg Island ‘blown to smithereens’U.S. President Donald Trump shared an AI-generated video Monday purporting to show Iran's Kharg Island "being blown to smithereens," as tensions between Washington and Tehran escalate following the first U.S. strike on Iranian targets in roughly a month. It was not clear if ⁠Trump's post was a threat to Kharg Island or if an attack was taking place. Several hours after the post, there was no evidence Kharg had been attacked.The White House and the U.S. Defense Department did not immediately respond to Reuters ⁠requests for comment outside regular business hours. There was no immediate response to Trump's post on Iranian media.Kharg Island being blown to smithereens!!! President DJT