Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Iran Israel Updates Wed Aug 12


- Trump: The U.S.A. has total control over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, “A WALL OF STEEL,” and there is nothing Iran can do about it. They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, their remaining soldiers are unpaid, the IRGC is decimated and fleeing, and their “Leadership” is uncertain, at best! They have No Money - Their country is “shot.” All they have is FAKE NEWS and 300% INFLATION, and getting worse! Iran is all talk and no action, the Bully of the Middle East No Longer. Praise be to Allah! President DONALD J. TRUMP

- Peace Council Director General: The claims about a financial agreement between the Peace Council and Hamas are false. The big question will be: how will it be examined who will receive the money, which employees and which companies. Mladenov also announces: In the coming days, a mechanism will begin to operate to monitor violations, every violation will be addressed.

- NYT: Behind the reason for moving Trump on a secret plane back from the NATO summit in Turkey - US intelligence identified a targeted threat of launching a surface-to-air missile at Air Force One

- Trump: “It's only up to the Secret Service. I just follow what they'd like to do. So, I go by the Secret Service and the military. They wanted me to go on a different flight, a different plane. I guess there was a threat out there. I didn't really ask too much about it."

- A senior Iranian official told Reuters ahead of the end of the 60-day ceasefire as outlined in the MOU: There are no discussions about extending the ceasefire between Iran and the US. From Iran’s perspective, there is no start date for the ceasefire, so there is nothing to extend

- CBS: Secretary of War was on the plane on which Trump escaped from Turkey - On the Air Force One plane, which was a "decoy" following the threats, there were 2 ministers: Secretary of State Rubio and Treasury Secretary Bessent. The two knew that Trump was not on the plane.
Several senior White House officials were also on Air Force One, without the president, including Stephen Miller, Will Scharf, Stephen Chung, Mike Needham, Ross Worthington and Monica Crowley. The plane, whose identity was not revealed, on which Trump flew after being transported with the help of a catering truck, also had Natalie Harp, Dan Scavino and Walt Nauta.

- CNN Report: The US State Department has ordered US embassies in the Middle East to prepare plans that will allow them to continue operating with a limited number of staff, amid fears of a return to war with Iran. In addition, staff members who have been evacuated from their posts in missions in the Middle East are increasingly being given options to end their missions

- Report: The "Gaza Peace Council" will pay off Hamas' debts. As part of the agreement reached by the Peace Council and the mediation countries with Hamas, it turns out that a commitment was reached to pay Hamas' debts - up to $400 million. This is vaguely worded in section five of the document, according to which the money will be transferred to suppliers and contract holders. A source in the Peace Council confirms this. It explains that this is money that will be transferred to public employees 'who have not received payment, or suppliers and contractors who provided services to the population - and who still deserve money.' The Peace Council promises that each claim for payment will be examined individually, and that this is not a commitment to cover "corruption by Hamas or other financial mismanagement related to its rule in Gaza, or anything related to Hamas's record of terrorism and oppression," the source said, adding: "The Peace Council will not pay any commitment related to Hamas' record of terrorist activity." - Yisrael Hayom

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