Thursday, July 23, 2026

NEWS SUMMARY-INTELLIGENCE REPORT 7/23/2026*NEWSDUMP THURSDAY*ISRAELI NATIONALISTS STORM TEMPLE MOUNT*TRUMP IRAN POLICY: "A HEAD FOR AN EYE"*OIL PRICES SPIRAL HIGHER*"EXTREMELY SURPRISING" DEATH EPSTEIN MODEL AGENT*NEW HAMAS LEADER SPEAKS*TRUMP CONSIDERS ATTACKING JIHADISTS IN MALI*

 


                           (SERVICE WHEN ABLE THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING)



                    LATE NEWS TONIGHT:



New messaging from US President Donald Trump regarding the nuclear program deal with Saudi Arabia announced yesterday.


Mr. Trump responding to criticism from Pro-Israel perspectives saying the deal to create a civilian nuclear program for Saudi Arabia is linked to normalization of Saudi-Israeli relations under the "Abraham Accords"...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)



THOUSANDS OF ISRAELI NATIONALISTS STORMING THE TEMPLE MOUNT IN JERUSALEM ESCORTED BY ARMED POLICE.


ESTIMATES OF THE CROWD RANGE AS HIGH AS MORE THAN 4,200.


SOME JEWS PRAYING AT THE SITE OF WHAT IS NOW THE AL AQSA MOSQUE.


THE ISRAELI FLAG WAVED, ITS NATIONAL ANTHEM SUNG.


IN THE VANGUARD OF THE ASSAULT NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER ITAMAR BEN-GVIR WHO OVERSEES ISRAEL'S POLICE AND PRISONS.


TODAY'S INCIDENT IN THE MIDST OF OVERALL MIDDLE EAST TENSIONS LINKED TO THE IRAN WAR AS WELL AS ISRAEL'S ELECTION CAMPAIGN.



THE ISRAELI NATIONALIST PRESENCE OCCURRING ON TISHA B'AV THE JEWISH DAY OF MOURNING FOR THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ANCIENT TEMPLES AND JERUSALEM...


                       THE GUARDIAN UK


                         TIMES OF ISRAEL




                    "a head for an eye"

US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO ON PRESIDENT TRUMP'S WAR POLICY TOWARDS IRAN



"The situation is in the Middle East is getting out of control.  It's time to step back."

    UN SECRETARY GENERAL ANTONIO GUTERRES


The Iran War raging with actions and words today US President Donald Trump speaking of holding Iran responsible for Houthi attacks on Saudi oil tankers in the Red Sea.


Meanwhile US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says while Iran speaks of an 'eye for an eye' war policy President Trump's war policy is a 'head for an eye'.


Rubio speaking of Iran paying 'a very heavy price'.



UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres urging and end to fighting and diplomacy.  He says the situation is 'spiraling out of control'.


An Iranian drone attack on a border post with Kuwait.


Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the situation now unfolding will lead to global recession.   He used cartoons to illustrate his point.


Ghalibaf says Iran has a "10/10 Strategy" based on the 10 points in the recent Memorandum of Understanding...



                 DAWN PAKISTAN BLOG




DRIVEN BY THE IRAN WAR THE OIL PRICE IN NEW YORK SPRIALING HIGHER OVER 92 DOLLARS A BARREL BY MID-DAY.


AT THE GAS PUMPS HERE IN YORK, PENNSYLVANIA THE PRICE OF A GALLON OF GAS AT SAM'S CLUB ROSE TO 3.91.9.   THAT'S SIX CENTS HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY.



The European Union agreeing to a new round of sanctions on Russia.  Greece had been resisting the tougher sanctions over concern for Greek transport of natural gas supplied by Russia.


An exemption has been granted for Greece...NOS Netherlands (Translation Prompt)


                     "extremely surprising"



The French lawyer for Jeffrey Epstein-linked modeling scout Daniel Siad found dead in his home near Paris.


Menya Arab-Tigrine says she saw her client 'in good shape' when she visited him last month.


Siad was facing criminal charges including rape.  


Siad's death the second involving a model scout linked to Epstein.   Jean Luc Brunel found hanging in a jail cell back in February 2022 after he was arrested...


                     BFM-TV France (Translation Prompt)



The markets today...Marketwatch


THE NEW LEADER OF HAMAS IN GAZA TALKING PALESTINIAN UNITY.


KHALIL AL-HAYYA IN A VIDEO SPEECH SPEAKING OF REBUILDING GAZA, FREEING PRISONERS FROM ISRAELI PRISONS AND UNITING PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES INCLUDING THE 'WEST BANK' AND EAST JERUSALEM AS A 'FREE AND PROUD PALESTINE'.


AL-HAYYA WAS PART OF A FIVE-MAN COUNCIL LEADING GAZA AFTER PREVIOUS HAMAS LEADER YAHYA SINWAR WAS KILLED BY ISRAEL IN 2024...AL JAZEERA QATAR




(UPDATED) ON THE SIDELINES OF THE ASEAN (ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS) SUMMIT IN MANILA A HALF-HOUR MEETING BETWEEN US SECRETARY OF STATE MARCO RUBIO AND RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER SERGEI LAVROV...(NEWS AGENCIES)...


ALONGSIDE THIS MEETING TALK OF RUSSIA HELPING IRAN'S WAR EFFORT AGAINST THE US WITH INFORMATION ABOUT US MILITARY TARGETS INCLUDING HIDDEN COVERT FACILITIES...OSINTdefender "X"...


RUSSIA'S FOREIGN MINISTRY SAYS MR. LAVROV TOLD MR. RUBIO IT IS UNACCPTABLE TO KEEP SUPPLYING UKRAINE WITH WEAPONS.


HE ALSO STATED RUSSIA'S ESTIMATION OF THE SITUATION ON THE FRONT LINE OF THE UKRAINE WAR...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA (TRANSLATION PROMPT)




In the lead up to the Mid-Term Elections the White House seeking to deal with the controversy surrounding rising electricity costs linked to data centers.


A 'voluntary pledge' program involving major tech companies now expanding to include utilities and state governors.


The pledge states that the tech companies will bear the burden of increased electricity costs and not pass them onto ratepayers...THE HILL-YAHOO



US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID TO BE CONSIDERING ATTACKING AL-QAEDA AFFILIATED JIHADISTS IN MALI.


THE MILITARY GOVERNMENT IN MALI AND OTHER SAHEL NATIONS ALIGNED WITH IT ARE SUPPORTED BY RUSSIAN MILITARY FORCES IN THEIR FIGHT WITH THE JIHADISTS.


THE 'WASHINGTON POST' REPORTING DISAGREEMENT WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE OVER THE NOTION OF ATTACKING THE 'JNIM' GROUP.


SENIOR WHITE HOUSE AIDE FOR COUNTERTERRORISM SEBASTIAN GORKA SAID TO BE STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF US MILITARY ACTION IN MALI.


WHEN QUESTIONED ABOUT THE NOTION CURRENT AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS NOTING THE US DESIRE TO HAVE MALI PURCHASE US WEAPONS AND ACCEPT US SUPPORT TO FIGHT THE JIHADISTS.


RUSSIA IS BLAMED FOR THE SUDDEN SURGE IN JIHADIST ACTIVITY IN MALI FOLLOWING THE COUNTRY'S DECISION TO ALIGN ITSELF MORE CLOSELY WITH RUSSIA...THE HILL USA
























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