Israel rejects Trump's Gaza plan, more details emerge on the Strait of
Hormuz and other Mideast news
[August 10, 2026]
By The Associated Press
Israel on Sunday rejected a deal announced by U.S. President Donald
Trump for Gaza. Details emerged on the potential deal between Iran and
Oman on managing the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran suggested that vessels
linked to “hostile countries” would be barred. Iran also shuffled its
top security post.
Meanwhile, Yemen’s Iranian-backed Houthi rebels struck a government-held
port on the country’s Red Sea coast, deepening fears over threats to
strategic shipping routes and a potential return to civil war.
Here’s a look at developments across the Middle East. Full coverage can
be found here.
Netanyahu insists no Gaza withdrawal until Hamas disarms
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the deal on Gaza
announced by Trump last month, saying Israel’s military “will not carry
out any withdrawal until Hamas is genuinely disarmed.”
Netanyahu told a Cabinet meeting that “Israel rejects the 15-point
document” but is still discussing plans for Gaza with Washington, after
making similar comments last week. Trump had said Israeli forces would
withdraw as the Hamas militant group’s disarmament is completed. Israeli
forces control over half the Palestinian enclave of about 2 million
people that's been largely destroyed.
There was no immediate White House comment on Netanyahu's statement.
“We remain committed to the road map,” said a member of the Hamas
political bureau, Bassem Naim, adding that the group expects mediators
and the U.S. to pressure Netanyahu — who also faces domestic tensions as
he struggles to hold onto power ahead of the next elections scheduled
for Oct. 27.
The Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, sparked the war in Gaza.
A fragile ceasefire continues.
Houthis target Aramco refinery and Red Sea port
Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked the government-held port
city of Mocha late Sunday night. It was the second attack on the Red Sea
coast city in less than 24 hours.
A Houthi military source told the Houthi-controlled Al-Masirah TV that
the attack targeted weapons depots and Saudi troop concentrations.
A statement from the Yemeni Armed Forces posted on X said residential
neighborhoods were targeted by ballistic missiles and drones in the
attack, and that air defense systems managed to intercept some of the
drones.
Drones and missiles were also used during the earlier attack on Sunday.
The Yemeni government-allied National Resistance Forces said at least
seven people — four troops and three civilians — were killed and 15
civilians were injured in that strike.
Fayed al-Noman, the information ministry’s assistant undersecretary,
said the attack severely damaged port buildings and piers as well as
commercial goods and food supplies. The military later said missiles
landed in several areas, including near a television station.
Mocha is a main port under Yemen’s internationally recognized government
and has been renovated to handle shipping that avoids the Houthi-held
port of Hodeida.
The Houthis said they targeted military forces and warehouses.
Yahya Saree, a Houthi military spokesperson, said they also targeted an
Aramco refinery in the Saudi city of Jazan with a drone in response to
Saudi drones breaching Yemen’s airspace over Hajjah and Saada provinces.
The Saudi Energy Ministry reported a fire at a facility belonging to the
Aramco refinery, with no casualties. The ministry did not say the cause.
The attacks threaten to reignite Yemen’s civil war after a 2022 truce.
— Samy Magdy in Cairo
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Iran's top security post changes again
Iran named a new head of its powerful Supreme National Security
Council, state media reported. Mohsen Rezaei had been a military
adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei and a former
Revolutionary Guard commander.
It was the latest shuffle at the top for the politburo-like body,
which has a range of political opinions and rivalries and is
adapting to the loss of several senior officials in the war.
Rezaei replaces Mohammad Bagher Zolghadr, who took up the role after
Ali Larijani was killed by an Israeli strike in March. Zolghadr will
become a political adviser to Khamenei.
Rezaei earlier this month said Iran will never allow an unauthorized
route through the Strait of Hormuz, which was considered an
international waterway before the war and Tehran's assertion of
control.
Iran says negotiations ‘cannot resume’ until conditions met
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told reporters that
negotiations with Oman about “new maritime routes” on the Strait of
Hormuz were in the final stages but “this, however, does not mean
that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen.” That step requires
conditions that “have been conveyed through intermediaries.”
The Supreme National Security Council on Saturday said the strait
will not reopen until the U.S. “corrects its behavior.” It demanded
that the U.S. never threaten Iran again, a permanent end to the war
with Iran and its armed allies, a lifting of the naval blockade of
Iranian ports and a withdrawal of the U.S. military from the area.
The U.S. also must “completely compensate” Iran for war damage, lift
sanctions and “unconditionally” release frozen assets.
The United States did not comment on the demands. Trump on Sunday
asserted to Axios that “we are only semi-negotiating” with Iran and
letting economic pressures take their toll.
Araghchi said an “exchange of messages through intermediaries”
continues with the U.S. but that doesn’t constitute negotiations,
which he said can’t resume until violations of the interim deal end
and the U.S. “has remedied” provisions it violated.
Details emerge about a potential Iran-Oman deal
Iran and Oman, located on the other side of the Strait of Hormuz,
are working to finalize a temporary deal that would reopen it, with
ships entering near Iran and exiting near Oman, according to two
people familiar with the talks who spoke on condition of anonymity
because they were not authorized to speak publicly. Ships would
transit without paying fees or tolls during the interim period.
The agreement is designed to restore the separate interim deal
between the U.S. and Iran. The two people said the agreement is
endorsed by Gulf Cooperation Council members and is expected to be
jointly announced by Iran, Oman, the U.S. and the U.N.’s
International Maritime Organization. But they stressed the terms
still could change.
The Iranian parliament’s National Security Committee approved
“general outlines” of a plan to manage the strait, the state
broadcaster reported, but a lawmaker said transits by vessels
belonging to “hostile countries” would be prohibited. The member of
parliament’s presiding board said countries that have “caused
damage” to Iran cannot transit until they compensate for it. There
were no further details.
— Michelle Price in Washington and Aamer Madhani in New York
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