The Clock Is Ticking On Trump's Iran Decision

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Wednesday • July 22, 2026

The Clock Is Ticking On Trump's Iran Decision President Trump appears to be nearing a choice that could determine whether the Iran conflict moves toward another ceasefire or a far larger joint campaign with Israel. At the center is Pickaxe Mountain, a deeply buried facility believed to shelter sensitive nuclear equipment. A strike could signal that Washington has chosen escalation—and trigger an Iranian response capable of widening the war across the Middle East. Continue Reading

 

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Ukrainian drones hit more sites of Russian online retailer Wildberries

 Ukrainian drones have hit warehouses belonging to Russia's biggest online retailer again, injuring 15 people, according to the company's founder and regional governors.

Logistics hubs run by Wildberries in two south-west cities were impacted by overnight attacks and workers were evacuated, the founder said.

It is the second time Ukraine has attacked the firm's facilities in four days, with warehouses in Tambov and Elektrostal hit on Saturday, killing eight people.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that Ukraine had hit logistics hubs in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions "involved in providing the Russian army with drone components, navigation equipment and other gear".

Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim confirmed the attacks on two logistics centres in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol region.

"There are no words to describe all the feelings and emotions caused by the attacks on ordinary people, on our employees, on us, who are simply doing our jobs," she wrote on Telegram. "But these situations demonstrate the most important thing: we must continue to do what we do for the benefit of people."

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c36de9n4pxpo

US renews strikes on Iran as Trump threatens to attack Pickaxe Mountain

 The United States launched strikes on Iran for the 11th consecutive night late on Tuesday, as Tehran warned the US against targeting its nuclear facilities.

US Central Command (Centcom) said the wave of strikes were "designed to continue degrading Iran's ability to threaten commercial shipping" in the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian state media reported that air defences were activated in the capital Tehran. Explosions were also reported in Tabriz, Chabahar, Konarak, and in Bushehr, home to Iran's only nuclear power plant.

Iran, which has retaliated against the US and its Middle East allies, warned of reprisals after Donald Trump said the US would soon hit an underground nuclear site near Natanz. Iran and the US agreed a ceasefire in April, but hostilities resumed last week as both countries battled over control of the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway. 

Centcom said US forces had targeted Iranian military operations centres, maritime capabilities, aircraft hangars, drone storage facilities, and military logistics infrastructure.  It also accused Iran of attacking "more than 30 commercial vessels" passing through the Strait of Hormuz over the past three months.

"The unwarranted attacks have endangered hundreds of innocent mariners and undermined freedom of navigation," it said, adding the waterway remained "open for commercial vessel transit". Kuwait's army said early on Wednesday morning that its air defences were engaging with drone attacks from Iran, while Bahrain and Jordan said they had also intercepted drone and missile strikes.

Earlier the US president said the next military target could be a complex known as Pickaxe Mountain, an underground nuclear site where Iran is suspected of building an undeclared enrichment facility. "We'll be hitting that area pretty soon, and very heavily," Trump said, addressing reporters during a White House meeting with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.

He added that he would not normally announce targets but "there's not a thing they can do about it". Iran's Khatam Al-Anbiya military command said it would consider such an attack "as an expansion of war in the region", threatening strikes on "all the interests of America, the allies and supporters", state-run broadcaster IRIB reported.

Trump also threatened to "take care of" the Houthi rebels if the Iran-backed militant group in Yemen followed through on its threatened blockade of Saudi ports. A Houthi media official had earlier said they were closing the Bab al-Mandab Strait - the Red Sea's southern gateway - to Saudi vessels. The Red Sea has become crucial for oil shipments from Saudi Arabia during the US-Israeli war with Iran, which has led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Following the Houthi announcement, two tankers which had just loaded Saudi crude bound for China and India at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port of Yanbu made U-turns on Tuesday, heading instead towards the Suez Canal, British maritime risk management group Vanguard said.

The threat from the Houthis risks further disruption to international shipping, with hostilities in the region having already led to global fuel prices fluctuating significantly.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrv0p37k8jo

 

The Fig Tree: Within The Span of a Generation, Israel Will Bud as a Nation and Look Upon the One Whom They Pierced

By Barry Stagner - https://harbingersdaily.com/the-fig-tree-within-the-span-of-a-generation-israel-will-bud-as-a-nation-and-look-upon-the-one-whom-they-pierced/

“‘I will plant them in their land, and no longer shall they be pulled up from the land I have given them,’ says the Lord your God.” — Amos 9:15

If we are going to follow a chronological order of events that pertains to the last of the last days, we must begin with the regathering of the Jews into their land and the rebirth of the nation Israel. Jesus said, “Now learn this parable from the fig tree: ‘When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that summer is near. So you also, when you see all these things, know that it is near—at the doors! Assuredly, I say to you, this generation will by no means pass away till all these things take place. Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will by no means pass away’” (Matthew 24:32-35).

Hosea 9:10 and Joel 1:7 both metaphorically refer to Israel as a “fig tree,” which tells us we are within the boundaries of Scripture to see this as referring to Israel. But there is even more compelling evidence that tells us not only can we see Israel as a fig tree, but we should.

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America’s Dependance Day

Terry James - https://terryjamesprophecyline.com/2026/07/19/americas-dependance-day/

America celebration of birth since 1776 was spectacular, our independence from mother England 250 years previous having been a painful and bloody one, to say the least. That separation, however, wasn’t one of merely exerting cleavage from an empire determined to rule over the colonies. That is, there has been a much more profound leverage than a revolutionary spirit at work in producing that schism than just the colonists’ desire to break free of overbearing bondage.

America’s founding fathers–that is, a majority of them—recognized the nature of the profound leverage they were allowed to apply in order to burst free from the most powerful military on the planet at the time. It was providential leverage that most of them acknowledged as the intervening force that birthed this nation.

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Trump Is Considering Taking the War Against Iran to the Next Level, And Israel Is Preparing to Join the Fight

Michael Snyder - https://endoftheamericandream.com/trump-is-considering-taking-the-war-against-iran-to-the-next-level-and-israel-is-preparing-to-join-the-fight/#google_vignette

It appears that we could soon witness a very serious escalation in the Middle East. As you will see below, President Trump is strongly considering “full-scale military operations” against Iran that would be “far more intense and extensive” than we have seen over the past couple of weeks. Since fighting has resumed, the U.S. has primarily been hitting targets in southern Iran along the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz. This obviously hasn’t moved the Iranians in the right direction at all. Instead, the Iranians have escalated matters by targeting civilian infrastructure, and now the Bab el-Mandeb Strait has been closed by the Houthis. So now Trump has a decision to make. He could back down and try more diplomacy, or he could take the war against Iran to the next level.

According to Fox News, Trump is expected to make the decision on whether or not “to expand military operations against Iran” soon…

President Donald Trump is expected to decide in the coming days whether to expand military operations against Iran and return to full-scale combat, senior U.S. officials told Fox News on Monday.

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Will Iran’s Plan of Tanking the Global Economy Cause the US To Pull Back?

By Erick Stakelbeck - https://harbingersdaily.com/will-irans-plan-of-tanking-the-global-economy-cause-the-us-to-pull-back/

Iran says it is now engaged in a “full-scale war” with the United States. Iranian President Mahmoud Pezeshkian, who is supposedly one of the more “moderate” figures among Iran’s fanatical jihadist leadership, made the remarks earlier today, and judging by events that unfolded over the weekend, the regime clearly wants to escalate.

In response to heavy United States airstrikes, Iran continued to bombard its Arab-Muslim neighbors like Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan with missiles and drones. You may ask. “Why would they attack their fellow Muslims?” It doesn’t make sense on paper, but there are a number of factors to consider.

First off, Iran wants to destroy the economies of these countries, which have friendly relations with America. In the process, they would tank the global economy and drive up oil and gas prices, which they believe would then force the US to stand down.

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Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 12, including family of six, medics say

 At least 12 Palestinians, including six members of one family, have been killed in three separate Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip, according to local medics.

Video footage showed the family's apartment on fire overnight in the western al-Sabra neighbourhood of Gaza City.

The brother of Firas al-Masri told the BBC that he had been burnt to death along with his wife, Salsabeel, and their three daughters and son, Faryal, Salma, Amira and Naim.

The Israeli military said its target was a Hamas operative and that it was still looking into the results of the attack.

On Tuesday afternoon, another four people were killed in an Israeli air strike on a home in the al-Samar area of central Gaza City, Palestinian media cited medics as saying.

Two more were killed in an Israeli drone strike on a vehicle in the al-Zahra area to the south of Gaza City, they added.

The Israeli military has not yet commented on those strikes.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0qv0pdj18go

Why Iran is risking so much over the Strait of Hormuz

 After 10 days of exchanging strikes with the US over control of the vital Strait of Hormuz waterway, Iran's leaders may appear to have three choices. None offer a clear route to victory.

The first is to accept much of what Washington wants: guarantee free and safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz by ending attacks on commercial shipping, give up or dilute Iran's stockpile of highly enriched uranium, and accept intrusive inspections by the global nuclear watchdog.

In return, Tehran would seek an end to the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, sanctions relief, and protection from further attacks.

This is probably the least costly option, but also the costliest politically.

Reopening Hormuz without securing a recognised Iranian role in managing the waterway would mean surrendering what some in Tehran increasingly see as a newly discovered deterrent, one that may now appear more effective than Iran's missiles, regional proxies, or even its nuclear programme.

For the first time, the Islamic Republic has demonstrated its ability to impose immediate costs on the global economy for an attack on its territory by its enemies.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwymx3eevpjo

Iran war has cost US $37.5bn so far, Hegseth says, as Pentagon seeks billions more

 The war with Iran has cost the US some $37.5bn (£28bn) so far - an increase of nearly $8bn since the last estimate in May, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth has said.

Hegseth told the Senate Appropriations Committee it was urgent that lawmakers approve another $87bn in congressional funding for the Pentagon, with $67bn of that destined for operations in the Middle East.

The hearing was disrupted several times by anti-war protesters and ended in a shouting match between the defence secretary and a senator.

It was Hegseth's first appearance on Capitol Hill since hostilities between the US and Iran restarted last week and comes after three American soldiers were confirmed killed in the region.

The White House asked Congress in April for $1.5tn for the Pentagon over the next fiscal year, which would raise American military spending to an all-time high in the modern era.

FULL ARTICLE AT: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c70gek2kqyno

Lebanese army says troops deploying in 'pilot zone' after Israeli withdrawal

 Lebanon's army says its troops are deploying to a "pilot zone" in the south of the country following the withdrawal of Israeli forces under a US-brokered agreement reached last month.

Engineering units entered the village of Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh in Nabatieh district on Tuesday morning, the army command announced.

Later, it said Israeli forces had opened fire in the vicinity of the troops. Israel's military said warning shots had been fired after the troops crossed into the Israeli-declared "security zone".

The pilot zone plan should see Israeli troops pulling out of a small part of the territory occupied during their conflict with Hezbollah and the disarmament of the Iran-backed Lebanese group.

Tuesday's deployment began ahead of a meeting in Washington between US President Donald Trump and his Lebanese counterpart, Joseph Aoun.

Aoun was expected to urge Trump to put pressure on Israel to withdraw from the rest of southern Lebanon and support the Lebanese army in taking full control of areas where Hezbollah holds sway.

"I told him [Trump] I need two things from you: political support and supporting the LAF [Lebanese Armed Forces]," Aoun told reporters in the Oval Office.

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US Considering Drastic Plan Against Iranian Regime

 

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