Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-22 at 00:02

HEADLINES
Iran warns US strike would widen war
Ted Stevens DDG 128 completes shock trials
Clipper Endeavor wreckage found after 74 years

The time is now 12:01 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Iranian Retaliation, Iran's top joint military command warned that any US strike on its nuclear facilities would be considered an "expansion of the war" across the region, according to Iranian state television.

In US Military Role, the second Baseline 10 and SPY-6 Flight III Arleigh Burke-class destroyer to enter the US surface fleet, the future USS Ted Stevens (DDG 128), completed its first Ship Shock Trials within the last two weeks, according to a release from the Portfolio Acquisition Executive Maritime page.

In Regional Impacts, senior Saudi and United Arab Emirates officials posted on X/Twitter affirming close historical ties and "wise leadership," saying media should reflect those aspects and avoid undermining them. The posts, released at 7 p.m. Riyadh time by Saudi Minister of Media Salman Al-Dosary and Abdulla bin Mohammed Alhamed, Chairman of the UAE National Media Authority, described the relationship as one between two peoples united by a shared history and heritage. The two Gulf powers have long diverged on issues from oil quotas to geopolitics, with tensions flaring late last year over differing supports in Yemen, and a Saudi airstrike on what it said was a shipment marking another point of friction.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, Mamdani announces that he does not have the authority to arrest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In Uplifting News, Israeli students earned 13 medals at the 2026 International Science Olympiad competitions, including five golds, across physics, biology, and chemistry, with the Israeli delegation competing alongside more than 90 countries; the team trained at the Jusidman Science Center for Youth at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev under Oleg Krichevsky and head coach Pavel Radzivilovsky, and the university president praised the showing as evidence of Israel's strong science education. The wreckage of Pan Am's Clipper Endeavor, a DC-4 crash that led to the passenger safety briefings used today, has been found off Puerto Rico 74 years after the disaster; explorers used an autonomous sonar drone to locate the fuselage and tail under 2,000 feet of water, and 52 people perished in the incident. Holocaust survivor David Einhorn, an Auschwitz survivor, was honored Monday evening at Saville Manor in Brooklyn's Borough Park on his 100th birthday; the event brought together survivors, elected officials, rabbis, community leaders, family and friends, and featured the dedication of a Sefer Torah written by Rabbi Shmuel Traube in memory of his late wife and family members murdered in the Holocaust and in honor of his daughters.

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I'm Noa Levi. Stay safe and informed.
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