Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2026-07-22 at 07:03

HEADLINES
- Iran missiles strike Jordan, drones intercepted
- Bulgaria rejects staging US tankers at Bezmer
- Israel seeks revoking citizenship of Hamas plotters

The time is now 7:02 AM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.

In Iranian Retaliation, missiles struck Jordanian territory again as Iran launched toward Jordan, with smoke seen rising in the Aqaba area. The Israeli military said no Iron Dome interceptors were fired, and no debris from Jordan’s interception landed in Israeli territory. Jordanian state media reported that six Iranian missiles were intercepted, and four Iranian drones were also intercepted in Jordanian airspace. No injuries were reported. An Arkia flight from Ben-Gurion Airport to Ramon Airport was delayed after the launches while authorities checked the runway for debris. The situation remains developing.

In US Military Role, Bulgaria denies that US tanker aircraft will be used in operations against Iran. Prime Minister Rumen Radev said it is categorically out of the question for Middle East military operations to be conducted from Bulgarian territory. The plan would station up to eight US tanker aircraft at Bezmer Air Base, with parliamentary approval expected. Bulgarian authorities say the aircraft would serve logistical missions and would be refueled outside Bulgarian airspace. Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman warned Sofia against allowing the United States to use Bulgarian territory, saying it would make Sofia an accomplice of aggressors and lawbreakers. The government has stressed that any operations would not be conducted from Bulgarian soil.

In the Conflict with Iran and its Regional Proxies, journalists in Syria continue to be killed or disappeared, according to a report by the Syrian Centre for Media and Freedom of Expression. At least nine journalists have been killed in Syria in the last five years, six of those deaths occurring after the fall of the Assad regime. Of those six, four involved reporters covering military confrontations related to regime change or unrest in Sweida. The majority of the deceased were clearly identifiable as members of the press, often wearing press insignia, and there is little prompt, independent, or publicly disclosed investigation into these deaths. Some journalists were murdered while not performing their duties, such as Alaa Mohammed, who was killed in his own home.

In Israeli Domestic Politics, prosecutors seek to revoke the citizenship of two men convicted in a Hamas Cellcom cyber plot. The request targets Rani Awf and Shadi Aidi and was submitted to the Central District Court at the request of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who also serves as interior minister, with the approval of the attorney-general. It marks the first time the state has sought citizenship revocation through this special procedure added to the Citizenship Law in 2011, which allows a court that convicts someone of terrorism or certain serious security offenses to revoke their citizenship if the interior minister requests it and the attorney-general approves. The offenses cited involve helping Hamas disable Cellcom’s communications infrastructure during a future war. Separately, a Tzohar Rabbinical Organization poll found that 49.6% of Israelis support a national uniform closure of entertainment venues on Tisha B’Av, while 35.6% prefer local authority decisions; 14.8% oppose enforcement. The survey of 508 people also showed gender differences: 52.2% of men and 47.1% of women support a national law, while 31.7% of men and 39.4% of women support local decisions. In another development, police and the security agency uncovered illegal weapons in the Arab-Israeli town of Wadi Ara, including an M16 rifle, multiple handguns, and ammunition found with two brothers, aged 24 and 27; they were detained and are expected to face indictment, with photographs showing an infant beside the rifle.

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