Iran War Live Updates: Netanyahu Says He Will Meet With Trump, as U.S.-Iran Strikes Continue

News of the meeting, the leaders’ first in five months, came after U.S. forces conducted the 13th consecutive night of attacks on Iran. Iran launched drone strikes at U.S. targets in the Gulf.

Max BearakEuan Ward and Leily Nikounazar

Here’s the latest.

The United States and Iran continued to trade attacks across the Middle East as the office of Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced on Friday that he would meet with President Trump in Washington next Tuesday.

The announcement of the meeting comes at a crucial moment. Tehran was said to have rejected a cease-fire proposal, raising questions about whether Mr. Trump would further escalate the conflict.

The leaders’ meeting would be their first since February, when Mr. Netanyahu made the case for a joint offensive against Iran that began weeks later and has now ground on for nearly five months. Mr. Netanyahu’s office said he also planned to attend the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch supporter of Israel.

Overnight, American forces targeted Iranian military assets and facilities for the 13th consecutive day, including drone storage sites, to reduce the threat to commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Central Command said. The attacks began at 2:15 a.m. local time and ended just over two hours later, according to the command, which oversees operations in the Middle East.

The Iranian military said it had launched drone attacks against U.S. military targets at bases in Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps issued a warning for residents of countries that host American forces to keep at least 500 meters from any building suspected of housing U.S. personnel.

The resurgence in fighting has sent the price of oil above $100 for the first time since May. A threat by the Iranian-allied Houthi militants in Yemen to expand the fight to the Red Sea and target Saudi ships has injected further uncertainty into global energy markets.

The Houthis claimed on Wednesday to have struck two Saudi tankers, the first attacks since the group announced a blockade of Saudi ships this week. The Saudi authorities confirmed a strike on one tanker. This has stoked fears that, like the Strait of Hormuz, the Red Sea shipping route might also be blocked.

Mr. Trump said in a social media post on Thursday that from now on, he would make Iran pay for any damage to ships and cargo in the Strait of Hormuz using Iranian funds under U.S. control.

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, later said — without mentioning Mr. Trump — that such a move would set an “incendiary precedent.”

Here’s what else we’re covering:

• Energy markets: The price of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil, was up more than 7 percent at $100.95 a barrel on Friday, before dropping to around $98 a barrel. The price of crude is nearly 40 percent higher since the start of the war. Read more ›

• Tracking casualties: A group of Democratic senators urged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to provide “a full and accurate accounting” of all American troops killed or wounded in the war, saying the Pentagon has reported “inconsistent casualty figures.” Read more ›

July 24, 2026, 1:47 p.m. ET11 minutes ago

Shirin Hakim

The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on Friday joined a growing number of American diplomatic missions in the region issuing security alerts amid the heightened tensions in the Middle East. Warning of the “potential for unforeseen escalation,” the embassy urged Americans to exercise caution and prepare for canceled flights, temporary airspace closures and other travel disruptions. The advisory followed a separate alert from the U.S. Embassy in Jordan earlier in the day and a worldwide caution issued by the State Department two days earlier.

July 24, 2026, 1:44 p.m. ET14 minutes ago

Shirin Hakim

As tensions between Iran and the United States escalate, the head of Iran’s top operational military command, which coordinates the regular armed forces and the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, warned of Iranian reprisals for the deaths of citizens. In a statement carried by Iran’s state broadcaster, the offical, Ali Abdollahi, who commands the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said, “For every Iranian citizen killed, one American service member will be sent to hell. Abdollahi added that the policy would now be an officially established rule of the battlefield, concluding, “We have prepared free, direct tickets to hell for you.”

The threat came a day after Secretary of State Marco Rubio said President Trump’s policy toward Iran was “a head for an eye.”

July 24, 2026, 1:10 p.m. ET48 minutes ago

Shirin Hakim

An Omani diplomatic delegation traveled to Tehran for talks on arrangements governing the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s state news agency IRNA reported on Friday. Under the memorandum of understanding signed by Iran and the United States in June and now effectively abandoned, Iran agreed to hold discussions with Oman over the future administration of the strait, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman that was, before the war, a key conduit for Gulf oil. The report did not provide further details about the delegation or the talks.

July 24, 2026, 12:08 p.m. ET2 hours ago

Max Bearak

The U.S. Embassy in Jordan warned on Friday that Americans should “avoid travel to military bases” in the country and generally to avoid traveling to the Middle East writ large. Iranian strikes last weekend on a base that U.S. and Jordanian troops share killed three American soldiers.

July 24, 2026, 11:00 a.m. ET3 hours ago

Leily Nikounazar

A 40-year-old engineer living in Bushehr, a port city in southern Iran that has been the site of heavy attacks, said a strange atmosphere has taken over the city, as what was once unimaginable has become an everyday occurrence. She asked to be identified only by her first name, Sama, for fear of government reprisal for speaking to foreign media.

During the weeks of U.S.-Israeli strikes this spring, she said, everyone was curious and anxious about what targets near them had been hit.

“Now, we are not even curious anymore,” Sama said. “Is this normal? That we no longer feel anxiety? That no one has even evacuated the city? This is abnormal.”

July 24, 2026, 10:45 a.m. ET3 hours ago

Euan Ward

Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel to Washington next week for his first White House meeting with President Trump in more than five months, his office said Friday. Netanyahu will also attend the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, a staunch Israel ally who died this month. The two leaders last met in person in February, where Netanyahu made the case for the joint offensive against Iran that began weeks later. Their new meeting, set for Tuesday, comes as the Trump administration appears to be weighing whether to once again escalate the war against Iran.

July 24, 2026, 6:38 a.m. ET7 hours ago

Euan Ward

Reporting from Beirut, Lebanon

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Friday warned civilians in countries hosting U.S. military personnel to stay at least 500 meters from any building suspected of housing American forces. Iran’s bombing of U.S. bases across the Middle East has caused many American service members to move to hotels and office spaces, according to military personnel and American officials. The renewed warning suggested that the targets could widen again, as President Trump has threatened to strike Iranian civilian infrastructure in response to attacks on shipping.