Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in incendiary settler attack; Israel launches major West Bank military operation in response; Oil leaking into HormuzIsraeli soldiers detain a man at the…

Four Palestinians and two Israelis killed in incendiary settler attack; Israel launches major West Bank military operation in response; Oil leaking into Hormuz (substackcdn.com)Israeli soldiers detain a man at the Nablus Specialized Hospital after a settler attack in Tal, in the occupied West Bank on July 24, 2026. Photo by Jaafar Ashtiyeh / AFP via Getty Images.Friday, July 24, 2026 – U.S. continues strikes on Iran as renewed assault enters second week. Iran conducts retaliatory strikes. Wounded U.S. soldiers transferred to Germany. President Donald Trump says U.S. will use seized Iranian funds to pay for “damages.” Tanker traffic through Hormuz slows to a trickle. Two tankers reportedly leaking oil into the Strait of Hormuz. Four Palestinians killed as Israel orders sweeping West Bank offensive. Israel's campaign of destruction in Gaza continues unabated. Chickenpox continues to spread in Gaza. Gaza floods with wastewater. Israeli settlers destroy Palestinian vineyard. Health condition of detained Gaza surgeon rapidly deteriorating. Israel approves expanded settlements. Israeli banks cut off Palestinian lenders. Moroccan officers make first field tour of Gaza ahead of force deployment. Israeli drone wounds two paramedics in “double-tap” strike in south Lebanon. New Trump tariffs on 80+ countries take effect. Senate blocks Iran War Powers Act. Department of Justice withdraws subpoenas against NYT journalists. Alaska sends 3,000 citizenship-verification letters to voters. 24+ states sue over Trump election, immigration conditions on disaster funding. Top Haley Stevens communications consultant fired for moonlighting with Palantir. Republican Sen. Bernie Moreno comes out against Section 219 of the NDAA. Strikes in Russia, Ukraine kill 17. Greece approves $4 billion Israeli arms purchase. Sudanese army drone strike kills displaced civilians in Blue Nile. Indian activist Sonam Wangchuk ends 26-day hunger strike amid Cockroach protests. Suicide bombing kills 15 at Pakistani checkpoint near Afghan border.This is Drop Site Daily, our free news recap We send it Monday – FridayIranU.S. continues strikes on Iran as renewed assault enters second week:Four people were killed and five others were wounded in overnight U.S. strikes on areas around the southwestern city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan province, according to Al Jazeera.The death toll in Iran from U.S. airstrikes since July 6 has risen to 59 people killed, including three children, and 666 wounded, according (x.com) to Iran’s Health Ministry.U.S. Central Command announced (x.com) its 13th night of strikes on Iran continued on Iranian military sites, and that its ongoing naval blockade on Iran had redirected 12 commercial vessels and disabled one.U.S. strikes hit at least six provinces early Friday, local time, with missiles reported in the cities of Ahvaz and Omidiyeh in Khuzestan, on the southern coast of Qeshm island, in the port city of Bandar Abbas (where at least two were reported injured and power was temporarily cut off), and in Khorramabad in the Lorestan province. Multiple sites in the Yazd and Markazi provinces were reportedly struck as well.Iranian authorities reported Thursday that U.S. strikes hit an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval command headquarters in the northern province of Gilan. The facility in the Zibakenar area was struck in the morning, damaging some equipment inside the complex, according to Iran’s Islamic Republic News Agency.Iran conducts retaliatory strikes:The Iranian Army reported (x.com) attacks against U.S. military installations in Jordan, Bahrain, and Kuwait, including Kuwait’s Camp Behring base, on Thursday e