{"id":21319,"date":"2026-02-22T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/mashreghnews_en\/45700814392573792409\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:08:00","slug":"45700814392573792409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/mashreghnews_en\/45700814392573792409\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Newspapers Spotlight Rising Tensions Between Iran and America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yedioth Ahronoth highlighted the shocking involvement of the brother of the head of Israel&#8217;s internal security service, Shin Bet, in various smuggling activities to Gaza. The suspect, Bazalel Zini, is one of 16 individuals implicated in this scandal. The father of the suspect stated, &#8216;They are not targeting Bazalel; they aim to bring down David (the current head of Shin Bet).&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Israel Hayom reported on the rising tensions between Iran and the United States. The Central Command has stated that they cannot tolerate Iran&#8217;s provocative actions. A military confrontation between Iran and the U.S. seems inevitable, as suggested by American officials. Sources indicate that the Iranians are unlikely to concede to President Trump&#8217;s demands.The situation is escalating: the U.S. intercepted an Iranian drone approaching the USS Abraham Lincoln. Iranian vessels attempted to seize an American oil tanker prompting Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu to advise the U.S. not to trust Tehran&#8217;s promises.<\/p>\n<p>Maariv also addressed the confrontations in the Persian Gulf noting a face-off between U.S. naval forces and Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats. An Iranian drone was downed by the U.S. military as it approached the USS Abraham Lincoln.<\/p>\n<p>Haaretz reported similar tensions confirming that an Iranian drone was destroyed while nearing the Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea. Despite these increasing tensions negotiations are expected to continue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hebrew-language newspapers prominently feature escalating tensions between Iranian and American forces in the Strait of Hormuz and the Arabian Sea, alongside revelations about the brother of the Shin Bet chief&#8217;s involvement in smuggling operations to Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-palestine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ghodsnama.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}