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Adi Ronen Argov1 min read

Friday, September 18, 2026 – The Regional War

Day 93 of negotiations to end the regional war and the exchange of blows between the United States and Iran

Iran

1. Events:

‣ Attack on an oil tanker flying the flag of Togo, which crossed via an "unauthorized route," according to Iran's claim, in the Strait of Hormuz.

Lebanon

‣ An Israeli military force expelled a Lebanese army force from the entrance to Deir Mimas with threats, and even by throwing stun grenades.

1. Events:

‣ Airstrikes in Zawtar El Charqiyeh, Al Mansouri;

‣ Artillery fire on Haddatha, Al Mansouri, Bayt Lif, Zawtar El Charqiyeh, Qantara (phosphorus), Srebbine, Chaqra (wounded), Jabal Ali al-Taher, El Qsair, and Zibqin;

‣ Detonations and demolitions in Aainata, Al Mansouri, Beit Yahoun, between Meiss Al Jabal and Muhaibib; fire set at the hospital in Meiss Al Jabal.

Syria

1. Beit Jann:

‣ Artillery fire on the village;

‣ Fire toward Jabal Bat al-Warda west of Beit Jann.

2. A motorized military force entered Wadi al-Raqqad in western Daraa district.

Sources

Addameer, Al Jazeera, Amar Assadi Telegram, BBC, Colonization & Wall Resistance Commission, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Genocide in Gaza, Haaretz, HRANA - Human Rights Activists News Agency, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists, Letters of American healthcare workers who worked in Gaza, Local Call, Looking the Occupation in the Eye, Masafering (Outside the Herd), Matan Golan, Middle East Eye, Ministry of Public Health – Gaza, Ministry of Public Health - Lebanon, OCHA Lebanon, OCHA OPT, Palestine Datasets, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Health Ministry, Quds News, Reuters, Rosa News, South Hebron Mountain Activists, Ta'ayush, Tasnim News Agency, Tech for Palestine, The Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), The Washington Post, UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, West Bank Notifications, WHO, yNet, Zirat War