Netanyahu calls for US, Israel to overthrow Iranian regime, Iran threatens wide response

Netanyahu calls for US, Israel to overthrow Iranian regime, Iran threatens wide response

FOX News-Oct 24th2026

WHAT TO KNOW

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the U.S. and Israel must overthrow the Iranian regime, adding that President Donald Trump told him the U.S. is “ready to finish the job.”
Crude oil prices hit a five month high Friday, with Brent crude peaking at 114.72, the highest level since May 4 and a 1% rise on the day.
Saudi Aramco on Thursday ordered the evacuation of its headquarters in Dhahran near Bahrain on the Persian Gulf as fighting intensified between Saudi Arabia and the Yemen-based Houthis, Reuters reported.
The Israeli military shut down the West Bank after Israeli soldiers shot and killed two Palestinians who they say perpetrated a shooting near the city of Hebron. At least five people were injured as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hamas was “planning a major attack aimed at murdering innocent civilians.”

Trump says ‘we can take the whole country’ of Iran and ‘all of the oil’

President Donald Trump told reporters Friday that “Iran is not able to do much now” as the U.S. is exerting pressure on the regime through Operation Epic Fury and Operation Economic Outcast.

“And we could if we wanted to, just take all of the oil, we can take the whole country,” Trump said. “We can take all of the oil. And as you know, the Hormuz Strait is totally ours. And that’s the way we’ll keep it.”

Trump said Iran has “no money and they have inflation that’s 301% — that’s the highest in the world right now.”

Trump later added, “There’s more oil coming out right now through the Strait of Hormuz than it was even before the war… we have done a hell of a job.”

Posted by Greg Norman-Diamond

Tanker hit with ‘unknown projectile’ while leaving Strait of Hormuz, UKMTO says

The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO) said Friday that a tanker was struck by an “unknown projectile” as it was leaving the Strait of Hormuz.

The incident happened Thursday about 7 nautical miles northeast of Limah, Oman, according to the UKMTO.

“The tanker was able to continue its voyage to the next port of call,” it added. “Vessels are advised to transit with caution and report any suspicious activity to UKMTO, while authorities investigate.”

The UKMTO said in a separate report that since July 6, 57 of 79 projectile strike incidents were reported along the southern route through the Strait of Hormuz that is along the coastline of Oman.

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