News and Analysis 5/10/26

Iran expands its piracy …

Iran Requires Ships To Submit Forms for Strait of Hormuz Transit Through New IRGC-Linked Authority (The Medialine)
IRGC-linked Media Calls for Fees on Hormuz Undersea Internet Cables (Iran International)

… as both sides attack shipping:

Iran Ceasefire Tested as Cargo Ship Catches Fire After Being Hit off Qatar’s Coast (NPR)

Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue:

Several Palestinians Wounded as Israeli Settlers Launch 20 Weekend West Bank Attacks (Haaretz)
IDF Strikes Kill 36 in Lebanon, Wound 74 in Last 24 Hours, Lebanese Health Ministry Says (Haaretz)
Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill 3, Testing Fragile Ceasefire (Reuters / Straits Times)
Israel Is Enabling a Possible Plague in Gaza – Daily Update (Israel-Palestine News)
Israel’s War on the West Bank Comes for Palestinian Greenhouses (972 Magazine)
New $270 Million Israeli-only Roads Project in the West Bank Is Netanyahu’s Latest Bid to Impose de facto Annexation (Mondoweiss)
Gaza Investigation: A Family’s Fight to Find Their Missing Relatives (Sky News /YouTube)
The Deliberate Restriction of Food and Aid Led to Alarming Malnutrition Levels in Gaza (Medicins Sans Frontieres)

“Iranian authorities say at least 140 culturally and historically significant locations, including 5 UNESCO-listed World Heritage sites, suffered damage from airstrikes and shockwaves”:

Iran Conservationists Shore Up Heritage Sites Damaged During War (Times of Israel)

“Israel reportedly carried out an airstrike against the Iraqi soldiers in order to prevent the exposure of the outpost and preserve its operational abilities”:

Israel National News Defense/Security Dramatic Report: Israel Set Up Secret Base in Iraq (Israel National News)

The Zionist wear on free speech continues:

Has Bari Weiss Found Another CBS News Institution to Meddle With? (Zeteo)

The Israeli “embassy turned to Supreme Court justice Abe Fortas … and Washington lawyer David Ginsburg—referred to in Israeli documents as ‘Ilan’ and ‘Harari,’ respectively—for advice and to help” silence President Johnson: