{"id":95120,"date":"2026-07-31T04:18:01","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95120"},"modified":"2026-07-31T04:18:01","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T09:18:01","slug":"news-and-analysis-7-31-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/?p=95120","title":{"rendered":"News and Analysis 7\/31\/26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Officials in the advisory state that they have &#8216;not attributed the activity to a specific actor&#8217; or that the attacks can be attributed to a single actor, as the investigation is ongoing&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/technology\/6001284-minnesota-water-facilities-cyberattack-investigation-us-iran\/\">US Investigating if Iran Launched Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Facilities<\/a> (The Hill)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Hamas &#8220;official said disarmament depended on Israel\u2019s withdrawal from Gaza and progress on reconstruction in the Palestinian territory&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/30\/trump-says-board-of-peace-reaches-agreement-on-disarmament-of-hamas-in-gaza\">Hamas Reaches Gaza Disarmament Agreement with Board of Peace<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Iran war updates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/u-s-and-iran-strikes-intensify-as-war-opens-new-fronts\">U.S. and Iran Strikes Intensify as War Opens New Fronts<\/a> (PBS)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2026\/07\/30\/world\/middleeast\/us-iran-war-expansion.html\">Iran War Is Entangling a Growing List of Mideast Nations<\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/saudis-netanyahu-trump-iran-war\/\">As Iran Conflict Enters 6th Month, Saudi and Israeli Leaders Try to Shape Trump&#8217;s Decisions<\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Police opened fire to disperse the crowd, killing two men, according to police spokesman Abi Narayan Kafle. A third man died Thursday during a protest in nearby Siraha district&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/31\/nepals-pm-urges-calm-as-three-people-killed-after-hindu-muslim-unrest\">Nepal\u2019s PM Urges Calm as Three People Killed After Hindu-Muslim Unrest<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;The 50-to-49 vote marks the second such war powers resolution that has failed in the Senate over the last two weeks&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2026\/07\/30\/vote-limit-trumps-iran-war-powers-fails-senate\/\">Vote to Limit Trump\u2019s Iran War Powers Fails in the Senate<\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Lawmakers question delays in medical care, casualty figures and Pentagon\u2019s handling of drone attack in Kuwait&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/jul\/30\/iran-strike-democrats-troops-wounded\">Democrats Demand Answers over Treatment of Wounded US Troops After Iran Strike <\/a>(The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Zionist war on free speech &#8212; and the resistance &#8212; continues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/7\/30\/police-arrest-dozens-at-london-rally-supporting-palestine-action\">Police Arrest Dozens at London Rally Supporting Palestine Action<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/uk-news\/2026\/jul\/30\/supreme-court-says-palestine-action-co-founder-can-challenge-ban-on-group\">Supreme Court Says Palestine Action Co-founder Can Challenge Ban on Group<\/a> (The Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;Pakistan is facing accusations that its security forces have killed dozens of unarmed protesters in the past week of demonstrations in Pakistan-administered Kashmir&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/video\/newsfeed\/2026\/7\/30\/is-pakistan-using-indias-playbook-in-kashmir\">Is Pakistan \u2018Using India\u2019s Playbook\u2019 in Kashmir?<\/a> (Aljazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;No nation has ever won a war with air power alone&#8221;:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2026\/07\/trump-iran-war-bombing-air-force.html\">Trump\u2019s War With Iran Is Hopeless<\/a> (Slate)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Officials in the advisory state that they have &#8216;not attributed the activity to a specific actor&#8217; or that the attacks can be attributed to a single actor, as the investigation is ongoing&#8221;: US Investigating if Iran Launched Cyberattack on Minnesota Water Facilities (The Hill) A Hamas &#8220;official said disarmament depended on Israel\u2019s withdrawal from Gaza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-95120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=95120"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95120\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":95122,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95120\/revisions\/95122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=95120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=95120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.minaret.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=95120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}