https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/2026-05-16/live-updates-896346

other Israel

https://www.rt.com/news/640059-israel-lebanon-truce-extended/

https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/iaf-slays-hamas-military-chief-who-was-in-charge-of-hostages

https://www.jns.org/news/israel-news/idf-kills-220-terrorists-in-southern-lebanon-in-under-a-week

https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/idf-investigating-video-showing-partially-uniformed-soldier-with-bound-and-blindfolded-palestinian/

https://www.ynetnews.com/article/muhm9cvdp

Live Updates: US-Israel strikes on Iran could resume next week, IDF kills two Hezbollah terrorists in strikes

May 16, 2026

Deputy ISIS leader killed in US-Nigeria op • Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended • Tehran giving mixed signals on US deal • IDF chief visited UAE during war • China says it won't give Iran weapons

May 16, 5:22 PM

WATCH: IDF kills two Hezbollah terrorists operating near launch location of rockets aimed at troops

The IDF killed two Hezbollah terrorists identified operating in a structure adjacent to where rockets were launched towards Israeli troops in southern Lebanon on Friday.

After the strikes killed the terrorists, secondary explosions occurred in the structure, indicating the presence of weapons.

All of the rockets aimed at Israeli troops fell in open areas, and no IDF injuries were reported.

The IDF additionally located another Hezbollah weapons facility in southern Lebanon, uncovering warheads, ammunition magazines, vests, helmets, and weapon barrels.

May 16, 3:30 PM

Iron Dome battery activated along Lebanese border - KAN

An Iron Dome battery was activated along the Lebanese border on Saturday afternoon due to Hezbollah launching projectiles towards Israeli territory, according to a KAN report.

May 16, 3:13 PM

Iran to unveil new mechanism to manage Strait of Hormuz traffic

Iran will soon unveil a system to manage Strait of Hormuz traffic, regulating commercial vessels and charging fees for specialized services.

Iran has prepared a mechanism to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route that will be unveiled soon, the head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee Ebrahim Azizi said on Saturday.

Azizi added that only commercial vessels and parties cooperating with Iran would benefit from the arrangement. He said fees would be collected for specialized services provided under the mechanism.

May 16, 2:31 PM

Pakistani interior minister arrives in Tehran - report

Pakistani Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Raza Naqvi arrived in Tehran on Saturday, according to a Walla report citing Iranian media.

Naqvi is expected to meet with senior Iranian officials, though it is unclear whether his visit is related to the US-Iran ceasefire.

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May 16, 1:40 PM

Iran to unveil mechanism for managing Strait of Hormuz traffic, MP Azizi says

Iran has prepared a mechanism to manage traffic through the Strait of Hormuz along a designated route that will be unveiled soon, the head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee Ebrahim Azizi said on Saturday.

Azizi added that only commercial vessels and parties cooperating with Iran would benefit from the arrangement. He said fees would be collected for specialised services provided under the mechanism.

May 16, 11:17 AM

IDF strikes Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon

The IDF struck Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon, the military announced on Saturday.

The strikes come after IDF Arabic Spokesperson Col. Avichay Adraee issued an evacuation warning for several southern Lebanese towns and villages.

May 16, 10:26 AM

Iraq says 10M barrels exported via Hormuz in April despite strait closure

Iraq's newly appointed oil minister, Basim Mohammed, announced on Saturday, "We exported 10 million barrels of oil in April through [the] Hormuz Strait."

His comments stand in contrast to earlier reports that indicated most of Iraq's oil exports vital for government revenue were being disrupted by the closure of the strait.

May 16, 10:11 AM

US-Israel attacks on Iran could resume as early as next week - report

US President Donald Trump said Iran can either make a deal or "get annihilated," adding that the Islamic Republic has refused to acknowledge multiple deals already agreed to.

The United States and Israel are preparing for joint attacks on Iran to resume as soon as next week, according to a New York Times report on Friday, citing two Middle East officials.

The officials, who wished to remain anonymous, told the NYT that the US and Israel are engaged in "intense preperations" for a potential resumption of hostilities, noting them as the most significant preperations since a Pakistani-brokered ceasefire was established in early April.

May 16, 9:20 AM

Drone incident in North has concluded, IDF says

The IDF identified a drone that caused sirens to sound in northern Israel on Saturday.

According to the military, the incident ended with no injuries.

May 16, 8:57 AM

Drone sirens sound in northern Israel, IDF investigating

Sirens sounded in northern Israel on Saturday morning due to a drone intrusion.

The IDF said it is investigating the incident.

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>>24612047

4 alien species have been pulled from crashed UFOs, ex-government researcher claims

May 16, 2026, 5:50 a.m. PT

The US has recovered four distinct species of extraterrestrial life from crashed UFOs, a former CIA-funded government researcher sensationally claimed this week.

Dr. Hal Puthoff, former Advanced Aerospace Weapon System Applications Program advisor and CIA-funded researcher, made the claim alongside “Age of Disclosure” director Dan Farrah on Steve Bartlett’s “The Diary of a CEO” podcast on Thursday.

“People who have been involved in recoveries have said there are at least four types. Four separate types,” the 89-year-old said. “Now I have not had direct access to that but I believe the people who I talked to — four separate types of life.”

The Stanford-trained quantum physicist did not detail the supposed alien species — but his longtime collaborator and former AAWSAP colleague Dr. Eric Davis claimed last year that Grays, Nordics, Insectoids, and Reptilians are the names of the biological lifeforms pulled from the wreckage of downed or crashed UFOs.

Each alien species has two arms and legs and a humanoid appearance, Davis claimed, citing intelligence reports.

Both the Reptilians and the Nordics are human-sized, roughly 6 feet tall, Davis said at a UAP Disclosure Fund meeting in 2025 which was attended by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC), Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.).

Nordics are a race of highly-human-like creatures who, despite being from a far-flung planet, closely resemble people northern Europe here on planet Earth.

Reptilians are scaley skinned lizard-like creatures with human limbs, long tails, who walk upright, experts in the field speculate.

Grays are small, massive-eyed, hairless creatures — classically depicted in films such as “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.”

Insectoids are bug-like humanoids, sometimes referred to as Mantids because they resemble a praying mantis, Ufologists speculate.

Former Air Force Intelligence officer and UAP Task Force member David Grusch testified under oath in Congress in 2023 that the US was in possession of “non-human biologics” recovered from dozens of crashed UFOs.

Those claims were based on testimony from members of the supposed crash retrieval program which was detailed in Farah’s film “Age of Disclosure,” which premiered in March.

“I’ve talked off the record with some people who are involved in recoveries,” Farah told Bartlett on Thursday’s podcast, adding: “They would not go on camera to do interviews.

“One I thought was going to do an interview and then a couple days before sent me a message saying ‘After further consideration and long talks with my wife, I decided I’d be forfeiting my life if I participated in your interview,’” Farah said.

https://nypost.com/2026/05/16/us-news/four-species-of-aliens-have-been-pulled-from-crashed-ufos-ex-government-researcher-claims/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-z0k5xu1hM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRbviR9A_J0 (Dr. Hal Puthoff reveals the four different types of Alien life he's privy to - Psicoactivo #1017)

https://x.com/Dan_Farah

>>24612327

Hunter Biden resurfaces in LA, reacts to questions about Biden tapes, UFO files

May 16, 2026 6:00am EDT

EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden was spotted by paparazzi in West Los Angeles this week, where the former first son briefly reacted to questions about ongoing litigation surrounding former President Joe Biden’s interview tapes and alleged government UFO files.

"Hunter, what do you think of the DOJ when they release your father's interview tapes from the biography that he did?" a reporter asked as he approached Biden near Wilshire Boulevard.

"What are you talking about?" Hunter Biden said.

The exchange comes amid ongoing litigation seeking the release of audio tied to former President Joe Biden’s classified-documents probe, which fueled scrutiny over the elder Biden’s memory and fitness while in office.

The probe examined Joe Biden’s handling and discussion of classified material during conversations with ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer.

Special Counsel Rob Hur said the author had deleted the files, but the Justice Department was able to recover them.

The conservative watchdog Oversight Project sued the DOJ seeking release of audio recordings from Joe Biden’s interviews with special counsel Robert Hur.

Biden has denied wrongdoing and said he cooperated fully with the probe. "I don’t know, man — I hadn’t heard that one," Hunter Biden later said.

The reporter also asked about the recently released UFO Files. "It’s crazy right?" Hunter Biden replied, but did not elaborate.

Hunter Biden was also one of several recent individuals whose Secret Service protection was rescinded by the Trump administration.

Trump announced in March 2025 that Hunter Biden and his half-sister Ashley Blazer Biden — child of Jill and Joe — would cease to have such protection.

The president criticized the fact that Hunter had "as many as 18 people" on his USSS detail.

Hunter Biden’s appearance marked a rare public sighting for the former first son, who has largely stayed out of public view in recent months.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hunter-biden-resurfaces-la-reacts-questions-about-biden-tapes-ufo-files

>>24612337

>thats great how do you eradicate them

tuning the frequency back to what it was before 1955?

>>24612348

bring back all the bells and belltowers too

CIA Tells Senate They Obstructed Federal UFO Investigations

May 16, 2026

A current CIA operations officer testified under oath this week that his own agency obstructed a federal investigation that included UFOs, illegally monitored its personnel, and took back forty boxes of files being prepared for public release.

According to testimony before the Senate Homeland Security Committee on May 13, James Erdman III, a senior operations officer still employed by the CIA, said he led the Director’s Initiatives Group, or the DIG, on joint duty at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence between March 2025 and April 2026 under DNI Tulsi Gabbard. The DIG investigated three areas, one of which was UAP.

Erdman testified that the CIA refused to provide the information needed to determine why analytic standards were violated, monitored the computers and phones of DIG personnel, and tracked their contact with whistleblowers.

As noted in his sworn statement, one CIA contractor was fired the day after meeting with the DIG team. Erdman was the head of a federal investigation telling Congress that the CIA was actively frustrating his work.

CIA communications director Liz Lyons called the hearing dishonest political theater, but according to Townhall and the Daily Caller, she did not address any of the specific obstruction claims.

This is not the first account of the DIG operating against the people it was set up to serve.

Matthew Brown, the former State Department analyst who authored the Immaculate Constellation report, described on the Weaponized podcast a separate ODNI meeting at Liberty Crossing where a promised UAP whistleblower protection program was never offered to him.

According to Brown, the framework was used to influence Congress to shut down UAP inquiry rather than to protect witnesses. Both whistleblowers were explicit that they do not place this on Director Gabbard.

They place it on personnel embedded inside the structure she authorized.

Erdman also testified that when the DIG ceased operations in April, the CIA took back forty boxes of JFK and MK Ultra files that DNI Gabbard’s office was processing for declassification.

DNI press secretary Olivia Coleman posted on X that there was no raid on the DNI office, and Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna issued her own May 14 post stating she never used the word raid. What Luna has consistently said is that the files were taken.

On NewsNation, she warned that if the documents are not returned within twenty-four hours, the faces of those involved will be made public and a motion for a subpoena will follow, with possible contempt of Congress proceedings.

Congressman Eric Burlison responded on X, calling the CIA’s official statement one of the worst days in recent history for the agency’s credibility.

Reference his earlier interview with The Hill, where Burlison said the first PURSUE batch of UAP files was low-hanging fruit and that real disclosure work will require pressing the CIA and federally funded research and development centers, possibly with subpoenas.

Erdman closed his statement with a direct call for another Church Committee, the 1970s investigation that exposed illegal CIA surveillance and assassination plots against foreign leaders.

https://www.ufonews.co/post/cia-tells-senate-they-obstructed-federal-ufo-investigations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEz2qPWG3SA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBo_JQWHtpY (Rep. Luna does a 180 on AARO: "Kosloski works in GOOD FAITH on declass efforts." - Psicoactivo #1016)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJWWDLCyAuw (That UFO Podcast: 40+ UFO Videos, Rogan, Tyson & The Disclosure Push)

https://x.com/realannapaulina/status/2055353936132116533

>>24612381

Anna Paulina Luna's deleted CIA post draws attention amid Tulsi Gabbard row; ‘Congress gonna hit a wall’

May 14, 2026

Florida Representative Anna Paulina Luna put out a scathing warning to the CIA on X, but has since deleted the post.

The Republican lawmaker's move has drawn attention after James Eardman III, the CIA whistleblower, claimed that the agency had removed files linked to MK Ultra and JFK's assassination from the office of Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of National Intelligence.

“TONIGHT at 7pm the Task Force on the Declassification of Federal Secrets will be hosting an EMERGENCY PRESS CONFERENCE to address individuals at the CIA operating what appears to be in direct defiance of a presidential executive order,” Luna had written.

The post was shared by an individual who noted things were getting ‘spicy’ as the CIA appeared to be at odds with the US government.

Notably, at Wednesday's Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing, Erdman alleged CIA swooped in and took the files which were set to be declassified, based on an executive order from President Donald Trump.

These accusations riled up Luna who put out a series of posts against the John Ratcliffe-helmed intelligence agency. “Preserve the documents and deliver them to @DNIGabbard immediately or we will hold you in contempt of Congress @CIA,” Luna wrote.

Elsewhere, she added “Someone at the CIA is actively undermining an executive order @CIA. I suggest you figure out who and quick. Punitive action incoming.”

She further said “Given the nature of docs in question, we are sending a preservation notice.

Docs need to be returned to ODNI given that ODNI was given direction and authority by the President to declass RFK, MLK, & JFK.

Regarding MKULTRA, these were documents specifically requested by my Task Force and currently being used for our investigation.”

.In the end Luna issued an ultimatum to the CIA as well, saying “The CIA has 24 hours to return the documents to Tulsi Gabbard’s office or else I will make a motion to issue a subpoena. These documents have been requested by Congress.”

Meanwhile, Luna's deleted post about the press conference drew attention from many online.

Anna Paulina Luna deleted CIA post draws attention

Jordan Crowder, who had shared Luna's now-deleted post about the press conference, wrote on X “Congresswoman Anna Luna had a pretty aggressive tweet aimed at the CIA…then she deleted it.

I applaud her tenacity. But the CIA don’t play…As congress dives into these darker subjects (UFO, ARV, MK Ultra, etc) they’re gonna hit a wall…That wall is the CIA.

On the other side of that wall is the truth…But it’s a VERY strong wall,” hinting at the intelligence agency's apparent opacity.

Others too questioned the deleted post. “And the emergency press conference that Rep. Luna was suppose to hold is no longer happening and the post got deleted. Why the sudden change?,” one wrote. Another added “Something is going on.”

Luna herself provided a clarification of what went down with the CIA in Gabbard's office. Posting from her personal account, the Republican wrote “Clarification: Took documents that ODNI has jurisdiction over. Also, this did not happen today & was not a “raid” however it did take place and we are just being made aware of it based on reporting etc.”

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/anna-paulina-lunas-deleted-cia-post-draws-attention-amid-tulsi-gabbard-row-congress-gonna-hit-a-wall/ar-AA238O6v