Overnight press led with a Wall Street Journal claim Chinese entities sold Iran satellite imagery used for the July strike on a US base in Jordan that killed three soldiers, noting Beijing's denial.
By midday focus moved to Dublin where Trump said Iran was probably behind the drone attack that shut the Saudi East-West pipeline, while insisting the Houthis told Washington they did not want to fight the US and were letting shipping pass Bab al-Mandab.
In the afternoon Israeli outlets reported a US warning to regional neighbors including Netanyahu to prepare for broad escalation, with the IDF maintaining high alert after the Ali Taher demolition and vowing not to withdraw from the ridge.
Evening coverage turned to alarms in Saudi Arabia, a Houthi projectile wounding two on the southern border, explosions reported in Iran, and reports of Houthi advances and displacement in Yemen. Israel-Lebanon talks were pushed to October in Washington.