The Rest of the World Report | August 13, 2026 — Morning Edition

Israel's own broadcaster says Hamas could get $400 million in debt relief under the US peace plan. The Board of Peace says that's false. And a sitting Israeli lawmaker just escalated the claim, alleging $160 million in cash could reach Hamas's military wing directly.Israel's Kan broadcaster alleges the Board of Peace's Gaza plan would cover $400 million of Hamas's debts. The Board denies it, and Hamas hasn't weighed in at all. Iran's parliament is quietly writing permanent law that would ban US and Israeli vessels from the Strait of Hormuz indefinitely, on a track separate from the Oman shipping talks. Israel struck a Hamas commander in Gaza despite peace-effort calls to halt, a pattern that lines up closely with Netanyahu's own political survival calculus ahead of October's election."Whenever the people are well informed, they can be trusted with their own government." — Thomas Jefferson, 1789 Get full access to The Rest of the World Report at www.restoftheworldreport.com/subscribe