Strait of Hormuz shut until Tehran's conditions met, Ghalibaf says

The State Department announced on Wednesday that it had extended sanctions denying visas to Palestinian Authority officials and members of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, saying that officials "have, once again, failed to live up to their commitments" required by U.S. law.

"It is in our national interest to impose consequences and hold the PLO and PA accountable for glorifying terrorism," the State Department said in a press release.

The move effectively bars a high-level Palestinian delegation -- including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas -- from traveling to New York for the upcoming United Nations General Assembly high-level week.

The measure does contain a carveout for personnel assigned to the PLO observer mission at the UN.

-ABC News' Shannon K. Kingston

U.S. bases in the Middle East have suffered severe damage as a result of Iranian attacks, images and videos obtained by ABC News show, as the Pentagon surveys the costs of a war the U.S. began more than six months ago.

The images, which were recently obtained by ABC News but capture moments in time across the conflict, show damage to buildings and an aircraft at three U.S. bases in Kuwait and a Saudi base that houses U.S. assets, some of which were evacuated amid the danger.

A senior U.S. service member told ABC News that the damage to the facilities would take "decades" to repair.

-ABC News' Rachel Scott and Chris Boccia

President Donald Trump told reporters Wednesday that he hopes that the U.S. is "toward the end of the war" with Iran.

"Well, hopefully we're toward the end of the war," Trump said on the tarmac in North Carolina when asked by a reporter how he would describe what phase the war is in. "They want to make a deal. We'll see how that works out."

When asked whether there are intermediaries in the negotiations with Iranians, Trump said, "We deal directly."

-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart and Devin Garbitt

Iran likely intends to target the control systems U.S. energy companies use to monitor their storage tanks, potentially resulting in physical damage or the spilling of fuel or chemicals, according to an intelligence bulletin reviewed by ABC News.

The bulletin issued by the Department of Homeland Security said that in early August, Iranian cyber actors used DeepSeek AI to research the capacity of U.S.-based storage tanks, "likely as part of targeting research against the industrial control systems of a U.S. energy entity operating oil wells."

If a hacker compromises automated gauges on an oil storage tank, the hacker could trigger false alarms or prevent alerts indicating a tank is empty, the bulletin said.

Worse, the hacker could "initiate pump shutoff," potentially disrupting service; or change temperature values that "could prevent alerts notifying that the contents of the tank are overheating," according to the bulletin.

"If a large number of [automated tank gauges] were compromised in a specific area, an attacker could change tank values to show tanks as almost empty, leading to an unnecessary dispatch of fuel tankers; show tanks as full even when nearly empty, leading to service outages at gas stations," the bulletin said.

DHS said the information is deemed "credible and actionable" though "not considered finished intelligence."

The goal is to inform U.S. energy companies and law enforcement agencies about what Iran is likely planning so they can take defensive measures.

-ABC News' Aaron Katersky and Josh Margolin