{"id":121948,"date":"2026-07-17T02:35:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/crude-heads-for-biggest-weekly-gain-in-months-amid-intensifying-middle-east-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T02:35:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T02:35:55","slug":"crude-heads-for-biggest-weekly-gain-in-months-amid-intensifying-middle-east-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/crude-heads-for-biggest-weekly-gain-in-months-amid-intensifying-middle-east-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Crude heads for biggest weekly gain in months amid intensifying Middle East crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices surged as escalating US-Iran military tensions raised supply disruption concerns. Brent crude traded at $85.34 and WTI crude at $80.08 per barrel. Recent US strikes aimed to degrade Iranian military capabilities, while Iran retaliated against regional allies. Renewed hostilities revived fears of a broader conflict and threats to the Strait of Hormuz. Iran warned of widespread infrastructure damage if US threats to strike its facilities are carried out.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oil prices surged as escalating US-Iran military tensions raised supply disruption concerns. Brent crude traded at $85.34 and WTI crude at $80.08 per barrel. Recent US strikes aimed to degrade Iranian military capabilities, while Iran retaliated against regional allies. Renewed hostilities revived fears of a broader conflict and threats to the Strait of Hormuz. Iran&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/17\/crude-heads-for-biggest-weekly-gain-in-months-amid-intensifying-middle-east-crisis\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Crude heads for biggest weekly gain in months amid intensifying Middle East crisis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":121949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121948"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}