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IDF says it intercepted Hezbollah rocket fired at troops in south Lebanon
The IDF says a rocket fired by Hezbollah at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon a short while ago was intercepted.
No injuries were caused in the attack.
Sirens had sounded in the border community of Metula due to the rocket fire.
Rocket sirens sound in Metula; IDF says incident under review
Sirens warning of rocket fire from Lebanon sound in the border community of Metula.
The IDF says the details are under review.
Infant dies after complications from botched circumcision
An infant died today at Jerusalem’s Hadassah Mount Scopus Hospital after suffering complications from a botched circumcision, the hospital announces.
The incident has been forwarded to the police, who have opened an investigation, according to Hebrew media reports.
Israelis reportedly pushed, verbally accosted, at LGBTQ Pride Parade in Bologna
A group of Israelis were pushed and verbally accosted by attendees at the LGBTQ Pride Parade in Bologna, Italy, earlier today, witnesses told Channel 12.
The group held a rainbow version of the Israeli flag, which other parade attendees took issue with, prompting the altercation. According to the report, a pregnant woman among the group of Israelis was violently pushed.
“They screamed at us that we were murderers, all the children there were scared,” one Israeli is quoted as saying.
“I stood with my wife and son and another family who came with strollers, and we filmed their screams.” Another adds,”We were with children, proud families who came to march in an event founded to promote our rights – and we were attacked because we are Jews.”
Bill for political commission of inquiry into Oct. 7 to be brought for first reading this week – report
The coalition bill to create a politically appointed commission of inquiry into the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion and massacres is likely to be brought for its first reading in the Knesset this week, Channel 12 reports.
The bill passed a preliminary hearing in December but has been fiercely criticized by the opposition, which has vowed to boycott any commission set up under the terms of the legislation.
According to the draft law, the coalition and opposition would each appoint three members of the six-member commission. But even if the opposition refuses to appoint members for the panel, as it says it will, the commission could still operate with just the coalition-appointed members, according to the legislation.
The opposition has demanded a state commission of inquiry, which is entirely independent of the government once it is is created, but requires a cabinet decision to be established. The government has strongly resisted a state commission however.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other cabinet ministers have claimed in public that a commission appointed by Supreme Court President Isaac Amit would not have the trust of the general public. The government has not however made this argument during hearings over petitions in the High Court of Justice demanding a state commission, arguing simply that only the government has the authority to establish a state commission.
PM to convene security cabinet tomorrow evening amid emerging Iran deal
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a security cabinet meeting tomorrow evening, according to Hebrew media reports, after US President Donald Trump announced that the US and Iran will sign a memorandum of understanding tomorrow to reach an end to the war.
Senior Israeli officials quoted in a Channel 12 report earlier this evening said the terms of the MOU “endanger Israel’s security interests,” and that Washington agreed to Tehran’s “main conditions.”
Tel Aviv anti-government protesters rail against PM’s ‘fascist’ Oct. 7 probe
Demonstrators protest against the government at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, June 13, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Speakers at the 500-strong anti-government protest on Tel Aviv’s Habima Square rail against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s failure to call for a statutory state commission of inquiry for failures surrounding the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, 2023.
“As time passes the questions just pile up,” says Ayala Metzger, whose 80-year-old father-in-law Yoram was snatched to Gaza in the attack and killed in Hamas captivity.
A statutory committee, Israel’s highest investigative authority, comprises independent experts appointed by the chief justice, she notes.
Netanyahu’s proposed committee of inquiry, by contrast, would be selected by politicians.
“The political, populist, fascist committee of inquiry… would comprise three coalition representatives and three opposition representatives,” she says. “If the opposition members happen to refuse to take part in this perverse conduct, the three coalition members will act as the committee and probe the crimes they themselves are responsible for.”
Eran Littman, whose daughter Oriya was killed in the Hamas massacre at the Nova music festival, says the 26-year-old was “murdered because of a war of religion.”
“Hamas’s Muslim fanatics murdered her,” while letters left behind from slain Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar show “the damage that Jewish fanatics did to Muslim holy places triggered the unending war,” Littman claims.
He expresses derision toward the Haredi effort to pass a quasi-constitutional Basic Law equating the privileges of draft-evading yeshiva students to those of Israelis who perform mandatory military service.
“Don’t you dare tell me learning Torah protects us,” he says. “Anyone who dares say that next to me, I’ll take them six feet under so they can say that to my Oriya.”
“The fire in me burns hotter than the flames of hell,” he adds.
He notes ahead of these comments that his daughter’s body was retrieved by four Haredi volunteers with the ZAKA service who are “no less heroic than any commando.” Littman’s tirade is aimed at the government, not the volunteers, whom he has since befriended, he says.
As he speaks, police enter the crowd to break up a shouting match between pro-government provocateur Hadar Muchtar, who is trying to get footage from the protest, and a would-be anti-government influencer who tries to shout her down.
Both are escorted aside, and police take their respective versions before letting them go.
Reports: Settlers set fire to several cars, damage homes in eastern West Bank
Settlers set fire to several vehicles and threw Molotov cocktails at homes, causing minor property damage to three houses in the village of Jit in the eastern West Bank, according to the official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
Settlers also set fire to several dunams of agricultural land belonging to residents of the village, WAFA adds.
No injuries are reported.
صور جديدة توثق آثار هجوم المستوطنين على ممتلكات الفلسطينيين في قرية جيت، شرق قلقيلية. pic.twitter.com/x1HQlhDibm
— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) June 13, 2026
IDF says troops still scanning massive Hezbollah tunnel system near Beaufort, found maps of northern Israel
Maps found by IDF troops in a Hezbollah tunnel near the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, in a photo published on June 13, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
The IDF says troops are continuing to scan a massive Hezbollah tunnel system near the Beaufort Castle.
In one of the tunnel routes, where several Hezbollah operatives tried to break free several days ago, Israeli forces located maps “illustrating control of the area over the northern [Israel] communities,” the army says.
The major tunnel system, which the IDF says was built by Hezbollah with Iranian direct assistance, is to be demolished once troops have finished scanning it.
Senior Israeli officials: MOU endangers Israel’s security; nuclear and other key issues unresolved; US giving up military leverage
Senior Israeli officials quoted in a Channel 12 report say that the emerging US-Iran deal indicates that Washington has agreed to Tehran’s “main conditions,” adding that “the Iranians are not agreeing to this for nothing.”
The report says Israeli officials and experts who have worked for decades on the Iran file consider that the terms of the MOU apparently set to be signed tomorrow “endanger Israel’s security interests.”
What will happen immediately “is the opening of the Strait of Hormuz, the resuscitation of the regime, and a slap in the face for the Iranian public,” the officials say.
Iran is “paying on credit” with this framework, the officials say, with Tehran only agreeing to discuss its nuclear program once the war formally ends and a number of other conditions are met, including the release of frozen Iranian funds.
“This is the same framework as the agreement to end the war in Gaza,” an official tells the TV station. “Ask yourself what has happened since then with the commitment to disarm Hamas? What will be the Americans’ essential leverage if, after 60 days of a ceasefire, the Iranians do not begin the steps required of them? The credible military threat has been all but eroded.”
“The uranium extraction has become uranium dilution and the missile system is not part of the agreement at all,” the officials lament, noting that the main issues that Israel was hoping to deal with during the war remain unaddressed.
“All the goals that Israel set are not immediately dealt with in the agreement. Not only is Iran not required to stop supporting proxies, it is reconnecting itself with Hezbollah through the agreement,” the officials add.
US and Iran set to sign MOU virtually tomorrow, rather than in person; Trump said to have told Netanyahu, it’s an ‘excellent deal’; PM didn’t argue
The US and Iran are set to sign their memorandum of understanding tomorrow at a virtual meeting, Axios reports. “You might call it ‘the Zoom accords,” quips Axios reporter Barak Ravid, who also works for Channel 12, in a report for the Israeli TV channel.
Pakistani and Qatari mediators are also set to attend the online meeting and sign the MOU, which will extend the ceasefire by 60 days, reopen the Strait of Hormuz, and trigger negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
The White House wanted a public ceremony in Geneva, and Pakistan wanted it in Islamabad, but the Iranians reportedly did not want either.
Axios cites US officials confirming that the signing will be held virtually, and citing logistical reasons.
The MOU itself is not believed to directly resolve any of the war’s goals — preventing Iran from attaining nuclear weapons, constricting its ballistic missile program, ending its support for terror proxies and its terrorism worldwide, and creating the conditions for the fall of the regime.
US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and updated him on the deal, Channel 12. According to an American official, the president told the prime minister, “This is the deal. It’s an excellent deal, and it’s time to end this war.”
While Israeli officials are deeply opposed to the reported terms of the MOU, Netanyahu did not try to argue in the call, the US official is quoted as saying. “Bibi didn’t say much in the call. Evidently, he understood that there’s going to be a deal, and that he can’t stop it.”
Anti-government protesters rally at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square, hold rallies in Jerusalem, Haifa
Hundreds of anti-government protesters gather at Tel Aviv’s Habima Square for weekly demonstrations, with tonight’s rally expected to draw several thousand.
Some protesters marched from nearby Rabin Square, holding signs with varying anti-government messages, including anti-war and anti-occupation slogans, campaign messages for opposition parties and calls for the establishment of a State Commission of Inquiry into the failures that allowed the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attacks.
“The members of the massacre government have their backs against the wall today,” anti-government protest leader Shikma Bressler says in a speech before the main rally. “They see the polls, and they know what their part is in the great disaster that happened to us and in the great deterioration of the status of the State of Israel.”
Several family members of former hostages and fallen soldiers are expected to speak at the Tel Aviv protest.
Several other demonstrations are also being held at other locations across the country, including Haifa, Jerusalem, Beersheba and Afula.
Trump says deal with Iran ‘scheduled to get signed tomorrow,’ Hormuz Strait to be ‘OPEN TO ALL’; claims regime no longer wants nuclear weapons
US President Donald Trump says the deal with Iran is scheduled to be signed Sunday and that the Strait of Hormuz will be immediately “open to all” after it is signed.
“The Deal is scheduled to get signed tomorrow, and immediately after it is signed, the Hormuz Strait is OPEN TO ALL,” he says in a post on Truth Social.
He says that Iran will not attain nuclear weapons, claims the regime no longer wants them, and indicates that Iran’s uranium stockpile will not be retrieved at this stage.
“At the appropriate time, when all is calm, we will go in and get the Nuclear Dust, buried deep under the powerful sunken granite mountains,” he adds, referring to the hundreds of kilograms of highly enriched uranium that Iran possesses.
Barack Hussein Obama’s Deal with Iran, the JCPOA, was an easy, beautiful, smooth road to a Nuclear Weapon, which Iran would have had six years ago, and would have used long before now. My Agreement with Iran is the exact opposite, A WALL TO NO NUCLEAR WEAPON! In fact, they no… pic.twitter.com/rKkla3pACZ
— Commentary Donald J. Trump Truth Social Posts On X (@TrumpTruthOnX) June 13, 2026
“We look forward to working with Iran, and the entire Middle East, long into the future. Hopefully, this process will all work out quickly, easily, and smoothly. If it doesn’t, we have the ultimate alternative, hopefully never to be used again!” he says.
Trump’s statement runs counter to Iran’s foreign ministry, which indicated earlier in the day that the deal would not be signed Sunday, according to state media reports.
Trump to meet leaders of UAE, Egypt, Qatar during G7 meeting next week, discuss Iran talks, Hormuz; Netanyahu will not be present
US President Donald Trump will meet with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, United Arab Emirates during the G7 summit in France next week, senior US administration officials tells reporters.
The leaders of the three Middle East countries were invited to the G7 summit along with India, and will each hold bilateral meetings with the US president, the official says.
The official says Trump will discuss efforts to end the war with Iran, as well as plans to demine the Strait of Hormuz.
Britain and France, both G7 members, have expressed interest in assisting with de-mining the critical waterway once the conflict is paused. The US official notes that both already have some military vessels at sea that could participate in the de-mining process.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not expected to attend the summit, which is set to take place amid optimism that a deal to end the war with Iran could be signed within days.
IDF says it killed 7 Hezbollah operatives who were operating out of a tunnel in south Lebanon
Seven Hezbollah operatives who were operating out of a tunnel in southern Lebanon were killed in strikes this week, the military says.
The IDF says reservists of the 551st Paratroopers Brigade spotted two cells of Hezbollah gunmen emerging from the tunnel, which was used by Hezbollah to store weapons and to carry out attacks.
The operatives were killed in airstrikes, artillery shelling, and by explosive drones, the army says, adding that troops found weapons and equipment near the tunnel afterward.
חיסול שבעה מחבלים מארגון הטרור חיזבאללה: תיעוד מפעילות כוחות חטיבה 551 בדרום לבנון
כוחות צוות הקרב החטיבתי 551 פועלים בפיקוד אוגדה 91 להשמדת תשתיות טרור וחיסול מחבלים מארגון הטרור חיזבאללה בדרום לבנון.
הכוחות זיהו במהלך השבוע האחרון שתי חוליות של שבעה מחבלים מארגון הטרור… pic.twitter.com/9sCGoenUCp
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) June 13, 2026
Hungary scrambled fighter jets to intercept Israeli passenger plane that failed to make contact – reports; Arkia: incident under review
Hungarian fighter jets were scrambled Thursday to intercept an Israeli passenger jet that failed to contact local air traffic control, according to Hebrew media reports.
The Arkia flight, which flew from Tel Aviv to Prague, triggered NATO’s highest level of alert after crossing into Hungarian airspace, reports say.
Two Gripen fighter jets were scrambled to make contact with the Israeli Airbus A321, the reports say.
After contact was made, the flight continued to its destination without incident.
Commenting on the reports, Arkia says “the incident is under internal investigation.”
“The flight crew acted in accordance with the approved flight plan and the pre-determined flight routes,” the low-cost Israeli airline added, saying: “We emphasize that at no point during the flight was there any danger to the plane, passengers, or crew.”
Iran says signing of deal with US will not take place on Sunday
The signing of the Islamabad memorandum with the United States will not be on Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei says, according to state media.
He adds that the possibility of signing the Islamabad memorandum in the coming days could not be ruled out, but caution was needed regarding any comment on the signing date due to the “hesitation of the other side,” referring to the US.
Settler shoots and wounds apparently mentally disabled Palestinian carrying a rock in West Bank
An Israeli settler shot and wounded a Palestinian man who threatened him with a rock, police say. Palestinians say the man was mentally disabled.
According to police, the Palestinian man arrived at an outpost farm near the northern West Bank village of Douma, threatened a local resident who approached to inquire about his actions and allegedly attempted to attack him with the stone.
At that point, the settler felt threatened and shot and “neutralized” the man, police say.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA quotes Red Crescent medics as saying that the man, 29, was mentally disabled and had been shot in the stomach and leg.
IDF says it hit over 70 Hezbollah sites over past day
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Hezbollah sites the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on June 12, 2026. (Photo by Abbas FAKIH / AFP)
The IDF says it struck over 70 Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon in the past day.
The targets included rocket launchers and buildings used by the terror group to advance attacks, according to the military.
The IDF says it also killed several Hezbollah operatives identified in areas of southern Lebanon where troops are operating.
במהלך היממה האחרונה: צה״ל תקף יותר מ-70 תשתיות של ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה בדרום לבנון
צה״ל ממשיך לפעול נגד ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה להסרת איומים על אזרחי מדינת ישראל.
במהלך היממה האחרונה, הותקפו יותר מ-70 תשתיות של הארגון, בהם משגרים ומבנים ששימשו את מחבלי ארגון הטרור חיזבאללה לקידום… pic.twitter.com/LkuGCz9RYE
— צבא ההגנה לישראל (@idfonline) June 13, 2026
Lebanese army says solider seriously wounded in IDF drone strike
The Lebanese army says one of its soldiers was seriously wounded in an Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon today.
According to the Lebanese Armed Forces, the soldier was first targeted near a hospital in Nabtieh, without being injured.
He was then targeted again on a road between Kfar Roummane and Nabatieh, “resulting in him sustaining serious injuries,” the LAF says.
There is no immediate comment from the IDF.
Suspected Hezbollah drone explodes near IDF forces in south Lebanon, no injuries
A suspected Hezbollah drone struck near Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon a short while ago, the IDF says.
No injuries were caused in the incident.
The “suspicious aerial target” triggered sirens in the border community of Margaliot.
Lebanese army said withdrawing from positions near Nabatieh as IDF advances
The Lebanese army has withdrawn from its positions in the southern town of Kfar Tebnit, close to Nabatieh, as the IDF advances in the area, according to Lebanese media.
Footage published by Lebanese media shows armored vehicles of the Lebanese Armed Forces driving away from Kfar Tebnit.
The town is located on the outskirts of Nabatieh, which is considered to be a Hezbollah stronghold.
بالفيديو: الجيش اللبناني ينسحب من ثكنة كفرتبنيت في قضاء النبطية pic.twitter.com/pjNGmijLKt
— هنا لبنان (@thisislebnews) June 13, 2026
This week, an IDF official said the military was poised to launch an offensive against Hezbollah in Nabatieh.
Pakistan PM says US-Iran peace deal signing expected within 24 hours
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, left, greets Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi before their meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, April 25, 2026. (Pakistan Prime Minister Office via AP)
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says that the United States and Iran have agreed to a framework for a peace deal that would end the months-long conflict in the Middle East, with a final text of the deal reached.
Pakistan is now preparing for an electronic signing expected within the next 24 hours, followed by technical-level talks next week, Sharif added.
Iran says funeral for late Supreme Leader Khamenei to begin July 4, burial set for July 9
A demonstrator holds a poster of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and an Iranian flag during a pro-government gathering at a square in downtown Tehran, Iran, May 19, 2026. (AP/Vahid Salemi)
The funeral for Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei will begin in Tehran on July 4 and conclude with his burial in the northeastern city of Mashhad on July 9, state media reports.
Khamenei was killed in Israeli and US strikes on Iran in February. His death marked the end of more than three decades at the helm of the Islamic Republic.
IDF issues evacuation warnings for 4 more south Lebanon villages ahead of strikes
The IDF warns the residents of four more villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate ahead of airstrikes on the Hezbollah terror group.
“For your safety, you must immediately evacuate your homes in the villages and towns and immediately move to the north of the Zahrani River,” warns army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.
Three-year-old dies of suspected bacterial blood infection
General view of Ichilov Medical Center in Tel Aviv on November 10, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
A 3-year-old child died at Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv after being rushed to the hospital with suspected meningococcemia, a deadly type of blood sepsis caused by a virulent bacterium, Ichilov says.
Efforts to save the child failed, and he was declared dead, the hospital says.
The hospital notes that “there is a vaccine against meningococcus B, which is recommended by the Pediatricians’ Association. We call on the public to vaccinate infants and toddlers and save lives.”
Trump’s name removed from Kennedy Center in predawn operation
People wait for US President Donald Trump's name to be removed from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
Workers stripped US President Donald Trump’s name from the Kennedy Center early this morning, less than six months after it went up, complying with a judge’s ruling that the performing arts landmark cannot be renamed without an act of Congress.
The work began around 1:20 a.m. (0520 GMT), hours after the Department of Justice said the government would miss the court-ordered deadline of 11:59 p.m. on Friday to take Trump’s name off the Washington venue, created a half-century ago to honor an assassinated president.
The center’s board, which Trump chairs, voted in December to rename it The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts. Workers began affixing his name to the building the next day.
After erecting scaffolding late on Friday, workers draped tarps over the temporary structure in the predawn hours and were seen removing letters around 3:10 a.m. in an operation that took about 30 minutes.
Late on Friday, the DOJ had said in a court filing it would miss the deadline because of thunderstorms that could pose safety risks for the workers, seeking a 12-hour extension.
Democratic US Representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio, who brought the lawsuit that forced Trump’s name to be removed, called the request to extend the two-week-old deadline “inexcusable” and part of “a pattern of non-compliance,” according to the DOJ filing.
The center opened in 1971 as a memorial to President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat assassinated in 1963. Trump, a Republican, has packed its board of trustees with allies since resuming office last year.
UNRWA fires 70 Gaza staffers amid Israeli accusations agency staff riddled with Hamas operatives
A boy sits outside the entrance to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building complex in Gaza City on September 6, 2025. (Omar al-Qattaa/AFP)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees says it fired 70 staffers in Gaza “to mitigate safety and security risks for the refugees” amid Israeli accusations that many of its staffers are Hamas operatives.
Announcing the move on Thursday, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) temporary head Christian Saunders says the firings take place with “immediate effect” and “were taken further to an assessment of the safety and security of UNRWA operations in Gaza.”
However, the statement does not mention Hamas and states that “the dismissal of the staff is not part of a disciplinary process and does not constitute in any way a validation of the claims made against them.”
“UNRWA has repeatedly asked the Israeli authorities to provide information and evidence to substantiate allegations against individual UNRWA staff members in Gaza, but has received no response to date,” the statement claims.
Israel has repeatedly alleged and shown evidence that employees of the agency were actively involved in terror groups in the Gaza Strip, and some participated in the October 7, 2023, Hamas invasion and slaughter. Israel has also shown repeated use of UNRWA infrastructure for terror activities and provided evidence that the agency’s schools incited hatred of Israel and glorification of attacks against Israelis.
UN Watch, the prominent pro-Israel lobbying group at the United Nations, welcomes the move, but accuses UNWRA of hypocrisy in refusing to openly acknowledge the links to Hamas.
“Our sustained documentation of UNRWA’s deep infiltration by Hamas — including our UNRWA Terror Network map identifying at least 400 culprits — together with the USAID Inspector General, has finally forced the agency’s hand,” says Hillel Neuer, Executive Director of UN Watch. “
“For years, UN Watch has exposed how UNRWA teachers, school principals and other employees are intertwined with Hamas, including terror chiefs heading the staff unions. Today’s action, while welcome, is only a small beginning,” says Neuer.
“This incoherent position — firing people while refusing to acknowledge why — reveals an institution still more interested in protecting itself and its Hamas-embedded workforce than in genuine neutrality or accountability,” UN Watch says.
Lebanon reports IDF strikes in south after Israeli warning
Lebanese state media reports Israeli strikes on the country’s south shortly after the IDF issued an evacuation warning for 20 locations, including the city of Nabatieh, ahead of raids there.
Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA) reports Israeli airstrikes in several areas covered by the evacuation warning, including the villages of Rihan and Sujud, located not far from Nabatieh.
Police defusing unexploded missile interceptor found near Yokneam
Police sappers are defusing an unexploded missile interceptor found near the northern city of Yokneam.
The Yokneam municipality warns residents that they are likely to hear explosions as the sappers deal with the ordinance.
The interceptor was fired during the flare-up earlier in the week when Iran fired several salvos of missiles at Israel.
מיירט שנפל בזמן השיגורים מאיראן ולא התפוצץ אותר סמוך ליקנעם, חבלני משטרה במקום@CBeyar (צילום: דוברות מועצה אזורית מגידו) pic.twitter.com/jvZ61uZBNk
— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) June 13, 2026
IDF issues evacuation order for 20 towns in southern Lebanon ahead of strikes on Hezbollah
The IDF warns of imminent strikes on south Lebanon, telling residents of 20 towns and villages, including many near Nabatieh city, to evacuate.
“For your safety, you should evacuate your homes immediately and move to the north of the Zahrani River,” the military’s Arabic-language spokesman Avichay Adraee says in a post on X.
“Anyone who is in the vicinity of Hezbollah installations or means of warfare is endangering their lives,” he adds, accusing the terror group of violating the truce.
IDF says drone warning sirens in north sparked by interception of suspicious object that crossed into Israel
The IDF says that drone warning sirens in Metulla and Misgav Am were sparked by the launch of an interceptor missile.
“The Air Force intercepted a suspicious object that crossed from Lebanon into Israel,” the IDF says, adding that the sirens were triggered by the “interception attempts.”
Iran said to have mined entrance to bombed nuclear site to deter US raid to retrieve uranium stockpile
This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's Isfahan Nuclear Technology Center outside of Isfahan, Iran, on December 7, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)
Iran has, in recent weeks, deliberately collapsed tunnels and mined entrances to its bombed Isfahan nuclear complex in a bid to stop the US from launching a raid to retrieve the Islamic Republic’s store of highly enriched uranium that is believed to be buried at the site, CNN reports.
The report, citing five sources familiar with US intelligence, says that it is now far more difficult and dangerous for anyone, including the Iranians, to retrieve the uranium than it was at the start of the war, when US President Donald Trump mulled a ground operation to seize the nuclear stockpile.
A former senior nuclear official tells CNN that this also raises the risk that Iran could claim it was unable to retrieve some of the material.
The fate of the enriched stockpile is one of the key issues in an emerging deal between Iran and the US to end the war.
If negotiators “require that Iran bring the entire stockpile to a central location for verification and ultimately to remove or downblend the material,” that would place the onus on Tehran to access and “provide the full inventory” of enriched uranium, Scott Roecker, who headed the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Nuclear Material Removal from 2017 to 2021, tells CNN.
But, “in this scenario, I would worry that Iran would claim that some portion of the HEU was irretrievable,” Roecker says. “We wouldn’t have full confidence that Iran couldn’t retain access to it at some point in the future.”
Drone warning sirens in Metulla and Misgav Am
Drone warning sirens are sounding in the northern communities of Metulla and Misgav Am.
Nine campers bitten by jackal at Sea of Galilee beach, authorities said to fear it is rabid
A jackal at the KKL's Biriya Forest, the largest planted forest in the Galilee in northern Israel. (Avi Hirshfield)
Nine people were bitten by a jackal overnight while camping on the Duga beach on the Sea of Galilee, medics say.
The Magen David Adom rescue service says seven people, including a 12-year-old girl, were taken to a nearby hospital with minor bites, and two others were treated at the scene.
While the injuries are minor, the Walla news site quotes local officials as saying that the behaviour of the jackal was highly unusual, leading to fears that it could be infected with rabies.
USA launch World Cup with Paraguay rout
Players of the United States celebrate after the World Cup Group D soccer match against Paraguay in Inglewood, Calif., near Los Angeles, Friday, June 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
The United States launches their home World Cup in emphatic fashion, thrashing Paraguay 4-1 with a perfectly scripted opening performance to delight a star-studded home crowd in Los Angeles.
Folarin Balogun scored twice while relentless US pressure led to an early Paraguay own goal from Damian Bobadilla before substitute Gio Reyna added a late fourth to cap a dream start for Mauricio Pochettino’s side at the SoFi Stadium in Group D.
The US entered the tournament amid a swirl of uncertainty after a series of defeats and unconvincing performances in pre-World Cup friendlies.
But any doubts about their ability to progress past the first round were obliterated in a dazzling first-half display which saw them roar into a 3-0 lead to all but seal victory in the opening 45 minutes.
“Just a great start from the guys,” US star Christian Pulisic says afterwards. “The guys came out with so much energy, just a great performance and a deserved win.
World Cup begins in USA with Hollywood-style opening ceremony
The World Cup arrived in the United States on Friday with a Hollywood-style opening ceremony before the tournament’s third co-hosts kick off their opener in Los Angeles against Paraguay.
“Welcome to the USA” announced a booming voiceover, as a closeup of the city’s famous Hollywood sign flashed on giant screens at the SoFi stadium, temporarily renamed the Los Angeles Stadium.
A marching band struck up the music before being joined by singers including Future, Tyla, Anitta and K-pop star Lisa. Costumes and props were designed to evoke Los Angeles street art, and the city’s creative industries.
LISA PERFORMING GOALS AT THE FIFA WORLD CUP OPENING CEREMONY pic.twitter.com/PyDdpTEkaF
— blackpink (@blckpinkpic) June 12, 2026
Actor Jason Sudeikis and singer Katy Perry performed shortly before kickoff.
Celebrities including Tom Cruise, David Beckham, Halle Berry, Rob Lowe, Owen Wilson and Paris Hilton looked on as performers danced around a giant World Cup trophy in the middle of the pitch.
Suspended from the roof of the space-age 70,000 stadium were enormous “FIFA” letters in the gold favored by US President Donald Trump — who did not attend.
He instead spoke to the team via phone, telling them “I think you’ve a really good chance of going all the way. I just want to wish you a lot of luck.”
US fans, many dressed as Uncle Sam, the Statue of Liberty or bald eagles, gamely booed the Paraguay players as they appeared for their warm ups.
“I believe we can go all the way,” said US fan Isaac Pizarro, who paid $1,900 per ticket to attend with his 14-year-old son Jacob.
Trump says US military strike killed leader of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang
US President Donald Trump says US forces carried out a strike that killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, the leader of Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua.
“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Nino Guerrero the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet,” Trump says in a post on Truth Social.
“This action was coordinated closely with our friends in Venezuela, with whom we are working very well.”
“At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño Guerrero, the infamous leader of Tren De Aragua, one of the most bloodthirsty Terrorist Organizations on Planet Earth.” – President DONALD J. TRUMP ???????? pic.twitter.com/3R5IPxhPXX
— The White House (@WhiteHouse) June 13, 2026
Trump does not specify when the strike took place.
Venezuela’s information ministry does not immediately respond to a request for comment.
US says it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting ships in Hormuz
US forces have “downed” several Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, the military says.
“Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees operations in the region, posts on X.
CENTCOM insists that the strait “remains open for transit.”
Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces have downed all of them in recent hours as traffic flow through the strait continues unimpeded. The international trade corridor remains open for…
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 13, 2026
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