The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they unfold.
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 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
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.
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 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 are sounding in the northern communities of Metulla and Misgav Am.
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.
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.
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.
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.
