LiveLive Updates May 28, 2026Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeMay 28, 2026UpdatesOver 6,000 people arrested in Iran since the war's start, Amnesty International says People walk past a mural depicting Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran, Monday. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via ReutersPeople walk past a mural depicting Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (not pictured), in Tehran, Iran, Monday. Credit: Majid Asgaripour/WANA via ReutersMore than 6,000 people have been arrested in Iran since the start of the 2026 Israel-Iran war three months ago, Amnesty International has found.Those detained by Iranian authorities include protesters, journalists, lawyers, dissidents and members of ethnic minorities, the rights group said in a report released on Thursday.During the same period, 39 "political executions" were also carried out in Iran, the group added."Authorities have unleashed an all-out assault on people in Iran, targeting anyone who dares to criticize the Islamic Republic, share information about the U.S. or Israeli air strikes or human rights violations with the outside world, or simply attempt to break through what became the longest recorded internet shutdown to communicate with loved ones or access independent information," Amnesty expert Erika Guevara Rosas said.She added that the population was already "suffering from the devastating consequences of unlawful air strikes by U.S. and Israeli forces."Amnesty heavily criticized Iran's near-total internet shutdown, which had cut the population off from the global internet for almost three months. The restrictions were partially lifted for the first time on Wednesday."The internet blackout functioned as a central pillar of the authorities' repression strategy, creating conditions in which widespread crimes under international law can be carried out with impunity," the report stated.16 Palestinians killed and 39 wounded in Gaza Strip over past two days, health ministry says Palestinians walk near a building damaged at the site of an Israeli strike on Wednesday, in Gaza City. Credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/ReutersPalestinians walk near a building damaged at the site of an Israeli strike on Wednesday, in Gaza City. Credit: Dawoud Abu Alkas/ReutersSixteen Palestinians were killed and 39 others were wounded and transported to hospital in the Gaza Strip in the past two days, the Gaza Health Ministry said in a statement Thursday. According to ministry data, 922 people have been killed and 2,786 have been wounded in Gaza since the start of the cease-fire with Israel in October. In addition, 781 bodies have been recovered.Since the start of the Israel-Gaza war on October 7, 2023, 72,819 people have been killed and 172,894 have been wounded, the Health Ministry said. Russia calls on U.S. and Iran not to slide back into armed conflict‌Russia on ‌Thursday called on the U.S. ⁠and Iran ⁠not to slide back into armed conflict, but to continue talking, ‌Russian Foreign ‌Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.Russia is ready to assist in the removal of enriched uranium from ⁠Iran, she added, but Moscow "is not ‌imposing ⁠its initiative."Washington ‌has not taken Russia up on the ⁠enrichment offer which has been on the ‌table for months.8 hours agoIDF 'targeted' airstrikes conducted in Lebanon's Beirut, Israeli army saysThe IDF announced that it conducted a targeted strike in Beirut, as Al-Araby reported that the attack took place in front of a mall in a residential area.A Lebanese ‌security source ‌said the strike hit near Beirut's southern suburbs, but it was ⁠not immediately clear what the target ‌was. ⁠Images ‌from the area showed thick ⁠smoke billowing across buildings.14 people, including three children, have been killed since Thursday morning in various IDF attacks in Lebanon, the country's Health Ministry announced.Israeli officials believe progress toward a U.S.–Iran agreement and the possibility of a broader regional cease-fire are increasing pressure on both Israel and Hezbollah to end the fighting in Lebanon.The United States has barred Israel from striking most targets deep inside Lebanon, including in Beirut, though Washington recently loosened some restrictions and allowed wider operations against Hezbollah.As part of the latest escalation, the Israeli military on Wednesday declared the entirety of southern Lebanon a combat zone, telling residents it will "act with utmost force" against Hezbollah and urging locals to leave.The IDF later said it had carried out strikes in Tyre as well as in the Bekaa Valley and southern Lebanon. Read the full articleLebanon's Health Ministry says three killed, 37 wounded in IDF strikes in Tyre on WednesdayLebanon's Health Ministry reports that Israeli strikes killed three people and wounded 37, including eight children and 13 women, in the al-Bas area of southern Lebanon's Tyre district on Wednesday evening.The ministry reported that two were killed, including a child, in an IDF strike on a motorcycle in the city of Tyre; five people were killed and 21 wounded, including 5 children, in a strike on a residential building in the city of Sidon; three killed and five wounded on a strike in an apartment in Sidon's Qaya'a neighborhood, including a Syrian journalist who worked for the Iranian Arabic-language TV channel Al-Aalam; six were killed, including two children and their parents, in an Israeli strike on a car in the village of Adlon in the Sidon district.Local Lebanese media reported Israeli strikes on vehicles: In the Nabatieh district, IDF strikes hit a truck transporting horses on a main road in Deir El Zahrani and a vehicle in Jibchit, and in the Tyre district, a vehicle was hit in Chabriha.RECAP: PM adviser and main Bibileaks suspect indicted; Lebanese media reports at least eight killed in IDF strikes Here are Thursday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran cease-fire and Israel's war with Hezbollah:■ The Israeli military launched a wave of strikes on the city of Tyre in Lebanon, after ordering its 200,000 residents to evacuate north of the Zahrani River two hours earlier.■ An indictment was filed on Thursday against Yonatan Urich, an advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in the "Bibileaks" affair; Urich is accused of providing secret information with the intent to harm state security. ■ Tehran condemned the U.S. attack on ⁠areas in Iran's ⁠Bandar Abbas, the country's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said ‌in a statement ‌on Thursday.■ At least ten people were killed and 18 wounded in an Israeli strike that targeted an apartment in a building in Gaza City on Wednesday evening, Al-Arabi reported.■ Following an Israeli evacuation order on Wednesday night, heavy airstrikes were reported across southern Lebanon, including Nabatieh, Sidon and Tyre; at least eight people have been killed, including children.■ Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich called to "destroy 10 buildings in Beirut's suburb for every drone. For every drone that harms one of our soldiers, destroy a hundred buildings," in a post on X memorializing Sergeant Rotem Yanai, 20, who was killed by an exploding drone in northern Israel on Wednesday, the IDF announced.■ The U.S. Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on the Persian Gulf ⁠Strait Authority, an agency that forces international shippers to comply with Iranian regulations in the Strait of Hormuz, CNN reported.■ The United Nations added Israel to the blacklist of countries that commit sexual violence in conflict zones, Israel's ambassador to the United Nations announced.IDF says Israeli woman who entered Palestinian-controlled Ramallah was removed overnightThe IDF's Civil Administration announced that its forces removed an Israeli citizen from Ramallah who entered the city center in the West Bank.An initial investigation into the incident indicates that the civilian entered the Palestinian city in her private car for recreational purposes, together with a resident of the West Bank Palestinian city of Qalqilya.It was said that local residents who recognized the car with the Israeli license plate reported it, and that officers from the Binyamin Coordination and Liaison Command handed it over to the security forces. 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