LiveLive Updates May 30, 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 30, 2026UpdatesSocial media post shows Hezbollah projectile falling at northern Israeli beach A social media post documented the moment a projectile launched by Hezbollah fell into the sea at a northern Israeli beach in Nahariya, as beachgoers flee.Sirens have sounded throughout northern Israel on Saturday; the IDF reported that it detected several drone and rocket launches – some were intercepted and some fell in open areas.Beachgoers flee in Nahariya as a Hezbollah projectile lands off the coast.Use according to Copyright Law Section 27ARead the full articleHezbollah increasing fire toward Israel in response to IDF deepening incursion into Lebanon, Hezbollah source saysIncreased Hezbollah fire towards northern Israel is intended to send a clear message to both the Lebanese government and Israel, a Lebanese source affiliated with Hezbollah told Haaretz, amid nonstop sirens due to drone and rocket launches on Saturday.According to the source, the deeper Israel pushes into southern Lebanon and the more it expands its operations on Lebanese territory, the more Hezbollah will broaden the range of its attacks beyond communities near the border.The Hezbollah-affiliated source said the group is increasing fire to establish a new "deterrence equation," under which any expansion of Israeli ground operations is met with continued Hezbollah attacks, including rocket fire deeper into Israeli territory.The source added that this message is directed at mediators, negotiating delegations and the U.S. administration, to make clear that there is no military solution to the conflict and that there is an urgent need to secure a comprehensive cease-fire diplomatic agreement that Israel is forced to abide by.According to the IDF, five drone launches were detected on Saturday: two were intercepted, one fell in an open area and one did not cross into the country. On Saturday afternoon, for the first time since a cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel was declared in April, sirens sounded in communities in northern Israel's Safed area; the IDF announced that two rockets were identified and that one was intercepted and the other fell in an open area.Read the full articleU.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth: Talks with Iran are 'productive,' Strait of Hormuz blockade 'very much still in place'U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that talks with Iran have been "productive," and that a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is "very much still in place."Hegseth said that he believes countries are "putting pressure on Iran," adding that Hormuz will be "an open strait, a toll-free strait that the entire world can use, which is the way that it should."In his remarks on the blockade, Hegseth went on to relate the opening of the Strait of Hormuz to a U.S. view of energy that he says will "reshape the global map.""Whether it's Texas or Venezuela or energy production," Hegseth says that "the future in energy is actually an American future, and that's good for energy security around the world."Hegseth reiterated that throughout the talks, the United States has stressed that Iran "should not have a nuclear weapon." U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Singapore on Saturday. Credit: AFP/JAM STA ROSAU.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in Singapore on Saturday. Credit: AFP/JAM STA ROSARead the full articleIsraeli soldiers say Gaza killings continued despite cease-fireThe Israeli combat soldier saw his teammates yelling in celebration, congratulating one another. They had just struck a vehicle of Palestinians driving near the Israeli-controlled part of the Gaza Strip, killing everyone inside.The reservist said scenes like this had become common after a fragile cease-fire took effect in October. In the weeks he was stationed in Gaza, he said, he saw soldiers relishing the chance to go after those who crossed – or came close to crossing – the Yellow Line that divides the strip into Israeli-controlled and Palestinian areas."It was a jungle," the soldier, in his 20s, told The Associated Press. "After the cease-fire, the order was: If someone crosses the line, you shoot them." Credit: Yaakov Garb, Harvard Dataverse, May 2026/AP/Phil HolmRead the full articleHundreds of thousands who fled Putin's Russia for Israel lean liberal. Will they swing the election?On a recent Friday morning, about 30 Russian-speaking social activists who immigrated to Israel in the past few years gathered at The International Institute at Beit Berl Academic College in central Israel. Their goal was to acquire tools to increase political involvement in their communities and raise voter turnout among Russian-speaking immigrants.The language spoken at the gathering was Russian, but the discussion itself was entirely Israeli: how to bring about a change of government in the upcoming elections."We spent our whole lives in Russia under a dictatorship. We'd like to try something different here," one participant said with a bitter smile as the first session began. "In Israel, you can exert much more influence than in Russia. Here, every vote counts."A Russian-language invitation to a rally with Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. Nearly 40 percent of new immigrants sat out the last election.A Russian-language invitation to a rally with Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett. Nearly 40 percent of new immigrants sat out the last election.Read the full articleHezbollah drone intercepted as sirens sound across northern IsraelSirens warning of suspected Hezbollah drone infiltrations sounded across northern Israel twice on Saturday afternoon, as the IDF said it intercepted a UAV launched from Lebanon and responded to a second aerial incident near the border, with no injuries reported in either case.According to the military, a drone launched from Lebanon toward Israeli territory was intercepted, while another suspicious aerial target fell near the Israel-Lebanon border.The IDF said additional missile and rocket sirens were triggered because of concerns that debris from the interceptor could fall in the area.In a separate incident, sirens sounded in the northern border communities of Misgav Am and Metula. 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