LiveLive Updates June 03, 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 formatSubscribeJune 03, 2026UpdatesLebanese Health Ministry: 48 killed and 97 wounded in Israeli attacks in past dayThe Lebanese Health Ministry said that 48 people were killed and 97 were wounded in Israeli attacks in the pst 24 hours, bringing the country's casualty toll to 3,516 killed and 10,674 wounded since the current round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2.A mourner leans over a coffin at the funeral of dentist James George Karam and his children, Theodosia and Tony, who were killed in an Israeli strike, in Qlayaa, Lebanon, on Wednesday. Credit: Stringer/ REUTERSA mourner leans over a coffin at the funeral of dentist James George Karam and his children, Theodosia and Tony, who were killed in an Israeli strike, in Qlayaa, Lebanon, on Wednesday. Credit: Stringer/ REUTERS2 hours agoNetanyahu's Personal Attorney Elected as Israel's State Watchdog After Chaotic Knesset VoteThe Knesset plenum during voting for state watchdog, Wednesday. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi The Knesset plenum during voting for state watchdog, Wednesday. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi Israel's parliament on Wednesday elected Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's personal attorney, Michael Rabello, as state watchdog after a repeat vote was held when no candidate initially secured the 61 votes required by law.The second round of voting was suspended and rerun after members of Netanyahu's Likud party were reportedly instructed to take pictures of their secret ballots, prompting legal advisers to the Knesset to bar lawmakers from bringing mobile phones behind the curtain during the vote.Rabello, who has represented the government in High Court cases that the attorney general declined to defend or deemed unlawful, was contending against Yosef Elron, a former Supreme Court justice who retired last year and was considered the opposition's candidate.Read the full article2 hours agoKuwait summons Iranian charge d'affaires, declares two diplomats persona non grata over 'ongoing aggressions,' Foreign Ministry saysKuwait has summoned the Iranian charge d'affaires, declaring two diplomats persona non grata over "ongoing aggressions," the country's Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.The aftermath of Iranian strikes, according to the foreign ministry, at Kuwait International Airport, on Wednesday. Credit: Social Media/ REUTERSThe aftermath of Iranian strikes, according to the foreign ministry, at Kuwait International Airport, on Wednesday. Credit: Social Media/ REUTERSEarlier, the Gulf state said one person was killed and at least 63 were wounded in an Iranian attack on civilian infrastructure in the country, including Kuwait International Airport and diplomatic missions.Later, Kuwait's armed forces said they "dealt with" 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones that entered the country's airspace, attributing the projectiles to "Iranian criminal aggression."Two killed in Israeli drone strike in Gaza refugee camp, Palestinian reports sayTwo people were killed and one was wounded in an Israeli drone strike that targeted the yard of a home in the Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, Palestinian reports said.A displaced Palestinian child stands inside the house that was targeted by an Israeli strike in Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, in May. Credit: AFP/EYAD BABAA displaced Palestinian child stands inside the house that was targeted by an Israeli strike in Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, in May. Credit: AFP/EYAD BABAReport: Israeli, Lebanese negotiators arrive in Washington for another round of direct talksIsraeli and Lebanese negotiation delegations have arrived at the State Department in Washington for another round of U.S.-mediated direct talks, Lebanese outlet Al Jadeed reported.Israeli and Lebanese negotiators with U.S. mediators at the State Department, in Washington, on Tuesday. Credit: Rod Lamkey/AP Israeli and Lebanese negotiators with U.S. mediators at the State Department, in Washington, on Tuesday. Credit: Rod Lamkey/AP Kuwait's army says it engaged 13 Iranian ballistic missiles and 17 dronesKuwait's armed forces "dealt with" 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones in the Gulf state's airspace, the Kuwaiti Defense Ministry spokesman said, attributing the projectiles to "Iranian criminal aggression."بيان رقم (64)