LiveLive Updates June 05, 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 05, 2026UpdatesHundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters block main Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highwayHundreds of extremist ultra-Orthodox protesters blocked the main Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway early Friday morning to protest the arrest of dozens of people suspected of involvement in the storming of the home of High Court Justice Noam Solberg on Thursday night. The protest caused massive traffic jams. Police dispersed protesters using stun grenades and reopened the road to traffic.Soldiers shoot, kill Palestinian youth in West Bank after IDF alleges involvement in firebomb attacksAn 18-year-old Palestinian was shot and killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank on Thursday, after the IDF claimed he threw incendiary devices at vehicles near the village of Beitin.Palestinian sources named the fatality as Haitham Ez al-Din Omar Hamida and said that Israeli authorities had taken his body.According to a statement from the IDF, soldiers identified several Palestinians throwing petrol bombs at Israeli vehicles on a major road during targeted operational activity. The military said that soldiers opened fire, killing one.Haitham Ez al-Din Omar Hamida Credit: CourtesyHaitham Ez al-Din Omar Hamida Credit: CourtesyTrump says he does not need deal with Iran to get enriched uraniumU.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday said that Washington did not need a deal with Iran to get enriched uranium from the country."We could get it right now. I don't think they could stop us if we wanted, but there's no reason to. It's entombed," he told reporters in the Oval Office.Trump also said that he did not want to meet with Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.But he added that if Washington and Tehran reached a deal, it was possible that the two would meet and added: "If it happened ... I'd be respectful."RECAP: Israeli forces prepare for 'next stage' of Lebanon cease-fire, will not withdraw south of Litani Here are Thursday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran cease-fire and Israel's cease-fire with Hezbollah:■ Israeli forces are preparing for the "next stage" of implementing a cease-fire in Lebanon, a source familiar with the matter told Haaretz. According to the source, Israeli forces are not withdrawing, as ground troops are still present in the South.■ Israel does not intend to withdraw from areas south of Lebanon's Litani River, an Israeli source told Haaretz.■ Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem rejected the U.S.-sponsored cease-fire in Lebanon in a letter to his followers published by the group's Al-Manar network. ■ Hezbollah reportedly agreed to the cease-fire terms during security track talks in Washington, a Lebanese source not involved in talks but briefed on the matter by senior Lebanese officials told Haaretz.■ Eitan Shmuel Lemberg was killed by an anti-tank missile in southern Lebanon, the Israeli military said. According to the IDF, the 21-year-old was a commander in the Armored Corps.■ A UN peacekeeper killed in southern Lebanon after a mortar strike on a UNIFIL position has been identified as a Serbian soldier, Serbia's defense ministry said.■ A Border Police officer was lightly wounded as Israeli forces responded to reports that about 30 masked Israeli settlers were moving among Palestinian homes in the West Bank village of Kusra, a security source said.In the NewsSoldiers Kill Palestinian Youth After IDF Alleges Involvement in Firebomb AttackWhy Let Your Son Be a Combat Soldier? 'I Truly Believed Israel Sought Peace'Who Will Stop Smotrich, if Not The Hague?Could Lebanon Become Netanyahu's Political Graveyard - for a Second Time?The Israeli Government's Policy? ChaosRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New YorkWho Built the Biblical-era Fortresses in the Deserts of Israel and Jordan?UN Report Accuses Israeli Forces of Rape, Sexual Abuse of Palestinian DetaineesIsrael's Solution to the Gaza Problem Is Well Underway'Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report Says'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This'