June 08, 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 08, 2026UpdatesSirens sound in northern Israel The IDF said three projectiles were fired from Lebanon toward Israeli forces operating in southern Lebanon, triggering sirens in northern Israel. Some were intercepted before crossing into Israeli territory, while another landed near the troops. No injuries were reported.Reports: Israel conducts strikes in southern LebanonShortly after Iran announced it would end attacks on Israel if it ceased strikes in Lebanon, the Israeli army reportedly conducted a series of strikes in southern Lebanon. The Qatari channel Al Araby reported two simultaneous strikes targeting the areas of Al-Burj al-Shamali and Al-Maashouk, both east of the coastal city of Tyre. Iranian president after cease-fire announcement: 'We did not abandon the battlefield or negotiations'Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said after the cease-fire announcement that Iran had "neither abandoned the battlefield nor the negotiation table."In a post on X, Pezeshkian said Iran's priorities remain "national security and the peace of our people," adding that Tehran would defend its rights and "will not retreat in the face of any threat."اولویت ما امنیت ملی و آرامش مردم است. با اقتدار از حقوق ملت دفاع می‌کنیم و در برابر هیچ تهدیدی عقب‌نشینی نخواهیم کرد. دیپلماسی و دفاع دو بال قدرت ملی‌اند؛ نه میدان را ترک کرده‌ایم و نه میز مذاکره را. به امید خدا با وحدت و عقلانیت ایران از این آزمون نیز سربلند عبور خواهد کرد.Show moreNetanyahu, Trump spoke by phone on MondayPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump held a call again on Monday, according to an Israeli source.The call reportedly took place before Trump said that both Israel and Iran were seeking an immediate cease-fire.Lebanese PM says Israel has bombed Lebanon nearly 3,500 times during cease-fireLebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said on Monday that Israel has carried out 3,491 air strikes and hundreds of controlled demolitions in Lebanon since the U.S.-brokered cease-fire took effect in April.The cease-fire came into force just after midnight on April 17, following an announcement by Washington two days earlier. According to Salam, Israeli forces remain positioned deep inside southern Lebanon despite the agreement.Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on Sunday. Credit: AFP/KAWNAT HAJUSmoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese coastal city of Tyre on Sunday. Credit: AFP/KAWNAT HAJUIn comments published on X after a cabinet meeting, Salam said that between April 17 and June 7 Israel also carried out 407 controlled demolitions and six "razing" operations, which he said had left entire villages in southern Lebanon flattened.The Israeli military did not immediately respond to the claims.Salam said Lebanon was seeking to uphold the cease-fire but that the latest Israel-Iran escalation had triggered new displacement and further strained the country's capacity to host fleeing civilians.More than 1 million people – around a fifth of Lebanon's population – have been displaced since the wider conflict erupted in March, according to Lebanese authorities.Lebanese intelligence officers look at an unexploded missile at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday. Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP Lebanese intelligence officers look at an unexploded missile at the site where an Israeli airstrike hit a building in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon, Sunday. Credit: Hassan Ammar/AP The fighting has continued despite the cease-fire, with Hezbollah firing rockets toward Israel and rejecting U.S.-mediated efforts to turn the truce into a lasting agreement. Israel has continued to strike Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, including Beirut's southern suburbs.Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump said cease-fires in the Middle East involved "shooting in a more moderate manner" rather than a complete halt in fighting.In the NewsTwo Government Officials Questioned Over Threats Against Party Man's DismissalIsrael Attacks Lebanon 3,500 Times Since April Cease-fire, Lebanese PM SaysAround 140 Labour MPs Urge U.K. Government to Ban Trade With Israeli SettlementsAmid Another Round With Iran, Israel Faces a $15 Billion Defense Budget GapIsrael's New 'Iran Spies': Young, Broke and Mostly CluelessRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMI'We Were Ordered to Kill': The 1967 Nakba That Israelis Don't Know About'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartGermany Is Paying a Price for Its Sweeping Support for IsraelHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own Base