LiveLive Updates June 09, 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 09, 2026Updates27 minutes agoIDF posts AI-generated video comparing Gaza war to World CupThe Israeli military posted an AI-generated video comparing the Gaza war to the World Cup, saying Gazans "always lose.""While you are trying to move towards a better future, you are being led by a failed, disconnected, and irrelevant group of inexperienced brats who continue to deny you any chance of escaping the greatest disaster in the history of the Gaza Strip," the IDF-run Almunaseq Facebook page wrote.The AI video shows a Hamas soccer team playing against a Gazan team titled "different future" and winning. "The solution lies on the field, but Hamas continues to only play a game you always lose," the IDF wrote.Iran warns Israel against Lebanon strikes, threatens to block Red Sea if war resumesIranian parliament deputy speaker Hamidreza Haji-Babaei, the deputy speaker of the Iranian Parliament, threatened to block the Red Sea if the United States and Israel continue their attacks on Iran.His words echo a Monday statement by the commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force, Esmail Qaani, who vowed to create a "new security belt of resistance" from the Strait of Hormuz to the Persian Gulf and Bab al-Mandeb, which separates the Arabian Sea from the Red Sea and the Suez Canal.Iran repeated its Monday threats to increase the intensity of attacks if Israel renewed its attacks on Lebanon. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament's National Security Committee, said in an interview that "any miscalculation against the Islamic Republic will be met with a much more severe and regrettable response than the previous operations."Reuters contributed to this report.RECAP: Hezbollah militant infiltrates Israel; IDF ready to resume Iran strikesHere are Tuesday's latest updates from the Iran–Israel escalation, spillover in Lebanon, and wider regional developments:■ IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir said the Israeli strikes in Iran on Monday were "preparation for a much more significant and powerful blow," saying the IDF is ready to resume the Iran war.■ A Hezbollah militant crossed the IDF-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon and infiltrated Israel before being killed in a shootout.■ The Israeli military struck the Lebanese city of Tyre on the country's southern coast and Machgharah in its eastern Bekaa Valley, according to local reports. IDF shelling reportedly targeted houses in Maroun al-Ras in southern Lebanon.■ Hezbollah said it struck IDF soldiers and armored vehicles in Maroun al-Ras and Qantara in the Israeli-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon, as well as the recently-occupied Zawtar al-Sharqiyah, north of the Litani River.■ Britain, Canada, France, Australia and Norway announced on Tuesday new sanctions targeting six Israeli right-wing organizations and one far-right activist, Haaretz has learned.■ Hamas said it and other Palestinian factions in Gaza have agreed to make concessions on disarmament, saying "the ball is now in Israel's court."■ The United States is investigating whether Iran shot down an Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, Axios reported, citing two U.S. officials and a third source privy to the matter.U.K. says new law will crack down on Iranian, other proxies as MI5 warns of spikeCharred ambulances belonging to Jewish community organization Hatzola, set on fire in an antisemitic hate crime incident, in northwest London, Britain, in March. Credit: Hannah McKay/ReutersCharred ambulances belonging to Jewish community organization Hatzola, set on fire in an antisemitic hate crime incident, in northwest London, Britain, in March. Credit: Hannah McKay/ReutersBritain said on Tuesday that a law to ⁠crack down on ‌proxies acting for states deemed to be hostile, such as Iran, was ‌expected to come into force next month, as it steps up powers to counter ⁠what it says is a growing threat posed by such groups.The new powers, promised ⁠in the wake of a spate of antisemitic attacks in London, seek to close a gap in legislation to target state-linked organizations paying organised crime groups or low-level felons to carry out surveillance, sabotage, or other activities on their behalf.In recent months, there ‌have been numerous arson attacks on Jewish sites, with police saying they were investigating possible Iranian ‌links, while there have been convictions for people accused of spying or acting on behalf of Russian and Chinese organizations.Britain's domestic intelligence agency MI5 has warned of state-threat investigations increasing by 35 percent last year, including 20 potentially lethal Iranian-backed plots.IDF allows residents to leave homes three hours after Lebanon border incidentThe Israeli military allowed the residents of the Galilee panhandle in northern Israel to leave their homes after telling them to shelter in place for three hours following a shootout with a Hezbollah militant.Earlier on Tuesday, a militant crossed the IDF-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon and infiltrated Israel before being killed in a shootout. According to a statement by the local authority, the militant was spotted in Israel at 2 P.M. local time."The IDF completed the sweeps without any further findings, as a result of which the restrictions on the public have been lifted and the roadblocks have been removed," the Upper Galilee Regional Council said, adding that the IDF is investigating the incident.2 hours agoGOP Israel critic Thomas Massie meets survivors from IDF-attacked USS LibertyRep. Thomas Massie, one of the most outspoken Republican critics of Israel in Congress, me with survivors from the USS Liberty, which the Israeli military attacked in 1967."Thank you to the survivors of the USS Liberty for traveling to Washington DC on the 59th anniversary of the attack," he wrote on X. "Your courage to express the facts is the reason the tragedy of the USS Liberty will not be forgotten. It was an honor to host you and to speak on your behalf."Thank you to the survivors of the USS Liberty for traveling to Washington DC on the 59th anniversary of the attack.