LiveLive Updates June 13, 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 13, 2026IDF issues evacuation orders to areas of southern Lebanon, citing Hezbollah cease-fire violationsThe IDF's Arabic-language spokesperson issued an evacuation warning on Saturday to a range of southern Lebanon communities, citing "Hezbollah's repeated violations of the cease-fire" and saying it will "act against it."#عاجل ‼️انذار عاجل الى سكان لبنان المتواجدين في البلدات والقرى التالية: دير الزهراني, النميرية, الشرقية, الدوير, حاروف, حبوش, کفر جوز, زبدين (النبطية), النبطية التحتا, النبطية الفوقا, کفر رمان, المحمودية, سجد (جزين), ریحان, عرمتى, كفرحونة, مليخ, اللويزة (جزين), جرجوع, عربصاليمShow moreThe spokesman called on residents of 14 communities in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh District and six other communities in the Jezzine District, just north of Nabatieh, to "move immediately to areas north of the Zahrani River."The warnings came after Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen reported Israeli forces shelled areas of southern Lebanon, including the Nuns' Quarter in the city of Nabatieh and the town of Srifa in the Tyre District.Earlier on Saturday morning, the IDF said it intercepted a "suspicious aerial target" that crossed from Lebanon into Israel's airspace after sirens sounded in the northern Israeli communities of Metula and Misgav Am, near the Lebanese border.Israeli forces shell areas of southern Lebanon, including Nabatieh, Lebanese media reportsSmoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, Saturday. Credit: Stringer/ REUTERSSmoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, Lebanon, Saturday. Credit: Stringer/ REUTERSIsraeli forces have launched artillery strikes in southern Lebanon, targeting the Nuns' Quarter in the city of Nabatieh and the town of Srifa in the Tyre District, Lebanese channel Al Mayadeen reported on Saturday morning.The reported shelling came after sirens sounded in the northern border communities of Metula and Misgav Am due to what the IDF said was a suspected drone infiltration from Lebanon.Report: Iran fortified its uranium stash with mines for fear of U.S. operation to seize materialIran has in recent weeks collapsed tunnels and placed mines in an effort to thwart a potential U.S. military operation to seize the country's enriched uranium stockpiles, CNN reported on Saturday, citing five sources with knowledge of U.S. intelligence.Centrifuge machines at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran, 2021. Credit: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IRAN BROADCASTING via APCentrifuge machines at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, Iran, 2021. Credit: ISLAMIC REPUBLIC IRAN BROADCASTING via APIn late March, The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. President Donald Trump was mulling a military operation to extract the nearly 450 kilograms (1,000 pounds) of nuclear material from Iran, citing U.S. officials.According to the sources who spoke with CNN, the fortifications installed by Iran have now made such an operation far more difficult, dangerous and lengthy than it would have been a month ago.Under the proposed terms of the emerging U.S.-Iran deal to end the war, the International Atomic Energy Agency would partner with the United States to "downblend" Iran's existing stockpile of enriched uranium, The New York Times has reported, citing two U.S. officials.According to the report, while the United States sees itself as having an active role in the dilution of the nuclear material, Iranian officials said the U.S. would only serve as an observer. Tehran has not publicly discussed whether it would allow the entire stockpile to be removed from Iran, the newspaper said, but downblending the enriched uranium could allow the Iranian's to retain ownership of the material.Iran launched drones at ships in Strait of Hormuz, all downed by U.S. forces, CENTCOM saysA drone view of vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, earlier this month. Credit: ReutersA drone view of vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, earlier this month. Credit: ReutersIran launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces have downed all of them in recent hours as traffic flow through the strait continues unimpeded, according to U.S. Central Command.The international trade corridor remains open for transit, CENTCOM said.RECAP: London mayor joins calls to ban event selling real estate in Israel and which had listings in the West BankHere are Saturday's latest updates:■ London Mayor Sadiq Khan joined calls to ban a real estate sales event in the British capital featuring properties in Israel and listings in West Bank settlements, saying the settlements are "unjustifiable and illegal under international law" and condemning attempts to market such properties in London.■ Police arrested an Arab Israeli woman in her 50s on suspicion of incitement for terrorism on social media, adding that she will remain in custody until Sunday and that her interrogation continues.■ A London judge sentenced four Palestine Action activists to several years in prison for acting as terrorists when they raided an Israeli defense factory in the United Kingdom and smashed equipment with the intent of disrupting production of weapons they feared would kill people in Gaza.■ The Israeli military was instructed to remain alert for possible strikes on Iran even after Washington and Tehran reach a deal, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said, adding that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued the directive.■ UAE is set to unlock billions of dollars for Iran, sources say, though the UAE has denied reports that it has transferred any funds to Tehran.■ Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Iran and the United States reached a final agreement, adding that Islamabad is working with the sides to finalize the deal.■ Qatar held clandestine talks with Iran during the war, offering to help it rock global energy markets in exchange for Tehran sparing its critical Ras Laffan gas field, The Washington Post reported, citing U.S. officials. According to the report, Iran didn't promise not to strike the plant, which provides a fifth of the world's natural gas, but Qatar believed it could secure a tacit understanding.London mayor joins calls to ban event selling real estate in Israel and which had listings in the West BankLondon Mayor Sadiq Khan joined calls to ban a real estate sales event in the British capital featuring properties in Israel and listings in West Bank settlements, saying the settlements are "unjustifiable and illegal under international law" and condemning attempts to market such properties in London.Israeli settlements in the West Bank are unjustifiable and illegal under international law.