LiveLive Updates June 20, 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 20, 2026UpdatesSwitzerland says diplomats continue talks on implementing U.S.-Iran agreementThe Swiss foreign ministry said Saturday that it continues to provide a "discreet and reliable setting" at Bürgenstock to facilitate discussions on implementing the memorandum of understanding between the United States and Iran.Diplomats from multiple countries are continuing efforts to maintain dialogue, the ministry said, adding that no further details on participants or the content of the discussions would be disclosed due to confidentiality.1 hour agoIsraeli strikes in Lebanon kill 23 after Hezbollah attacks on troops, Lebanese reports sayIsraeli airstrikes across southern and western Lebanon killed 23 people and wounded more than 20 on Saturday, according to Lebanese reports, a day after a cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah took effect.Rescue workers and people search for victims at destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, Saturday, June 20, 2026. Credit: Mohammed Zaatari/AP Rescue workers and people search for victims at destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, Saturday, June 20, 2026. Credit: Mohammed Zaatari/AP Lebanese media reported strikes in the Nabatieh, Tyre and Sidon areas, as well as the western Bekaa Valley. Those killed reportedly included four members of the same family and a Lebanese soldier. Lebanon's Health Ministry said seven people were killed in a strike on Sidon.The IDF said the strikes came after Hezbollah launched more than 50 rockets, anti-tank missiles and mortar shells at Israeli troops in southern Lebanon overnight, describing the attacks as repeated violations of the cease-fire agreement.IDF troops in southern Lebanon, Thursday. Credit: Gil EliyahuIDF troops in southern Lebanon, Thursday. Credit: Gil EliyahuRead the full articleRECAP: IDF strikes continue in Lebanon, killing 23 and wounding 20+ a day after cease-fire beginsHere are Saturday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran peace process and Israel's war with Hezbollah:■ ⁠Israeli air ⁠strikes in southern Lebanon killed 23 people and wounded more than 20 on Saturday morning, according to Lebanese reports, a day after a cease-fire was enforced between Israel and Hezbollah on Friday.■ Three Palestinians were attacked and injured by settlers while foraging for sage in the northern West Bank's Salfit area, according to reports.■ Pakistan's ‌Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi ⁠departed ⁠for Tehran on Saturday for meetings with senior ‌Iranian officials, ‌Iran's state news agency IRNA reported.■ U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi were both headed to Switzerland for talks, Axios said on Friday, as a cease-fire in Lebanon appeared to revive efforts to turn an interim Iran war pact into a lasting regional deal.■ Diplomatic niceties broke down at the United Nations on Friday when Israel's ambassador and the UN secretary-general's special representative for children and armed conflict became embroiled in a furious shouting match at a public hearing.Analysis | Shin Bet and IDF planned to warn Netanyahu before Oct. 7. Mossad head refusedThe dark cloud hanging over Israel in March 2023 was impossible to ignore. The judicial overhaul sponsored by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was met with unprecedented civil resistance, as hundreds of thousands protested across the country and blocked roads. President Isaac Herzog's attempt to broker a compromise failed.When a confidant informed him that Netanyahu's office responded to "the president's outline" with "wailing and lamentation," Herzog replied: "I gave them a lot."Then-IDF head Tzvi Halevi, then-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and then-Mossad Director David Barnea conferring in 2025. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's UnitThen-IDF head Tzvi Halevi, then-Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and then-Mossad Director David Barnea conferring in 2025. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's UnitReservist pilots announced they would stop volunteering for service if the overhaul continued. Earlier that month, then-IDF Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi warned of a decline in the army's readiness. Netanyahu's then-military secretary Avi Gil also warned the prime minister that "the army is falling apart," and was met with a complaint that senior officers were not speaking out against "refusal to serve." In a March 19 letter to Netanyahu, Amit Saar, then head of Military Intelligence's research division, wrote that Israel's enemies saw the internal rift as an opportunity to create a "perfect storm." Even before that, the government had heard similar things from Shin Bet officials.Read the full articleThree Palestinians wounded in settler attack while foraging for sage in West BankThree Palestinians were attacked and injured by settlers while foraging for sage in the northern West Bank's Salfit area, according to reports. Credit: Use according to Copyright Law Section 27AThe head of the Iskaka village council, Osama Zaher, stressed that the attack took place amid an increase in violence in the area from nearby settlements. A few weeks ago, an outpost was established nearby in Area B, which is under Palestinian administrative control, and since then, the frequency of attacks in the area has grown.Also in the Salfit area, a car was vandalized overnight.Netanyahu's last stand: When reality is low, go lowerJust a few weeks ago, political adverts for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his governing coalition were kind of funny. The cleverly scripted video poking fun at caricatures of secular-left wing Israelis, while a closeted right-wing family member tried to "come out" as a Netanyahu-supporter, made even some lefties chuckle at themselves. Now things have taken a darker turn.This week, the videos pumped out by the prime minister and his loyalist entourage, some AI-generated, raise a grimace rather than a smile. These are no cheeky, surrealist Iranian-sponsored, antisemitic Lego-hip hop trolling videos ; rather, the scenes look like they were developed by solitary incels, trolling the dark-web for evidence of conspiracies against them.Moreover, each of the two prominent pro-government (rather, anti-opposition) videos look guaranteed to backfire. One was posted by the prime minister himself. It shows a perturbed looking young man, alone in his dimly-lit room reading George Orwell's "1984." The guy then turns on the TV and watches escalating incidents of political persecution against right-wingers by a new government led by Naftali Bennett and other opposition figures.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference in Jerusalem on Monday. Credit: Ronen Zvulun/AFPPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a news conference in Jerusalem on Monday. Credit: Ronen Zvulun/AFPRead the full article6 hours agoAn Israeli settler shot a disabled Palestinian five times. Police quickly labeled the wounded man a 'terrorist'He's lying in a narrow bed on his left side, curled up, lost in deep sleep. It's the middle of the day, but nothing happening in the room wakes him up. He's got bandages on various parts of his body, which is full of bullet holes: two in his stomach, two in the back and buttocks, one in an ankle. Serious wounds.Bloodstained bandages and a cast, which he tore off his leg shortly before we arrived, lie on the floor. Next to him is a hospital bed that was originally brought in for his father, who needs dialysis treatments; there is also a walker and a wheelchair used by the father, now a shadow of his former self.Mohammed Shahimi, at home this week in Duma. Past experience with outposts, particularly in this area, shows that settler violence typically knows no limits – including, apparently, shooting a helpless man. Credit: Alex LevacMohammed Shahimi, at home this week in Duma. Past experience with outposts, particularly in this area, shows that settler violence typically knows no limits – including, apparently, shooting a helpless man. Credit: Alex LevacOn Monday, the son, Mohammed Shahimi, 30, escaped from Rafidia Hospital in Nablus, where he was recovering from being shot five times by a settler, two days earlier. The physicians said that because of his many wounds, he had to remain in the hospital for at least two weeks. But on Monday, just as his older brother was about to set out to visit him from their home in the village of Duma, the wounded man showed up at the front door of their house. He'd taken a taxi from Nablus, without having money to pay for it.Read the full articlePakistan's interior minister heads to Tehran for meetings on Iran-U.S. talks, Iranian state media saysPakistan's ‌Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi ⁠departed ⁠for Tehran on Saturday for meetings with senior ‌Iranian officials, ‌Iran's state news agency IRNA reported.IRNA said Naqvi would discuss ⁠the progress of negotiations between ‌Iran ⁠and ‌the United States during his ⁠visit, without providing further details.Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, right, shakes hands with Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, in May. Credit: Hamed Malekpour/AP Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, right, shakes hands with Pakistan's Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi during their meeting in Tehran, Iran, in May. 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