LiveLive Updates June 24, 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 24, 2026UpdatesIDF says Israel struck vehicle in southern LebanonThe Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon.The Ali al-Taher Ridge in southern Lebanon.The Israeli military said it struck a vehicle "posing a threat to IDF soldiers" in the area of southern Lebanon's Ali al-Taher Ridge that the IDF recently reached."Following the identification, the Israeli Air Force struck the suspects in order to remove the threat," the military said in its statement, adding that it will "continue to operate to remove immediate threats."Read the full article3 hours agoRubio: Israel is 'very clear' it has no territorial claims in LebanonU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to members of the media before boarding a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft en route to Bahrain at Kuwait International Airport, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Wednesday. Credit: Eric Lee/APU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to members of the media before boarding a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft en route to Bahrain at Kuwait International Airport, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, Wednesday. Credit: Eric Lee/APU.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel has consistently said it has no territorial claims in Lebanon, saying that withdrawal depends on the Lebanese army's ability to secure its territory."The Israelis have been clear they don't have any quarrels with the Lebanese people nor do they have any claims on the territory of Lebanon," Rubio said. "One of the issues that's been discussed in these negotiations is about the creation of pilot zones – specific, defined areas where the Lebanese Armed Forces can go in, take control and secure that territory, and then move on to the next pilot zone."According to Rubio, "it'll be a process. This is not going to happen overnight." The secretary of state added, "The more of the area the Lebanese Army is able to secure, the less in Hezbollah's control and the less Israel will be in Lebanon."Read the full article4 hours agoIDF says it killed West Bank Palestinian 'evading arrest' who had access to armsThe Israeli military and Shin Bet security service confirmed they killed Mohammed Nazem Zaid in the Palestinian town of Yamun in the northern West Bank.Earlier on Wednesday, Palestinian officials said special forces besieged a house in Yamun, later fatally shooting Zaid and seizing his body."Prior to this operation, the terrorist had been hiding in several houses throughout the area and was assessed to have access to weapons," the IDF said in its statement, adding that he was "evading arrest."The IDF added, "During the attempt to apprehend him, he attempted to attack the soldiers and was eliminated [at] the scene."Netanyahu: Israel won't withdraw from Lebanon 'as long as I am prime minister'Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the MuniExpo conference in Tel Aviv, Wednesday. Credit: Hadas ParushPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the MuniExpo conference in Tel Aviv, Wednesday. Credit: Hadas ParushPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli military will not withdraw from the IDF-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon as long as he is in office."As long as I am prime minister, we will maintain the security zone in southern Lebanon," he said. "We will be the first in the world to solve the explosive drones problem."Israel's greatest achievement during the war is "overcoming fear," Netanyahu said. "We were attacked in a horrific way in the October 7 massacre. When we began the campaign against Hamas, people told me, 'prime minister, stop, don't go into Rafah.' Today, we control nearly 70 percent of the Gaza Strip and are strangling Hamas."Read the full article6 hours agoHaredi nationwide protest blocks traffic over IDF draft evaders' arrestThe starting points of the Haredi protest convoys (black) and the Beit Lid military prison (red), Wednesday.The starting points of the Haredi protest convoys (black) and the Beit Lid military prison (red), Wednesday.Hundreds of vehicles across the country began slowly driving toward the Beit Lid military prison in central Israel in protest of the arrest of ultra-Orthodox men over IDF draft evasion.The cars in the Haredi protest convoys exited multiple cities in northern, central and southern Israel, as well as ultra-Orthodox settlements in the West Bank, driving slowly in order to paralyze traffic."It is unacceptable for someone who studies Torah to be arrested like the last of the criminals," United Torah Judaism party leader MK Yitzchak Goldknopf told Haaretz. "We will continue to hold protests and fight for Torah students."Read the full articleU.S. reopens embassy in Kuwait months after Iranian attackCCTV footage shows fire and smoke rising following a strike on Kuwait International Airport, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, in June. Credit: CIVIL AVIATION KUWAIT/ReutersCCTV footage shows fire and smoke rising following a strike on Kuwait International Airport, in Kuwait City, Kuwait, in June. Credit: CIVIL AVIATION KUWAIT/ReutersThe U.S. Embassy ⁠in Kuwait has resumed operations that were suspended following attacks in March by Iran, ‌a State Department ‌spokesperson said on Wednesday.The embassy will immediately resume emergency services for American citizens while other services will be phased in, the spokesperson said. The ⁠State Department shut down embassy operations in ‌Kuwait and Saudi ⁠Arabia in ‌March after Iranian drones fired at the missions following ⁠U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran.Italy rebukes NATO's Rutte over remarks on U.S. use of bases in Iran warItaly on Wednesday pushed back against remarks ⁠by NATO Secretary General ‌Mark Rutte that hundreds of U.S. aircraft had taken off from ‌American bases in Italy to support military operations against Iran, saying Rome had authorized ⁠only technical and logistical flights.Rutte, speaking to Fox News television, cited Italy as ⁠an example of European support for the U.S. and said 500 U.S. planes had taken off from U.S. bases in Italy "to support Epic Fury," Washington's name for the war it launched alongside Israel.The remarks caused a political row in Italy, where ‌Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's government has repeatedly said it did not authorize the use of ‌Italian territory for direct military action against Iran.In a statement, Defense Minister Guido Crosetto said Italy had acted in full compliance with its constitution, international treaties and agreements governing allied bases on its soil. "As already clarified in parliament, the government authorized exclusively technical and logistical, non-kinetic activities," the minister said, adding that Italy had refused requests that fell outside those limits.7 hours agoIDF kills Palestinian in West Bank after house siege, seizes bodyIsraeli special forces fatally shot a man in the northern West Bank, local officials reported, adding that the forces seized his body.The Palestinian Health Ministry confirmed that the man, identified as Mohammed Nazem Zaid, was killed during an Israeli raid. According to the Palestinian Authority's coordination mechanism with Israeli authorities, special forces besieged a house in Yamun, near the Palestinian city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.The Israeli military said Zaid was wanted.CENTCOM says it killed senior ISIS leader in Syria strikeAdmiral Brad Cooper, chief of the U.S. Central Command, in a handout photo released in May. Credit: U.S. Navy/Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Amanda Dunford/Handout via ReutersAdmiral Brad Cooper, chief of the U.S. Central Command, in a handout photo released in May. Credit: U.S. Navy/Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Amanda Dunford/Handout via ReutersThe U.S. Central Command said it killed a senior leader of the Islamic State in a strike in northwest Syria last week."The precision strike killed Ali Husayn al-'Ulaywi and is part of ongoing U.S. efforts to disrupt and eliminate terrorists seeking to attack Americans abroad or the U.S. homeland," CENTCOM said in a statement.Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM's chief, said the command "and our partners remain committed to rooting out remaining remnants of ISIS to ensure its enduring defeat."In the NewsClaudia Roden Marks 30 Years of the Book That Reshaped Jewish CuisineShin Bet Chief Orders Removal of Memorial to Operatives Killed Since October 7The Israeli Medical Association Is Acting Like the IDF's MouthpieceMainstream Haredim Are Radicalizing, Risking a Rift With Israeli SocietyConfront Trump or Fight the Judiciary? Netanyahu Mulls Plans to Mobilize VotersRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?As the World Watched Gaza, Israeli Settlers Charged Ahead in the West Bank. 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