LiveLive Updates July 06, 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 formatSubscribeJuly 06, 2026UpdatesTrump to meet with Turkey's Erdoğan, Syria's al-Sharaa at NATO summit in AnkaraU.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the White House, Washington, United States, September 2025. Credit: Evan Vucci,AP U.S. President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a meeting in the White House, Washington, United States, September 2025. Credit: Evan Vucci,AP U.S. President Donald Trump will meet separately with his Turkish and Syrian counterparts during the upcoming NATO summit this week in Ankara, Turkey's capital, the White House announced. Trump is set to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Tuesday at the Bestepe Presidential Compound in Ankara, the White House's statement said.On Wednesday, Trump is slated to meet with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the same venue, the statement also said.RECAP: IDF confirms Israelis tried to cross to Syria, Netanyahu tells Vance Israel has 'many friends'Here are Sunday's latest updates:■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to comments made in June by U.S. Vice President JD Vance that Israel was alienating its only major ally, saying he has a good relationship with both Vance and U.S. President Donald Trump. "We have many other friends as well," Netanyahu said.■ The Israeli military confirmed that Israeli civilians attempted to cross the border with Syria following reports that an Israeli settlement had been established in Syria's Daraa governorate.■ Israeli helicopter and artillery fire were reported in southern Lebanon, as President Joseph Aoun told the press that although he is "not enthusiastic about Israel" and is waiting for "any solution or agreement that will get us out of the wars."■ Hamas is expected to announce that it will dismantle its government in the Gaza Strip, the Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported, citing Hamas sources.■ Maritime ‌trade between Iran ⁠and Qatar has ⁠resumed after a roughly five-month suspension, Iran's commercial attaché ‌in Doha ‌told state media.■ Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said that "Pardoning Netanyahu is not enough," and that senior officials in the Israel Police, the State Prosecutor's Office and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara should be imprisoned over what he called their efforts to "stitch up" criminal charges against the prime minister.■ President Isaac Herzog said the Israeli government's decision to defy a High Court of Justice ruling was a "red line that must not be crossed under any circumstances." According to Herzog, such statements "harm the very core of national unity."■ In response to the government's decision to defy a High Court ruling, opposition lawmaker Naama Lazimi said Netanyahu should be arrested for incitement and state security offences.■ Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu compared anti-government activists charged with firing maritime flares at Netanyahu's home in 2024 to hijackers involved in the 1976 Entebbe raid, saying, "Sometimes in the name of peace, terrible moral injustices are committed."Report: Hamas expected to dismantle Gaza government ahead of technocratic committee's entryHamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen in Gaza City in March. Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/APHamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad gunmen in Gaza City in March. Credit: Abdel Kareem Hana/APHamas is expected to announce that it will dismantle its government in the Gaza Strip, the Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper reported, citing Hamas sources.According to the report, two sources confirmed that the movement's leadership intends to announce the dismantling of the Governmental Follow-up Committee, which has served as Hamas's de facto government in the territory since 2007.A Hamas source told Haaretz that "Hamas are convinced that [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu doesn't want to move ahead with anything, but will try to present an initiative that has apparent flexibility to mediators and [Board of Peace High Representative Nickolay] Mladenov."Read the full article10 hours agoIsraeli civilians attempt to cross into Syria, IDF says, amid reports of Israeli farming outpost establishmentThe Israeli military confirmed Sunday Israeli civilians attempted to cross the border with Syria following reports an Israeli settlement had been established in Syria's Daraa governorate. The Syrian village of Ma'ariya, near the location of a reported Israeli settlement. The IDF said in a statement that Israeli forces arrived at the border to prevent dozens of Israelis from crossing into Syrian territory. The military detained several Israelis and transferred them to the Israeli Police, the statement said. The military condemned the incident, saying it was "a criminal offense that endangers both IDF soldiers and civilians." In a report Friday, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Israeli settlers had established an outpost in the Wadi Ma'riyah area west of Daraa in an area fenced by Israeli forces. According to the report, there are about 140 cows in the farming settlement, which was established with the help of the right-wing NGO Hashomer Hachadash (the new guardian in Hebrew). 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