LiveLive Updates July 08, 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 08, 2026Israel strikes Lebanon's Ali al-Taher Ridge overnight, state media saysIsraeli fighter jets struck the Ali al-Taher area on the outskirts of Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon after IDF artillery shelled the area, Lebanon's National News Agency reported.The strike took place around 2 A.M. early Wednesday morning, the agency said. Footage from Lebanon also shows illumination flares over the recently-occupied Ali al-Taher area. The IDF captured the ridge in June, with the area remaining one of the northernmost points of the Israeli-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon.New attacks on Iran were absolutely necessary, NATO chief saysThe new ‌attacks by the ⁠U.S. on Iran ⁠were "absolutely necessary", NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said on Wednesday."When ‌you have ‌a cease-fire and Iran is basically violating the ceasefire, I think it is totally ⁠crucial that the U.S. forcefully react," ‌Rutte told ⁠reporters ‌before a summit of NATO leaders in ⁠Ankara.IDF says it killed Hezbollah militant in site of previous ambush in LebanonThe Israeli military said it killed a Hezbollah militant in a building in southern Lebanon, where last week, a militant opened fire on IDF soldiers, severely wounding one.The IDF said soldiers were clearing the building on Tuesday when "a Hezbollah terrorist operating inside the structure opened fire at the soldiers." The shootout took place near the city of Bint Jbeil in the Israeli-occupied buffer zone in southern Lebanon, it said.A soldier from the IDF's canine unit shot and killed the militant after he had fatally shot a dog from the unit. Bint Jbeil is located 3 km (2 miles) from the Israeli border, with roughly 7 more kilometers of IDF-controlled territory separating it from the rest of Lebanon.Iran says 'era of bullying over' after fresh strikes, accuses U.S. and Israel of truce violationsIran's chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, said Wednesday that the "era of bullying and extortion is over" and that Iran does not "fold" in the face of military action.Qalibaf made the comments in a post on X, hours after the U.S. launched what it called retaliatory strikes on 80 targets across Iran and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on an already fragile cease-fire.Qalibaf accused the U.S. and Israel of major violations of the recently signed war-ending memorandum of understanding (MoU). He specifically cited U.S. strikes on southern Iran, the reinstatement of oil sanctions, threats of further strikes and American violations of "Iranian adjustments" in the Strait of Hormuz as direct breaches of the agreement.Qalibaf also pointed to continued Israeli aggression in Lebanon as an MoU violation, warning that Iran will not proceed with further peace negotiations until the initial terms of the framework are fully honored.Major MOU Violations by the US: