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, 2026UpdatesIsrael 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 cease-fire, 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.In the NewsMasked Vandal Smashes Haaretz Entrance Door OvernightSara Netanyahu Has Her Photos Retouched; Israel's Real Distorters Are Far WorseDitching 'Statesman' Playbook and Soft-right, PM Bets on Haredim and His BaseIran, U.S. Exchange Fire Following Initial American Strikes OvernightU.S. Launches New Strikes Against Iran After Three Ships Hit in Strait of HormuzRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Has Long Ignored Warnings of a 'Diplomatic Tsunami.' Now It Has ArrivedDumber Than a 10-year-old: Are Israeli Students Really That Stupid?An Israeli Principal Desegregated a Tel Aviv School. Here's What HappenedAs Israel Lacks Hundreds of Patrol Officers, West Bank Staff DoublesThe 'Special Relationship' Is Gone, and Israel Isn't Ready for What's ComingRep. Dan Goldman Says Support for Israel Cost Him New York Democratic Primary