July 09, 2026Cease-fire with Iran 'has at least temporarily ceased,' U.S. official tells CNNA U.S. official has told CNN that the cease-fire between Washington and Tehran "has at least temporarily ceased."CNN reported the official told Pamela Brown, its correspondent aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the north Arabian Sea, that the situation with Iran continues to be very dynamic and there could be more strikes beyond what was announced.The U.S. military is in a wait-and-see mode, the official said, and the targets tonight were missiles and drones, that could be used against U.S. assets, like aircraft carriers, CNN reported.5 minutes agoTrump says Iran strikes are retribution for attacks on ships; warns of 'much worse'U.S. President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social on Wednesday that strikes on Iran were retribution for attacks on ships, and that if there are more "it will get much worse!"The account which originally posted the image that Trump was responding to later admitted that "I just double checked and this image is not from tonight. My mistake. I own it," they added.RECAP: Trump praises 'very good ally' Erdogan, rescinds Syria from list of state sponsors of terrorismHere are Wednesday's latest updates :■ U.S. President Donald Trump defended his handling of the Iran war, saying it "has been a tremendous military success," and said he does not believe that the war will start again.■ Trump said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan "has been a very good ally," praising him for staying out of the Iran war despite not being "a huge fan of Bibi or Israel."■ Erdogan said ‌that ⁠Trump has a positive ⁠view on selling F-35 jets to Turkey, and Erdogan hoped that the world would ‌see the United States ‌keep its promise. He also dismissed Israeli and ‌Greek opposition to Turkey acquiring F-35 jets, saying they "have no place in my world."■ Trump informed Congress of his administration's intent to rescind Syria's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism after a 45-day pre-notification period, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.■ Two ‌people were ⁠killed ⁠after an Israeli drone strike near a ‌hospital ‌in Nabatieh al-Fawqa in southern Lebanon, the ⁠Lebanese state news agency ‌reported.■ Lebanon is demanding that Israel withdraw from two agreed-upon "pilot areas" in the south of its territory as a condition for Lebanon's attendance in the next round of direct talks in Rome, AFP news agency reported, citing a diplomatic source familiar with the matter.■ The Board of Peace is planning a pilot zone ‌in the Gaza Strip where a newly recruited and trained police force would act as law enforcement alongside multinational peacekeepers, and the committee of Palestinian technocrats formed under Trump's plan would exercise its authority, a board official said.■ President Isaac Herzog said that "Israel's security and law enforcement agencies are not loyal to any individual or camp, but to the sovereign – the people – to Israel's legal code, and to the values of the Jewish and democratic state." His remarks came a day after Shin Bet Director David Zini said he agreed to take the position because he was better than others at remaining loyal to the elected leadership.■ IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir spoke out against granting exemptions to military service, saying, "We must not exempt anyone from the yoke of the commandment to defend the state." He made the remarks after the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee discussed a bill that would prevent the arrest of ultra-Orthodox draft evaders.■ The IDF said it located the burial site of Pvt. Yaakov Zarihan, who was killed during the 1948 War of Independence while participating in a supply convoy to besieged Jerusalem.