LiveLive Updates July 10, 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 10, 2026UpdatesU.S. ready to strike Iran if needed as diplomacy continues, official saysThe U.S. is prepared to launch strikes against Iran if necessary, but is currently giving diplomacy a chance to reduce tensions, a U.S. official told CNN. According to the official, Washington has deliberately alternated between military action and pauses to avoid further escalation while maintaining a target list as leverage. Multiple U.S. officials said preparations for possible strikes were underway Thursday, although diplomacy is currently taking precedence.Aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Arabian Sea, crews loaded fighter jets with munitions and pilots conducted drills in preparation for potential strikes, while continuing routine defensive operations. Video footage shows jets and helicopters landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln on Thursday after defensive missions over the Strait of Hormuz.U.S. officials also dismissed Iranian claims that American forces had already carried out additional strikes Thursday, but said the situation remains fluid and military action could resume if needed.Lebanon report: 4,321 killed and 12,204 wounded by Israeli fire since March 2The total toll of the Israeli-Hezbollah aggression from March 2 to July 9 has reached 4,321 killed and 12,204 wounded, according to a statement by Lebanon's Emergency Operations Center of the Public Health Ministry, as reported by Lebanon's National News Agency on Friday. Children play outside their family's tents, used as shelter after fleeing Israeli bombardment, in Beirut, Lebanon, June. Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP Children play outside their family's tents, used as shelter after fleeing Israeli bombardment, in Beirut, Lebanon, June. Credit: Bilal Hussein/AP Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei laid to rest, months after death in U.S. Israeli airstrikesIran's slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was buried in the country's holiest shrine, state media said early on Friday, after huge crowds gathered for his funeral with his son and successor Mojtaba Khamenei still hidden from public view.Mourners take part in the funeral procession of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala early on July 9, 2026. Credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYEMourners take part in the funeral procession of Iran's late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at Imam Hussein Shrine in Karbala early on July 9, 2026. Credit: AFP/AHMAD AL-RUBAYEThe burial in Mashhad in northeast Iran follows a week of mass funeral processions, rallies and mourning ceremonies that has coincided with a renewed burst of conflict with the United States following weeks of truce in the four-month-old war.Khamenei was killed in the first strikes of the war launched by the United States and Israel on February 28. The U.S. and Iran agreed to a truce last month.Khamenei's body was carried slowly by truck on Thursday through the crammed Mashhad streets towards the gilt dome and minarets of the Shrine of Imam Reza as white-turbaned clerics walked on either side. Black-clad mourners pressed close behind, waving Iranian flags, photographs of the late Khamenei and red placards with revolutionary slogans.The burial is the culmination of a week of funeral events in both Iran and Iraq that the Islamic Republic's clerical leaders encouraged huge crowds to attend in an effort to display the might and ideological fervor of their theocratic state.Read the full articleReport: Israel shared intel with U.S. on Iranian plot to assassinate TrumpIsrael has passed intelligence to the United States indicating that Iran is advancing a plot to assassinate President Donald Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported. Trump alluded to the threats against his life on Wednesday, telling reporters: "I saw things this morning. I'm on every single one of their lists. So far I guess I've been lucky."6 hours agoThree Palestinians wounded by live fire during Israeli army raid in West Bank villageThree Palestinians were wounded during an Israeli army raid in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyir, northeast of Ramallah, on Thursday. The clash broke out following an alleged settler provocation and a subsequent military raid on a local home.According to local reports, the incident began in the afternoon when Israeli settlers attempted to dismantle fences surrounding an isolated Palestinian family home on the northeastern edge of the village. While the family initially managed to prevent the damage, Israeli soldiers raided the property later that evening and beat the family members inside.A village resident told Haaretz that the family sent out distress signals as soldiers beat everyone in the house and threw tear gas into the structure. In response, a large number of villagers surged to the scene to assist them.An ambulance evacuated the injured family members, while clashes escalated between Israeli forces and residents. Soldiers used live fire against the crowd. According to a local resident, soldiers shot two villagers, though the Palestine Red Crescent Society officially confirmed treating three casualties from the scene. These included a 60-year-old man shot in the leg with live fire, a person hit in the head by stun grenade shrapnel and another who suffered injuries from a physical assault.An IDF spokesperson said in response: "The incident involved a bonfire lit by Israeli citizens in the area between the villages of Jalud and Qusra. No structure was burned and no property was damaged."According to the military, the nearby structure visible next to the bonfire is an abandoned building regarding which several complaints had been received in recent days concerning the presence of Israeli citizens inside."We emphasize that upon receiving a report or claim on the matter, IDF forces were dispatched to disperse those present from the area," the spokesperson added. "This time as well, forces were dispatched, but no Israelis were present at the scene and the bonfire was extinguished."RECAP: Katz says IDF ready to restart Iran war, U.S. official says Lebanon's army will control first pilot zone in daysHere are Thursday's latest updates:■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel's defense budget will be increased by some 350 billion shekels ($116 billion) in the coming decade in order to develop military self-reliance and local manufacturing of munitions.■ Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the IDF is prepared for a potential resumption of military operations in Iran "even for a third time."■ Katz also said that the IDF will not withdraw from what he called "security zones" in southern Lebanon, Syria and the Gaza Strip.■ ⁠The ‌first so-called ‌pilot zone ⁠in Lebanon, in ⁠which the Lebanese army will assume control of an area ‌now ‌occupied by Israeli forces, will launch in "a matter of days," with further zones ⁠being mapped out and planned, ‌a ⁠U.S. official ‌said.■ Iranian Foreign ‌Minister Abbas ⁠Araghchi warned against ⁠any further U.S. military "adventurism" and condemned ‌U.S. ‌attacks on Iran as a violation of the interim agreement, Iran's ⁠Foreign Ministry said.■ Qatari and Pakistani officials are working to bring the United States and Iran back to the negotiating table, sources told CNN.■ A civil rights NGO called to revoke a new emergency order imposing restrictions on visits to prisoners detained for security-related offences, saying it violates a High Court of Justice ruling.In the NewsMost Haredi Young Men Unemployed, Women Hit Record Employment, Report ShowsFor 80 Years, My Family Didn't Exist. 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