LiveLive Updates August 07, 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 formatSubscribeAugust 07, 2026Israel's foreign minister meets new Colombian president ahead of inaugurationForeign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, meeting Thursday with Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella. Credit: Lodis StudiosForeign Minister Gideon Sa'ar, right, meeting Thursday with Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella. Credit: Lodis StudiosIsraeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar met Thursday with newly elected Colombian President Abelardo de la Espriella ahead of his inauguration in Cali. The nearly three-hour private meeting focused on strengthening bilateral ties and followed a prior discussion between the two officials last November in Buenos Aires. Sa'ar thanked the incoming president for his decision to relocate Colombia's embassy to Jerusalem as part of a broader restoration of diplomatic and economic relations.Man indicted on Federal charges for fire at Philadelphia mosqueThe U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday a man charged in connection to a mid-July fire at the Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center had targeted the house of worship because it was a mosque.Vincent Lang, 60, "was charged by indictment with one count of malicious damage by means of fire to a building used in interstate commerce and one count of damage to religious real property," the DOJ said in a statement.The indictment alleged "Lang carried out the act because of the religious character of that property, that is, because it was a mosque."The defendant has been detained in federal custody since his mid-July arrest, the DOJ saidThe indictment alleges that, in the early hours of July 5, Lang maliciously damaged and destroyed, and attempted to damage and destroy, by means of fire, the Northeast Philadelphia Islamic Center.Local media reported ⁠no one was injured in the incident.If convicted, Lang faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in prison, with a mandatory minimum of five years' imprisonment, the DOJ said.A representative of ⁠Lang could not be reached for comment.Houthi attack on Saudi Arabia wounds 11 civilians as kingdom warns of wider threatAn attack by Yemen's Houthis on southern Saudi Arabia wounded 11 civilians on Thursday, a military official said, as the kingdom warned that coordinated attacks by the Houthis and Iran-backed Iraqi militias were imminent.Major General Turki al-Maliki, spokesman for the Saudi-led military coalition supporting Yemen's internationally recognised government, said early Friday the attack in southern Najran Province injured seven Saudis, one Yemeni, two Egyptians and one Pakistani national.The victims included a 4-year-old child who suffered second-degree burns.Maliki accused the Iran-aligned Houthis of indiscriminately shelling civilian areas in violation of international humanitarian law and said the coalition would continue taking all necessary measures to protect civilians.There was no immediate comment from the Houthis or Iran on the coalition's statement, as the five-month-old U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has complicated Saudi Arabia's security calculations.Riyadh's decade-old conflict with the Tehran-aligned Houthis has become increasingly entangled with the wider war, as Houthi actions, such as a Red Sea blockade that has disrupted Saudi oil exports, have raised the stakes of the broader regional confrontation.A senior Saudi official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Saudi, U.S. and other Middle Eastern countries' intelligence found that the Houthis and Iraqi militias under the supervision of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps could soon launch coordinated attacks on Saudi civilian sites including energy infrastructure, ports and airports.Trump pushes back against reports of military supply shortagesU.S. President Donald Trump pushed back against reports of military supply shortages on Thursday, insisting that the United States possesses vast stockpiles of ammunition and remains fully equipped to support operations worldwide. "We're supplied all over the world," Trump said. "We're in great shape. We always want more, [but] we have massive amounts of ammunition."Trump also told reporters that he thought the war with Iran would "end pretty soon".Red Crescent says its medics treated 48 wounded Palestinians during IDF operation in West Bank refugee campThe Red Crescent said its medics have treated 48 wounded Palestinians since the start of an IDF operation in the West Bank's Qalandiyah refugee camp on Wednesday.Israeli security forces take positions during an army operation in the Qalandiya refugee camp, in the West Bank, Wednesday. Credit: Leo Correa,AP Israeli security forces take positions during an army operation in the Qalandiya refugee camp, in the West Bank, Wednesday. Credit: Leo Correa,AP According to the Red Crescent, 35 of the wounded victims were severely beaten and evacuated to hospitals. The Red Crescent reported that medics have struggled to reach sick and injured people in the area over the past 24 hours.4 hours agoLatest round of Israel-Lebanon talks comes to close, Israel reportedly refusing to expand pilot zonesIsrael is refusing to expand the so-called pilot zones in southern Lebanon – areas to be controlled by Lebanon's armed forces following IDF withdrawal – before inspections are conducted to verify that no Hezbollah operatives remain in areas from which the IDF has already withdrawn, an Israeli source said.A motorcade arrives at the United States' Embassy in Rome, Italy, Tuesday. Credit: AP A motorcade arrives at the United States' Embassy in Rome, Italy, Tuesday. Credit: AP The report comes as three days of talks between Israel and Lebanon came to a close in Rome on Thursday.According to the source, the sides have not yet agreed on who will supervise the progress of the pilot zones. Lebanese television channel Al Jadeed reported that several countries have expressed willingness to fulfill such a role.RECAP: Two Israelis attacked by Palestinians after mistakenly entering Jenin, IDF saysHere are Friday's latest updates:■ Two Israeli civilians were attacked by a group of Palestinians after they mistakenly entered the Palestinian city of Jenin in the West Bank, the IDF said. According to the IDF's statement, the Israelis' car was damaged after Palestinians threw a brick at it. No injuries were reported.■ Mossad head Roman Gofman has removed two senior agents from their posts following a failed plot to topple Iran's regime. The agency's head of intelligence and the head of the Mossad's Iran division were dismissed from their posts despite ongoing investigations into the agency's operation regarding Iran, agency sources said.■ Gilad Erdan, Israel's former ambassador to the United Nations, launched a new right-wing party under his leadership together with rebel Likud lawmaker Yuli Edelstein. Erdan declared that he will not sit in "any narrow government."■ An ‌Iranian parliamentary committee ‌is reviewing a preliminary bill ⁠that would bar ⁠U.S., Israeli and other "hostile" vessels from transiting the Strait of Hormuz, Iran's ‌semi-official Fars news ‌agency reported, citing a lawmaker. The draft bill would impose fines of up to 20% of a ship's cargo value ⁠for violations of the proposed restrictions.■ The United Kingdom's charity regulator said it has launched an investigation into charities in England and Wales accused of channeling funds to illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank.■ Some 150 people gathered in Jaffa to protest against violence, racism and Israeli settler groups in the West Bank.■ Uganda's parliament voted to approve the deployment of its military to the Gaza Strip, if it was needed as part of a multinational security force proposed under U.S. President Donald Trump's cease-fire ‌plan for the enclave.In the NewsSmearing Eisenkot Backfires, and Netanyahu's Paying the Price in LikudHormuz Deal Would Hand Iran an Unprecedented Geopolitical VictoryHouthi Attack on Saudi Arabia Wounds 11Justice for Awdah Hathaleen Depends on Ending the OccupationLikud Appeals Israel's Ban on Apps Reporting Voter Identity at Polling PlacesRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. 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