August 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 formatSubscribeAugust 10, 2026UpdatesReport: Iran's Pezeshkian says he had seven-hour meeting with Mojtaba KhameneiIran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's portrait during a military march in Tehran, in April. Credit: AFPIran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei's portrait during a military march in Tehran, in April. Credit: AFPIranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said he met with the country's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who has yet to make a public appearance since assuming the position, Al Hadath reported.According to the Saudi-based newspaper, Pezeshkian said the meeting with Khamenei continued for seven hours. Mojtaba Khamenei was wounded in the Israeli airstrike that killed his father at the opening of the 2026 Iran war and remains hidden from public view.Reuters contributed to this report.Einav Zangauker says Democrats' Yair Golan backed out from Knesset seat promiseEinav Zangauker, mother of released hostage Matan Zangauker, protesting outside a security cabinet meeting three months before her son's release from Hamas captivity. Credit: Hostages and Missing Families ForumEinav Zangauker, mother of released hostage Matan Zangauker, protesting outside a security cabinet meeting three months before her son's release from Hamas captivity. Credit: Hostages and Missing Families ForumEinav Zangauker, mother of released Hamas hostage Matan Zangauker and a key figure in the protests that called for a Gaza cease-fire and hostage release deal, said Democrats party chairman Yair Golan promised her a Knesset seat and backed out.Golan offered her a seat "at the top of the list right after the incumbent Knesset members" at a meeting in February, Zangauker wrote on X, adding that she agreed. "I was asked to keep it secret," she wrote."I upheld my end of the agreement. Unfortunately, and as reported, Golan decided otherwise. That's the whole story. This matter is over, and I've put it behind me."Israeli settlers build outpost in yard of West Bank homeA newly established settler outpost in a Palestinian house's yard in Qusra, near Nablus in the northern West Bank.A newly established settler outpost in a Palestinian house's yard in Qusra, near Nablus in the northern West Bank.Settlers established yet another outpost 2 kilometers into Area B on Sunday night – this time, in the yard of a house in the Palestinian village of Qusra, south of Nablus, while soldiers were filmed sitting alongside the settlers and joining them in prayer.A Haaretz investigation published in December described how, with the backing of the military, settlers drive Palestinians from their homes in Area B, which is under Palestinian civil control, through harassment, threats, violence and vandalism until residents leave. As the IDF and settlers push out nearly all Palestinian communities from Area C (under Israeli control), which sprawls over roughly 60 percent of the West Bank, expulsion is advancing into Areas A and B (under Palestinian control) under army protection.A resident described how after settlers arrived, residents called the police, and about 40 minutes later settlers in military uniforms arrived while a settler on an ATV came down from the outpost and headed toward them. Settlers were initially filmed in the yard of the house and, according to a village resident, were seen damaging property.He said that settlers and soldiers then went up together to the outpost at the top of the hill. Hours later, the settlers came down and erected a sukkah beside the house's wall, while settlers in military uniforms joined them and prayed with them.The site where the outpost was established is adjacent to two isolated Palestinian homes. Settlers set up a makeshift road with rocks, cutting off the family living in the house from the village. The family says they now fear leaving the house.Settlers also prevented a Haaretz journalist from reaching the family's home on Monday and blocked the vehicle carrying Haaretz West Bank correspondent Matan Golan and photographer Itai Ron.Katz boasts about building 104 West Bank settlements, displacing 40,000 PalestiniansDefense Minister Israel Katz released a campaign video, boasting about building more than 100 West Bank settlements and displacing 40,000 Palestinians from what he called "terror camps" in the area.In the video, titled "Defense Minister Israel Katz's settlement revolution in Judea and Samaria," Katz claimed responsibility for building 104 new settlements, recognizing 160 illegally built settler ranches, canceling administrative detention orders against settlers, expanding settlements in the Jordan Valley and reestablishing IDF bases in the northern West Bank.Katz also claimed responsibility for the "removal of some 40,000 residents from the terror camps in Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams, and maintaining an IDF presence in the camps," calling it an "offensive approach that led to an approximately 80 percent decline in terrorism."In another video, titled "Boom Boom Boom," Katz showed footage of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.Iraq heightens alert, denies prior knowledge of U.S.-Saudi attack on pro-Iran groupMourners carry the bodies of members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Forces, a paramilitary alliance that includes pro-Iran groups, who were killed earlier in Diyala in central Iraq by U.S.-Saudi strikes, during the funeral in Baghdad in July 29. Credit: Murtadha Ridha/AFPMourners carry the bodies of members of Iraq's Hashed al-Shaabi, or Popular Mobilization Forces, a paramilitary alliance that includes pro-Iran groups, who were killed earlier in Diyala in central Iraq by U.S.-Saudi strikes, during the funeral in Baghdad in July 29. Credit: Murtadha Ridha/AFPThe Iraqi government denied having prior knowledge or information regarding the Saudi-U.S. plan to attack the Iran-backed Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters at the end of July, a government representative said, adding that Baghdad will not be part of regional axes or alliances.The attack, which followed a Houthi attack at an energy facility in Saudi Arabia launched from Iraq, forced newly elected Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi to delay a planned visit to Saudi Arabia. After the strike, the prime minister instructed the Iraqi Foreign Ministry to submit a memorandum to the UN Security Council, seeking to avoid retaliation from the Iran-backed PMF.Speaking at a Monday press conference, the government representative said the Iraqi prime minister has received another invitation to visit Saudi Arabia, adding that the visit's date is still being discussed.Iraqi security forces are still instructed to secure air defense systems, amidst fears of pro-Iranian militia retaliation.Reports: Iran-backed Houthis, Saudi-backed Yemen army trade strikesThe Iran-aligned Houthis and the military of the internationally recognized government of Yemen have been trading strikes, according to local reports.The Yemeni military, which is backed by Saudi Arabia, reportedly shelled Houthi positions, including missile launch sites, in the western part of the country.Arab media also reported that the Houthis attacked Yemeni government forces' bases in the Bayhan area of the country's Marib province. The recent clashes come after Houthi missile and drone attacks on the government-held port city of Mokha on Sunday.According to a spokesperson for Yemen's armed forces, the attacks killed four soldiers and three civilians and wounded 30 people, most of them civilians.RECAP: Israeli settlers filmed attacking Palestinians and Israeli activists near RamallahHere are Monday's latest updates:■ Israeli settlers were filmed attacking Palestinians and human rights activists on the outskirts of the village of Taybeh near Ramallah in the West Bank.■ The United Arab Emirates' Cybersecurity Council said it foiled coordinated cyberattacks targeting the country's aviation, energy and education sectors, the state-run WAM news agency reported. The attacks included attempts to infiltrate digital systems and infrastructure, compromise accounts and operational data and carry out phishing attacks, according to the council.■ Lebanon's Public Health Ministry said Sunday that the cumulative toll from Israeli attacks since March 2 has risen to 4,335 dead and 12,277 wounded.■ Lebanon and Israel are unlikely to hold another round of negotiations before the end of the summer, Lebanon's Al Mayadeen newspaper reported Monday, citing a Lebanese diplomatic source.■ Reports of settler attacks emerged overnight from several locations across the West Bank, as settler groups called on Israelis to gather Monday morning near the village of Al-Mughayyir, where Palestinians are expected to return to cultivate their land for the first time since the start of the war.How an unproven allegation against Arab Israeli medical staff became a political witch hunt | AnalysisAfter a right-wing attack on Arab medical staff, employees said they were disappointed that Haifa's Rambam Hospital, the largest medical center in northern Israel, had not backed them in its official response to racist allegations made against them. Before the facts have even been established, the allegation has been turned into a tool of political vilification and a public witch hunt.Yehoshua Shani, the chairman of the "Forum HaGvura" (Heroism Forum) – which represents bereaved families who oppose a Gaza cease-fire and call for the war to continue – claimed that his nephew, who had been hospitalized in intensive care at the hospital after being seriously wounded in Lebanon, had not received appropriate treatment from the Arab staff.After he posted his allegations on social media, Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a statement directing the IDF to investigate the matter.Underground complex at Rambam Hospital in October 2023. Credit: Fadi AmunUnderground complex at Rambam Hospital in October 2023. 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