War breaking news. Trump, I asked Israel for more surgical raids against Hezbollah

US President Donald Trump favourably compared Mojtaba Khamenei, who has not been seen in public since the start of the war, to his father. "Younger. I think more rational,' Trump said in an interview with Nbc News, 'he's hurt pretty badly. So there's a certain courage in that. A lot of people, if they were hurt that badly, they wouldn't be talking about, you know, 'How are we doing with the United States?' They would have other things on their minds. So there is a certain courage in that. But he is hurt very seriously." "I don't want to say whether or not I know where he is," he added, "but there's a good chance he does."

"I asked" Israel to carry out "more surgical raids" against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Donald Trump said this in an interview with Nbc news.

Iran and the United States are 'very close' to signing an agreement. Donald Trump said this in an interview with Nbc news. "There are a couple of points still to be finalised. They're not even major issues,' the US president added, reiterating that Tehran 'has accepted the fact that it will not acquire nuclear weapons'. Trump also explained that he wanted an extra clause to ensure that Iran could not circumvent the agreement. "I asked myself: what happens if they don't develop them, but they go and buy them? I want to include the wording: if they buy them or acquire them'," he recounted, revealing that the Iranians resisted his request "a little bit". "But then they gave in."

Donald Trump has stated that the US will work with Iran to recover and destroy its highly enriched uranium if an agreement is reached with Tehran to end the conflict. "If we reach an agreement and we will be on good terms. We will take the uranium away and we will destroy it, whether the operation takes place there or elsewhere," Trump said in an interview with Nbc news. "We will leave with them or without them. But we're not going to let them shoot at us, understood?" the president said again. "If, on the other hand, we don't reach an agreement, then we will remove the structures very harshly. And we will leave before we do, that way our security will still be guaranteed."

The Israeli army conducted air raids on Beirut, hitting in particular the southern districts of the Lebanese capital. The area, known as Dahiyeh, is considered a Hezbollah stronghold. The attacks targeted Hezbollah command centres. According to a Lebanese source, a flat in the al-Marijah neighbourhood in Dahiyeh was attacked.

"In accordance with the directives of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, the IDF has just struck terrorist command centres in the Dahiyeh neighborhood of Beirut in response to fire launched by Hezbollah against Israeli territory." This was reported by Netanyahu's office.

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening of Sunday's cabinet meeting stressed, "We will not allow Hezbollah to fire on our territory or our communities, and we will act accordingly," as his office reported. "We are fighting terrorism on all fronts. In Judea and Samaria (West Bank) and along the Line of Separation, the IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police foil hundreds of attacks every year, and unfortunately, not all of them. This morning a cowardly terrorist left, arrived in Kokhav Ya'ir and, unfortunately, before being eliminated, managed to kill an Israeli citizen and injure others," Netanyahu said.

The prime minister added that the IDF in the Strip "is squeezing Hamas from all sides. We currently control over 60% of the territory of the Strip and will soon reach 70%. We do not allow them to rearm or strike us and we continue to eliminate their top commanders'. On the Lebanese source, 'our forces have eliminated 350 terrorists in the last week alone. They have conquered the Beaufort ridge and discovered a vast underground infrastructure there. We are completing the destruction of terrorist villages along our border. We are hitting them with great force and we know that Hezbollah is on the run,' he said.

In the last 24 hours, 10 people were killed and 35 wounded were admitted to hospitals in the Gaza Strip. This was reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health, saying that since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into force in October, 961 people have been killed, 3,020 injured and 7,982 bodies have been recovered.

"I strongly condemn the Hamas terrorist attack that took place today in Israel, in the Sharon region. I express solidarity with the victims and their families, and sympathy with Gideon Sa'ar and the Israeli authorities. Terrorism is never justified: no political cause, no conflict, no claim can legitimise the massacre of innocent civilians. Dialogue is the only way to lasting peace'. Thus on X the Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister, Antonio Tajani.

In the current situation, Iran receives an average of USD 1.5 to 2 million for each ship crossing the Strait of Hormuz. This was stated to Fars News Agency by Mohsen Zanganeh, a member of the Budget and Planning Commission of the Tehran Parliament. The money, he explained, is deposited in state coffers in accordance with the budget law and is spent in specific areas. Some payments were not made in cash, but through the US cryptocurrency Tether or through barter, Fars explained.

The main problem in the negotiations between Iran and the US is Washington's changing and contradictory positions. Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said this in an interview with CNN in Tehran. "The main problem in negotiating with this administration is that you have to deal with constant changes of position, targets shifting all the time, different statements, contradictory remarks from different officials, which makes the whole process very complicated," Baghaei said. There are several sticking points, he added, 'but the main issue is that the Americans must understand that they must recognise Iran's rights', including its right to peaceful nuclear enrichment under the international non-proliferation treaty.

Hamas praises the armed attacks in central Israel calling them 'heroic' and says they are acts in response to the continuing 'aggression against Gaza' and the 'continuous crimes' including those 'against our people in the West Bank and Jerusalem'. The organisation adds that the 'resistance' will continue. This is reported by al Jazeera.

"If the terrorist is caught alive he will be executed: this is the law and we will demand its enforcement. This is exactly why Jewish Power has enacted the law 'Death Penalty for Terrorists'. Jewish blood is not to be considered expendable. Whoever kills a Jew will receive the rope of the gallows'. Thus Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir on X, after the shooting in central Israel, in the Kochav Ya'ir area, in which one person died and five were wounded.

The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) sent troops to the area of Kochav Ya'ir, in the Sharon region of central Israel, where a suspected terrorist attack occurred, resulting in the death of one person and the wounding of six others. A Shin Bet team called 'Tequila' was also deployed in the field. An IDF spokesman stated that "forces arrived in Sal'it and Tzuk Yitzhak, where the terrorist was neutralised. The forces are searching the area for other terrorists".

Shootings currently underway in Sharon, north Tel Aviv, left one person dead and four wounded. The police told Channel 12 that they 'suspect terrorism'. There are two suspects: one of them has been neutralised, while the other appears to have fled in a car. Meanwhile, an alarm went off in Tzur Yitzhak due to fears of terrorist infiltration.

( The US government is considering redirecting Iranian resources to the Gulf States for reconstruction and repair of the damage caused by Iran. Reuters writes this on its website, citing a source familiar with the matter. US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has assigned a team to assess the costs of the damage already inflicted by Iran on its Gulf allies, the source said, adding that the US would also consider using Iranian resources to repair any future destruction. The revelation comes on the heels of statements to CNN by Mohsen Rezaei, an advisor to Iran's Supreme Leader, that a peace deal depends on the release of $24 billion in frozen Iranian assets. The source, Reuters adds, did not specify what kind of assets were involved, but the language used to describe the new measures did not appear to be limited to frozen assets. The threat of hijacking Iranian assets could create a new element of friction in the fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, which was tested again this weekend by joint US-Iranian attacks.

The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) announced that they had killed Sakr Abu Karim, commander of Hamas' elite Nukhba cell. The killing took place last week in southern Gaza in a joint "targeted attack" conducted by the IDF and Shin Bet forces, a statement read. Abu Karim is described as "among the leaders" who led the attack on the Kissufim kibbutz, responsible for the 7 October massacre, and "planned and executed attacks against Israeli troops" in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces said that another Hamas member, working as a 'communications officer' within the organisation, was killed in the attack.

Reem Abu Al-Qumsan accanto alla sua tenda distrutta da un attacco israeliano a Zawaida, nella Striscia di Gaza centrale, venerdì 5 giugno 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana) Associated Press/ LaPresse Solo Italia e Spagna

Israeli attacks against southern Lebanon continued throughout the night and into the early hours of this morning, according to the Lebanese National News Agency (NNA), quoted by Al Jazeera. These included air strikes against the city of Qalawiya at dawn and the towns of al-Qatrani, Byblos and Rihan in the Jezzine district overnight. The town of Deir Kifa, in the Tyre district, was also bombarded, while Barashit and Chaqra, in the same district, were subjected to intermittent artillery shelling during the night. NNA also reported artillery shelling in the towns of al-Mansouri and Bayt al-Sayyad, in the Tyre district.

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Lebanon, those villages destroyed to make way for no man's land

07 June 2026

Two rockets fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon towards northern Israel a short while ago were intercepted, according to the Israeli Army (IDF). During the attack, sirens were activated in the border towns of Yiftah and Ramot Naftali.

From our correspondent

SIDONE - A video. Photos of the avocado plantation, green and lush. The keys to the house. Of the former world, Bassem now possesses few things. Dhayra, his village clinging to the hills of southern Lebanon, is no more. Gone are the stone houses dating back to Ottoman times, gone is the mosque or the small market. There is no longer a school or municipal offices. Dhayra has been obliterated, like so many southern villages facing the Israeli border. From the drone's eye today it appears as a large, grey, outlined stain erupting from the green. Nothing more.

US forces in the Middle East shot down two Iranian attack drones that were threatening international maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. This was announced by Centcom in a post on X. Centcom added that "the US military remains prepared to continue to defend against Iranian aggression".

Middle East War News of 6 June