WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 96 JUNE 03,26 - US AND IRAN CLASH IN THE GULF.

JEWISH KING JESUS IS COMING AT THE RAPTURE FOR US IN THE CLOUDS-DON'T MISS IT FOR THE WORLD.THE BIBLE TAKEN LITERALLY- WHEN THE PLAIN SENSE MAKES GOOD SENSE-SEEK NO OTHER SENSE-LEST YOU END UP IN NONSENSE.GET SAVED NOW- CALL ON JESUS TODAY.THE ONLY SAVIOR OF THE WHOLE EARTH - NO OTHER. 1 COR 15:23-JESUS THE FIRST FRUITS-CHRISTIANS RAPTURED TO JESUS-FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT-23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.ROMANS 8:23 And not only they, but ourselves also, which have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to wit, the redemption of our body.(THE PRE-TRIB RAPTURE)

WAR WITH IRAN - DAY 96 JUNE 03,26 -  US AND IRAN CLASH IN THE GULF.

THE NEXT US-ISRAEL HIT ON IRAN SHOULD BE VERSE 37. ALL OFFENSIVE NUKE SITES MISSLES,DRONES,AND OF COURSE KHEMENI AND THE IRGC GUARDS.THEN AFTER IRANS REGIME CHANGE. MUSLIMS COME TO JESUS BY THE MILLIONS.

JEREMEIAH 49:32-39 (IN IRAN AT THE BUSHEHR OR ARAK NUKE SITES AND ALL OFENSIVE WEAPONS DESTROYED IN IRAN)
Jeremiah 49:32-39    
32 Their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter to all winds those who have the corners [of their hair] cut off; and I will bring their calamity from every side of them, says Yahweh.
33 Hazor shall be a dwelling-place of jackals, a desolation forever: no man shall dwell there, neither shall any son of man sojourn therein.(Location & Size: It was strategically located along the Via Maris (Way of the Sea), a major trade route connecting Egypt with Syria and Mesopotamia.)
34 The word of Yahweh that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam,(IRAN) in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying,
35 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts: Behold, I will break the bow of Elam,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) the chief of their might.(MISSLES AND NUKE SITES)
36 On Elam (IRAN) will I bring the four winds from the four quarters of the sky, and will scatter them toward all those winds; and there shall be no nation where the outcasts of Elam shall not come.(SINCE 1979 IRANIANS HAVE GOTTIN OUT OF IRAN BECAUSE OF KHEMENI AND HIS APOCOPOLIPTIC DEATH CULT BELIEF-BLACK HATER 12ERS)
37 I will cause Elam (IRAN) to be dismayed before their enemies, and before those who seek their life;(ISRAEL THE LITTLE SATAN AND THE U.S THE BIG SATAN) and I will bring evil on them, (MISSLES) even my fierce anger,(FIRE) says Yahweh; and I will send the sword after them,(IRANS OFFENSIVE WEAPONS) until I have consumed them; (DESTROYED THEM ALL NUKE SITES,MISSLES ETC)
38 and I will set my throne in Elam,(IRAN WILL BECOME A CHRISTIAN NATION) and will destroy from there king (KHEMENI, ISLAM) and princes, says Yahweh.(IRANIAN ARMY GUARDS)
39 But it shall happen in the latter days, that I will bring back the captivity of Elam,(IRAN) says Yahweh.(WERE IN THE LATTER DAYS NOW)

WHEN ARE THE 500 MILLION MIGRATING BIRDS IN ISRAEL IN THE SPRING TIME.(GET READY ISLAM TO BE BIRD SEED FOR THESE BIRDS)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m0bXU5Xqc5M
The 500 million migratory birds in Israel during the spring arrive from Africa and head toward Europe and Asia, with the peak migration occurring in March and April. While migration starts in late February, the most intense movements, particularly of birds of prey, storks, and pelicans, occur during the third week of March and continue into April. 
Key Details on the Spring Migration
Peak Period: Mid-March through April.
Main Migration Route: The birds use the Great Rift Valley, which includes the Hula Valley and Eilat, acting as a "bottleneck" where millions of birds fly through the narrow land bridge.
Best Spots: The Hula Lake Park (Northern Israel) and the Eilat Birding Center (Southern Israel) are primary locations for observing the migration.
Key Species: Hundreds of thousands of white storks, along with black kites, raptors, and pelicans, pass through over these months.
uration: The spring migration runs from late February and continues into June, though the heaviest traffic is in March/April. 

The 500 million migratory birds fly over Israel in the fall between late August and mid-December. The peak migration period for the autumn, when the highest volume of bird traffic occurs, is typically October and November. 
Key Fall Migration Details
Location: The Hula Valley (Agamon Hula Park) in northern Israel is the premier spot to witness this phenomenon.
Timing: Migration starts as early as late June with some waders, but intensifies from mid-August through November.
Peak Festival: The "Annual Hula Valley Bird Festival" is usually held in November to align with the peak migration traffic.
Key Species: Many birds of prey (raptors), including honey buzzards and steppe eagles, cross during this time, along with massive flocks of storks and cranes.
While roughly 500 million birds pass through in the autumn on their way to Africa, the same number crosses again in the spring (mid-February to May) on their way back to Europe and Asia. 

JEREMEIAH 49:23-27
23  Concerning Damascus.(SYRIA) Hamath is confounded, and Arpad: for they have heard evil tidings: they are fainthearted; there is sorrow on the sea;(WAR SHIPS WITH NUKES COMING ON SYRIA) it cannot be quiet.
24  Damascus is waxed feeble, and turneth herself to flee, and fear hath seized on her: anguish and sorrows have taken her, as a woman in travail.
25  How is the city of praise not left, the city of my joy!
26  Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
27  And I will kindle a fire (NUKES OR BOMBS) in the wall of Damascus, and it shall consume the palaces of Benhadad.(ASSADS PALACES POSSIBLY IN DAMASCUS)

Drone strikes close Kuwait airport as Iran and US clash in Gulf.

Kuwait City, Kuwait, June 3 (AFP) Jun 03, 2026-A drone strike on a passenger terminal in Kuwait's international airport wounded several people Wednesday and forced air traffic to be suspended, as Iranian and US forces traded attacks in the Gulf.The attacks marked one of the more severe tests yet of a fragile April 8 ceasefire, that has largely held despite sporadic strikes after more than a month of war sparked by the US and Israeli attack on Iran.Kuwaiti officials blamed the attack on the airport on Iran, whose Revolutionary Guards accused US forces of triggering the night's sequence of attacks by targeting a communications tower on the country's Qeshm Island, forcing it to respond.But, with Bahrein also complaining of an overnight drone attacks from Iran, the United Arab Emirates attempted to rally its Gulf neighbours in opposition to Tehran."In light of Iran's repeated aggression against the sisterly states of Kuwait and Bahrain, a firm, unified, and cohesive Gulf stance is imperative," UAE presidential advisor Anwar Gargash posted on social media."This aggression does not just target one country, it targets us all."Kuwait's ministry of defence spokesman Brigadier General Saud Abdulaziz Al-Atwan described the airport strikes as "criminal Iranian aggression which resulted in significant material damage to the building and injuries".Al-Atwan did not say how many people were hurt but said those wounded had received medical care.Kuwait's state news agency Kuna said the civil aviation authority had suspended air traffic and transferred arriving flights to alternative airports after "Terminal One came under Iranian attacks causing casualties and damage".Iran's Revolutionary Guards did not confirm they had targeted the airport.But a statement said that, in response to a US attack "their air base and helicopters located in one of the countries in the region, as well as the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet, were attacked by missiles and drones from the IRGC Aerospace Force".Kuwait's international airport was targeted several times during the war, and had only fully resumed operations on June 1.- 'Broke apart' -The oil-rich Gulf nation, a US ally, has been on the receiving end of Iranian attacks after the US and Israel attacked Iran and killed its supreme leader in late February.Tehran has repeatedly accused Kuwait and other Gulf countries of allowing US forces to launch strikes from their soil.Earlier, the US military said it had "successfully defeated" a series of Iranian missile and drone attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain and confirmed it had conducted strikes on Iran's Qeshm Island."Two Iranian missiles fired at Kuwait fell short or broke apart en route, and three missiles launched at Bahrain were immediately intercepted by US and Bahrain air defense forces," Centcom said.Bahrain authorities said they had intercepted three Iranian missiles and a number of drones.The escalation came after US, Israeli and Lebanese officials met in Washington for direct talks on ending the parallel conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed group Hezbollah.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the militant group was the only impediment to deal, which the Lebanese embassy in Washington said would at first only cover Israeli attacks on Beirut and Hezbollah attacks on Israeli territory, before expanding in scope.Israel has been fighting Hezbollah since the group dragged Lebanon into the wider Middle East war by attacking Israel on March 2 in support of Iran.Neither side has publicly accepted Trump's deal, with senior Hezbollah official Mahmud Qomati telling AFP in a written statement the group "will not accept a partial ceasefire".Lebanon's state-run National News Agency reported Israeli strikes, some of them deadly, on around 30 locations across the south on Tuesday.Hezbollah meanwhile said it had attacked Israeli troops in southern Lebanese lands they occupy, but did not claim attacks in Israel.- 'Crazy' -Rubio said Washington wanted the talks to remain independent of those with Iran to end the wider Middle East war.But Iran has repeatedly linked the two conflicts and on Monday said that Israel's expanding campaign in Lebanon risked ending the US-Iran ceasefire in place since April 8.In recent days, Israeli troops staged their deepest ground offensive into Lebanon in two decades.Citing what he called Hezbollah's "repeated violations" of a ceasefire officially in place since April 17 but never respected by either side, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs, a densely-populated Hezbollah stronghold.According to US site Axios, however, US President Donald Trump pressured Netanyahu to back down, calling him "crazy" in a phone call.Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz subsequently said that Israel had established "a new equation" backed by Washington that his country would hit the Beirut suburbs if Hezbollah continued firing at Israel.A medical source told AFP on Wednesday that six people had been killed in Israeli strikes near the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon.Previously, the health ministry had said that Israeli attacks had killed more than 3,465 people since March 2.At least 26 Israeli soldiers and one civilian contractor have been killed in the same period.bur/dc/ser

Khamenei adviser vows 'deluge of missiles' if new US attack on Iran.

Tehran, June 3 (AFP) Jun 03, 2026-The military adviser to Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday warned of more missile and drone strikes should the United States renew its attacks on Iran."Every shot fired and every attack will be met with a deluge of missiles and drones," Mohsen Rezaei posted on X, adding that "the aggressor will swiftly be punished".The warning followed US strikes on an Iranian tanker and on Iran's Qeshm island, sparking retaliatory attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain.ap-sbr/ser/dc

Eisenkot: PM harming Israeli interests with surrender to Trump-Trump said to yell at Netanyahu: ‘You’re f**king crazy. You’d be in prison if not for me’Phone call about Lebanon said to see furious US president ‘steamroll’ PM and accuse him of ingratitude, saying, ‘I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this’; source in PM’s office downplays severity of call By Jacob Magid,ToI Staff and Nava Freiberg-2 June 2026, 8:33 amUpdated at 4:15 pm

US President Donald Trump reportedly fumed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a Monday call, calling the premier “fucking crazy” and telling him that everyone “hates Israel” as he demanded Israel agree to a ceasefire with the Hezbollah terror group.Axios’s Barak Ravid cited a US official who summarized Trump’s message to Netanyahu as follows: “You’re fucking crazy. You’d be in prison if it weren’t for me. I’m saving your ass. Everybody hates you now. Everybody hates Israel because of this.”A second source briefed on the call told the outlet that the US president was “pissed” at the prime minister over his ostensible plans for major strikes at Hezbollah targets in Beirut, and at one point yelled at Netanyahu: “What the fuck are you doing?”Two of the sources also said Trump accused Netanyahu of ingratitude during the call on the escalation in fighting in Lebanon, a conversation that Axios described as “expletive-laden.”Netanyahu’s office did not respond to the report.An unnamed Netanyahu staffer on Tuesday denied core aspects of the report, however, including the claim that Trump cursed at Netanyahu and attacked him personally during the exchange, while acknowledging that the call was “tense.” A senior Israeli official briefed on the call later told The Times of Israel that the staff member’s account was “accurate.”The US officials told Axios that Trump was aware Hezbollah has been firing repeatedly at Israel and recognizes that Jerusalem has a right to respond. Fourteen IDF soldiers have been killed by Hezbollah since the April ceasefire, and Hezbollah has stepped up rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel in recent days. But they said Trump believed the Israel Defense Forces had responded disproportionately in recent days, risking Washington’s efforts to secure a ceasefire extension with Iran, which is conditioning a deal on a truce in Lebanon.Trump “steamrolled” Netanyahu on the call, one of the US officials told Axios, and “Bibi said, ‘OK, OK, just make sure everything is taken care of.”US officials were also quoted as saying Trump told Netanyahu that he has kept him out of prison, an apparent reference to Trump’s repeated public demand that Israeli President Isaac Herzog pardon the prime minister, who is in the midst of a lengthy corruption trial.In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump wrote that he had a “very productive call with Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, of Israel, and there will be no troops going to Beirut, and any troops that are on their way, have already been turned back.”“He turned his Troops around. Thank you Bibi!” Trump said, describing Israel’s attack plans as “a major raid of Beirut.”Israeli military sources said no troops had been en route to Beirut, contrary to Trump’s claim.“Likewise — through highly placed representatives — I had a very good call with Hezbollah, and they agreed that all shooting will stop — that Israel will not attack them, and they will not attack Israel,” Trump added, without specifying with whom he had communicated in the terror group, while also claiming Hezbollah consented to stop targeting Israeli troops.Netanyahu staffer downplays reported severity of call-On Tuesday afternoon, a member of Netanyahu’s staff admitted to Channel 12 that the premier had a “tense” call with Trump on Monday night over Israel’s planned attack on Hezbollah targets in Beirut, but denied core elements of the earlier Axios report — which was also prominently featured on Channel 12. Reporter Ravid works for both outlets.The Tuesday report clarified that two calls took place between the leaders on Monday night, one at 7 p.m. Israel time and one close to midnight. It was the latter, according to Channel 12’s Tuesday report, that was the tense call.After the initial phone call, while Trump wrote on Truth Social that the IDF would not attack Beirut and that Israel and Hezbollah would refrain from attacking each other, Netanyahu warned that he would carry out his previous plans to strike Beirut if Hezbollah did not halt its attacks on northern Israel, and that Israel’s expanded offensive in southern Lebanon would continue.The second phone call focused on mutual complaints by the two leaders regarding their respective readouts of the first call, according to the Channel 12 report, with Trump upset that Netanyahu had implied that, aside from postponing strikes in Beirut, the war was continuing at full intensity, and Netanyahu frustrated that Trump’s post implied that Israel had ceased fire on all fronts.However, the Israeli source denied that Trump cursed at or personally attacked Netanyahu, claimed to be protecting him from going to prison, or stated that the premier and Israel are hated around the world. “Trump did say during the second conversation that it is difficult to present Israel’s position to the world and that this fuels hostility toward it,” the Israeli source was reported saying. “The conversation ended with understandings according to which Israel would refrain from carrying out the postponed strike in Beirut, provided that it is not attacked within its own territory,” the source said.Further confusing the issue, Ravid told Channel 12 on Tuesday afternoon that it was during the first call, not the second, that Trump swore at Netanyahu. The president, Ravid said, quoting US officials, came to that call convinced that Netanyahu was “out of control,” and believing that the prime minister was about to launch an attack on Beirut in which many innocent people would be killed. The conversation became “increasingly heated,” to the point where Trump twice used the f-word.A senior Israeli official briefed on the call told The Times of Israel Tuesday evening that the Israeli account disputing the more dramatic elements of the report was “accurate,” but declined to address the apparent discrepancies between the various Channel 12 and Axios accounts.The official summarized the understandings reached between Netanyahu and Trump in a manner largely consistent with Netanyahu’s statement after the first call: “We won’t strike Beirut, and in exchange, Hezbollah is not gonna strike Israel. But our objectives of securing southern Lebanon [and] pushing back Hezbollah from our border will continue.”Public displeasure-Netanyahu often touts what he says is a strong and close relationship with Trump and the White House. However, Monday’s reported comments were not the first time the US president has expressed displeasure with him.Last September, Trump reportedly told top aides that Netanyahu is “fucking me.”The White House also sent what Axios described as a “stern private message” to Netanyahu that same month over the ceasefire with Hamas.In 2021, Trump lashed out at Netanyahu over the Israeli leader’s congratulations to Joe Biden after he won the US presidency.“He was very early. Like earlier than most. I haven’t spoken to him since. Fuck him,” Trump said in an interview with Israeli journalist Barak Ravid, the reporter behind Monday’s Axios report.Eisenkot, Ben Gvir slam PM-In the wake of Monday’s reports on the calls, Gadi Eisenkot, the leader of the Yashar party, seen as a key rival to Netanyahu’s Likud in the upcoming election, blasted Netanyahu for “capitulating” to Trump’s demand.“There has never been a prime minister in Israel who capitulated to such a demand, one that is blatantly unreasonable!” wrote the former minister and IDF chief on X, decrying the attacks by Hezbollah on northern Israel.“What Netanyahu, the government, and the cabinet are doing today is harming the national interests of the State of Israel from a place of weakness. And don’t try to spin tales about the connection to the US’s negotiations with Iran,” he said.“Lebanon is right here, Metula is under fire, Israeli communities are empty — this is unacceptable,” Eisenkot said. “And the one doing this is the man who preached morals to everyone about the basic need to be a prime minister and know how to say ‘no’ to the president of the United States when there’s harm to the interests of the State of Israel.”National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir also publicly called on Netanyahu to say “no” to Trump over the ceasefire.“Mr. Prime Minister, you said that a strong prime minister tells the president of the United States ‘yes’ when possible, and ‘no’ when necessary,” Ben Gvir wrote on X. “This is the time to tell our friend, President Trump, ‘no.'”“Now is the time to do what is required and necessary to strike Hezbollah, to unleash the hands of our fighters and to restore security to the north,” the far-right minister added.Meanwhile, on the ground-The Axios report came as Trump indicated that Washington had brokered a truce between Israel and Hezbollah after the one reached in April between Israel and Lebanon unraveled in recent days. Despite his announcement, the Iran-backed terror group continued to target northern Israeli communities into early Tuesday morning and Lebanese media reported fresh IDF strikes.Following Trump’s announcement, an Israeli source said Jerusalem had agreed to postpone planned strikes on Beirut, hours after Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz said they had instructed the military to strike Hezbollah targets in the Lebanese capital.Trump did not clarify the exact terms of the apparent ceasefire, and there were conflicting indications as to what it entailed from Washington, Jerusalem, Beirut and Hezbollah, with the latter claiming the truce prevents Israel not only from strikes in the Lebanese capital but in the entire country.There was no immediate response from Israel to Trump’s announcement, but after around two hours, Netanyahu said Israel would proceed with its earlier plans to strike Beirut should Hezbollah not halt its attacks on northern Israel.Shortly after Netanyahu’s statement, sirens sounded in the Israeli border community of Metula, which the IDF said were triggered by a rocket launched by Hezbollah that struck near Israeli troops operating in southern Lebanon.Sirens were also activated early Tuesday morning in communities across the north, where the IDF said it intercepted two Hezbollah rockets launched toward the area. In the Western Galilee, an apparent Hezbollah drone struck a military position close to the border with Lebanon.There were no injuries in any of the attacks.Lebanese media, meanwhile, reported several Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon in the wake of Trump’s announcement, though there was no immediate comment from the IDF.The latest round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the US and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran. Since then, 26 IDF soldiers and one Defense Ministry civilian contractor have been killed in southern Lebanon, 14 of them since a ceasefire was introduced on April 16. Two civilians were also killed by Hezbollah rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.In Lebanon, the Israeli military has said that it has killed over 2,500 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, since early March.Since March 2, Hezbollah has fired some 5,500 rockets at IDF troops operating in the south of the country, as well as around 2,500 at Israel, according to the military. There were at least 75 rocket impact sites in Israel.In addition, Hezbollah launched around 300 drones, of which 25 struck Israel, according to the IDF.The IDF believes Hezbollah still possesses thousands of short-range rockets, along with hundreds of longer-range projectiles. The IDF has said that Hezbollah is launching most of its attacks from deeper within southern Lebanon, north of the Litani River, and not from areas close to the border.Emanuel Fabian contributed to this report.

US blacklists Iran’s largest crypto exchange for helping Islamic Republic skirt sanctions-Three other exchanges sanctioned in addition to Nobitex, which a Reuters report found played a key role in facilitating financial transactions for the IRGC and Iranian central bank By Agencies Today, 5:56 am-JUN 3,26

The United States announced sanctions on Iran’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange on Tuesday, accusing it of enabling the Iranian government and blacklisted state institutions to circumvent Western sanctions.The new sanctions follow a Reuters investigation published on May 1 which showed how Nobitex had become a central node in a parallel financial system used to process hundreds of millions of dollars for Iran’s central bank and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. The report also revealed how Nobitex continued operating even after the government-imposed internet shutdown, processing millions of dollars of transactions.“While Iran’s economy is in free fall, the regime has chosen to co-opt digital asset technologies for its own corrupt agenda, including evading sanctions and transferring wealth out of the country,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.Besides Nobitex, three other exchanges were also blacklisted by the US.The Reuters investigation showed how Nobitex is controlled by two brothers from one of Iran’s most powerful families, with close ties to the new supreme leader. The two are members of the Kharrazi family, one of the most influential dynasties in the Islamic Republic. Corporate records show that when the exchange started, the brothers were listed under a surname rarely used by members of the family.The US Treasury announced Tuesday that the two brothers, Seyed Mohammad Ali Aghamir Mohammad Ali and Seyed Mohammad Aghamir Mohammad Ali, had also been individually sanctioned, along with the exchange’s chief executive officer, Amir Hossein Rad.Nobitex had provided “significant support” to the Iranian government and facilitated a “significant number” of digital transactions linked to the IRGC and Iran’s central bank, the US Treasury said in the statement. “Following the commencement of US combat operations in Iran, Nobitex played a role in protecting and moving assets and funds out of Iran to shield regime wealth despite internet blackouts.”Nobitex could not be reached for comment on the sanctions, which were announced after normal business hours in Iran.In an emailed statement to Reuters in April, Nobitex said it had no direct government connections and denied assisting the state. It said that any illicit funds moving through Nobitex did so without management approval or awareness. The company also said that the two brothers had never used an alternative identity or changed their identity.The Trump administration’s latest announcement is one of a variety of measures put in place to inflict economic pain on Iran. It has also imposed secondary economic sanctions on countries doing business with people, firms, and ships under Iranian control — including allies like the United Arab Emirates and competitors like China. Banks have received warnings about handling Iranian money.And last week, the US imposed sanctions on Iran’s newly created Persian Gulf Strait Authority, which is an agency intended to control shipping through the narrow Strait of Hormuz. Treasury calls the agency a “scheme to extort international shipping.”Meanwhile, the US military has stopped merchant vessels trying to break through a US-led blockade of Iranian ports. The US launched the blockade on April 17 after Iran effectively closed the strait after the war in the Middle East began with US and Israeli strikes on February 28.

Rubio says Netanyahu’s pledge to seize 70% of Gaza contradicts Trump plan-‘We have a plan — it doesn’t call for that,’ top US diplomat tells Congress, in apparent criticism of PM’s vow to expand Israeli control over Strip By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 2:56 am-JUN 3,26

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday appeared to criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recently stated goal of seizing 70 percent of Gaza to defeat Hamas, saying that such a move was not part of US President Donald Trump’s 20-point plan to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terror group.“We have a plan — it doesn’t call for that,” Rubio said. “And at the end of the day, we understand that what we want, and I think what the Israelis would ultimately want, is a Gaza that is governed by a non-Hamas entity.”Rubio was responding to Representative Rose DeLauro, the top-ranking Democrat on the US House Appropriations Committee, who pressed him on how the administration’s 20-point plan was progressing.Netanyahu announced last week that he ordered the Israel Defense Forces to take control of 70% of the Gaza Strip after acknowledging a week earlier that Israel already holds 60% of the territory, significantly more than the roughly 53% it was allowed to temporarily continue occupying under the ceasefire with the Hamas terror group.In response to Netanyahu’s vow to expand Israel’s grip on Gaza, Hamas accused him of a “dangerous escalation” and charged that Jerusalem was violating the October 2025 deal that halted two years of war sparked by the terror group’s devastating invasion of southern Israel.The October agreement was envisioned as part of a larger process that would see the terror group disarm and the enclave demilitarized, but progress toward that vision has stalled, with Hamas refusing to lay down its weapons and Israel continuing to strike deep inside Gaza as the sides accuse each other of repeated violations of the ceasefire.“No one is going to invest money in Gaza until Hamas is demilitarized because they know there is going to be another war,” Rubio said during Tuesday’s hearing, stressing that the deployment of the International Stabilization Force and other elements of Trump’s plan cannot move forward until Hamas gives up its weapons.His remarks came as mediators are set to renew disarmament talks with Hamas in Egypt on Thursday, two Arab diplomats involved in the process told The Times of Israel, as the negotiators consider alternatives to Trump’s 20-point plan.In May, a document obtained by The Times of Israel showed that the US-led Board of Peace won’t hold Israel to the terms of the ceasefire if Hamas does not accept the international panel’s framework to disarm.While the Board of Peace’s High Representative for Gaza, Nickolay Mladenov, warned that refusal from Hamas to disarm could lead to the resumption of the war, he went much further in the document, and said that Israel would not be expected to halt attacks in Gaza or ensure humanitarian aid enters the Strip.

Powerful Iran-backed militias claim they’ll start handing in weapons to Iraqi authorities-Announcements by Asaib Ahl al-Haq and Imam Ali Brigades come as Iraq’s recently elected PM has made establishment of state monopoly on arms a key focus, facing pressure from US-By Stella Martany Today, 1:21 am-JUN 3,26

ERBIL, Iraq (AP) — Two of Iraq’s most powerful Iran-backed militias said on Tuesday they would begin handing in their weapons to the authorities, a major step in the new government’s effort to rein in militias that have long operated on their own even though they were nominally under state command.One of the groups, Asaib Ahl al-Haq, said it had formed a committee to oversee the move, inventory its fighters, weapons and equipment, and coordinate with the commander-in-chief of Iraq’s armed forces.It cast the decision as a response to calls by Iraq’s top Shiite religious authority and the Iran-aligned Coordination Framework, the largest bloc in parliament that dominates Iraqi politics.The second group, the Imam Ali Brigades, made a similar announcement saying the time has come “to build a strong state with full sovereignty.” It added that its aim was now to have weapons only with the state and help boost state institutions.The war launched against Iran by Israel and the United States on February 28 has exposed the fragility of Iraq’s state institutions and their limited ability to restrain Iran-backed groups.A parallel confrontation between Washington and the militias has deepened the crisis, with factions acting as an extension of Iran’s regional campaign and escalating attacks on US assets in Iraq before a tenuous ceasefire deal was reached in April.A week ago, influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said his Saraya al-Salam militia, also known as the Peace Brigades, would split from his political movement and integrate into state institutions.Under pressure from Washington, Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi has been working to assert state authority over weapons. Al-Zaidi, a 40-year-old banker sworn in last month, has made a state monopoly on arms a centerpiece of his program.The Trump administration has warned against having any Iraqi government influenced by Iran-linked factions and has tied defense cooperation and funding to efforts to curb them.Many Iran-backed militias are funded through the Iraqi state budget and embedded within the security apparatus, although not under the government’s control. This has drawn criticism from the US and other countries that have borne the brunt of attacks by the militias and which say Baghdad has failed to take a tougher stance on armed groups.Several armed factions aligned with Iraq’s Coordination Framework have taken a different stance on efforts to bring weapons under state control. Two important groups, Kataeb Hezbollah and Harakat al-Nujaba, have rejected disarmament, tying the issue to Iraq’s sovereignty and the presence of foreign troops.Kataeb Hezbollah welcomed moves by other factions to place weapons under state authority but said its own armed activity will continue as part of what it describes as “resistance work.”In a recent statement attributed to its Abu Mujahid al-Assaf social media channel, the group said it would offer to coordinate with the paramilitary Popular Mobilization Forces — a state-backed umbrella of mostly Shiite armed groups — rather than surrender its arms.The Popular Mobilization Forces was formed in 2014 to fight the Islamic State group, which at the time had seized a wide swath of Iraqi territory. Many of its groups still keep their own command and ties to Iran.

PROOF HALF ON EARTH DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD (8 BILLION ON EARTH) (DO NOT EVER LISTEN TO ANYBODY THAT SAYS THE WORLD IS ENDING.ITS NEVER GONNA HAPPEN-4 BILLION WILL BE LEFT ON EARTH TO GO INTO JESUS" 1000 YEAR RULE)(THAT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD TO ANY ONE, DOES IT-NOT ME.THE EARTH IS JUST RENOVATED.NEVER ENDED.

REVELATION 6:7-8 (8 BILLION- 2 BILLION = 6 BILLION)
7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, Come and see.
8 And I looked, and behold a pale horse:(CHLORES GREEN) and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth,(2 BILLION) to kill with sword,(WEAPONS) and with hunger,(FAMINE) and with death,(INCURABLE DISEASES) and with the beasts of the earth.(ANIMAL TO HUMAN DISEASE).

REVELATION 9:15,18 (6 BILLION - 2 BILLION = 4 BILLION)
15 And the four(DEMONIC WAR) angels were loosed,
18 By these three was the third part of men killed,(2 BILLION) by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.(NUCLEAR ATOMIC BOMBS)

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.

MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

WORLD TERRORISM

GENESIS 6:11-13
11 The earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with violence.(WORLD TERRORISM,MURDERS)(HAMAS IN HEBREW IS VIOLENCE)
12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
13 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence (TERRORISM)(HAMAS) through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.(CAN YOU SAY TORNADOES,HURRICANES,VOLCANOES,EARTH QUAKES,LANDSLIDES,FLASH FLOODING,EXPLOSIONS,SNOW STORMS,THEN FINALLY NUKESAND ANY OTHER JUDGEMENTS THE EARTH CAN VOMIT THE SINNERS OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH WITH.

MARK 13:8
8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:(ETHNIC GROUP AGAINST ETHNIC GROUP) and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows.

LUKE 21:11
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places,(DIFFERNT PLACES AT THE SAME TIME) and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.

2 Peter 3:6-7 Amplified Bible (AMP) (HOT SUN, NUKES ETC)
6 By these waters also the world of that time was deluged and destroyed. 
7 By the same word the present heavens and earth are reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun,(HEATING UP-SOLAR ECLIPSES) and in the moon,(MAN ON THE MOON-LUNAR ECLIPSES) and in the stars;(ASTEROIDS-PROPHECY SIGNS) and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear,(TORNADOES,HURRICANES,STORMS) and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:(DESTRUCTION) for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)

GENESIS 16:11-12
11 And the angel of the LORD said unto her,(HAGAR) Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bear a son, and shalt call his name Ishmael;(FATHER OF THE ARAB/MUSLIMS) because the LORD hath heard thy affliction.
12 And he (ISHMAEL-FATHER OF THE ARAB-MUSLIMS) will be a wild (DONKEY-JACKASS) man;(ISLAM IS A FAKE AND DANGEROUS SEX FOR MURDER CULT) his hand will be against every man,(ISLAM HATES EVERYONE) and every man's hand against him;(PROTECTING THEMSELVES FROM BEING BEHEADED) and he (ISHMAEL ARAB/MUSLIM) shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.(LITERAL-THE ARABS LIVE WITH THEIR BRETHERN JEWS)

ISAIAH 14:12-14
12  How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer,(SATAN) son of the morning!(HEBREW-CRECENT MOON-ISLAM) how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations!
13  For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:
14  I (SATAN HAS EYE TROUBLES) will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.(AND 1/3RD OF THE ANGELS OF HEAVEN FELL WITH SATAN AND BECAME DEMONS)

JOHN 16:2
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.(ISLAM MURDERS IN THE NAME OF MOON GOD ALLAH OF ISLAM)

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF -  HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

LUKE 19:40
40 And He answered and said unto them, “I tell you that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out.”

IAEA offers UAE support after recent ‘carefully targeted’ drone attack on nuclear plant-Visiting Barakah facility, UN nuclear chief Grossi says attackers ‘knew exactly what they were doing,’ adds ‘this is of extreme gravity’; UAE has blamed Iraqi militias for the attack By Agencies Today, 12:58 am-JUN 3,26

ABU DHABI — The International Atomic Energy Agency is offering the United Arab Emirates technical as well as moral support, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi said on Tuesday after a visit to the site of a nuclear power plant that came under a “carefully targeted” drone attack last month.Grossi said Emirati authorities had reacted very quickly to the attack at the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant by shutting down a reactor because of the loss of external power.The $20 billion Barakah nuclear power plant is the only nuclear power plant in the Arab world and can provide a quarter of the energy needs of the UAE. It came under a drone attack last month that the Gulf country said was launched from Iraq.The drone that penetrated the UAE’s defenses hit an electric generator outside the inner perimeter of the plant, according to Emirati officials. It was one of three drones that were targeting the plant and only two were intercepted, according to the UAE’s defense ministry.The IAEA chief said a number of activities would take place to complete repairs at the plant. He told Reuters that it could be a “matter of weeks” for the repairs to be completed, including a need for physical repair and also maintenance to an external power line. “The repairs are under way already,” he said.“From what we saw this was a very carefully targeted operation,” Grossi told journalists in Abu Dhabi after visiting the plant. “This means that whoever was behind this knew exactly what they were doing. This is of extreme gravity.”At the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant in the UAE ????????, where a drone strike on 17 May highlighted once again why nuclear facilities must never be targeted and why such attacks are completely unacceptable. Thanks to the professionalism and swift action of the @ENEC_UAE and @FANRUAE,… pic.twitter.com/ufyWSylxWI Advertisement — Rafael Mariano Grossi (@rafaelmgrossi) June 2, 2026-Grossi said he was also visiting the UAE’s Gulf neighbors, who could be affected by any accident at the Arab world’s only nuclear plant. “I think this is pretty serious and this is why we have been very vocal,” he told AFP in separate remarks.“I’ve been to Kuwait, to Qatar, now here, and I’m heading to Riyadh because several countries in the region have serious concerns,” he added.Grossi said he would hold a special session of the IAEA’s board of governors and that the body is providing technical expertise and support for the UAE. The “worst-case scenario” would be a direct hit on Barakah or Iran’s Bushehr plant — which has also been targeted in the war — with the potential for a leak of radioactive material, he told AFP.Cutting the power “has the practical effect of… necessitating emergency generation to keep the safety functions of the plant running,” he said. “To get to a meltdown would take much, much more. We would be talking of a situation where you would completely run out of external power.”Important meeting in Abu Dhabi ???????? with @mofauae’s @ABZayed. Advertisement At a time of increased concern for nuclear safety in the region and following the recent attack on the Barakah Nuclear Power Plant, it was important to be in the UAE and reaffirm the @IAEAorg’s support. The… pic.twitter.com/bvVfSPpU2R — Rafael Mariano Grossi (@rafaelmgrossi) June 2, 2026-After that drone strike, the ⁠UAE’s Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation said the plant remained safe and that no radioactive material had been released ​due to the attack.Hamad Al Kaabi, deputy chairman of the Board of Management of the Federal Authority for Nuclear Regulation, said Grossi’s visit “reflects the international community view that an attack on such a plant is not acceptable.”It was the first time the four-reactor Barakah plant had been targeted in the war. Yemen’s Houthi rebels, whom the UAE has battled as part of a Saudi-led coalition, claimed to have targeted the plant while it was under construction in 2017, which Abu Dhabi denied.Nuclear plants have increasingly been targeted in wars in recent years, including during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that began in 2022. During the Iran war, Tehran repeatedly claimed its Bushehr nuclear power plant came under attack, though there was no direct damage to its Russian-run reactor or any radiological release.During this year’s war, Iran launched more than 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 2,200 drones at the UAE, according to the Emirati defense ministry, making it the most-targeted country in the region, including Israel.While hostilities during the Iran conflict have largely been scaled down since a ceasefire came into effect in April, drones have been launched from Iraq toward Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.

Israeli arms sales break record for 5th year in row, reaching $19.2 billion in 2025-Defense Ministry says European demand still high despite Gaza war sanctions, exports to Asia nearly double; officials concerned by competition, shekel’s appreciation By Emanuel Fabian-2 June 2026, 12:00 pm-

Annual Israeli arms sales reached a new record in 2025, for the fifth consecutive year, up nearly 30 percent compared to the previous year, according to Defense Ministry figures released Tuesday.The ministry’s International Defense Cooperation Directorate, known as SIBAT, said defense exports totaled nearly $19.2 billion last year, up from $14.8 billion in 2024 — the previous record high.Sales to the Asia-Pacific region alone nearly doubled, from around $3.4 billion in 2024 to $6.1 billion last year.The rise in arms deals comes after Defense Ministry Director-General Amir Baram last year approved a series of reforms to boost Israel’s defense exports, including a “significant easing” in the licensing process and a “substantial expansion” of the list of permitted countries for export.Government-to-government (G2G) sales made up more than half of exports in 2025, amounting to around $10 billion. Over half of the total exports, 53%, were in deals worth over $100 million, the ministry said.Despite some governments, especially in Western Europe, canceling weapon deals with Israel or sanctioning Israeli defense firms — including barring them from defense expos — over the war in the Gaza Strip, ministry officials said they were still seeing a high demand for Israeli weapons from Europe.On Monday, the Defense Ministry said France had barred Israel from participating in the Eurosatory defense exhibition in Paris, preventing the ministry from establishing a national pavilion or sending government representatives to one of the world’s leading forums for arms sales.The move followed similar bans on Israeli companies displaying offensive arms at French defense shows in recent years.Officials also expressed concerns that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had boosted competition for Israel’s arms industry, providing another real-life proving ground for weapons systems, and said the strength of the shekel had also hampered exports.Nonetheless, the ministry said that the “unprecedented operational achievements” during the multi-front war of recent years, including during the two major rounds of conflict with Iran, “created strong demand for Israeli technology, and indeed 2025 continued the upward trend in defense exports and crossed the $19 billion threshold for the first time.”It touted the sales as a key contributor to Israel’s defense budget and international leverage.“The sharp increase in Israeli defense exports, particularly the record figure in G2G deals, reflects in practice the implementation of the Defense Ministry’s strategy to expand Israeli defense exports as a tool to ensure the IDF’s force buildup in an era of challenging budgets, to influence foreign policy, strengthen the defense industry and create additional budgetary sources for the defense budget,” it said.Europe was the largest purchaser of Israeli defense goods, buying 36% of the total exports in 2025, or $6.9 billion. This is down from around $7.9 billion worth of exports to Europe in 2024, which made up 54% of exports that year, a spike attributed to the $4.6 billion sale of the Arrow 3 long-range missile defense system to Germany. In 2023, Europe made up 35% of sales.The Asia-Pacific region followed with 32% of the exports, up from 23% in 2024.Middle Eastern and North African nations — including the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, which normalized relations with Israel in 2020 agreements known as the Abraham Accords — accounted for 15% of the arms purchases, up from 12% in 2024.Ministry officials said they estimated that after the war with Iran ends, Israeli arms exports to Gulf nations would increase further. During the recent conflict, Israel sent an Iron Dome air defense system and personnel to the UAE, which shot down Iranian missiles targeting the country.North America accounted for 13%, Latin America for 2%, and sub-Saharan Africa for 2%. These figures have stayed relatively stable in recent years.Ministry officials said they were concerned that Israel was no longer one of the only suppliers of “combat-proven” weapons, as many foreign systems have undergone significant use during the fighting in Ukraine. Many European nations have also ramped up production of weapons for export, making competition more difficult for Israel, the officials said.Additionally, the officials noted that the shekel’s appreciation versus the dollar over the past year has significantly hurt exporters’ profitability.Like previous years, air defense systems, missiles and rockets made up the largest chunk of exports, at 29%, according to the ministry’s figures.Surveillance systems and optoelectronics saw a significant jump, making up 22% of the exports, up from 6% in the previous year.Manned aircraft and avionics amounted to 11% of arms sales; radar and electronic warfare systems were 11%; and command, control, communications and computing systems made up 7%.While Israel is known for cyber-intelligence systems, these only amounted to 2% of all sales in 2025. Officials did not specify which countries they were sold to. Israeli sales of such technologies have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years due to allegations that they were used by some countries to spy on political dissidents and journalists.Unmanned aerial vehicles, weapons launchers and firearms, satellites and related space equipment, maritime systems, ammunition, and services accounted for much of the rest.“The very fact that even during a third year of fighting, Israel continues to break records in defense exports is proof of the high regard in which the defense establishment is held around the world,” said Defense Minister Israel Katz in remarks provided by the ministry.Baram, the ministry’s director-general, said that Israel’s budget for force buildup “relies heavily” on exports, “but we must not be satisfied with that.”“As part of a defense-industrial policy, we must advance complementary measures of investment in research and development and the expansion of industry production lines. This is the necessary step to ensure independence in critical munitions and interceptors, maintain technological superiority, and create the next ‘surprises’ of the State of Israel,” he said.

At UN Security Council, envoys blame Hezbollah for Lebanon violence, pan Israeli responseAssistant secretary-general says Israel’s push into northern neighbor violates UN resolution, as does Hezbollah’s refusal to disarm; France holds terror group, Iran responsible for fighting By Agencies and ToI Staff 2 June 2026, 3:01 pm

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Martha Pobee told an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Monday that Israel’s push into Lebanon violates Lebanon’s territorial integrity and the 2006 council resolution requiring Israel to withdraw south of the UN-drawn border with Lebanon.Pobee also accused Hezbollah of violating the resolution, which requires the terror group to disarm, and said the ultimate objective is “a durable, permanent ceasefire adhered to by all sides.”“The situation in Lebanon is deeply alarming,” Pobee said in a statement about the meeting on the UN website.France had called for the meeting, citing the escalating violence in Lebanon, its foreign ministry said in a statement.“It is Hezbollah, supported by Iran, that bears responsibility for the outbreak of hostilities,” France said at the meeting.While recognizing Israel’s right to defend itself, the French representative said that the scale of Israel’s operations in Lebanon cannot be justified and is a “major strategic mistake.”US Ambassador Mike Waltz said de-escalation and peace will come quickly “if Hezbollah immediately ceases its attacks, as apparently it’s promised, and the government of Lebanon asserts its full sovereignty, rebuilds, and brings its people home,” a reference to a ceasefire announced Monday by US President Donald Trump, though of unclear circumstances and commitment by both sides.Lebanon’s UN Ambassador Ahmad Arafa accused Israel of “capitalizing, as usual, on a tense regional climate” and engaging in a “systematic campaign of destruction” that in many instances “amount to war crimes.”Arafa said that if Israel commits to a ceasefire, “the state pledges that, once this is achieved, it alone will be held accountable and answerable for any subsequent violations.”Israeli envoy Danny Danon pointed out that Israel “did not wake up one morning and decide to enter Lebanon,” saying that rather, it “had no choice” after Hezbollah attacked Israel on March 2 in support of its sponsor, Iran, which was under assault in a joint US-Israeli campaign.Addressing the French envoy, he asked if France would wait “until the drones were buzzing over Paris” before it eliminated the threat.Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, urged all sides “to respect the cessation of hostilities.”Three months of intensified fighting-The latest round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the US and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran. Since then, 26 IDF soldiers and one Defense Ministry civilian contractor have been killed in southern Lebanon, 14 of them since a ceasefire was introduced on April 16. Two civilians were also killed by Hezbollah rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.In Lebanon, the Israeli military has said that it has killed over 2,500 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, since early March.Since March 2, Hezbollah has fired some 5,500 rockets at IDF troops operating in the south of the country, as well as around 2,500 at Israel, according to the military. There were at least 75 rocket impact sites in Israel.In addition, Hezbollah launched around 300 drones, of which 25 struck Israel, according to the IDF.The IDF believes Hezbollah still possesses thousands of short-range rockets, along with hundreds of longer-range projectiles. The IDF has said that Hezbollah is launching most of its attacks from deeper within southern Lebanon, north of the Litani River, and not from areas close to the border.UN chief urges peacekeepers must remain-UN chief Antonio Guterres said Monday that peacekeepers will be needed in Lebanon after the mandate of the current mission expires at year’s end — a prospect likely to face opposition from the United States and Israel.Last August, the UN Security Council, under US pressure, decided to end the mandate of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on December 31, 2026.However, it asked Guterres to propose options by June 1 to allow UN peacekeepers to remain in Lebanon, particularly to monitor the Blue Line, which stretches for 120 kilometers (75 miles), marking the de facto border between Lebanon and Israel — now the middle of the Israel-Hezbollah war.Israel has long argued that the observer force has failed in its mission, doing little to block Hezbollah from building up its forces near the Israeli border over the decades.In a report to the Security Council seen by AFP on Monday, Guterres proposed three options ranging from nearly 2,000 to more than 5,500 UN personnel to monitor the ceasefire and support the Lebanese armed forces.“Under all proposed options, a uniformed United Nations presence working to facilitate de-escalation, dialogue, liaison and coordination, and support for the Lebanese Armed Forces, would be necessary… towards the overarching objective of a long-term solution to the conflict,” the report said.UNIFIL currently counts some 7,500 peacekeepers from nearly 50 countries. They are deployed in south Lebanon near the Blue Line.The force has been a buffer between Lebanon and Israel since 1978, although its presence has not prevented repeated outbreaks of conflict.Several Lebanese sources told AFP that Beirut, which has pledged to disarm Hezbollah but has so far not fulfilled the promise, supports maintaining a UN presence after the departure of UNIFIL.“Recent developments have only heightened Lebanon’s urgent need for continued UN and international assistance, specifically to facilitate an Israeli withdrawal on the one hand, and to enable the state to extend its authority over its entire territory on the other,” said Lebanon’s ambassador to the UN, Arafa, thanking Guterres for his report.Several members of the Security Council also support replacing UNIFIL, particularly China and Russia.“As UNIFIL’s mandate is about to expire, the Security Council must make a responsible decision to ensure the continued UN presence in Lebanon, and to prevent a security vacuum,” said Fu Cong, China’s UN envoy.But the US and close ally Israel welcomed the vote last summer that ended UNIFIL.The Trump administration has questioned the effectiveness of UN peacekeeping missions and has withheld part of the US financial contribution to support them, forcing the UN to reduce its troops worldwide.

Northern towns to get longer warning time for rocket attacks-Hezbollah and IDF trade fire despite nominal truce as Lebanon-Israel talks to resume-5th round of talks to be held at US State Department; Lebanese army says 2 troops wounded in IDF strike; France’s FM: No justification for Israeli troops to stay deep inside Lebanon By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian-and Agencies 2 June 2026, 1:58 pm

Israel and Lebanon were set to hold a fresh round of talks on Tuesday, as Hezbollah continued to target Israeli troops in Lebanon and fresh IDF strikes were reported, despite indications from US President Donald Trump that Washington had brokered a truce between Israel and the Iran-backed terror group.Negotiations between Israel and Lebanon were set to take place Tuesday and Wednesday at the US State Department in Washington — the fifth round of talks between the sides since April.During the third round last month, the sides agreed to separate the talks into political and security tracks, with the latter meeting for the first time last week. This week’s talks will be only for the political track.A Lebanese diplomatic official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity in line with regulations said that Beirut was still committed to holding talks to end the conflict despite the tensions.Lebanon, whose government has committed to disarming Hezbollah, has demanded a halt to Israel’s strikes and full Israeli withdrawal, while Israel, which accuses Beirut of failing to disarm Hezbollah, demands that the terror group give up its weapons. Hezbollah has rejected the direct talks.In an apparent sign that the terror group will respect the new truce, an aide to Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, a key Hezbollah ally, said the senior government figure will guarantee the Iran-backed group’s adherence to a “global ceasefire” with Israel.Berri, who heads the Hezbollah-allied Amal party, has long acted as an intermediary between the group and the United States. His adviser Ali Hamdan told AFP Tuesday that “speaker Berri’s main demand is a global ceasefire. If a global ceasefire deal is reached, he will guarantee Hezbollah’s respect for it.”Hamdan clarified that a “global ceasefire means a halt to Israeli strikes by air, land or sea, and that it will not carry out detonations or demolitions” in the south, where Israel is accused of razing entire villages, which have been riddled with Hezbollah tunnels and positions, many inside homes.Fire continues despite truce announcement-Despite the planned talks and the declared truce, Hezbollah appeared to continue its attacks on Tuesday morning, when sirens were triggered in the northern city of Kiryat Shmona and nearby border communities by a suspected drone over an area of southern Lebanon where troops were operating. A short time later the military said the incident had ended without injuries.Overnight, the IDF said it had intercepted two Hezbollah rockets fired toward Safed, while an apparent Hezbollah drone struck a military position in the Western Galilee, close to the border with Lebanon. There were no injuries in either of those incidents.Lebanon’s National News Agency said Israel conducted fresh airstrikes on south Lebanon on Tuesday morning.The Lebanese army said two of its soldiers were moderately wounded in an Israeli drone strike on a road between the towns of Habboush and Deir al-Zahrani, in the Nabatieh area.The Israeli military did not comment on the incident.In a separate incident, an Israeli strike was reported on a car in the southern Lebanon town of Toul, near Nabatieh.There was no immediate comment from the IDF.Also on Tuesday, the IDF reiterated its evacuation warning for Nabatieh ahead of strikes targeting Hezbollah, having first issued the warning for the southern Lebanese city last week.“We renew our urgent warning to the residents of Lebanon located in the city of Nabatieh. For your safety, you must evacuate your homes immediately and move north of the Zahrani River,” warned army spokesman Col. Avichay Adraee.“In light of the Hezbollah terror organization violating the ceasefire agreement, the IDF is compelled to act against it forcefully. The IDF does not intend to harm you,” he added.Commenting on strikes in southern Lebanon carried out on Monday, the IDF said it bombed Hezbollah weapon depots, command centers, and other infrastructure where members of the terror group were operating. The military published footage of the strikes.According to Lebanon’s civil defense agency, six people were killed in one Israeli strike on the southern village of Marwaniyeh Monday night, with three more wounded.In a statement on Facebook, the agency said rescue operations had been ongoing since late Monday at the site of “a residential building that was targeted” in the town, near the coastal city of Sidon, adding that “these operations resulted in the removal of six bodies and the rescue of three wounded people.”Extended warning times-Amid the continued attacks on Israel and Israeli troops, the IDF Home Front Command said it would be extending the warning times given for rocket fire from Lebanon on Haifa and another 160 communities in northern Israel from 60 seconds after a siren is heard to 90 seconds.This was set to begin at 4 p.m. on Tuesday.The Home Front Command, along with other military bodies, analyzed Hezbollah’s rocket fire and the IDF’s detection systems, and determined that 161 communities in the north can be given longer warning times.Similar moves were carried out by the Home Front Command in recent months in communities along the Lebanon border, in the Golan Heights, in the Galilee, as well as in the southernmost city of Eilat.‘Nothing can justify Israel’s occupation’Trump’s push for a truce — reportedly after Tehran threatened to bolt talks with the US if the IDF didn’t cease its strikes in Lebanon — came as the previous ceasefire brokered on April 16 largely evaporated, with Hezbollah keeping up its relentless rocket and drone attacks and the IDF pushing ahead with widening airstrikes and an expanded ground operation.France’s foreign minister said Tuesday that there was no justification for Israeli troops remaining deep inside Lebanon.“Nothing can justify the continuation of military operations and Israel’s prolonged occupation deep inside Lebanese territory,” Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot told France TV.On Sunday, the IDF said it had captured the historic Beaufort Castle and the surrounding strategic ridge as it pushed deeper into Lebanon. Israel previously held the castle area during the 18-year occupation of southern Lebanon in 1982-2000, before troops were withdrawn.The latest round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the US and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran. Since then, 26 IDF soldiers and one Defense Ministry civilian contractor have been killed in southern Lebanon, 14 of them since a ceasefire was introduced on April 16. Two civilians were also killed by Hezbollah rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.In Lebanon, the Israeli military has said that it has killed over 2,500 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, since early March.Since March 2, Hezbollah has fired some 5,500 rockets at IDF troops operating in the south of the country, as well as around 2,500 at Israel, according to the military. There were at least 75 rocket impact sites in Israel.In addition, Hezbollah launched around 300 drones, of which 25 struck Israel, according to the IDF.The IDF believes Hezbollah still possesses thousands of short-range rockets, along with hundreds of longer-range projectiles. The IDF has said that Hezbollah is launching most of its attacks from deeper within southern Lebanon, north of the Litani River, and not from areas close to the border.

Thousands protest in Albania against Jared Kushner-linked resort project-Protesters chant ‘Ivanka, go home’ as they demand government block project allegedly linked to US president’s son-in-law By AFP Today, 6:49 am-JUN 3,26

TIRANA, Albania — Thousands of Albanians protested Tuesday against a coastal tourism complex allegedly linked to US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.Chanting “Cancel the project” and holding banners reading “Albania is not for sale” and “Ivanka, go home” — a reference to Kushner’s wife — the protesters demanded the government block the resort project, which has raised concerns over environmental damage and corruption.The project includes the construction of hotel complexes on the uninhabited island of Sazan and in the protected coastal area of Vjosa-Narta, located in the southern community of Zvernec.On Tuesday, the special prosecutor’s office to combat corruption and organized crime (SPAK) said it had opened an investigation into the funds used for acquiring the land titles and their sale to investors.The demonstration in the capital Tirana followed an initial gathering in Zvernec on Saturday, where dozens of people, including environmental activists, protested over the installation of barbed wire blocking access to the beach.Private security guards attacked and injured several protesters, leading authorities to suspend several police officers and revoke the licenses of two private security companies.It is not confirmed that the land surrounded by barbed wire has been bought by companies linked to Kushner, who presented a plan for development projects in Albania two years ago.According to that plan, Kushner intended to transform the island of Sazan — formerly a secret communist military base — into a luxury tourist destination, a development worth an estimated 1.4 billion euros ($1.2 billion). Luxury hotels were also planned to be built in Zvernec.In January, around 40 environmental organizations called for the suspension of the resort plans, citing threats to biodiversity.On Tuesday, Socialist Prime Minister Edi Rama invited the protesters to choose a delegation of about 20 people to discuss possible solutions.The protesters rejected the proposal and announced another gathering for Wednesday.

PM announces $4.5 billion for war-battered north at ‘special meeting’ few ministers attend-Netanyahu vows ‘people will flock to the north’ and that solution will be found to counter Hezbollah drone threat, after showing up late for meeting no northern mayors were invited to By ToI Staff and Agencies Today, 4:25 am-JUN 3,26

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu late Tuesday announced the government approved an extra NIS 13 billion ($4.5 billion) to strengthen the war-battered north, following a “special meeting” of the government on the subject that nearly all ministers skipped.The meeting, which was hurriedly scheduled after the issue was removed from this week’s cabinet meeting agenda, was not held in the north and no northern mayors or residents were invited.Hailing the “dramatic decisions,” Netanyahu said the money would go toward developing the area within nine kilometers from the Lebanon border, including reinforcing structures amid frequent attacks by Hezbollah, though he stressed that adding bomb shelters cannot be the only step.The premier added the government’s goal was to attract 100,000 new residents to the area by improving health, transportation, education and tourism infrastructure as well as job opportunities.“People will flock to the north. I said the same about the south,” Netanyahu said, referring to communities close to Gaza that were devastated by Hamas on October 7, 2023.“Today there is very strong demand there; there is tremendous growth and flourishing — and that is what will happen here as well.”Addressing the persistent threat of Hezbollah explosive drones, Netanyahu again said Israel will find a solution and that “the best minds in Israel and abroad” are committed to the “national project” of finding one.“We will solve this problem. We will restore security and prosperity to the north,” he said.Netanyahu arrived late for the meeting, after missing its beginning and being criticized by opposition leaders over the matter.Besides Netanyahu, the only ministers in attendance were Avi Dichter, Ze’ev Elkin, Amichay Eliyahu and Ofir Sofer.Northern mayors have long fumed at what they view as insufficient government attention and help for communities that have been continuously hit by Hezbollah attacks for several years, with many residents having left and businesses closed.“The residents of the north deserve leadership that will see them and take care of them,” Yashar party leader Gadi Eisenkot wrote on X, as fellow opposition chiefs Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid also criticized the low ministerial attendance.

Alon Ohel rejoices as IDF kills Hamas terrorist who took him and friends hostage on Oct. 7-Youssef Ayesh Awad Ramadan among those who abducted Ohel, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy from a roadside bomb shelter after killing others seeking shelter By Emanuel Fabian,Stav Levaton,Reuters and ToI Staff 2 June 2026, 11:50 pm

A Hamas terrorist who abducted four Israeli hostages during one of the most brutal incidents of the October 7, 2023, onslaught was killed in a Monday airstrike, the military announced Tuesday, sparking celebrations from one of his former captives.According to the IDF, Youssef Ayesh Awad Ramadan, a deputy commander of a Nukhba Force cell, invaded Israel on October 7 and took part in the abduction of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alon Ohel, Eliya Cohen and Or Levy from a roadside bomb shelter near the Gaza border community of Re’im.The strike targeting Ramadan on Monday was to “remove a threat” to troops, the statement said.The IDF added that during the war and recently, Ramadan advanced attacks on Israeli troops and citizens, “and therefore posed an immediate threat to our forces operating in the Gaza Strip.”In April, the IDF announced that another Hamas terrorist who abducted those four hostages from Re’im was also killed, alongside several other Hamas operatives.Ohel, Cohen, and Levy were released from Hamas captivity in hostage-ceasefire deals with the terror group in 2025, while Goldberg-Polin was murdered in captivity, and his body was recovered by the IDF in August 2024.Reacting to the announcement, Ohel thanked the IDF for their “incredible work” in killing his former captor, adding “Until the last terrorist.”"Until the last terrorist": Freed hostage Alon Ahel, one of the four who were kidnapped by Ramzan, celebrates his elimination. https://t.co/u1NgUiMhgV pic.twitter.com/MmjSYeaSEc Advertisement — Amit Segal (@AmitSegal) June 2, 2026-People escaping from the Supernova Festival, where terrorists had gunned down hundreds of party-goers, had run into the shelter to hide, but soon came under attack again as the terrorists continued to maraud through the area.The terrorists fired into the shelter and threw in multiple grenades. A young off-duty soldier Aner Shapiro defended civilians huddled inside, lobbing the grenades back out, one after the other. He did so seven times, before the eighth grenade mortally wounded him.After Shapiro was injured, terrorists entered the shelter and killed some of those inside, injured others and took some hostage. Polin-Goldberg lost an arm in the attack and Ohel was wounded in the eye.Those who survived did so by hiding under the bodies of the dead for hours until rescuers arrived at their location.Israel has reportedly compiled a list of all Palestinians who took part in the October 7 invasion, and is aiming to kill or arrest each one. According to the Wall Street Journal, the initiative began immediately after the attacks, and “hundreds” have since been crossed off the list, from high-level terror commanders to civilians who crossed the border and joined the attacks.Gaza strikes continue-Earlier Tuesday, the IDF said it struck and killed five terror operatives in the Gaza Strip in recent days, “to remove an immediate threat” to troops.The operatives had planned attacks on forces stationed in Gaza “in the immediate timeframe,” the military said.They were identified by the IDF as Salem Qariqa, a member of Hamas’s Shejaiya Battalion who worked to build explosives and advanced sniper attacks on troops; Saeed Shamali, a Nukhba Force team commander; Ahmad Khallas, a sniper platoon commander in the Palestinian Islamic Jihad; and two more Hamas commanders who planted bombs targeting Israeli troops.Meanwhile, Israeli fire killed at least four Palestinians in separate incidents across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Gaza health officials said.Medics said at least one person was killed and four were wounded when an Israeli airstrike hit a vehicle east of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip. The blast left the vehicle a mangled skeleton.Another strike earlier in the day killed one person and wounded another in the nearby Zawayda town, they added. Later on Tuesday, an airstrike killed one person at a tent encampment in Khan Younis, in the south of the enclave.The Israeli military did not immediately comment on those incidents.Israeli gunfire also killed one man in northwest Khan Younis, medics said, taking Tuesday’s death toll to at least four.The IDF said in a statement they had fired towards two people approaching the Israeli-controlled yellow line.Israel foils tobacco smuggling attempt-Elsewhere in the Strip, security forces thwarted an attempt to smuggle hundreds of tobacco pouches into the Gaza Strip today after finding the packages concealed inside a shipment of wheelchairs, the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) said Tuesday.Inspectors from the Defense Ministry’s Land Crossings Authority, working alongside COGAT, discovered the hidden tobacco during a security inspection of aid destined for Gaza at the Tarqumiya Crossing in the West Bank.COGAT chief Maj. Gen. Yoram Halevi ordered an investigation into the incident, the agency said.COGAT described the alleged smuggling attempt as a “cynical exploitation” of a humanitarian medical aid shipment, and says organizations coordinating aid deliveries bear responsibility for the contents of their cargo.“While Israel allows and facilitates the entry of humanitarian aid and medical equipment, Hamas and other actors continue to exploit every opportunity, including medical shipments, for smuggling and military buildup,” Halevi said in a statement.“We will therefore continue to strengthen our monitoring mechanisms, conduct thorough inspections of every truck, and act with determination and zero tolerance against anyone who attempts to exploit the humanitarian assistance mechanism for the benefit of terrorist organizations,” he added.Israel has banned the entry of cigarettes and other tobacco products into Gaza during the war, with officials saying that such products, when smuggled illegally, are sold for high prices on the black market and heavily taxed by Hamas.

Hezbollah said to threaten Tel Aviv if IDF bombs Beirut-Fresh Israel-Lebanon talks begin in DC, as IDF eases safety restrictions in northern Israel-PM said to fear Trump will further restrict Israel’s freedom of action against Hezbollah; at least 4 said killed in strikes on southern Lebanon; reservist, 3 soldiers hurt in drone strike-By Emanuel Fabian,Stav Levaton,ToI Staff and Agencies 2 June 2026, 11:27 pm

A new round of talks between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors was held in Washington on Tuesday, a day after US President Donald Trump said he had received commitments of de-escalation from both Jerusalem and Hezbollah, and as both sides continued to trade blows, albeit at a reduced scale, despite this assertion.Tuesday’s talks, the fourth round to be held by diplomatic representatives of the two countries, which do not have ties and have been in a state of war since 1948, were being held at the State Department and are scheduled to last for two days. The US State Department touted “progress” after the session on Tuesday.A senior Lebanese official told Reuters that the Washington talks would explore ways to reinforce the fragile ceasefire, possibly through phased approaches.The official said that could mean establishing “pilot zones” — specific geographic areas where hostilities would stop, Israeli troops would withdraw and Lebanese soldiers would deploy, gradually building up to a ceasefire across Lebanon.And as the latest US-brokered truce appeared to be at least partially holding, the IDF Home Front Command announced on Tuesday evening that it would ease safety restrictions in communities along the northern border.Israel and the US want to see Hezbollah disarmed, an objective shared by the Lebanese government but rejected by the Iran-backed terror group.Youssef al-Zein, the head of Hezbollah’s press office, said the group would not take a public stance on any ceasefire proposal without a formal declaration compelling Israel to fully halt hostilities across Lebanon.“Hezbollah will monitor developments both on the battlefield and in diplomatic channels in the coming days,” Zein said.Lebanese officials have said that Trump’s latest ceasefire deal involves Israel refraining from attacking Beirut’s southern suburbs in return for Hezbollah not attacking Israeli territory.The ceasefire announced by Trump on Monday was intended to replace the previous US-brokered truce from April 16, which disintegrated in recent days amid increased Hezbollah rocket and drone attacks on Israeli troops in southern Lebanon and communities in northern Israel, and escalating threats of Israeli strikes on Beirut.Although Hezbollah scaled down its attacks on Tuesday, it did not stop entirely, and a senior official from the Iran-backed group said it would not accept a “partial ceasefire” with Israel.“We will not accept a partial ceasefire,” Mahmoud Qomati told AFP in a written statement, adding that “the Zionist enemy should know that any aggression against the suburbs could lead to a deeper and stronger response” from the group. The suburbs refers the Dahiyeh, Hezbollah’s stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs.Israel’s Channel 12 said in an unsourced report that Hezbollah was threatening to strike Tel Aviv and Haifa if Beirut was bombed.On Tuesday night, the IDF said one reservist was moderately injured and three more soldiers were lightly hurt by a Hezbollah explosive drone in southern Lebanon earlier in the day.The troops were taken to a hospital and their families notified, the army added.Israel, for its part, backed down from the threat of striking Beirut’s southern suburbs for the time being, following a phone call between Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday.It kept up its strikes on southern Lebanon, however, with Lebanese state media reporting at least four dead from airstrikes and artillery fire in two towns on Tuesday.The IDF ordered residents of the city of Nabatieh, a major Hezbollah stronghold, to leave ahead of strikes.The military said in a statement Tuesday evening that troops of the Givati Brigade captured hundreds of weapons and directed strikes that killed some 20 Hezbollah operatives during operations north of the Litani River in recent days.The brigade has been operating in the towns of Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Zawtar al-Gharbiya, west of the Beaufort Castle, as part of efforts to “strengthen operational control in southern Lebanon, and to remove the direct threat to the Galilee Panhandle and Metula,” the IDF said.So far during the raids in the area, the military said, the brigade has directed over 100 airstrikes, killing some 20 Hezbollah operatives, alongside locating “hundreds of weapons in civilian homes in the area.”The IDF said the troops were taken to a hospital and their families were notified.Restrictions eased on northern border-In light of the somewhat reduced tensions on the northern border, the IDF Home Front Command said on Tuesday evening that it was easing its guidelines, allowing schools in the area to reopen.Educational activities will now be permitted inside a building, or in an area where a shelter can be reached in time, in all communities along the Lebanon border, as well as in Meron, Bar Yohai, Or HaGanuz, Safsufa, Yesud HaMa’ala, Kisra-Sumei, Beit Jann and Sde Eliezer. Previously, educational activities were prohibited in those areas.Workplaces can also operate in all of those areas, either inside a building or in an area from which adequate shelter can be reached in time.According to the latest guidelines, gatherings are now restricted to 100 people outdoors and 400 indoors, after previously being restricted to 50 and 200, respectively, and beaches are being reopened.In the Upper Galilee and northern Golan, along with Katzrin and Kidmat Tzvi, all restrictions imposed earlier this week have been lifted. These guidelines remain in effect until Sunday at 7 p.m. By then, the Home Front Command will conduct another assessment.Coinciding with the Home Front Command’s decision to ease restrictions, the government held a pre-scheduled “special meeting” on efforts to rehabilitate the war-battered front.The meeting was attended, however, by just three ministers.After the issue was removed from this week’s cabinet meeting and Tuesday’s meeting scheduled instead, the Ynet news site said only Avi Dichter (Likud), Ze’ev Elkin (New Hope), and Amichay Eliyahu (Otzma Yehudit) showed up.Following intense public criticism, Netanyahu also arrived at the meeting.Furthermore, Hebrew media reported that the meeting was not held in northern Israel, and no northern mayors or residents were invited to attend, despite having long criticized the government for what they view as insufficient attention and help for the communities that have been battered by years of Hezbollah attacks that have forced many residents to leave and businesses to close.Israel reportedly wary of further US intervention-While Washington’s ceasefire efforts have so far only required Israel to hold off on striking Beirut, Channel 12 reported on Tuesday evening that Netanyahu was concerned that this could ultimately pave the way for additional US restrictions on the IDF’s freedom of action in Lebanon.According to the report, Israeli officials fear that the Trump administration could expand on its demand that Israel refrain from striking Beirut and begin limiting IDF operations in Lebanon more broadly. One Israeli source familiar with the matter told the network that Netanyahu is particularly concerned Washington could insist that the IDF operate only in cases of an immediate threat to troops, a shift from current policy.The network reported that Trump was angered by a joint statement issued on Monday by Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz, as well as a video published by Netanyahu threatening strikes in Beirut. According to a senior US official cited by the network, Trump felt Netanyahu was “out of control” and at risk of undermining ongoing US-Iran negotiations.Reports later Monday said that Trump did not hold back during a phone call with Netanyahu on Monday night, allegedly calling the Israeli premier “fucking crazy” and telling him that “everybody hates you now.”Related: Trump said to yell at Netanyahu: ‘You’re f**king crazy. You’d be in prison if not for me’An Israeli source briefed on the call similarly described it to Channel 12 on Tuesday as a “terrible conversation” in which Trump “really went at Bibi” and demanded he immediately abandon plans to strike Beirut and avoid jeopardizing talks with Iran.A separate Channel 12 report alleged, however, that not only had Trump known that Israel was going to threaten to strike Beirut, but had agreed to it in advance, in an undisclosed phone call with Netanyahu several days earlier.According to this report, the two men agreed that Israel would issue an evacuation warning for Beirut’s Dahiyeh district solely as a threat, without any intention of carrying out a strike. The move was reportedly meant to pressure Hezbollah and support negotiations with the Lebanese government.However, it alleged, officials in the Trump administration later became concerned that Netanyahu might use that understanding as a basis for carrying out an actual strike, prompting Trump to intervene and halt the planned operation.The report added that Israel had, as feared by Washington, already prepared for the strike and was awaiting only final US approval before Trump intervened to call it off.The network further reported that the statement issued by Netanyahu after his call with Trump on Monday — warning that Israel would proceed with striking Beirut if Hezbollah continued to fire on Israeli cities — further irritated the administration and led to another, even harsher conversation between the two leaders.Defense Minister Katz said on Tuesday afternoon that Hezbollah would be targeted in Beirut if the terror group carried out further attacks on Israel, while also confirming that the United States had prevented the military from carrying out strikes on the Lebanese capital.Overnight, Hezbollah launched two rockets at the Safed area in northern Israel, which were intercepted. Israel did not respond with strikes in Beirut, despite Israeli leaders vowing to do so.“Following a request by the US, until yesterday, the IDF refrained from carrying out powerful strikes in Beirut, apart from targeted eliminations, due to US efforts to reach an agreement with Iran,” Katz said at a conference Tuesday morning.“Yesterday, the prime minister and I led a move together with the IDF whose purpose was to create an equation stating that the status of Dahiyeh in Beirut is the same as that of the northern communities in Israel, and if Israeli communities continue to be attacked, we will strike the Shiite Dahiyeh district in Beirut, which is Hezbollah’s stronghold,” he said.Katz said that the US “endorsed the principle and conveyed it to the Lebanese government and all relevant parties.”“The test of the policy for protecting the communities will be simple and will become clear in the coming days: If the fire on the communities stops, or if there is fire on the communities and we strike in the Dahiyeh in Beirut, this equation will be realized,” he continued.“From our perspective, there will not be a situation in which our communities are fired upon without a powerful response against the Dahiyeh district in Beirut, after evacuating its residents, as we have done in the past,” Katz added.Three months of ostensible ceasefire-The latest round of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah began on March 2, when Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel two days after the US and Israel attacked its main backer, Iran. Since then, 26 IDF soldiers and one Defense Ministry civilian contractor have been killed in southern Lebanon, 14 of them since a ceasefire was introduced on April 16. Two civilians were also killed by Hezbollah rockets, and an Israeli civilian was mistakenly killed in the north by Israeli artillery shelling.In Lebanon, the Israeli military has said that it has killed over 2,500 Hezbollah operatives, including hundreds of members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, since early March.Since March 2, Hezbollah has fired some 5,500 rockets at IDF troops operating in the south of the country, as well as around 2,500 at Israel, according to the military. There were at least 75 rocket impact sites in Israel.In addition, Hezbollah launched around 300 drones, of which 25 struck Israel, according to the IDF.The IDF believes Hezbollah still possesses thousands of short-range rockets, along with hundreds of longer-range projectiles. The IDF has said that Hezbollah is launching most of its attacks from deeper within southern Lebanon.

Netanyahu said to halt progress of controversial West Bank and Gaza antiquities bill-Legislation to create new authority under the Heritage Ministry, opposed by IDF and many archaeologists, was pitched by sponsors as a step toward annexation By Rossella Tercatin-2 June 2026, 11:07 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu halted the legislative process of a controversial bill seeking to extend direct Israeli civilian control over antiquities in the West Bank and Gaza, an unnamed source from the coalition told the Haaretz news outlet on Tuesday.The bill, which aimed to establish a “Judea, Samaria and Gaza Heritage Authority” under the Heritage Ministry, was widely seen as a step toward annexation of the disputed territories, with sponsors of the bill openly naming that as one of its goals.The Knesset Education, Culture and Sports Committee had scheduled a meeting Tuesday morning to vote on amendments to the bill as part of the work to prepare it for its final readings in the plenum, but the meeting was canceled shortly before it started.A new meeting on the bill had not been scheduled as of Tuesday evening, though this is not out of the ordinary, as usually the committee’s schedule for the following week is published on Wednesdays and is always subject to change, even at the last minute.The Israel Defense Forces has officially stated its opposition to the proposal, and the committee’s legal adviser warned that if passed into law, it would violate Israel’s international commitments and reinforce claims of “creeping annexation.”Last week, a National Security Council official told the Knesset committee that Netanyahu had asked Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs to examine the controversial bill and present him with the government’s conclusions.During the meeting, the bill’s sponsors, MK Zvi Sukkot of Religious Zionism and Amit Halevi of Likud, expressed hope that the bill could be advanced to the plenum for its final readings within days, but Sukkot said he would abide by Netanyahu’s request if the prime minister wished to delay.The vast majority of archaeologists agree that antiquities in the West Bank have been significantly impacted by looting, vandalism and neglect; however, the bill has faced backlash from the outset.Many archaeologists have said the new system would not help care for the antiquities, in light of the complexity of the area, but would rather further expose Israeli academics to boycotts and cuts to international funding.Others pointed out that, according to prevalent interpretations of international law, Israel is not allowed to conduct academic excavations in the disputed areas, but only salvage excavations.And many charged the coalition with using the field of antiquities to advance a policy of annexation, without explicitly labeling it as such.

Jerusalem official: Israel has proved a 'true friend' of UAE-Israel to send 2 delegations to UAE next week as ties strengthen amid Iran war-Unnamed official says delegations to include transport ministry team for trade talks; would be first official visit to UAE since war started, though PM has said he secretly went-By AFP and ToI Staff 2 June 2026, 8:09 pm

Two Israeli delegations will arrive in the United Arab Emirates next week, a senior Israeli official told AFP on Monday, adding that ties between the two countries are growing closer because of the war with Iran.According to the Gulf-based official, who requested to remain anonymous, the Israeli delegations will include a transportation ministry team that will discuss a trade corridor linking India, the Middle East and Europe.The visits will be the first official delegations since the war with Iran erupted on February 28, though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said he secretly visited the UAE during the war, as did several top Israeli officials, according to reports. However, the UAE denied that Netanyahu visited, calling the statement from his office “entirely unfounded.”Weeks of drone and missile bombardment from Iran drew a hawkish response from the oil-rich UAE, aligning it more closely with Israel. Cooperation between the countries during the war reportedly included coordinated attacks on Iran, intelligence sharing, detection and interception of Iranian missiles and drones, and selecting Iranian targets.“This presents an opportunity to enhance ties. We believe in this market… We believe people should come. There’s a lot of opportunity for cooperation,” the Israeli official said. “The enhancement in cooperation will grow further, not only in military cooperation.”The official did not confirm US comments that Israel sent Iron Dome air defense batteries and personnel to the UAE. They also refused to comment on a recent Wall Street Journal report that the UAE carried out dozens of strikes on Iran during the war.“Israel proved itself a true friend of the UAE when other countries didn’t. Israel came to stand side-by-side… in a country like the UAE, it matters,” the official said.During the US-Israel war on Iran, Tehran launched sustained attacks on the UAE, firing some 550 ballistic and cruise missiles and more than 2,200 drones, according to the Emirati defense ministry, making it the most-targeted country in the region, including Israel. The UAE has also been targeted several times amid the truce, including an attack on a nuclear plant.It has also paid a heavy economic price for the war, with tourism slumping and energy exports slashed as Iran blocks the key Strait of Hormuz. But rather than call for a ceasefire, it has insisted on a comprehensive solution that goes beyond a truce and extends to Iran’s missile program and support for regional proxies.“They’re very brave with the position that they took. [Other countries] just want to bounce back to what was before they were attacked,” the official said. “I don’t say attack back, but don’t bury your heads in the sand.”Israel and the UAE established diplomatic, economic and security ties in 2020 under the Abraham Accords, a deal motivated in part by the shared threat of Iran.Last week, US President Donald Trump demanded that all regional countries involved in the Iran negotiations join the accords as part of a peace deal with Iran, though he faces an uphill battle, with Saudi Arabia reiterating its long-held position that it will only normalize relations with Israel if an “irreversible pathway” to Palestinian statehood is established, which Israel opposes.For the Israeli official, closer Emirati ties will show “the strength of the Abraham Accords, which hopefully will be expanded and create a more peaceful region.”

THE FALSE VATICAN POPE LEO 14TH

ISAIAH 23:15-17
15  And it shall come to pass in that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten seventy years, according to the days of one king: after the end of seventy years shall Tyre sing as an harlot.
16  Take an harp, go about the city, thou harlot that hast been forgotten; make sweet melody, sing many songs, that thou mayest be remembered.
17  And it shall come to pass after the end of seventy years, that the LORD will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth.(COULD THIS BE 70 YEARS AFTER ISRAEL BECAME A NATION IN 1948)(IF SO THIS SATANIC ONE WORLD WHORE CHURCH WILL MINGLE TOGETHER BY 2018)(AND NOW ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY AND ALL RELIGIONS ARE MINGLING AS ONE PEACE-LOVE-JOY-GET ALONG RELIGION LEAD BY THE VATICAN RIGHT NOW 4 YEARS FROM THE 70 YEAR TIME WHEN ISRAEL BECAME A NATION).AND IN CONTROL OF JERUSALEM.

REVELATION 13:11-18
11 And I beheld another beast coming up out of the earth;(FALSE VATICAN POPE) and he had two horns like a lamb,(JESUS IS THE LAMB OF GOD) and he spake as a dragon.(HES SATANICALLY INSPIRED,HES A CHRISTIAN DEFECTOR FROM THE FAITH)
12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him,(WORLD DICTATOR) and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast, whose deadly wound was healed.(THE WORLD DICTATOR CREATES A FALSE RESURRECTION AND IS CROWNED LEADER OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER).
13 And he doeth great wonders, so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men,
14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast, which had the wound by a sword, and did live.
15 And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
16 And he(FALSE POPE) causeth all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, or in their foreheads:(CHIP IMPLANT)
17 And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
18 Here is wisdom. Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast: for it is the number of a man; and his number is Six hundred threescore and six.(6-6-6) A NUMBER SYSTEM

REVELATION 17:1-18
1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters:(VATICAN)
2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication,(VATICAN IN POLITICS) and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.(THATS PEDOPHELIA-FORNICATION IS SINGLES HAVING SEX OUT SIDE OF MARRIAGE)(AND SINCE PREISTS CAN NOT MARRY IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THIS FALSE CHURCH GOES AGAINST THE BIBLE.THE CATHOLIC CHURCH BECOMES A HOMOSEXUAL HAVEN OF PEDOPHILIAS FACTORY).  
3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
4 And the woman (FALSE CHURCH) was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour,(VATICAN COLOURS)(ANOTHER REASON WE KNOW THE FALSE POPE COMES FROM THE VATICAN) and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication:(THE VATICAN GOES AGAINST A PRIEST MARRING A WOMAN-LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS-AND WHATS AN ABOMINATION AGAINST GOD-HOMOSEXUALITY AND PEDOPHILIA JUST LIKE THIS SCRIPTURE SAYS-FORNICATION IS THE SINGLE HOMOSEXUAL PRIESTS IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH HAVING UNMARRIED FORNICATION OR SEX WITH SINGLES-IN THIS CASE ITS SEX WITH CHILDREN OR PEDOPHILIA)
5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
7 And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is.
9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth.(THE VATICAN IS BUILT ON 7 HILLS OR MOUNTAINS)
10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen,(1-ASSYRIA,2-EGYPT,3-BABYLON,4-MEDO-PERSIA,5-GREECE) and one is,(IN POWER IN JOHNS AND JESUS DAY-6-ROME) and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.(7TH-REVIVED ROMAN EMPIRE OR THE EUROPEAN UNION TODAY AND THE SHORT SPACE IS-THE EUROPEAN UNION WILL HAVE WORLD CONTROL FOR THE LAST 3 1/2 YEARS.BUT WILL HAVE ITS MIGHTY WORLD POWER FOR THE FULL 7 YEARS OF THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION PERIOD.AND THE WORLD DICTATOR WILL BE THE BEAST FROM THE EU.AND THE VATICAN POPE WILL BE THE WHORE THAT RIDES THE EUROPEAN UNION TO POWER.AND THE 2 EUROPEAN UNION POWER FREAKS WILL CONTROL AND DECIEVE THE WHOLE EARTH INTO THEIR DESTRUCTION.IF YOU ARE NOT SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS.YOU WILL BE DECIEVED BY THESE TWO.THE WORLD POLITICIAN-THE EUROPEAN UNION DICTATOR.AND THE FALSE PROPHET THAT DEFECTS CHRISTIANITY-THE FALSE VATICAN POPE.
11 And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings, which have received no kingdom as yet; but receive power as kings one hour with the beast.
13 These have one mind, and shall give their power and strength unto the beast.
14 These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful.
15 And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues.(VATICAN-CATHOLICS ALL AROUND THE WORLD OVER 1 BILLION)
16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast,(WORLD DICTATOR) these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.(GOD HIMSELF GIVES THE OK TO NUKE THE VATICAN)
17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.(VATICAN)

HOW THE FALSE POPE IS ELECTED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nj3Qnr_30Z4
POPE FRANCIS SISTER (PEDOPHILIA WAY WORSE THEN THOUGHT) (CARDINAL MATEO TERESCO-THE NEXT COVERUP POPE OF PEDOPHILIA)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usFshfmBPmY
FALSE POPE LEO 14TH 2012 INTERVIEW
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXVkJ5TQi1s
POPE 14TH WILL BE WORSE THAN FRANCIS.
https://banned.video/watch?id=681cf97a22a2c8ae0e09b5d0

Gifting Pope Leo a White Sox kippa, Chicago rabbi thanks him for words on Gaza war-Lizzi Heydemann thanks pontiff, who called for release of hostages while denouncing Israel’s military campaign, for ‘holding the humanity of Israelis and Palestinians in the same breath’By Grace Gilson Today, 8:08 am-JUN 3,26

JTA — Lizzi Heydemann didn’t plan what she was going to say to Pope Leo XIV.But when the Chicago rabbi found herself face-to-face with the new pontiff during a Vatican visit alongside a delegation of Chicago leaders, she thanked him for the way he has spoken about the war in Gaza.“I said, you know, it’s been a hard time over these past two years to be a rabbi, but I want to thank you for, in the midst of conflict, holding the humanity of everyone involved in the conflict,” Heydemann recounted.Leo, the first American pope and a native of Chicago’s South Side, repeatedly advocated after his election last year for the release of the Israeli hostages as well as a ceasefire in the war in Gaza, which he has referred to as “vengeance” and “barbarity.”The comments angered some Jewish leaders who have interpreted them as unfairly targeting Israel, but for others including Heydemann, they have offered a template for how to criticize the war.“You may be anti-war, but I do not hear you denouncing or degrading people,” Heydemann said she told Leo. “Thank you for holding the humanity of Israelis and Palestinians in the same breath and the same thought. It’s not something that is modeled very often.”She added, “He seemed grateful, and like he knew exactly what I was talking about.”Heydemann, the founder and leader of Mishkan Chicago, an independent Jewish spiritual community, had been invited by Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to join a delegation of civic, business and faith leaders traveling to Rome last week. (Johnson has been a vocal critic of Israel who has drawn criticism himself from some Jewish leaders in Chicago.) She said she was the only rabbi to take part in the trip.As she waited for the pope to enter a room where the delegation was assembled on Thursday, Heydemann said she began weeping.“What I reflected on is that he, maybe more than anyone in the world, is a religious leader with the world’s eyes on him,” Heydemann said. “He is beloved and critiqued constantly, and every rabbi in America has had a little taste over the last few years of that weight.”While the interaction carried an unexpected emotional weight for Heydemann, it also came with a distinctive Jewish Chicago touch: a White Sox-themed kippa.She said she included the kippa, which featured the Chicago White Sox logo on the exterior as well as a pomegranate on the inside, in a chest of Chicago-themed gifts presented to the pope on Thursday during the visit as a nod to his lifelong devotion to the baseball team.“We thought that would be a sweet point connection between me and the pope,” Heydemann said, adding that the pontiff’s typical white zucchetto looks “awfully like a kippa.”“It brings us all joy to imagine that after a long day at work wearing the cream-colored one that matches his robes, maybe at the end of the day he’ll switch it out for a jersey material, White Sox kippa, and thinks fondly of sweet home Chicago, and the Jewish spiritual community gave it to him,” Heydemann added.A list of gifts that circulated in local media included another piece of Jewish paraphernalia: a tote bag with the words “Resisting tyrants since Pharaoh.” That’s a catchphrase from T’ruah, the rabbinic human rights group where Heydemann has been on the board. But the rabbi said the inclusion was an error: She was carrying the bag, not giving it to Leo.Looking back on the meeting with the pope, Heydemann said her experience reflected a broader conviction about “building bridges, even in the presence of difference.”“There’s too much at stake in our world for us to not be continuing to be in relationship with one another in the presence of differences,” Heydemann said.