The day so far

• Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with CNBC that any full-scale return to military action against Iran would be president Donald Trump’s decision, adding that US and Israeli forces are ready. He added that it was not over with Iran but that Tehran was weakened.

• Netanyahu also downplayed a row with US president Donald Trump, saying they both were aligned on the goal of disarming Hezbollah in order to achieve peace between Israel and Lebanon. Trump confirmed in an interview published on Wednesday in the New York Post that he had a tense exchange with Netanyahu two days prior, in which he reportedly berated his close ally with expletives.

• Donald Trump said Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is involved in talks to end the war and that he would “like to meet him”. Khamenei has not been seen in public since the Iran war began, and has only addressed the nation through written statements read out by television anchors. US officials have claimed Khamenei was incapacitated or undergoing treatment for severe injuries sustained in the same bombing that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the war.

• The Lebanese armed forces said a soldier was killed “as a result of being targeted by an Israeli raid” while he was travelling between the towns of Nabatieh and Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon. The state-run National News Agency reported at least six people in southern Lebanon were killed by Israeli drone strikes, while Israel said it intercepted a hostile aircraft likely fired by Hezbollah.

• The Kuwaiti defence ministry said it intercepted 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones launched by Iran today. A drone and missile attack on Kuwait’s international airport killed one person, which Kuwaiti authorities identified as an Indian national. It is the first reported death in a Gulf state since the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in April.

• Kuwait said that its territory and airspace were not used to attack “any country”, denying Iranian claims that the United States launched strikes from there. The denial came as Kuwait summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires, with deputy foreign minister Hamad Suleiman Al-Mashaan issuing “Kuwait’s categorical rejection of the use of its territory or airspace in any hostile acts against any country, emphasizing that the false Iranian claims are baseless and do not rely on evidence”, a ministry statement said.

• One person was killed and several people were injured in an Iranian drone attack that targeted Kuwait’s airport, according to authorities and state media. Flights were suspended this morning but some later resumed after the country’s civil aviation authority said it assessed the damage at the airport.

• The Israeli military said it intercepted two projectiles that crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon on Wednesday, after earlier announcing the interception of a “hostile aircraft” that had also crossed into Israel. “Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the area of Misgav Am, the Israeli Air Force intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory,” the military said, referring to a community on the northern border.

• Lebanon’s health ministry said two paramedics were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on the country’s south, with at least 130 emergency and health workers now killed since the Israel-Hezbollah war began in March. A ministry statement said that “the Israeli enemy directly targeted an ambulance belonging to the Risala Scouts Association”, which is affiliated with Hezbollah ally the Amal movement, adding that “this resulted in the martyrdom of two paramedics and left a third with highly critical injuries.

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Sirens have sounded in northern Israel over a possible hostile aircraft infiltration in the area of Zar’it, which is located near the Lebanese border, the IDF said.

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Here is some video from the earlier Iranian strikes that hit Kuwait international airport today, killing one person and wounding several others:

Iranian strikes cause damage at Kuwait international airport – videoShare

Three Lebanese hospitals hit by Israeli forces in under a week

William Christou

Three hospitals in southern Lebanon have been attacked by Israel in under a week, wounding more than 150 people and killing nine, according to Lebanon’s ministry of health.

Israel carried out an attack in the immediate vicinity of the public hospital in Tebnine on Wednesday, just days after strikes next to the Hiram and Jabal Amel hospitals in Tyre. The attack next to Jabal Amel on Monday killed four people and injured 127 – most of whom were medical staff.

“It was an ordinary day at the hospital and then suddenly for no reason, they targeted the hospital. It was a catastrophe,” said Wael Mroueh, the director of Jabal Amel. The strike hit the building directly in front of the hospital, levelling it.

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Updated at 13.58 EDT

Rubio: Trump to attend Nato summit meeting in July

Donald Trump has been critical of Nato, particularly after launching the war in Iran. But today, Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, told the House foreign affairs committee that “the president himself will be attending” the Nato meeting of heads of state in Turkey next month.

“I think the next meeting of Nato and Turkey in July is probably the most important meeting in Nato’s history, because there are some things here that need to be cleared up and fixed,” Rubio said on Wednesday.

In April, Trump called the 77-year-old alliance a “paper tiger” and suggested that the US may consider leaving after Nato member countries ignored his call for military assistance to help reopen the strait of Hormuz.

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Updated at 13.30 EDT

The day so far

• Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with CNBC that any full-scale return to military action against Iran would be president Donald Trump’s decision, adding that US and Israeli forces are ready. He added that it was not over with Iran but that Tehran was weakened.

• Netanyahu also downplayed a row with US president Donald Trump, saying they both were aligned on the goal of disarming Hezbollah in order to achieve peace between Israel and Lebanon. Trump confirmed in an interview published on Wednesday in the New York Post that he had a tense exchange with Netanyahu two days prior, in which he reportedly berated his close ally with expletives.

• Donald Trump said Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, is involved in talks to end the war and that he would “like to meet him”. Khamenei has not been seen in public since the Iran war began, and has only addressed the nation through written statements read out by television anchors. US officials have claimed Khamenei was incapacitated or undergoing treatment for severe injuries sustained in the same bombing that killed his father, Ali Khamenei, on the first day of the war.

• The Lebanese armed forces said a soldier was killed “as a result of being targeted by an Israeli raid” while he was travelling between the towns of Nabatieh and Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon. The state-run National News Agency reported at least six people in southern Lebanon were killed by Israeli drone strikes, while Israel said it intercepted a hostile aircraft likely fired by Hezbollah.

• The Kuwaiti defence ministry said it intercepted 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones launched by Iran today. A drone and missile attack on Kuwait’s international airport killed one person, which Kuwaiti authorities identified as an Indian national. It is the first reported death in a Gulf state since the US and Iran agreed to a ceasefire in April.

• Kuwait said that its territory and airspace were not used to attack “any country”, denying Iranian claims that the United States launched strikes from there. The denial came as Kuwait summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires, with deputy foreign minister Hamad Suleiman Al-Mashaan issuing “Kuwait’s categorical rejection of the use of its territory or airspace in any hostile acts against any country, emphasizing that the false Iranian claims are baseless and do not rely on evidence”, a ministry statement said.

• One person was killed and several people were injured in an Iranian drone attack that targeted Kuwait’s airport, according to authorities and state media. Flights were suspended this morning but some later resumed after the country’s civil aviation authority said it assessed the damage at the airport.

• The Israeli military said it intercepted two projectiles that crossed into Israeli territory from Lebanon on Wednesday, after earlier announcing the interception of a “hostile aircraft” that had also crossed into Israel. “Following the sirens that sounded a short while ago in the area of Misgav Am, the Israeli Air Force intercepted two projectiles that crossed from Lebanon into Israeli territory,” the military said, referring to a community on the northern border.

• Lebanon’s health ministry said two paramedics were killed on Wednesday in an Israeli strike on the country’s south, with at least 130 emergency and health workers now killed since the Israel-Hezbollah war began in March. A ministry statement said that “the Israeli enemy directly targeted an ambulance belonging to the Risala Scouts Association”, which is affiliated with Hezbollah ally the Amal movement, adding that “this resulted in the martyrdom of two paramedics and left a third with highly critical injuries.

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Netanyahu downplays Trump row after US president confirms heated phone call

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu downplayed on Wednesday a row with US president Donald Trump, saying they both were aligned on the goal of disarming Hezbollah in order to achieve peace between Israel and Lebanon.

Trump confirmed in an interview published on Wednesday in the New York Post that he had a tense exchange with Netanyahu two days prior, in which he reportedly berated his close ally with expletives.

Netanyahu downplayed the dispute in an interview with US television channel CNBC, saying he and Trump were on the same page when it came to tackling Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.

Hezbollah “is an Iranian proxy that puts all the citizens of Lebanon at gunpoint and uses Lebanon as a platform to launch terror missiles into our cities, to launch killer drones against our civilians”, Netanyahu said in the interview.

“And so if we want to save Lebanon, if we want to get a Lebanese-Israeli peace, as I do, we have to disarm Hezbollah and we have to demilitarise Lebanon. And I know that this is a goal that the president and I share, and that’s what we have to do.”

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Updated at 12.07 EDT

Smoke rises from the area after the Israeli army violated the ceasefire and launched an airstrike on the Arid Debbin area, in the Marjayoun district of southern Lebanon.

Smoke rises from the area after the Israeli army violated the ceasefire and launched an airstrike on the Arid Debbin area in the Marjayoun district of southern Lebanon on June 3, 2026. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty ImagesShare

Netanyahu says Trump will decide on return to full-scale action against Iran

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday said in an interview with CNBC that any full-scale return to military action against Iran would be president Donald Trump’s decision, adding that US and Israeli forces are ready.

He added that it was not over with Iran but that Tehran was weakened.

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Kuwait said on Wednesday that its territory and airspace were not used to attack “any country”, denying Iranian claims that the United States launched strikes from there.

The denial came as Kuwait summoned Iran’s charge d’affaires, with deputy foreign minister Hamad Suleiman Al-Mashaan issuing “Kuwait’s categorical rejection of the use of its territory or airspace in any hostile acts against any country, emphasizing that the false Iranian claims are baseless and do not rely on evidence”, a ministry statement said.

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Here are some of the latest images from Lebanon, where fighting between Israel and Hezbollah show no signs of relenting:

The aftermath of Israeli airstrikes in the Burj al-Chamali area near the southern Lebanese city of Tyre. Photograph: Kawnat Haju/AFP/Getty ImagesA mourner leans over a casket during the funeral of Lebanese parents Hassan Abdullah and Hanan Shehab and their children Leen, Ali, Ibraheem and Julia, who were killed in an Israeli strike, in Wardaniyeh, Lebanon. Photograph: Aziz Taher/ReutersLebanese security forces stand next to a tow truck removing a vehicle whose passengers were killed in an Israeli drone strike on the Khaldeh highway at the southern entrance to Beirut. Photograph: Fadel Itani/AFP/Getty ImagesSmoke rises in Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Marjayoun. Photograph: ReutersShare

The Lebanese armed forces said a soldier was killed “as a result of being targeted by an Israeli raid” while he was travelling between the towns of Nabatieh and Kfar Tebnit in southern Lebanon.

The state-run National News Agency reported at least six people in southern Lebanon were killed by Israeli drone strikes, while Israel said it intercepted a hostile aircraft likely fired by Hezbollah.

Smoke billows from southern Lebanon, following Israeli strikes, as seen from Nabatieh. Photograph: ReutersShare

Updated at 09.46 EDT

Lorenzo Tondo

A statement from Iran’s foreign ministry blamed Kuwait and Bahrain for the attacks on them, condemning what it called the “colonialist use by the United States of the territory and infrastructure of countries in the region to advance its aggressive plans against Iran”. It said the incident “emphasises the direct and unmistakable responsibility of the leaders of Kuwait and Bahrain for last night’s acts of aggression”.

The military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader threatened more missile and drone strikes should the US renew its attacks on Iran.

“Every shot fired and every attack will be met with a deluge of missiles and drones,” Mohsen Rezaee posted on X, adding that “the aggressor will swiftly be punished”.

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