Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah sharply criticized the U.S.-backed framework agreement signed between the Lebanese government and Israel, claiming that it is lacks "any constitutional, legal or national validity."
He said the agreement entrenches the continuation of the Israeli occupation and prevents international legal proceedings against Israel, and fails to include a single clause that serves Lebanon's interests.
In June, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that, according to the agreement, the Israeli army will continue to remain in the vast majority of the "buffer zone" it holds in southern Lebanon, and it would retain "operational freedom" in the area until Hezbollah is disarmed.
Lebanese Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah at the parliament in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2024.Credit: Ahmed Fahmy/Reuters
Lebanese Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah at the parliament in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2024.Credit: Ahmed Fahmy/Reuters
Fadlallah added that he said there was broad opposition to the agreement that crossed the sects and political camps in Lebanon, and claimed that the Lebanese government has surrendered to American and Israeli interests.
Fadlallah emphasized that Hezbollah would not allow the implementation of the agreement, and declared that "the resistance will remain and will continue to operate," while calling on the Lebanese authorities to adhere to the state's right to self-defense.
Transportation Minister Miri Regev said that Israel sent Iron Dome systems to the United Arab Emirates, telling the Army Radio, "The Emirates understood that ballistic missiles are one of their biggest challenges, and therefore they are using the State of Israel to protect their citizens."
When asked if she meant that the Emirates received Iron Dome from Israel, she confirmed, "That's right." In May, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said that Israel had sent Iron Dome systems as well as operational staff to the UAE.
A masked assailant threw a stone through the entrance of Channel 12 News offices in Tel Aviv.
Channel 12 said in response that the "communications minister must cease incitement and unrestricted abuse of free press," imploring the Israeli police to intervene in violence before it happens.
Earlier this year, Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi announced that he would boycott Channel 12 until the network "issues a clear and public apology" to IDF reservists, after the channel leaked footage allegedly showing the soldiers abusing a Palestinian detainee at Sde Teiman detention center.
Channel 12 added that this is not the first time that "graffiti promoting violence was vandalized against our journalists."
A performer at the funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunday in the capital, Tehran.
This handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader's office shows mourners gathered around the coffin of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Credit: AFP/-This handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader's office shows mourners gathered around the coffin of late supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.Credit: AFP/-
The comment represents the first, direct call for Trump's death by an emcee at the funeral, which has seen posters and graffiti calling for the killing of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That's been a hard-line demand even as Tehran negotiates with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war that's disrupted global energy supplies.
Mohammad Rasouli, a poet, drew calls of "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!"
Speaking to the crowd over loudspeakers at the funeral, Rasouli asked, referring to Trump: "Why is the most bastard man in the world still alive?"
The question drew cheers from the crowd, and again when Rasouli said that "the world is no longer a good place for" Trump.
A far-larger crowd for the funeral than the day before attended the ceremony Sunday. Mourners dressed in black walked to the site, carrying banners and flags honoring Khamenei and also calling for Trump's killing as the American president gave a speech in Washington for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
Israeli settlers set fire to a café at the entrance to Al-Zaytouna University in the village of Luban al-Sharqiya, south of Nablus, in the West Bank, according to Palestinian media reports.
The head of the village's council and owner of the restaurant, Yaqub Owais, told the Palestinian state news agency WAFA that settlers broke into the restaurant, smashed its doors and stole money before setting fire to the building, while the IDF did not intervene.
Lebanon's Health Ministry announced Saturday that the cumulative toll resulting from ongoing Israeli-Hezbollah aggressions since March 2 has risen to 4,303 killed and 12,202 wounded, as reported by Lebanon's National News Agency.
IDF forces in southern Lebanon, this month.Credit: Gil EliyahuIDF forces in southern Lebanon, this month.Credit: Gil Eliyahu
■ Pakistan is set to host a round of talks between the United States and Iran on July 11, as part of ongoing efforts to mediate a deal between the sides, the Saudi state-owned channel Al Arabiya reported, citing sources.
■ U.S. President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu requested a White House meeting, adding that it could take place next week when he returns from an upcoming NATO summit, Axios reported.
■ Iran's Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei did not attend the funeral ceremony for his father, Ali Khamenei, amid heightened security concerns and questions over his public absence, The New York Times reported, citing Iranian officials involved in the proceedings.
■ Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of a major Gaza hospital who has been imprisoned by Israel since 2024, is in immediate life-threatening danger, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel said, after his lawyer reported a severe deterioration in his condition following a visit at the "Rakefet" detention facility at Israel's Nitzan Prison.
■ Three Palestinians were wounded in the West Bank village of Umm Safa, north of Ramallah, after Israeli settlers raided the village, according to Palestinian media and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
Pakistan is set to host a round of talks between the United States and Iran on July 11, as part of ongoing efforts to mediate a deal between the sides, the Saudi state-owned channel Al Arabiya reported Saturday, citing sources.
Pakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, left, stands with Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir ahead of talks between the United States and Iran in Switzerland in June.Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFPPakistan's Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, left, stands with Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir ahead of talks between the United States and Iran in Switzerland in June.Credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP
According to the report, the talks will address U.S. sanctions on Iran, frozen Iranian assets and Iran's nuclear program.
The composition of the Iranian delegation has not yet been determined, Al Arabiya said, adding that the decision will be made after the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, the director of a major Gaza hospital who has been imprisoned by Israel since 2024, is in immediate life-threatening danger, Physicians for Human Rights – Israel said Saturday, after his lawyer reported a severe deterioration in his condition following a visit at the "Rakefet" detention facility at Israel's Nitzan Prison.
A protest in central Israel calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, one of 14 Gazan doctors being held by Israel, in April.Credit: Moti MilrodA protest in central Israel calling for the release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, one of 14 Gazan doctors being held by Israel, in April.Credit: Moti Milrod
In a statement, the rights group said attorney Nasser Odeh visited Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, on Thursday and found him shackled, escorted by masked prison guards and bearing fresh bruises to his head, face, ears and neck.
According to the lawyer's affidavit, Abu Safiya struggled to breathe and speak, appeared extremely weak and seemed close to losing consciousness several times during the visit. Odeh said he believed his client was in immediate danger.
According to the affidavit, Abu Safiya said prison guards beat him with a hammer and batons after a June 10 hearing before Israel's Supreme Court on his appeal against the extension of his detention.
