The Palestinian Red Crescent said it treated four people wounded during an Israeli settler attack on the village of Madama, south of Nablus in the West Bank.
According to the service, one of the wounded was shot in the leg, while another sustained shrapnel wounds to the face. Two additional people were beaten during the incident, the report said.
All four were evacuated to hospital for further treatment.
A rocket fired from Lebanon struck Kiryat Shmona overnight Saturday, damaging businesses in the city center, with no reported injuries, as sirens sounded repeatedly across northern Israel and the IDF said 10–15 launches were identified, most of them intercepted.
According to the IDF, multiple alerts were activated across northern Israel overnight amid continued rocket fire from Lebanon. Kiryat Shmona municipality spokesperson Doron Shnaper said 10 rockets were fired toward the city and nearby communities, nine of which were intercepted, while one struck the city center.
Missile impact site in Kiryat Shmona, Saturday overnight.Credit: Use under Section 27A of the Copyright Law
Missile impact site in Kiryat Shmona, Saturday overnight.Credit: Use under Section 27A of the Copyright Law
Shnaper said the impact caused significant damage to shops and businesses and urged residents to remain near protected spaces due to the possibility of additional barrages. He added that municipal workers and security forces were operating at impact sites across the city.
Shnaper criticized the cease-fire between Israel and Lebanon, saying residents of the north continue to come under fire. "The cease-fire exists only in Beirut and Lebanon," he said. "Is this what a cease-fire looks like? Children and residents are running in the middle of the night to shelters and safe rooms. Businesses and shops are being destroyed."
A local resident whose business was damaged in the strike said he heard a large explosion before realizing the rocket had hit his property. "The force was enormous. I thought it had landed in my yard. It breaks the heart," he said.
The United States is "more than capable" of resuming military action against Iran if diplomatic efforts fail to produce an agreement, Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth said on Saturday, speaking at a security summit in Singapore.
"Our ability to recommence if necessary is [that] we are more than capable; our stockpiles are more than suited for that, both there and around the globe, because of how we balance exquisite and more plentiful munitions," he said, according to AFP.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (C), after attending bilateral meetings at the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore on Friday.Credit: Achmad Ibrahim/AP PhotoU.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth (C), after attending bilateral meetings at the Shangri-La Dialogue, in Singapore on Friday.Credit: Achmad Ibrahim/AP Photo
He added that the U.S. continued to support diplomatic efforts led by President Donald Trump aimed at reaching an agreement with Tehran.
Hegseth said Trump was seeking a "significant agreement" that would ensure Iran is prevented from obtaining nuclear weapons.
Hegseth made the remarks at the Shangri-La Dialogue, where he said the U.S. maintains sufficient weapons stockpiles and global military readiness to restart operations if necessary.
Hegseth also said the U.S. would make a "generational investment of $1.5 trillion on defence this year", amid the U.S. war with Iran.
The United States expects delegations from the Israeli and Lebanese militaries to reconvene soon for security track talks, U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby said Saturday.
U.S. Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby in May.Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via AFPU.S. Under Secretary of Defense Elbridge Colby in May.Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images via AFP
In a statement following talks between the sides at the Pentagon Friday, Colby characterized the meetings as productive, adding that they were expected to "inform the Department of State-led political track next week."
The Defense Department "values the partnership with both the Israel Defense Forces and Lebanese Armed Forces," Colby said, noting that the U.S. "supports Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial integrity, free of armed non-state actors, and welcomes these historic efforts to realize President Trump's vision for peace."
Sirens sounded in northern Israel early Saturday, the Israeli military said in a statement.
The sirens were activated in the border communities of Kiryat Shmona, Metula and Misgav Am. The IDF said the incident was under review.
Earlier Saturday, the military said it intercepted four projectiles launched from Lebanon into Israel in two separate incidents. No injuries were reported.
Following a situational assessment, a spokesperson for the Kiryat Shmona municipality recommended that residents remain near shelters as additional launches were expected.
The municipality also denied reports circulating among residents of a terrorist incursion into the city. It said a review by relevant security authorities found the reports to be false.
The head of the UN's nuclear agency has said Kazakhstan has shown willingness to house Iran's near weapons-grade uranium should the U.S. and Iran reach a deal, the Financial Times reported Friday.
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Thursday.Credit: Kin Cheung/AP Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Thursday.Credit: Kin Cheung/AP
Speaking to the FT, Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said the country had expressed interest in storing the stockpile in a meeting this week with Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in Astana.
According to Grossi, the IAEA has a "bank" for low-enriched uranium in Kazakhstan. "We have a place where this could be stored safely," he told the newspaper.
The United States sanctioned Friday an Iranian network suspected of defrauding U.S.-based companies to procure restricted goods on behalf of Iran's Ministry of Defense and its armed forces.
"The Iranian military's brazen efforts to target and deceive American businesses demonstrate just how far the regime is willing to go to support its malign activities," U.S. Treasury Scott Bessent said in a statement.
Here are Saturday's latest updates from the U.S.-Iran cease-fire and Israel's war with Hezbollah:
■ U.S. President Donald Trump listed U.S. demands for a potential Iran deal ahead of a Situation Room meeting where he said he would make a "final" decision on Iran.
■ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli forces have crossed Lebanon's Litani River, adding that Israel is "also operating" in Beirut and the Bekaa Valley.
■ Israeli and Lebanese military delegations met with Pentagon officials to conduct security track talks as part of cease-fire negotiations. According to an official Lebanese source, despiteLebanon's insistence on a full cease-fire, Israel repeatedly refused to accept the demand, the Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen reported. The U.S. expects the delegations to reconvene soon for talks, a senior Pentagon official said.
■ The head of the UN's nuclear agency said Kazakhstan has shown willingness to house Iran's near weapons-grade uranium should the U.S. and Iran reach a deal, the Financial Times reported.
■ The Israeli military said it intercepted four projectiles launched from Lebanon into Israel in two separate incidents. No injuries were reported.
