Live Updates: IDF clears Hezbollah underground infrastructure, JD Vance says US will probe strike on Iran wedding
Trump claims US has plenty of ammunition • Iranian media urges regime to sever undersea cables • IDF kills two terrorists who crossed Yellow Line
Follow us on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits an IDF outpost in the Gaza Strip on September 2, 2026.(photo credit: AMOS BEN GERSHOM/GPO)
IDF clears Hezbollah tunnels on Ali al-Taher ridge in Lebanon after months-long operation
According to the military, the infrastructures were built over a period of about two decades and were planned and funded by Iran.
ByAMIR BOHBOTView of the Beaufort Castle and destroyed houses at a village in southern Lebanon, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, May 31, 2026.(photo credit: AYAL MARGOLIN/FLASH90)Go to the full article > >
Vance: US probing airstrike that Iran says hit a wedding party
"We're investigating it because obviously we care. We want to know," Vance told reporters during a White House press briefing.
ByREUTERSUS Vice President JD Vance speaks at a MAGA Inc. super PAC event in Sterling Heights, Michigan, US, August 31, 2026. (photo credit: SAUL LOEB/POOL VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Vance says US not talking to Iran unless they stop shooting at ships
ByREUTERS
IDF completes clearing of Hezbollah tunnels in Ali al-Taher Ridge area
Iranian media pushing for regime to sever international undersea fiber-optic cables in Hormuz
The managing editor of the ultra-conservative Kayhan newspaper insisted that disrupting or cutting off the internet cables was a “necessary measure” to respond to the “crimes of America."
ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARDWorkers operate on a lead line connected to fiber optic cable at Arrietara beach, near Bilbao, northern Spain, June 13, 2017, as Facebook Inc. and Microsoft Corp. join forces to build an underwater fiber optic cable across the Atlantic Ocean, linking Europe and the USA.(photo credit: REUTERS/Vincent West)Go to the full article > >
Number of Iranian military personnel reported killed by US strikes this week rises to 13
The US strikes on Tuesday were the most extensive in weeks. In the latest report on military deaths, Tasnim said six members of the regular military had been killed in southern Iran.
ByREUTERSA screengrab from a video obtained from social media on September 1, 2026, shows a military aircraft ready to take off on the day US CENTCOM said US forces carried out strikes on an Iranian military target. (photo credit: US CENTRAL COMMAND/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)Go to the full article > >
Iran struggles to restrict Hormuz traffic after US strikes hit maritime capabilities
US officials said 40 vessels carrying millions of barrels of oil crossed the Strait on September 1, while 17 million barrels transited the waterway on August 31, the highest since the war began.
Israel and the US launched Operations Roaring Lion and Epic Fury on February 28, with the stated aim of creating conditions for regime change
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed by an Israeli strike on a Tehran bunker. Iran’s defense minister and several IRGC generals were also killed in the largest-ever aerial attack by the IAF
Iran retaliated by firing across the Middle East at Gulf nations and US military bases in the region
Thirty-nine IDF soldiers and 23 civilians have been killed, and at least 7,693 more injured in ballistic missile attacks across Israel since February 28 • 18 US soldiers killed, CENTCOM says
A ceasefire deal was announced on April 7 and went into effect on April 8
