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Trump posted that the military had told him 'the Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache Helicopters' over the Strait of Hormuz and that the U.S. 'must, of necessity, respond to this attack'; CENTCOM said the cause was still under investigation. In a phone interview with the Wall Street Journal the same day, Trump said the incident 'wasn't a big deal' and that the details were 'much different than you think'.
The Israeli military said Givati Brigade troops operating north of the Litani River, in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah and Zawtar al-Gharbiyah, found several Hezbollah weapons caches in civilian buildings, including firearms, anti-tank missiles and launchers, and drones, and had killed more than 40 fighters since starting operations there.
Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir told soldiers during a training exercise in northern Israel that Monday's strikes on Iran were 'preparation for a much larger and more powerful strike' and that the army was ready to strike Iran again if ordered.
The Health Ministry said Israeli strikes killed 29 people and wounded 133 in the previous 24 hours, bringing the toll since March 2 to 3,666 killed and 11,321 wounded. Beyond Tyre, dawn strikes killed four people in Adshit, Habboush and Kfar Reman, drone strikes around Ansarieh killed a Syrian on a motorcycle and wounded three people at a roadside café, and jets hit the Jezzine highlands.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on X that he was 'deeply alarmed' by the renewed escalation, that 'all attacks must stop immediately' and that the ceasefires in Lebanon, Iran and Gaza must be fully respected. A statement from his spokesperson the previous evening also called for navigational rights and freedoms to be respected, in an apparent reference to the Hormuz blockades.
Israel's army said troops killed an armed man who crossed the Blue Line from Lebanon near Manara, opposite the Lebanese village of Houla, and opened fire on them; no soldiers were hurt. Residents of Manara, Misgav Am, Margaliot and nearby communities were told to stay in shelters during the incident.
Hezbollah said Iran's missile attacks on Israel were a message of 'moral, political and field commitment' made in defence of the Lebanese people, and called on the Lebanese government to 'correct' its relationship with Iran and use Iran's support to achieve Lebanon's goals.
The Israeli army's Arabic-language spokesperson ordered residents of Tyre, including the Christian quarter for the first time, and of surrounding areas and the Rashidieh, Burj Shemali and al-Bass camps to move north of the Zahrani River, citing Hezbollah activity in the quarter. Hundreds fled the Christian district, civil defence crews moved older residents, and the heads of Tyre's churches appealed to the international community and President Aoun to prevent an attack on the Christian district.
Speaking to reporters at New York's JFK airport, Trump said the U.S. was in 'the final throes' of a deal that would bar Iranian nuclear weapons, that the Strait of Hormuz would open immediately upon signing, 'which could be in two or three days', and that Israel and Iran had 'called it quits' and would leave each other alone 'for another week or something'. Asked about a U.S. helicopter that went down near Hormuz, he said the pilots were fine.
Israel said schools closed on June 8 because of Iranian missile fire would reopen on June 9 under updated Home Front Command guidelines, as both Israel and Iran lifted emergency restrictions imposed during the exchange; Iran reopened its airspace to civilian flights.
CENTCOM said a U.S. fighter fired a precision missile into the engineering and steering spaces of the empty tanker Marivex, which was heading to Iran and whose crew had ignored U.S. directions, bringing the blockade's total to seven disabled vessels and 134 redirected. UKMTO said a fire forced the crew to evacuate off Oman, and India's shipping directorate said all 24 Indian sailors aboard were safe.
The EU added the IRGC Navy's Hormozgan Provincial Command to its sanctions list, along with IRGC Navy deputy commander for political affairs Mohammad Akbarzadeh and Hamid Hosseini of Iran's oil, gas and petrochemical exporters' union, for restricting shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said it was the first use of the bloc's new freedom-of-navigation sanctions regime.
Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya headquarters said its operations against Israel had ended after a 'painful response' to Israeli attacks on Lebanon, and warned of harsher attacks if Israel resumed strikes there; it came less than two hours after Trump posted that Israel and Iran 'must immediately stop shooting'. Israel halted its strikes on Iran at Trump's request, Channel 12 reported, and Netanyahu said Israel would respond forcefully to any new attack.
Israel's military said a missile was launched from Yemen and intercepted, and the Houthis said they targeted 'sensitive' sites in the Jaffa area and declared a 'complete and absolute ban' on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea, saying any Israeli vessel would be a military target. An Israeli military official said the Houthis fired two missiles; no casualties were reported.
Israel's military said it hit military targets in western and central Iran, with blasts reported in Tehran, Isfahan and Tabriz, and later confirmed striking the Karun petrochemical complex in Mahshahr; Iran said 15 people were wounded, 14 in Mahshahr, and state TV later said two air-defence personnel were killed. The IRGC said its further missile waves targeted Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases and a Haifa chemical plant, and an Israeli official said Iran had fired nearly 30 missiles since Sunday night.
Hours after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, Iran fired about 10 ballistic missiles at northern Israel; the IRGC said it targeted Ramat David air base as 'the source of aggressions' against Lebanon, and Israel's military said all were intercepted or fell in open areas. The IRGC called the attack a warning and threatened broader responses, and Trump said he was calling Netanyahu to tell him not to retaliate.
Ministers from Saudi Arabia, Russia, Iraq, Kuwait, Kazakhstan, Algeria and Oman agreed at a video meeting to raise production quotas by 188,000 barrels a day in July, saying the move aimed to support market stability.
Netanyahu and Defence Minister Katz said the military struck Hezbollah 'headquarters' in Beirut's southern suburbs in response to the group's fire on Israel. Lebanon's National News Agency said two apartments were hit in the Mreijeh area, killing two people and wounding 11; the number of wounded later rose to 20, including four children.
Pakistani Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran carrying what he called a 'special letter' from army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei about ending the war. On June 7 he handed Sharif's written message to Foreign Minister Araghchi, who said they discussed the Pakistan-mediated efforts to end the war.
An Israeli strike destroyed a Lebanese army vehicle on the road between Kfar Tebnit and Khardali, killing Brigadier General Wissam Sabra, Captain Elie Khoury and soldier Hussein Ghozal, the Lebanese army said. Israel's military said the vehicle was in an evacuated combat zone where movement required coordination with it, and that the incident was under investigation.
CENTCOM said it shot down four Iranian attack drones launched toward the Strait of Hormuz and struck coastal radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island; the IRGC said the clash began when it fired on one of four U.S.-guided tankers trying to leave the strait. Hours later Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, and CENTCOM said six were intercepted and one missed, with Kuwait reporting debris damage but no casualties.
Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi told the Mehr news agency that Iran insisted, at minimum, on 50 percent of its frozen funds being made available immediately upon signing a memorandum of understanding with the U.S., with the money released no more than one to two months after the deal.
The U.S. Treasury designated individuals, companies and vessels it said shipped hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of Iranian liquefied petroleum gas, disguised as Omani LPG, to buyers in South and East Asia through front companies in the UAE and China. It also sanctioned the Iranian exchange house Mehrdad Geramian Nik and Partners and its leadership for moving foreign currency for sanctioned Iranian banks.
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said the U.S.-mediated text was 'booby-trapped' by requiring a complete Hezbollah ceasefire and the evacuation of its fighters from south of the Litani. He said he would accept an unconditional ceasefire on land, sea and air, with a Hezbollah pullback from south of the Litani in parallel with an Israeli withdrawal from the areas it occupies.
In a statement carried by Tasnim, the IRGC said its condition for accepting a ceasefire had been a ceasefire on all fronts including Lebanon, and that Israel must stop its attacks and withdraw behind the international border. Earlier the same day, Quds Force commander Esmail Qaani said the baseline demand was an Israeli withdrawal to pre-war positions.
In a statement broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV, leader Naim Qassem called the Lebanese government's direct negotiations with Israel a 'farce' and the truce 'surrender and defeat', rejected any link between Hezbollah's presence and a ceasefire or Israeli withdrawal, and demanded a complete ceasefire and Israeli pullout. He warned that northern Israel would not be safe as long as Lebanese villages were bombed.
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UNIFIL said a peacekeeper died early on June 4 of injuries from mortar rounds that hit his position near Marjayoun in south Lebanon the previous night, and two others were wounded; it did not say who fired. Serbia's defence ministry named him as Staff Sergeant Milovan Jovanović.
A joint statement released by the U.S. State Department after two days of direct talks said Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a ceasefire, contingent on a complete halt to Hezbollah fire and the evacuation of its operatives from south of the Litani, and to create 'pilot zones' under the Lebanese army's exclusive control. The two sides agreed to resume political and security talks the week of June 22.
Kuwait said Iranian drones and missiles hit Terminal 1 at Kuwait International Airport early on June 3, killing one person, injuring 63 and damaging diplomatic missions; its defence ministry said it dealt with 13 ballistic missiles and 17 drones from Iran after dawn. Flights were halted for several hours and Kuwait expelled two Iranian diplomats; the IRGC blamed a malfunctioning U.S. Patriot interceptor, which CENTCOM denied.
CENTCOM said a U.S. aircraft disabled the engine of the unladen Botswana-flagged tanker M/T Lexie, bound for Kharg Island, after its crew ignored warnings. The IRGC said it fired at a 'US-Israeli' vessel and, after a U.S. strike near Qeshm, at U.S. targets including Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain; CENTCOM said two missiles fired at Kuwait fell short, three aimed at Bahrain were intercepted and the Fifth Fleet claim was false.