(2026-06-09). Trump responds to US Apache helicopter crash near Hormuz, claims Iran deal close. scmp.com A US Army Apache attack helicopter crashed on Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz, but President Donald Trump said the two crew members aboard were not injured in the incident near the strategic waterway that Iran has effectively closed during the war. | What caused the crash remains unclear in a Middle East still reeling after Iran and Israel exchanged fire the previous day in the biggest blow yet to the straining ceasefire in the Iran war. Iranian state television reported on Tuesday the Israeli…
(2026-06-09). Netanyahu and Tehran Halt Attacks—But Who Really Stopped the Israel-Iran Crisis? thinktank.pk The Middle East once again finds itself standing on the edge of a dangerous precipice. Just weeks after a fragile ceasefire appeared to halt direct hostilities between Israel and Iran, fresh missile attacks have shattered hopes that the region was moving toward stability. Iran's launch of missiles against Israel and Israel's subsequent retaliatory strikes have …
(2026-06-09). Trump says pilots safe after US Army Apache goes down near Hormuz. geo.tv 
US President Donald Trump attends an event at Custer Farms in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, US. — Reuters/FileTwo crew rescued from crashed helicopter: NYT.Incident comes after Iran-Israel attack on each other.Trump told reporters "Nobody injured".Two US pilots whose helicopter…
(2026-06-09). How the Iran war exposed Abraham Accords as low-cost US hegemony. newarab.com 
Signed on the White House lawn on 15 September 2020, the Abraham Accords reordered Middle Eastern diplomacy by normalising full diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco, moving past decades of Arab League policy that had conditioned recognition on a resolution to the Palestinian issue. The accords were designed to forge a regional economic, technological, and security front against Tehran. | For the following three years, Saudi Arabia's signature was treated as the logical next step: the deal that would transform a series of bilateral arrangements into a genuine regional realignment.
(2026-06-09). Who's calling the shots? Netanyahu and Trump at odds over their war. scmp.com Israel's latest strikes on Lebanon and Iran have made clear that US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who started the war in lockstep, want different things. | Trump had publicly warned Israel not to strike Beirut in its war with Iran-backed Hezbollah militants. When it did, on Sunday, Iran responded by firing ballistic missiles at Israel for the first time since the April ceasefire. Israel then struck Iran, with which Trump has been engaged in weeks of…
(2026-06-09). Israel bombs Iran on the 100th day of the US-Israeli war as fighting spreads across Lebanon and Gaza. wsws.org Israel bombed Central and Western Iran before dawn Monday, striking air defenses, missile launchers and a petrochemical complex used by the Revolutionary Guard, hours after Iran fired a barrage of ballistic missiles at Israeli cities.
(2026-06-09). Is Trump calling the shots on Israel, or just pretending to? scmp.com Scepticism is rife about US President Donald Trump's claims to have reprimanded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu over recent military escalations with Lebanese Hezbollah and Iran despite ceasefires negotiated by Washington. | While Netanyahu's apparent defiance is widely seen as an embarrassment to Trump, analysts say the mercurial US leader has done little more than wag his finger at his ally.
(2026-06-09). 'War is not over…': Netanyahu defies Trump again as Israeli PM draws red line after Iran strikes. hindustantimes.com Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has struck a defiant tone following the latest escalation with Iran, insisting that Israel will continue acting against perceived threats to its security. His remarks come amid renewed regional tensions, warnings directed at Iran and Hezbollah, and growing international concern over the risk of a wider Middle East conflict.
(2026-06-09). Iran, Israel halt first strikes since April ceasefire. newarab.com 
(2026-06-09). Iran Strikes Israel to Reshape the Middle East. juancole.com
(2026-06-09). Democracy Now! 2026-06-09 Tuesday. democracynow.org Headlines for June 09, 2026; "The Word 'Ceasefire' Has Lost Its Meaning": Lylla Younes on Israel's Ethnic Cleansing of South Lebanon; SpaceX IPO Could Make Musk a Trillionaire at Your Expense in "Massive Wealth Transfer": Eric Gardner; "Tech-Driven Prosperity & Right-Wing Racist Politics": Quinn Slobodian on Elon Musk and SpaceX IPO; Why New Yorkers "Thunderously Booed" Trump at Knicks-Spurs Game: Sportswriter David Zirin | Headlines for June 09, 2026; "The Word 'Ceasefire' Has Lost Its Meaning": Lylla Younes on Israel's Ethnic…
(2026-06-09). Netanyahu defies Trump's ceasefire push as Israel unleashes heavy strikes on Lebanon yet again. hindustantimes.com Israeli airstrikes reportedly hit multiple locations in southern Lebanon, including Al-Kharayeb, Khraibeh, Zifta, and Srifa, amid ongoing cross-border tensions and diplomatic pressure for de-escalation. Local reports indicate casualties and damage as drones and warplanes were used in coordinated operations. The strikes come despite international calls for restraint and renewed ceasefire efforts, with Israeli leadership continuing military operations across the border region. Lebanese officials claim thousands of strikes have occurred since mid-April, while Israel maintains it is targeting militant positions. The…
(2026-06-09). Israel intensifies strikes in southern Lebanon killing 12 people. aljazeera.com Al Jazeera's Obaida Hitto reports on the strikes he witnessed in and around Tyre.
(2026-06-09). Hundred days of Israel's latest war on Lebanon. aljazeera.com Israel's second intensification of its war on Lebanon within two years has reached 100 days, killing thousands.
(2026-06-09). Israel attacks Tyre in Lebanon, tells all residents to leave. aljazeera.com
(2026-06-09). UN questions legality of Israeli forced evacuation orders in Lebanon. aljazeera.com
(2026-06-09). Israeli-backed militia abducts seven paramedics in Gaza. newarab.com 
An Israeli-backed militia abducted seven The paramedics, all members of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, were taken at a checkpoint established on Salah al-Din Street near the Wadi Gaza brid…
(2026-06-09). Ben-Gvir under investigation in Italy over Gaza flotilla abuses. newarab.com 
Italian prosecutors put Israel's fanatical National Security Minister The source, who asked not to be named, confirmed earlier reports by Italian news agencies and said Ben-Gvir was being investigated on suspicion of torture and kidnapping of Italian citizens who were among the activists. | If the probe determines charges are warranted, prosecutors could lodge a formal requ…
(2026-06-09). Israel puts Gaza doctor Abu Safiya in solitary confinement. newarab.com 
Prominent Abu Safiya, the director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, was moved from Ketziot prison to Ramon prison, part of Israel's Ganot prison complex, according to Physicians for Human Rights Israel (PHRI). | The organisation s…
(2026-06-09). Italy's foreign minister slams Israel's Ben-Gvir over 'flip-flop' comments. aljazeera.com The row erupted after Italy said it was investigating the far-right minister over treatment of Gaza flotilla activists.
(2026-06-09). UN report exposes brutal reality for Palestinians in Gaza, West Bank. scmp.com Palestinian civilians are caught between "mass atrocities" of Israeli forces, settlers and Hamas' brutal rule, a UN-mandated inquiry said on Tuesday. | Civilians across war-ravaged Gaza and the occupied West Bank are being "systematically and deliberately" subjected to severe rights violations, the UN's Independent International Commission of Inquiry said.
(2026-06-09). WaPo op-ed backs Section 224, omits author's direct Israeli stake. responsiblestatecraft.org On Monday, the Washington Post ran an
(2026-06-09). UK and allies sanctions Israeli settlers in occupied West Bank. newarab.com 
(2026-06-09). 'Historic' wave of Palestinian solidarity grows at universities in Germany. aljazeera.com Calls for universities to cut ties with Israeli institutions are rising in the country that condemns the BDS movement.
(2026-06-09). 'They were laughing': Israel's use of rape and sexual abuse in prisons. aljazeera.com Former detainees detail systematic torture and sexual violence, including rape, while in Israeli custody.
(2026-06-09). The Sumud flotilla and the pattern of sexual violence by Israel. newarab.com 
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(2026-06-09). Did CNN just out Azerbaijan as Israel's secret military partner? responsiblestatecraft.org Years ago, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev
(2026-06-09). Shackled, bleeding, raped: Palestinians describe abuse in Israel's prisons. aljazeera.com Former detainees tell Al Jazeera they were routinely sexually abused, starved and attacked by dogs.