Iran war live: Tehran sets Hormuz terms, Houthis claim attack on Saudi site

By Heba Habib and Umut Uras

Published On 9 Aug 20269 Aug 2026

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• Yemen’s Houthis have claimed an attack that caused a fire at a Saudi Aramco oil facility in the Jizan province.
• Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says he hopes the talks with Oman will yield results in the Strait of Hormuz and calls for the country to move beyond state of “neither war nor peace”.
• Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has issued conditions for the reopening of the waterway, including an end to the US’s naval blockade and compensation for war damages.
• Israeli forces continue attacks on Gaza and southern Lebanon as Israeli settlers attack Palestinian homes near Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank

• 34m ago

  (07:45 GMT)

  Kuwait welcomes UN condemnation of Houthi attacks on Saudi Arabia

  Kuwait’s Foreign Ministry has lauded a UN Security Council statement condemning Houthi missile attacks against Saudi Arabia since July 13 and attacks on commercial shipping since July 22.

  The Houthis – who control much of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa – have carried out repeated drone and missile strikes against Saudi Arabia and targeted commercial vessels in the Red Sea and surrounding waters, disrupting one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes.

  The attacks have drawn widespread international condemnation and prompted calls for enforcement of UN Security Council Resolution 2216, which imposed an arms embargo on the Houthis.

  Kuwait expressed full appreciation for the Security Council’s affirmation of the need to adhere to international law and relevant resolutions, including Resolution 2216, and its rejection of acts threatening regional security and freedom of maritime navigation.

  The ministry renewed Kuwait’s solidarity with Saudi Arabia and its support for all measures Riyadh takes to preserve its sovereignty and security. It also reaffirmed Kuwait’s support for Yemen’s legitimate government and for the UN special envoy’s efforts to achieve peace and stability in Yemen.
• 34m ago

  (07:45 GMT)

  ‘This is not the kind of ceasefire we want to see’ in Gaza, UN official says

  A ceasefire exists on paper in Gaza but not in reality, says Ajith Sunghay, head of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in occupied Palestinian territory.

  “While a ceasefire was declared, there have been numerous violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law throughout this period since October 2023,” Sunghay told Al Jazeera.

  His office’s figures show 1,150 people killed since the ceasefire announcement, the majority of them civilians, through bombardment, naval strikes and gunfire across the 30 percent of Gaza still accessible to Palestinians.

  Sunghay said the UN high commissioner for human rights has raised the issue repeatedly. “This is not the kind of ceasefire we want to see,” he said.

  On whether reporting to the UN Security Council or the International Criminal Court (ICC) is making any difference, Sunghay said: “There have been small steps taken, minor changes, but they are not enough for people in Gaza to feel that anything has really changed.”

  The humanitarian situation, he said, remains extremely difficult after nearly 1,000 days of war. Palestinians are confined to 30 percent of the Strip with the Israeli military’s control line shifting constantly. “The bigger problem has not stopped. Urgent action is needed,” he concluded.

  

  A makeshift camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir el-Balah in central Gaza on August 7, 2026 [Abdel Kareem Hana/AP]
• 49m ago

  (07:30 GMT)

  Israel’s Rafah reconstruction plan aims to take control away from Hamas

  Israeli Army Radio reports that reconstruction work in southern Gaza, approved by Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz, will take place east of Rafah, inside the “Yellow Line”.

  It says the directive was issued two weeks ago.

  The report said the aim of the work was to establish a housing project for Palestinians outside the control of Hamas and under the control of the multinational force envisaged by Trump’s Board of Peace.

  However, caravans and mobile buildings would not be allowed in any sooner than November, which is after Israel’s scheduled elections.

  Israeli Transport Minister Miri Regev said reconstruction of Gaza can begin in any area where disarmament has taken place, the report added.

  “If you want Gaza to be rehabilitated, in any area cleared of weapons it is possible to start the process,” she said.

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What’s happening in the occupied West Bank?

Attacks by Israeli soldiers and settlers have become a daily reality across the occupied West Bank with an election-bound Israeli government courting the settler vote.

Here are some of the latest attacks:

• This morning, Israeli forces stormed the villages of Awarta, Beita, Einabus, Beit Furik and Salem in Nablus governorate, where they broke into and ransacked multiple homes, according to the Wafa news agency.
• Israeli settlers and soldiers carried out attacks and incursions and caused injuries in the areas of Tubas, al-Mughayyir, Masafer Yatta and Wadi al-Rakhim while also levelling farmland, according to our colleagues on the ground.
• The Israel Land Authority published a new settlement tender for the construction of 627 residential units in the Kokhav Ya’akov settlement, which is built on Palestinian land in the Ramallah and el-Bireh governorate.
• A group of Israeli settlers protected by military forces stormed the town of Beit Ur al-Tahta, west of Ramallah, while firing live ammunition as another group of settlers simultaneously stormed the al-Batin area on the outskirts of the village of Jaljulia, north of Ramallah, Wafa reported.
• On Saturday evening, Israeli forces stormed the Dheisheh refugee camp, south of Bethlehem.
• Israeli forces also stormed the towns of Zaatara, Shuwawra, Dar Salah and al-Ubaydiyya, east of Bethlehem, as part of a wider series of raids, Wafa reported.