The Times of Israel is liveblogging Tuesday’s events as they happen.

The Israeli national soccer team falls 4-2 to Norway in its second qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup in North America.

After Norway went up 1-0 in the first half, Israel’s Mohammad Abu Fani scored a goal 10 minutes into the second half to tie the game, but the Norwegian squad then rattled off three goals to go up 4-1. Dor Turgeman scored in penalty time to give the Israeli team its second goal.

The loss to Norway comes after Israel won its first game of the qualifying stage against Estonia. The two other teams in Israel’s qualifying group are Moldova and Italy.

CAIRO, Egypt — United Arab Emirates President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and US President Donald Trump discuss efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza in a phone call, Emirati state news agency WAM reports, as Israel resumed its military offensive in the enclave last week.

SANAA, Yemen — Houthi media in Yemen reports new strikes in the Iran-backed rebels’ Saada heartland, blaming the United States for the attacks.

The rebels’ Al-Masirah TV says its correspondent in the area had reported “US aggression with two raids on the Sahar district.”

On March 15, the United States announced a new military offensive against the Houthis, promising to use overwhelming force until the group stopped firing on vessels in the key shipping routes of the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden.

That day saw a wave of US air strikes that officials said killed senior Houthi leaders, and which the rebels’ health ministry said killed 53 people.

Since then, Houthi-held parts of Yemen have witnessed near-daily attacks that the group has blamed on the US, with the rebels announcing the targeting of US military ships and Israel.

Moody’s Investors Service warns of Israel’s “very high political risks that have weakened economic and fiscal strength.”

“Uncertainty over Israel’s longer-term security and economic growth prospects are much higher than is typical, with risks to the high-tech sector particularly relevant, given its important role as a driver of economic growth and significant contributor to the government’s tax take,” Moody’s says in a regular update report on the country’s credit rating. “Such negative developments would have potentially severe implications for the government’s finances and may mark a further erosion in institutional quality.”

The rating agency last year slashed Israel’s credit rating by two notches to Baa1 in light of the high geopolitical and domestic political risks the country is facing and maintained a negative........

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