The Times of Israel is liveblogging Saturday’s events as they unfold.

Trump’s Board of Peace denies any funding constraints, says commitments for Gaza met ‘in full’

US President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace says it has no funding constraints and that all requests have been met “immediately and in full” to date.

Fundamentally incorrect and misleading reporting by @Reuters today. The Board of Peace is a lean, execution-focused organization that calls capital as needed. There are no funding constraints. To date, all funding requests have been met immediately and in full. To be sure, far… — Board of Peace (@BoardOfPeace) April 10, 2026

Fundamentally incorrect and misleading reporting by @Reuters today.

The Board of Peace is a lean, execution-focused organization that calls capital as needed. There are no funding constraints. To date, all funding requests have been met immediately and in full.

— Board of Peace (@BoardOfPeace) April 10, 2026

Reuters, citing sources, reported earlier in the day that the peace board has received only a tiny fraction of the $17 billion pledged for Gaza, preventing Trump from pushing ahead with his plan for the shattered Palestinian enclave’s future.

Rocket sirens sound in Safed and neighboring towns

Rocket warning sirens sound in the northern city of Safed and several neighboring communities, as Hezbollah continues to launch attacks on the north.

Rocket warning sirens activated in Kiryat Shmona, other Lebanon border communities

Warning sirens sound in several communities near the Lebanon border, including Kiryat Shmona, as Hezbollah appears to fire rockets at northern Israel.

Trump insists Strait of Hormuz to reopen ‘pretty quickly,’ vows to do so ‘with or without’ Iran

US President Donald Trump expresses his confidence that the Strait of Hormuz will soon be reopened to uninhibited shipping flows.

“We’re going to open up the (strait) with or without him, but that’ll be open,” Trump tells reporters.

“I think it’s going to [be opened] pretty quickly, and if it doesn’t, we’ll be able to finish it off one way or the other,” Trump says.

The US has claimed that the strait was opened up already on Wednesday, denying reports that Iran was holding up much of the traffic and charging a toll. Over the past 24 hours, Trump appeared to acknowledge that Iran was in fact blocking ships from using the channel, with the president issuing a series of Truth Social posts threatening Iran.

Tehran has pledged to continue blocking traffic untils Israel stop striking its Lebanese proxy Hezbollah, which Iran and Pakistani mediators say was supposed to be part of the ceasefire. The US has said there was a “legitimate misunderstanding” on that issue, while insisting that it never agreed to include Lebanon in the truce.

Asked if he’ll allow Iran to charge tolls for ships in Hormuz, Trump says he won’t. “It’s international water.”

He then clarifies that he hasn’t verified Iran is actually charging tolls.

Asked what he is looking for in a deal with Iran ahead of Saturday’s talks, Trump responds, “No nuclear weapon.”

As for a backup plan if Iran refuses to reopen Hormuz, Trump insists that he doesn’t need one and claims Iran has already been “militarily defeated.”

In first-ever call, Israel’s envoy to US says he told Lebanese counterpart Israel rejects a truce with Hezbollah

Israeli Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter says he told his Lebanese counterpart during their first-ever phone call earlier today that Israel is not prepared to cease fighting against Hezbollah, even as it negotiates with Lebanon.

“In the conversation earlier today in Washington between the Israeli and Lebanese ambassadors to Washington, together with US ambassador to Lebanon, and under the auspices of the US State Department, Israel agreed to begin formal peace negotiations this coming Tuesday,” Leiter says in a statement.

“Israel refused to discuss a ceasefire with the Hezbollah terrorist organization, which continues to attack Israel and is the main obstacle to peace between the two countries,” he adds.

The US is reportedly urging Israel to halt the fighting against Hezbollah before the first-ever public meeting between envoys from Jerusalem and Beirut on Tuesday. Lebanon has argued that a ceasefire should be a precondition of the meeting.

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