Norway will remove the requirement that new buildings be fitted with air-raid shelters.

In an Axios interview, Trump said a war with Iran “could trigger a global depression” and asserted his deal prevented that outcome. He said action against Cuba “could be” as swift as U.S. moves on Venezuela, noting both are geographically close while Iran is “far.” On Israel, he claimed “if not for me, Israel would not exist today,” saying he terminated the Obama-era Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), which he described as a path to nuclear weapons. On post-conflict limits on presidential authority he said there are “no limits” in practice, adding he has “not learned that lesson” and that limits exist only “in theory.”

Hezbollah said on June 19 it will continue resisting Israeli military operations in southern Lebanon’s Taibnit–Ali Tahir area, reporting an exchange of fire with an Israeli unit attempting to infiltrate north of Ali Tahir and a subsequent strike on an Israeli reinforcement. The Israel Defense Forces on June 18 released a map of a so-called southern Lebanon "security zone" that places Taibnit and Ali Tahir on the zone’s edge.