Lebanese army

IDF opens fire on Lebanese military, LAF claims, escalating for UNIFIL review

The office of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Lebanese presidency did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

The Lebanese military secures the streets in Kfar Kila, southern Lebanon, February 8, 2026; illustrative.
Hezbollah terrorists march in the funeral of senior terrorist Haytham Ali Tabatabai, others killed in IDF airstrike, in Beirut, November 24, 2025; illustrative.

Hezbollah reportedly open to parallel US talks on Lebanon security deal

A member of the Lebanese military stands guard during a visit by Lebanon's prime minister to the heavily-damaged southern village of Kfar Kila, destroyed by the Israeli military, near the border with Israel on February 8, 2026.

A two-pronged approach: After US visit, Lebanon’s army eyes Hezbollah ‘disarmament’ - analysis

Lebanese Armed Forces soldiers supervise a press tour of Hezbollah terror tunnels in southern Lebanon, November 28, 2025; illustrative.

CENTCOM chief praises Lebanese army for discovering, dismantling Hezbollah tunnel network


FM Cohen appeals to France to help prevent military conflict with Lebanon

“I asked my friend, Foreign Minister Colonna, to exercise France's influence in Lebanon in order to help resolve the tensions efficiently and quickly,” Cohen said.

 Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna

UNIFIL: Israeli-Lebanese border situation is extremely sensitive

Ardiel spoke after the IDF halted two attempts by suspects on the Lebanese side of the border to sabotage the security barrier.

 UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) stand in Khiam, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon July 12, 2023.

Lebanese army, UNIFIL block IDF border work in the North

Although Israel and the Lebanese government have generally agreed on "the Blue Line" as a border between the countries, Hezbollah does not recognize this line.

 THE IDF’S Unit 769 and members of the Devorah Unit train on the Lebanese border.

Israeli ministers to meet on Lebanon maritime deal, but approval pending

As maritime border with Lebanon causes further tension, Israeli leaders are set to meet and find a viable solution.

AN ISRAELI military observation tower overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and part of the maritime border with Lebanon, is seen near Rosh Hanikra. (Ammar Awad/Reuters)

Israel is ready for escalation with Hezbollah but doubts Nasrallah's threats

Experts say any large operation against Israel would require a green light from Tehran, which is unlikely to be given for now.

 Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, gather as they carry flags, marking the commemoration of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, in Adaisseh village near the border with Israel, southern Lebanon, May 25, 2022.

Lebanese leader defies Hezbollah, but is it enough?

BEHIND THE LINES: Neither the Lebanese Forces nor the protest movement has anything to put up against Hezbollah’s independent military capacity.

 A BANNER depicting Samir Geagea, leader of Lebanon’s Christian Lebanese Forces party, is seen on a building in a Christian neighborhood in Beirut last week.

Nasrallah: Clashes mark 'new stage' for Hezbollah in Lebanon

Nasrallah attacked the Lebanese Forces, saying that the movement was trying to make people in the southern suburbs of Beirut feel scared of Hezbollah as an "imaginary enemy."

 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gives a televised speech, in this screengrab taken from Al-Manar TV footage, Lebanon October 18, 2021.

Lebanon fuel crisis sparks sectarian violence

Six people were wounded in Southern Lebanon when Shi'ite Muslim and Christian villagers fought over fuel supplies. Lebanese forces were deployed to intervene.

Lebanese army soldiers and forensic inspectors in Qaa

Lebanese Armed Forces deploy to north after violence breaks out

The Lebanese Army deployed troops to the country's north after two were killed in a dispute between rival clans.

LEBANESE ARMED FORCES soldiers are deployed after an ambush on Shi'ite mourners in Khaldeh, Lebanon, on Sunday, August 1, 2021.

As Lebanon crumbles, Hezbollah becomes even more emboldened

Lebanon is falling deeper into an economic and social black hole. While Hezbollah is not immune to that crisis, it is still able to play with fire and attack Israel.

 SUPPORTERS OF Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah gather in a convoy of motorbikes marking ‘Resistance and Liberation Day’, near the Lebanese border with Israel, in May.