First Lebanon War

Hezbollah’s rock-cut tunnels under Beaufort Castle expose decades of UNIFIL failure - analysis

The question now is whether or not Lebanon can step up and control its own territory. Dragging their feet didn't help them; it ruined their lives.

Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.
Amichai Chikli, Minister of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism attends a conference organized by the Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem on March 27, 2025.

IDF withdrawal from Lebanon would be a failure, must hold strategic points in north, Chikli says

Then-defense minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets with IDF soldiers after a battle with Palestinian gunmen at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, June 7, 1982.

On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War

IDF shares footage of operation in Beaufort Ridge, May 31, 2026.

Return to Beaufort: Israel’s symbolic conquest of a Lebanese Crusader fortress - analysis


Everything you need to know about the conflict between Israel and Lebanon - explainer

What is the Israel-Lebanon conflict? Where did it start? Who are the key players involved? Here is everything you need to know.

 White phosphorus fired by Israeli army to create a smoke screen, is seen on the Israel-Lebanon border in northern Israel, November 12, 2023.

Operation Peace for Galilee: Israel's 1982 military action in Lebanon

Remembering a time as a war correspondent in Lebanon while the country returns to daily headlines for attacking Israel.

 IDF forces fighting in Operation Peace for Galilee in Lebanon in 1982.

My Word: Look back in wonder

It's essential not to let the disagreements destroy all we have built. The country has produced astonishing achievements, but also devastating divisions.

 A WOMAN picks buttercups in a field near Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak in southern Israel, close to the Gaza Strip

Israeli political polarization: Judicial reform vs. 1982 Lebanon War - opinion

Without minimizing this year’s tensions, given the events surrounding the First Lebanon War, is the current political polarization really “unprecedented?” 

 EMIL GRUNZWEIG, fourth from left, attends a protest against the war in Lebanon, across from the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, on February 10, 1983. Soon after, he was killed when a grenade was thrown by a counter-demonstrator.

Maryam Younnes: A proud Christian Lebanese Israeli patriot

Maryam Younnes now understands the religious strife, politics and social issues that caused the deafening falling night sky she recalls from her early childhood

 Maryam Younnes today.

'The Arc of Our History': Pivotal moments in Israeli history - review

Stanley Ringler engaged in the development of political support groups, political education programs, and lobbying in Israel and the US.

A CLOSE LOOK at Yitzhak Rabin’s core diplomatic and defense views, above and beyond Oslo, does the late prime minister more justice.

A rare, historic meeting with Israeli PM Begin amid the 1982 Lebanon War

The 1982 meeting with Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin didn't lead to an interview, but it gave a unique and unforgettable encounter at a key moment in the history of Israel.

 The author standing next to a photo of Begin at the Menachem Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem.

Palestinian org.: Israeli poem read by Pelosi 'romanticizes Israeli settlement'

American Muslims for Palestine (AMP) called the Israeli poet a romanticizer of an "illegal Israeli settlement" on an "ethnically cleansed Palestinian village." The song is a war anthem from the 80s.

 US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) reacts to the overturning of Roe v Wade during her weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 24, 2022.

Israel to provide housing grants to South Lebanon Army veterans

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman: “We will always remember the fighting of the SLA fighters side by side with the IDF fighters.”

 Activists protest for better financial support to former South Lebanon Army (SLA) warriors, outside the Defense Ministry offices in Tel Aviv on March 9, 2021

First Lebanon War, 1982: A turning point for Israel

At this moment of birth, fraught as are all such moments, many of the core elements that form the current Israeli landscape, politically, militarily and societally, came into being.

 IDF TANKS park near houses in Tyre, South Lebanon, July 1982.