First Lebanon War

The 'Post' looks back on search for Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman

Feldman was initially declared as one of three soldiers declared missing in action in 1984.

|ByJOANIE MARGULIES
The headline that ran on May 6, 1984 announcing that Tzvi Feldman was one of three soldiers declared missing in action.
IDF troops operate in Syria.

Mossad risks lives to recover remains of IDF soldier Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman lost in 1982

Under the new Syrian government led by Ahmed al-Sharaa, a breakthrough occurred in the operation, which had begun years earlier. 

|ByAMICHAI STEIN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman.

'In Israel, we leave no one behind': Hostage Families Forum praises body recovery

"We cannot allow ourselves as a society to accept a reality where families wait more than 40 years to be reunited with their loved ones," the forum read. 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers from the 146th Reserves Division begin operations in southern Lebanon.

From past mistakes to present strengths: Israel’s latest Lebanon campaign - analysis

Israel’s starting position for the ground incursion on Lebanon is fundamentally better than it was in 2006.

|ByHERB KEINON

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.”

JUNE 26, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
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.

JUNE 24, 2022ByJONATHAN SPYER
IDF TANKS park near houses in Tyre, South Lebanon, July 1982.

Tales from the front of the First Lebanon War

A combat veteran from the First Lebanon War, recalls his treacherous military service in Beirut

JUNE 24, 2022ByARIEH O’SULLIVAN
THE WRITER (L) with fellow Nahal soldier Daniel Zahavi-Assa in Beirut, 1982.

First Lebanon War still resonates in Israel 40 years later

While the war was not a military failure, it was a trauma: “This was the first time that a big part of the nation did not see the war as justified.”

JUNE 24, 2022ByHERB KEINON
ISRAEL AIR Force helicopter ferries supplies to an IDF encampment during Israel’s Peace for Galilee military campaign, June 1982, south of Lebanon’s Beirut-Damascus highway.

Following in the wings of his grandfather: A young pilot's journey

“My grandfather was a pilot, but we didn’t really ever talk about it,” B told The Jerusalem Post ahead of the ceremony at Haterzim Air Base on Thursday night. “My grandfather flew a long time ago."

JUNE 23, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
First Lieutenant B

Israel's Lebanon trauma still lingers 40 years on

Israel never really recovered from that misadventure. Neither did I.

JUNE 16, 2022ByDANIEL BEN-TAL
On patrol in the Awali Valley

First Lebanon War: Has Israel's trauma been healed?

MIDDLE ISRAEL: 40 years after Israel's most failed war, its leaders seem to have learned its lessons - except one lesson, and one leader.

JUNE 10, 2022ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
DEFENSE MINISTER Ariel Sharon walks with prime minister Menachem Begin and his spokesman on June 7, 1982, in Lebanon.

My Word: When war gets personal

The First Lebanon War was “My War.” It is never a good thing when you have to number wars.

JUNE 9, 2022ByLIAT COLLINS
A chain lock is seen on a gate, with a Star of David on it, at the Rosh Hanikra border crossing with Lebanon, in northern Israel.

Almost 20% of Lebanon War vets suffer from PTSD symptoms - survey

89% of First Lebanon War veterans have never sought help for their mental health issues.

JUNE 7, 2022ByMICHAEL STARR
Israeli soldiers in Jezzine, Lebanon, during the first Lebanon War. 1984.

Jerusalem highlights May 27 – June 2

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

MAY 30, 2022ByHAGAY HACOHEN
THE RED Series 2020 by Karam Natour.