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IDF says elite unit took control of key position in southern Lebanon minutes before ceasefire

According to the IDF statement shared on Friday, the soldiers captured the “Christophani Ridge,” a key position in southern Lebanon.

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, published April 13, 2026; illustrative.
IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, April 10, 2026.

IDF to continue to attack Hezbollah in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

Displaced people react as they return to their homes in a vehicle carrying belongings on its roof after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, in Sidon, Lebanon, April 17, 2026.

Lebanese civilians force past barriers to reach southern Lebanon despite IDF warnings

US President Donald Trump looks on as he boards Air Force One for his trip to Las Vegas, Nevada, as he departs Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, on the day he announced that Israeli and Lebanese leaders had agreed to begin a 10-day ceasefire, April 16, 2026.

Trump confirms Strait of Hormuz open for all ships, prohibits Israel from bombing Lebanon


Hezbollah chief: Hezbollah has fully adhered to ceasefire deal, Israel has not

Hezbollah’s Naim Qassem says Israel violated the truce and warns that united resistance across the region will stop it from achieving through politics what it failed to in war.

 HEZBOLLAH LEADER Naim Qassem delivers a televised speech from an unknown location earlier this month. He has reaffirmed the legal and moral justification for Hezbollah’s ‘resistance,’ the writer notes.

‘If we got rid of Hezbollah, we wouldn’t need five outposts,’ Kiryat Shmona Spokesman says

Reporter's notebook: The 'Post' visits northern communities at Lebanon border after IDF withdrawal.

 Jerusalem Post visited various spots near the border with Lebanon in order to see and hear from soldiers and northern residents how their lives have improved since the ceasefire, and whether they still feel safe after the IDF withdrawl

Lebanese government to seek new IMF program, policy statement says

New Lebanese government to pursue IMF talks, restructure banks, and address economic collapse.

 Member of the Lebanese army stands at the entrance of Deir Mimas, Southern Lebanon, February 17, 2025

Iranian plane refused landing in Lebanon after IDF threat

The Iranian plane took off from Tehran and was carrying Lebanese passengers.

 A plane is seen on the tarmac of Beirut-Rafic Al Hariri International Airport, Lebanon. October 15, 2024.

Fresh clashes expose Syria’s lingering Lebanon problem - analysis

Syria’s government has only a handful of leftover Syrian regime equipment, such as old tanks that date from the 1990s or the Soviet era.

Hezbollah and Syrian flags flutter on a military vehicle in Western Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017.

IDF implements extensive security measures across northern Israel

In a response to the threats in the region, around 1,300 protective shelters and 20 fortified guard posts have been installed across northern Israel.

 The Commanding Officer of the Home Front Command, Maj.-Gen. Rafi Milo, recently toured the northern evacuated communities along the Lebanese border

Hezbollah is not defeated and is re-emerging in Lebanon - analysis

The goal of Hezbollah was to keep quiet and make it seem that the ceasefire deal was achieving something.

 A CROWD in Tehran watches an address, on the screen by Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in November. Hezbollah is virtually a state within a state, sucking the lifeblood out of Lebanon at the instigation of Iran, says the writer.

At least 22 killed as IDF fires on suspects returning to southern Lebanon

If the Lebanese army deploys faster to the rest of southern Lebanon, the IDF might feel compelled to complete its withdrawal faster as well.

 IDF operating in Lebanon, published January 16, 2024

Hezbollah lawmaker says Lebanese opponents are working to exclude the group

Raad said his group had "extended its hand" by helping to secure Aoun's election as Lebanon's president last week, only to find the "hand cut off."

 Hamas's exiled leader Khaled Meshaal (L) sits next to Lebanese Hezbollah MP Mohammed Raad at the Arab and international forum in support of resistance movements in Beirut on January 15, 2009

Bernie Sanders receives a vote for president of Lebanon as army chief wins

Sanders won another term in the Senate last November but, for multiple reasons, is ineligible to lead Lebanon.

 US politician Bernie Sanders at the launch of his book "It's Okay to Be Angry at Capitalism" at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, Oct. 12, 2023.