Israel and lebanon

Qatar says it will provide Lebanon with $430 million in financial support

A statement by Qatar's Fund for Development said about $400 million would be provided to support Lebanon's energy sector, of which 10% would be allocated as a grant.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS
Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani attends a press conference, in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.
SMOKE BILLOWS from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of al-Mjadel on December 4. The IDF said it would strike what it described as Hezbollah military infrastructure in southern Lebanon and warned people in two villages to evacuate immediately.

Lebanon is on a dangerous, slippery path toward civil war - opinion

Lebanon has not had a government in decades that truly sought the country’s rehabilitation and a genuine disengagement from Iranian patronage.

|ByHAIM GOLOVENTZITZ
A war between Israel and Lebanon (illustrative)

Nakoura talks show Israel's seriousness about security, Lebanon committed to sovereignty - analysis

The Lebanese state is edging towards reclaiming a sliver of sovereignty, while Israel is unwilling to look the other way as the clock runs out.

|ByHERB KEINON
Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji attends a press conference during his Syrian couterpart Asaad Al-Shibani's first official visit since the fall of Bashar al-Assad, at the foreign ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, October 10, 2025.

Hezbollah will not disarm without Iranian consent, Lebanon's top diplomat warns

Lebanese Foreign Minister Youssef Rajji added that Hezbollah's current concern is to "buy time and preserve itself internally in order to regain its power."

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

IDF strikes Lebanon after anti-tank missile hits near Ghajar border town

The rocket comes amid tensions on Hezbollah posts in Israeli territory and a new fence around a village split by the Blue Line.

JULY 6, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke rises in Kfarshouba, as seen from the village of Khiam, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon, July 6, 2023.

Israel isn’t an enemy, says Lebanese activist - opinion

Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood appropriate some of this money to pay lone wolves who have left Syria and Lebanon as migrants to the EU. They pose a clear and present threat.

JUNE 25, 2023ByNIGEL GOODRICH
OMAR HARFOUCH, founder of The Third Republic, a Lebanese political party, sits in his Paris office.

Iranian trip to Israel-Lebanon border is part of larger symbolic threat - analysis

The area of Maroun al-Ras was a key area for Hezbollah staging during the 2006 war with Israel. Now Iran's foreign minister pays it a visit.

APRIL 28, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian visits Maroun Al-Ras village, near the border between Lebanon and Israel, Lebanon April 28, 2023.

Iran foreign min. visits Lebanon-Israel border: 'Zionists only understand force'

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and visited to Maroun al-Ras, which is near Israel's northern border.

APRIL 28, 2023ByYIFAT ROSENBERG/WALLA!
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian gestures as he stands next to Hezbollah officials during his visit to Maroun Al-Ras village near the border between Lebanon and Israel, Lebanon April 28, 2023.

Terrorist crossed border from Lebanon with suicide belt, planted explosive - IDF

One terrorist was killed; the Shin Bet and IDF are seeking to confirm if they were, in fact, sent by Hezbollah.

MARCH 15, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, TZVI JOFFRE
IDF activity on the Lebanese border on the morning of March 13 following the detonation of an explosive device near the Megiddo Junction.

IDF: Weather, tech defect allowed Lebanese man to cross into Israel

The incident was especially embarrassing because it was revealed publicly by Lebanese media after the man was back in Lebanon.

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Lightning strikes over the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel, February 6, 2023.

Seven points about security from visiting the Lebanese border up close - analysis

Sources view what happens in Iran, Gaza and even the West Bank as influencing tensions and potential escalation on this border.

JANUARY 5, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
THE IDF’S Unit 769 and members of the Devorah Unit train on the Lebanese border.

Lebanon-Israel maritime boundary deal signed at Nakoura UNIFIL HQ

Despite earlier reports, the Israeli and Lebanese delegations signed the deal together in the same room.

OCTOBER 27, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Energy Ministry Director General Lior Schillat stands for a photograph with the Israeli negotiation team, after the US-brokered a deal setting a maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, in Rosh Hanikra, northern Israel October 27, 2022.

Lebanon: here we go again - opinion

The Media Line takes a deep dive into Israel and Lebanon's newest maritime deal.

OCTOBER 18, 2022ByMARK LAVIE/THE MEDIA LINE
Rosh Hanikra, at the border between Israel and Lebanon, on October 14, 2022

The Lebanese government collapsing is no reason to rush a deal - opinion

The Lebanon maritime border deal is bad for Israel strategically and financially.

OCTOBER 18, 2022ByMOSHE KOPPEL
SHORTLY AFTER Yair Lapid became caretaker prime minister, Hezbollah sent UAVs toward Israel’s gas platforms, threatening to attack production weeks before the election. Suddenly, Lapid agreed to accept a deal, says the writer.