Israel lebanon war

Moving past a ceasefire: Recognizing Israel is a big step, but 'normal,' says Lebanese diplomat

Lebanon’s Washington framework with Israel puts Hezbollah’s disarmament, state sovereignty, and Iran’s regional role at the center of a fragile test for both Beirut and Jerusalem.

A flower at the Al‑Bass Roman ruins, a UNESCO World Heritage site hit by an Israeli airstrike in Tyre, southern Lebanon June 25, 2026.
Soldiers from the IDF's Golani Brigade operating near Lebanon's Litani River, published May 12, 2026.

How is the new Israel-Lebanon agreement different from previous peace attempts? - analysis

IDF soldiers operate against Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon, June 21, 2026.

Hezbollah launches night operations to locate IDF senior command in southern Lebanon

Smoke billows from southern Lebanon following an Israeli strike, as seen from Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, June 19, 2026.

Israel needs a smarter strategy for Lebanon - opinion


'Hezbollah is taunting Israel': Retired US general calls Majdal Shams attack 'intentional'

"When you have continuous attacks on the territory of Israel by Hezbollah, a terrorist organization that has supported Iran, you have to provide a proportional response."

Former Major-General Mark Hertling (C), the commander of US forces in northern Iraq, holds a joint battlefield circulation patrol with U.S. and Iraqi soldiers on the streets in Mosul June 19, 2008.

Lebanese FM to Israel: We are interested in peace

The Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdullah Bou Habib sent a special third-party message to Foreign Minister Israel Katz explaining to him that his country did not want a war to break out between them.

 Lebanese Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib gestures as he speaks during an interview with Reuters at his office at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut, Lebanon November 2, 2021.

Researcher: Hezbollah and Israel were preparing for this war since 2006

A researcher told Saudi news that Israel and Hezbollah's advancement in military capability since 2006 shows they were both preparing for another war.

 Hezbollah operatives

Netanyahu: Iranian axis 'on the march to conquer the Middle East,' Lebanon on high alert

Tehran “is fighting us on a seven-front war: obviously, Hamas, Hezbollah as well as the Houthis, the militias in Iraq and Syria, the West Bank, and Iran itself,” says Netanyahu.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on June 24, 2024.

Beirut says French plan for Lebanon-Israel truce could be 'step' to stability

Lebanese armed groups would withdraw combat forces and Lebanese regular army troops would be deployed in the south.

 An Israeli soldier stands guard at a fence separating Israel and Lebanon at a military outpost in Kibbutz Hanita, close to the border in northern Israel, January 11, 2024

Lebanon's struggling hospitals could collapse if war escalates, doctors fear

The Lebanese government is no longer providing the monthly $20,000 USD needed to maintain the hospital generators.

Mounes Klakesh, director of Marjayoun hospital, stands as he attends an interview with Reuters at the hospital in Marjayoun, southern Lebanon November 13, 2023

Will maritime-border settlement imply Lebanon's indirect recognition of Israel? - analysis

If a deal materializes, sooner or later, will Hezbollah tie its own hands by neutralizing the "resistance" and saying that Israel has respected all its commitments to Lebanon?

  Karish gas field, located in Israel territory and disputed by Lebanon.

Unseen footage from First Lebanon War released for first time

In the black and white footage, dozens of troops are seen gathered on top of armored personnel carriers and tanks as they head into Lebanon.

 Israeli soldiers in Jezzine, Lebanon, during the first Lebanon War. 1984.

Offering to help Lebanon doesn’t mean hailing its flag

It is one thing for Jerusalem to offer assistance, but it quite another that Tel Aviv cover its municipal building with the flag of that enemy country as a symbol of solidarity.

Smoke rises after an explosion was heard in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020

Lebanon tells Israel its border wall violates sovereignty

In the meeting, the Lebanese side also rejected recent Israeli comments about Lebanon's offshore energy exploration.

peacekeepers patrol along the Israel-Lebanon border near the northern Israeli town of Metula