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Maps of Syria, meeting Trump and Vance: What really happened behind Washington’s doors - analysis

The most important takeaway from Netanyahu’s Washington trip may not have been any single statement or announcement, but that Israel still needs to persuade the US of its position.

JULY 29, 2026|ByIDAN KWELLER

Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with President Trump in the Oval Office in Washington DC.

IDF soldiers in the Bint Jbail stadium, southern Lebanon, July 15, 2026.

IDF redeployment hinges on Hezbollah disarmament, US officials say ahead of Netanyahu-Trump summit

“The conditions-based deal between Israel and Lebanon states that Israel will redeploy its troops from Lebanese territory in exchange for Hezbollah’s disarmament," officials told Walla.

JULY 28, 2026|ByIDAN KWELLER

A member of the Lava Unmanned Systems Regiment, Norman, poses for a photograph with a Bulava strike drone, a kamikaze UAV capable of carrying a 3.5-kilogram payload with a range of up to 100 kilometers in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.

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The drone gap: Israel's defense giants are not building the weapon this war demands - analysis

Why Israel’s world-leading defense industry is failing to deliver the one weapon modern warfare demands most

JULY 13, 2026|ByJUDAH TAUB

Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.

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.

JULY 13, 2026|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN

On This day: UN Resolution 425 finalizes Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon

On June 16th, 2000, then UN secretary-general Kofi Annan officially announced that Israel had withdrawn from Lebanon, 22 years after it was drafted.

JUNE 16, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

UN peacekeepers (UNIFIL) patrol the border with Israel, in the village of Khiam, Lebanon August 26, 2019.

IDF to grant honorary badge for service in Lebanon

The badges will be given out by the IDF starting on 7 June to an approximate 3,100 current IDF officers and some 2,3000 bereaved families.

MAY 26, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

The new IDF badge honoring military service along the Lebanon border.

IDF to award medal to SLA, IDF soldiers who fought in Lebanon buffer zone

The Lebanon war started in September 1982 and ended with the Israeli withdrawal in May 2000.

MARCH 1, 2021ByUDI SHAHAM

A general view of IDF forces before the withdrawal from South Lebanon on May 1, 2000

Syrian Arab Army forces position themselves on Mount Hermon - report

Reports have surfaced recently of both Israeli and Syrian airstrikes in areas close to the border.

JANUARY 26, 2021BySARAH BEN-NUN

View of Mount Hermon covered with snow as it seen from the northern Golan Heights, near the border with Syria, January 20, 2021.

Lebanon’s ability to hang on now in question

Former US ambassador tells The Media Line: No one trusts members of ruling class to keep their word on reform.

NOVEMBER 23, 2020ByMIKE WAGENHEIM / THE MEDIA LINE

FILE PHOTO: Smoke rises from the site of an explosion in Beirut, Lebanon August 4, 2020

The talks with Lebanon need quiet diplomacy

Any tactical derogation or strategical hidden objectives should be put aside.

NOVEMBER 9, 2020ByITZHAK LEVANON

Lebanon's President Michel Aoun speaks during a news conference at the presidential palace last month in Baabda, Lebanon.

Israel-Lebanon negotiations: cautious optimism but no bells of peace

It is essential to keep in mind at this point that the negotiations relate only to the maritime border, nothing else. Neither side intends to discuss land border disputes or additional issues.

OCTOBER 20, 2020ByMICHAEL HARARI