Second Lebanon War

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.

Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.
IDF spokesperson Brig.-Gen. Effie Defrin is seen in a switch-over ceremony in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 27, 2025

IDF locates Hezbollah position that wounded IDF Spokesperson Effie Defrin in Second Lebanon War

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

Twenty years on: IDF reveals orders to begin Second Lebanon War, expand operations towards Litani

DEFENSE MINISTER Israel Katz at the memorial service for IDF soldiers killed during the Second Lebanon War.

Netanyahu, Katz say IDF will stay in Lebanon until Hezbollah disarms


Gilad Erdan files complaint to UNSC following Hezbollah attack in Israel

"There is no justification for having an ineffective force operate in territory which Hezbollah is using to arm itself."

Aerial footage of the area where the incident took place

Nasrallah: Iran rebuilt Lebanon after war, Soleimani's death 'new age'

Nasrallah stressed that Iran treated Hezbollah and the Palestinian terrorist groups as allies, not tools.

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani

UNSC renews mandate for peace keepers at Israeli-Lebanese border

Israel's Mission to the UN welcomed new provisions in the mandate which it said were "a clear call on the Lebanese government to allow access to UNIFIL forces."

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

IDF limiting traffic along Lebanon border in response to rising tensions

No special instructions given to residents in the North.

A woman walks her dog as an Israeli soldier guards near the border with Lebanon, the morning after the Israeli military said it had launched an operation to "expose and thwart" cross-border attack tunnels from Lebanon, in Israel's northernmost town Metula December 5, 2018

13 years later, is the IDF ready for another war against Hezbollah?

Israel lost 121 soldiers during the 2006 Second Lebanon War. A section of the border fence where the Hezbollah ambush occurred has 121 flowers painted on it: a flower for every soldier lost.

ROUTE 8993 along Lebanese-Israel border where Hezbollah ambushed an IDF patrol in 2006.

Prosecution finds charges against ex-general Gal Hirsch baseless

At the same time, the state announced its intent to indict other defendants who were part of the alleged scheme.

Gal Hirsch

HaBayit Shel Benji to add 12 more rooms to house lone combat soldiers

Some 75 lone combat soldiers currently live in HaBayit Shel Benji in central Ranaana founded in memory of Major Benji Hillman who was killed in the Lebanese village of Moran a-Ras.

Home away-from-home for lone soldiers also provides Guidance Center for discharged soldiers

Hezbollah footage from 2005 shows abduction attempt

The video, which was uploaded by Hezbollah’s Al-Manar website, shows terrorists from groups led by Muhammed Qansu engaging with IDF troops in the village that straddles both Israel and Lebanon.

 SUPPORTERS OF Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah display Hezbollah and Lebanese flags in Baalbek, Bekaa valley in eastern Lebanon in August last year. (Hassan Abdallah/Reuters)

What message from Lebanon did Eisenkot get in DC?

A few days prior to meeting IDF Chief of Staff Eizenkot, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford met with Lebanese Armed Forces commander Lt. Gen. Joseph Aoun for similar talks.

General Joseph Dunford (L), the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks next to Israel's Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Gadi Eizenkot, as they review an honour guard in Tel Aviv, Israel May 9, 2017.

The wars that defined us - A flashback in time: The Second Lebanon War

At its 70th birthday, Israel finds itself in a unique position.

Second Lebanon War- Soldiers return home