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'Post' heads to Lebanon: IDF sets position in Ait a Shaab - Reporters Notebook

The Post visited southern Lebanon with the IDF to see the newly established position in Ait a Shaab, a former Hezbollah stronghold.

|ByJONATHAN SPYER
IDF's Nahal Infantry Brigade established a position in Ait a Shaab, southern Lebanon, April 19. 2026.
People help a man on a motorcycle to cross a bridge linking southern Lebanon to the rest of the country, which was hit in an earlier Israeli strike, amid a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel, in Zrarieh, Lebanon, April 19, 2026.

Israel’s symbolic strikes on bridges and high-rises show limits of military power - analysis

Israel's strikes on bridges and high-rises in Gaza and Lebanon are symbolic, revealing the limits of its military power as Hezbollah and Hamas maintain control in both regions.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
IDF reveals "Forward Defense Line" in southern Lebanon, April 19, 2026.

IDF reveals Forward Defense Line in southern Lebanon

The IDF is operating south of the Forward Defense Line to "dismantle Hezbollah terror infrastructure sites" and "prevent direct threats to communities in northern Israel," the military said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Command Sgt.-Maj.(res.) Barak Kalfon.

Command Sgt.-Maj. (Res.) Barak Kalfon killed in southern Lebanon

Command Sgt.-Maj. (Res.) Barak Kalfon, a 48-year-old combat soldier in the 226th Brigade from Adi, was killed during combat in southern Lebanon on Friday, the IDF announced Saturday evening.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Hostage remains identified as Itay Chen, last Israeli-American hostage held in Gaza

Notably, this leaves Hadar Goldin as the last remaining murdered hostage who was taken during active IDF service.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Staff-Sergeant Itay Chen.

Hamas terrorist killled by IDF while attempting to cross Yellow Line

This is one of several incidents in the past days in which Hamas members, in violation of the ceasefire between Israel and the terror group, attempt to cross over the Yellow Line.

NOVEMBER 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A yellow mark indicates the Yellow Line under the ceasefire deal, in Gaza City, November 2, 2025.