Lebanon War

Hezbollah rejects any long term ceasefire option where they give up their arms

Hezbollah has made it clear that it is not willing to surrender its weapons even if Israel withdraws from southern Lebanon, raising tensions in Lebanon.

 Hezbollah supporters celebrate what they say is Iran's victory, after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, in Beirut, Lebanon, June 25, 2025
 Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman's remains in a coffin being laid to rest in a military funeral in Holon Military Cemetery, May 12, 2025.

Sgt.-Maj. Tzvi Feldman is laid to rest at military funeral in Holon

 Pictures of hostages of hostages kidnapped in the deadly October 7 attack on Israel by the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas from Gaza, are attached to flowers in the garden of the Israeli embassy in London, Britain, March 7, 2024.

Feldman's return is great, but the hostages cannot wait another 40 years to be returned - comment

 U.S. State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus attends a press briefing by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the State Department in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2019.

Hezbollah a ‘cancer,’ Iran a threat, US deputy envoy Ortagus tells Arab media


Lebanon will ask Saudi Arabia to resume $3 billion grant to army, president says

Lebanon faces a huge reconstruction bill following a year of Israeli strikes on the country.

 Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 9, 2025.

Lebanon PM forms new government, pledging reforms

New Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the 24-member cabinet would prioritize financial reforms, reconstruction and the implementation of a UN resolution.

 ICJ President Judge Nawaf Salam

Israel should make the ceasefire with Lebanon permanent - opinion

Israel is now required to act wisely, both diplomatically and militarily, and not let the Lebanese opportunity slip away.

 Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 9, 2025.

The inside story of the IDF's role in Hezbollah pager explosions

Both the IDF and the Mossad funded different aspects of the operation, understanding that the goal was to decisively defeat Hezbollah at the right moment, whenever that might be.

 Following the pager attack in Lebanon, smoke from mobile tents

Katz: Security control over Philadelphi Corridor will remain in IDF hands

Katz stated that there would be "no Hamas governance in Gaza," adding that this will be an entirely different reality.

 Defense Minister Israel Katz speaking at the Philadelphi Corridor December 25, 2024.

Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire has set the stage for a Fourth Lebanon War - opinion

Leaving Hezbollah in place to regroup and rebuild, and abandoning the territory in southern Lebanon adjacent to Israel’s northern border, are merely setting the stage for the fourth Lebanon war.

 UNIFIL SOLDIERS of Italy’s San Marco unit patrol along the Litani River near the Lebanese village of Shuhur, in 2006.

Hezbollah chief Naim Qassem declares victory against Israel in televised speech

“We won because we prevented the enemy from destroying Hezbollah,” Qassem said. 

 Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an address from an unknown location, November 29, 2024, in this still image from video.

Hezbollah should abandon arms to end Israel war, Lebanese Christian party head says

Hezbollah says it is defending Lebanon from Israeli aggression and has vowed to keep fighting, saying it will not lay down its arms or allow Israel to achieve political gains on the back of the war.

 Smoke billows on Lebanon's side of the border with Israel, behind the Israeli village of Fassuta, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Ein Ya'akov, northern Israel, November 1, 2024.

Hezbollah seeks to target Israel with more long-range missiles: What does this mean? - analysis

Hezbollah has a new goal: trying to use more long-range missiles to target Tel Aviv and its surrounding areas.

 UAV (illustrative)

IDF announces fallen soldier Sgt. Shalev Itzhak Sagron, killed in Lebanon

Sagron fell alongside multiple other IDF soldiers in combat in Lebanon.

 Sgt. Shalev Yitzhak Sigron fell in Lebanon.

WATCH: IDF strikes key terror targets in continued Gaza, Lebanon operations

The IDF’s 162nd Division continued its operations in the Jabalya area, where soldiers engaged and neutralized several terrorists and dismantled key structures that were used for weapons storage.

 IDF soldiers operate in southern Lebanon, November 10, 2024.