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WATCH: IDF uncovers expansive Hezbollah tunnel complex under Beaufort Castle

At the end of May, the IDF announced that it had captured the Beaufort Ridge, which it had previously held between 1982 and 2000, when Israeli forces withdrew from Lebanon.

|ByLEO FEIERBERG BETTER
The IDF released footage of IDF soldiers inside tunnels under Beaufort, southern Lebanon, published June 7, 2026.
A protester burns fake US dollars during a pro-Iranian regime demonstration in front of the Iranian consulate in Istanbul, on January 18, 2026.

Lebanon burns foreign reserves to hold pound steady in face of devastating war losses - analysis

Currency stability has held near 89,500 to the dollar, but reserves, banks, households, and public confidence remain under heavy strain.

|ByNADIM AL-KHATIB/THE MEDIA LINE
Then-defense minister Ariel Sharon (R) meets with IDF soldiers after a battle with Palestinian gunmen at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, June 7, 1982.

On This Day: Palestinian terrorists attempt assassinating Israeli ambassador, prompting Lebanon War

Shlomo Argov survived the London shooting attack but remained paralyzed, while Israel launched a campaign that expelled the PLO and set the stage for Iran's Islamic regime to establish Hezbollah.

|ByJAMES GENN
This picture taken from Marjayoun, southern Lebanon, shows an Israeli flag and a Golani Brigade flag fluttering atop the medieval Beaufort Castle in Arnoun on June 1, 2026.

IDF recaptures Beaufort in Lebanon, is this a tactical win or a strategic illusion? - opinion

From such high ground, the IDF can improve observation, strengthen forward defense of Israeli communities, and complicate Hezbollah’s efforts to move fighters, anti-tank teams, and snipers.

|ByOR HORVITZ

Civilian effort to equip Israeli soldiers for war with Hezbollah ratchets up alongside hostilities

As tensions on the northern border soar, civilian donation efforts scramble to equip soldiers for potential conflict.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024ByASAF ELIA-SHALEV/JTA
Israeli forces at the site where a missile fired from Lebanon hit houses and cars in Kiryat Bialik, northern Israel, Sept. 22, 2024.

Taiwan questions head of pager firm linked to Hezbollah blasts

Gold Apollo's Ceo said it was 'very embarrassing' to be linked to the explosions.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024ByREUTERS
Hsu Ching-kuang, founder and president of Gold Apollo speaks to the media at their office in New Taipei City

Hezbollah under fire: The number of casualties from beeper explosions is worse than we thought

While the official death toll stands at 32, on-the-ground estimates point to dozens more, as explosions in Lebanon expose Hezbollah's severe vulnerabilities.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024ByMAARIV
A person is carried on a stretcher outside American University of Beirut Medical Center (AUBMC) as people, including Hezbollah fighters and medics, were wounded and killed when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon. Beirut, Lebanon September 17, 2024.

From beeper to bomb: Hezbollah's pager crisis explained - opinion

Discover the breathtaking ingenuity behind the sabotage that turned Hezbollah’s pagers into explosive weapons.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024ByLOUIS LIBIN, MICHAEL J. SALAMON
CROWDS GATHER outside American University of Beirut Medical Center after thousands of Hezbollah operatives were wounded when the pagers they use to communicate exploded across Lebanon, on Tuesday.

IDF Northern Commander Gordon: The security situation on the border must be changed and soon

IDF's Maj. Gen. Uri Gordon vows swift action on the Lebanese border amid rising tensions after Hezbollah operatives were injured by boobytrapped pagers and calls for a broader conflict to escalate.

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF's Northern Command chief Uri Gordon.

'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."

JULY 29, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
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.

JULY 3, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
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.

JUNE 30, 2024ByMAARIV
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.

JUNE 27, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF, HANNAH SARISOHN
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.

MARCH 15, 2024ByREUTERS
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