Lebanon israel war

PM orders IDF attacks on Hezbollah in Beirut, but US, Iran interventions pause action

Hezbollah showers the North with drones as IDF troops take over the Beaufort Ridge outpost and Wadi al-Saluki areas beyond the Litani River.

Israeli soldiers operate at Beaufort Ridge in southern Lebanon, in this handout image released on May 31, 2026.
Hezbollah rockets strike a church in southern Lebanon, May 29, 2026.

WATCH: Hezbollah rockets strike church in southern Lebanon, IDF footage shows

IDF troops active in Southern Lebanon, published on April 28, 2026.

Several soldiers wounded by explosive drones during operations in southern Lebanon

A person holds a Sting interceptor drone by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 16, 2026

Can FPV drone threat encourage Israel-Ukraine cooperation? - analysis


Hezbollah supporter pegged for next Lebanese president

Lebanon has endured a protracted political crisis since parliament failed to elect a new president two years ago, paralyzing government and causing a breakdown in many basic services.

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah wave Hezbollah and Lebanese flags in south Lebanon

Lessons from the Second Lebanon War

At the end of the day, there are no good wars.

IDF soldiers walk together after leaving Lebanon near the Israel-Lebanon border in August 2006

Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch sets the record straight

Hirsch recently published an English-language book called Defensive Shield. After the war, he resigned from the army.

Gal Hirsch

'In future war, Israel will be hit with biggest rocket salvos seen yet'

"It's not a nightmare, it's a very realistic scenario," says IAF air defense chief Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimovich.

Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, July 13, 2014

How Israel missed an opportunity to cut off Hezbollah's head

A new book sheds light on an IDF plan to assassinate senior Hezbollah military officials and the man who shot the plan down.

A Hezbollah supporter waves a flag in Beirut's southern suburbs

'Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad was tortured and killed in 1988'

A Lebanese national accused of collaborating with Mossad told a military tribunal that Arad died two years after falling into captivity.

Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad in captivity after his jet went down in Lebanon in 1986

Beirut protesters shout for 'the downfall of the regime' as 'You Stink' campaign sweeps capitol

Their "You Stink" protest campaign was mobilized after the government failed to solve a crisis in trash disposal, leaving piles of refuse rotting in the summer sun.

Protesters start a fire during a protest against corruption and against the government's failure to resolve a crisis over rubbish disposal, near the government palace in Beirut, Lebanon August 23, 2015.

Criticism follows Hirsch’s appointment as chief of police

"The decision is delusional and wrong," says former Jerusalem District police chief.

Gal Hirsch

Local authorities warned of enlarged rocket threat from Hezbollah

In future war with Hezbollah, country could sustain hundreds of fatalities and billions of shekels in damages, Home Front Command says.

An iron dome launches rockets to intercept incoming rockets from Gaza on Tuesday.

La nouvelle bataille pour le Golan

Même si la situation au Nord est compliquée par l’implication de plusieurs acteurs hostiles à l’Etat hébreu, Israël aurait intérêt à éviter l’escalade des violences

Des troupes de Tsahal en faction près de la frontière libanaise jeudi 29 janvier