Tag: Lebanon
Israel needs a new Lebanon strategy
Anti-tank missiles in garages and artillery stashed in children’s bedrooms. Weapons stockpiled in nearly every house. This was what one of us encountered, in village after village in Southern Lebanon, during the October 2024...
Israel begins border negotiations with Lebanon
Israel and Lebanon on Tuesday initiated negotiations towards settling the border between the two countries.
Representatives of the Israel Defense Forces, the United States, France and Lebanon agreed during a meeting in Naqoura in Southern...
Israel redrawing its borders in Syria and Lebanon
On Feb. 24, 2025, protests erupted in southern Syria, with several hundred demonstrators rallying in multiple locations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent call for the demilitarization of the area south of Damascus.
The...
Israel eliminates top Hamas commander in Lebanon
The Israeli Air Force on Monday eliminated the head of Hamas's Operations Department in Lebanon near Sidon, according to a joint Israel Defense Forces and Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) statement.
"Muhammad Shaheen was eliminated...
Anti-Hezbollah Christians join new Lebanese government
The Christian-based Lebanese Forces Party, which has not been part of a Cabinet in the Land of the Cedars in more than five years, has entered the country's newly announced government, constituting a major...
Katz: Jerusalem to ‘firmly’ enforce Lebanon, Gaza ceasefires
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz on Monday warned the Hezbollah and Hamas terror organizations in Southern Lebanon and the Gaza Strip, respectively, not to test Jerusalem's resolve.
Israel "will continue to enforce the ceasefires in...
Israel in talks with Trump administration to delay IDF exit from Lebanon
Michael Herzog, the outgoing Israeli ambassador to the United States, confirmed on Thursday that Jerusalem was in talks with Washington to delay the Israel Defense Forces withdrawal from Southern Lebanon.
"We are holding discussions with...
Nawaf Salam becomes prime minister of Lebanon
Nawaf Salam, president of the International Court of Justice, a U.N. agency in The Hague, was designated on Monday as Lebanon’s next prime minister.
Salam, who previously served as the country’s ambassador to the United...
‘Very friendly’ Netanyahu-Trump call focused on Israeli victory, Gaza hostages, PM says
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a "very friendly, warm and important" phone call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on the need to complete Jerusalem's victory over Iranian-backed terror proxies and free the hostages held by...
Why the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is fated to fail … and why that’s a good...
Some 415 days after Hezbollah launched a war against Israel in solidarity with Hamas following its Oct. 7 massacre, the United States, France, Israel and Lebanon announced a ceasefire. While the Biden administration surely...