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In a significant operational achievement, IDF engineering forces from the 188th Brigade discovered and destroyed an elaborate underground Hezbollah command facility in southern Lebanon that had been used to direct attacks against Israeli communities in the Galilee region over the past year. The facility, accessed through a tunnel network extending dozens of meters, contained sophisticated […]

Shiite convert Jack Danaher Molloy, 24, tried to join Hezbollah during his travels to Lebanon and Syria during the October 7 War.

An analysis of weapons captured in Lebanon shows that Hezbollah received advanced arms from Russia via the Syrian military

An analysis of weapons captured in Lebanon shows that Hezbollah received advanced arms from Russia via the Syrian military

The rifts within Lebanon's political leadership are deep and the country's army is redeploying for challenges no one is sure it can meet. In the meantime, disarming Hezbollah is a long way from completion – as are the measures needed to rebuild Lebanon

LEBANON: Reports in Lebanon: Israeli strikes southern Lebanon's Marjayoun ■ ISRAEL: Netanyahu in northern Israel: 'We are currently in a cease-fire, the war has not ended' ■ GAZA: Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry: 36 killed, 96 wounded in the Strip over past day ■ IRAN: Iran's FM says troop deployment to Syria possible, if Damascus requests ■ SYRIA: IDF says it killed Hezbollah liaison to the Syrian Army in Damascus airstrike

The IDF announced it was conducting airstrikes in Lebanon after Hezbollah claimed responsibility earlier Monday for mortar fire at northern Israel, which Netanyahu slammed as 'a serious violation of the cease-fire'

IDF says it struck several times in Lebanon due to cease-fire agreement breaches, attacking Hezbollah targets. Medics in Gaza: Seven killed in IDF strike. IDF: Targeted terrorist involved in Oct. 7 attack who worked with World Central Kitchen; WCK says it had no knowledge of the alleged Oct. 7 ties and is pausing its Gaza operations ■ Hamas released a video showing Israeli-U.S. hostage Edan Alexander, 20, in captivity ■ ICC chief prosecutor: Israel's appeal against arrest warrants issued for Netanyahu, Gallant should be dismissed ■ Here's what you need to know 421 days into the war

In his first speech since the cease-fire with Israel, Hezbollah Secretary-General Nayim Qassem declared victory, asserting that Hezbollah had 'prevented Israel from weakening' the group and that 'the resistance remains operational, continuing to thwart Netanyahu's schemes'

  Iran appears to be recalibrating its regional strategy following Donald Trump's election victory and the weakening of its proxy Hezbollah, the New York Times has reported based on multiple sources familiar with Tehran's decision-making process. In a notable shift from its typically aggressive stance, Tehran has made several conciliatory diplomatic moves. These include dispatching […]

The IDF believes that firm enforcement of the cease-fire will be needed to ensure Hezbollah and Lebanon adhere to its terms ■ Reports in Lebanon indicate several have been killed and wounded since the truce took effect

LEBANON: Cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah goes into effect; IDF fires at suspects entering no-go zone in southern Lebanon ■ ISRAEL: Netanyahu says Lebanon agreement aims to isolate Hamas, focus on Iran ■ GAZA: White House announces it will renew efforts to broker a Gaza truce; Hamas reportedly ready for cease-fire following Lebanon agreement

If the whole point of confronting and destroying Hezbollah was to bring Israel's northerners home and return life there to normal, even just a fraction of attention and energy should have been devoted to the task of rehabilitation

  True to his usual restrained and careful style, the IDF Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevi, this week talked about the price that Israel has been exacting from Hezbollah to date: "Its chain of command has collapsed, scores of operatives have been killed, and its infrastructure has been destroyed." To Halevi's relatively modest description we […]

U.S. and Israeli officials say major hurdles toward a deal were cleared, namely removing the link between cease-fires in Gaza and Lebanon, but Israel's demand for freedom of action against Hezbollah attempts to re-arm remains a sticking point

Mohammad Afif, the head of Hezbollah's media relations network, was killed in an Israeli Air Force strike in Beirut, according to a report by Reuters on Sunday. The report, based on sources within Hezbollah in Lebanon, indicated that Afif was killed in a strike targeting an underground facility in Beirut's southern suburb and Hezbollah stronghold, […]

ISRAEL: IDF says some 15 Hezbollah rockets fired at Haifa and northern Israel; several intercepted, rest fell in open areas ■ LEBANON: Israeli strike in Beirut kills Hezbollah's media chief Mohammad Afif, two security sources say ■ GAZA: Some 90 Palestinians killed in central, northern Gaza following three IDF strikes, Hamas officials say

Both Israel and the U.S. are backing the framework agreement and are aiming for a deal to be clinched within weeks. However, it's unclear whether Hezbollah's leadership will accept an arrangement that gives Israel freedom to strike Hezbollah targets

Despite mounting pressure, Hezbollah sources insist that the Gazan front and the Lebanese front are inseparable, while signaling to Arab diplomats and representatives of Palestinian factions its rejection of Israel's demands of maintaining elements of control in southern Lebanon

  The IDF is examining the possibility of establishing new anti-tank units using materiel seized as spoils from Hezbollah, including tens of thousands of Kornet and Almas anti-tank missiles, equivalent to the Israeli-made Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Gil system. This initiative comes following the capture of an unprecedented quantity of missiles from southern Lebanon, Israel […]