Israel and lebanon

Hezbollah leader vows to never surrender, calls for Lebanon to withdraw from negotiations

Qassem asserted the terror group's commitment to remaining on the battlefield, saying Lebanon would not return to the state of affairs that existed before March 2. 

|ByDANYA SAPERSTEIN
Hezbollah Secretary-General Naim Qassem gives a televised speech from an unknown location in this still image obtained from a video released December 5, 2025; illustrative.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, US Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanon Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israel Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter pose for a photo before their meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, April 14, 2026.

Israel-Lebanon talks to resume May 14-15 with US mediation

The US State Department specified that "comprehensive peace is contingent on the full restoration of Lebanese state authority and the complete disarmament of Hezbollah." 

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Lebanese electrical workers rebuild damaged power lines, as families return to apartments wrecked by Israeli strikes in Tyre last month. Some Lebanese citizens believe Hezbollah’s concept of resistance has completely failed.

'People don't want wars anymore': Inside Lebanon's shifting calculus on Israel

As Hezbollah’s grip weakens and war fatigue deepens, a growing number of Lebanese are beginning to see peace with Israel not as betrayal but as necessity

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON
Lebanon has not officially designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

The illusion of a sovereign Lebanon: Why past agreements keep collapsing - analysis

Negotiations with Beirut risk repeating past failures unless Hezbollah’s grip on state power is dismantled

|ByDANNY AYALON, MORAN ALALUF

IDF strikes Lebanon after anti-tank missile hits near Ghajar border town

The rocket comes amid tensions on Hezbollah posts in Israeli territory and a new fence around a village split by the Blue Line.

JULY 6, 2023ByTZVI JOFFRE, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke rises in Kfarshouba, as seen from the village of Khiam, near the border with Israel, in southern Lebanon, July 6, 2023.

Israel isn’t an enemy, says Lebanese activist - opinion

Iran and the Muslim Brotherhood appropriate some of this money to pay lone wolves who have left Syria and Lebanon as migrants to the EU. They pose a clear and present threat.

JUNE 25, 2023ByNIGEL GOODRICH
OMAR HARFOUCH, founder of The Third Republic, a Lebanese political party, sits in his Paris office.

Iranian trip to Israel-Lebanon border is part of larger symbolic threat - analysis

The area of Maroun al-Ras was a key area for Hezbollah staging during the 2006 war with Israel. Now Iran's foreign minister pays it a visit.

APRIL 28, 2023BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian visits Maroun Al-Ras village, near the border between Lebanon and Israel, Lebanon April 28, 2023.

Iran foreign min. visits Lebanon-Israel border: 'Zionists only understand force'

Hossein Amir-Abdollahian met with Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and visited to Maroun al-Ras, which is near Israel's northern border.

APRIL 28, 2023ByYIFAT ROSENBERG/WALLA!
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian gestures as he stands next to Hezbollah officials during his visit to Maroun Al-Ras village near the border between Lebanon and Israel, Lebanon April 28, 2023.

Terrorist crossed border from Lebanon with suicide belt, planted explosive - IDF

One terrorist was killed; the Shin Bet and IDF are seeking to confirm if they were, in fact, sent by Hezbollah.

MARCH 15, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, TZVI JOFFRE
IDF activity on the Lebanese border on the morning of March 13 following the detonation of an explosive device near the Megiddo Junction.

IDF: Weather, tech defect allowed Lebanese man to cross into Israel

The incident was especially embarrassing because it was revealed publicly by Lebanese media after the man was back in Lebanon.

FEBRUARY 7, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Lightning strikes over the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel, February 6, 2023.

Seven points about security from visiting the Lebanese border up close - analysis

Sources view what happens in Iran, Gaza and even the West Bank as influencing tensions and potential escalation on this border.

JANUARY 5, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
THE IDF’S Unit 769 and members of the Devorah Unit train on the Lebanese border.

Lebanon-Israel maritime boundary deal signed at Nakoura UNIFIL HQ

Despite earlier reports, the Israeli and Lebanese delegations signed the deal together in the same room.

OCTOBER 27, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Israeli Energy Ministry Director General Lior Schillat stands for a photograph with the Israeli negotiation team, after the US-brokered a deal setting a maritime border between Israel and Lebanon, in Rosh Hanikra, northern Israel October 27, 2022.

Lebanon: here we go again - opinion

The Media Line takes a deep dive into Israel and Lebanon's newest maritime deal.

OCTOBER 18, 2022ByMARK LAVIE/THE MEDIA LINE
Rosh Hanikra, at the border between Israel and Lebanon, on October 14, 2022

The Lebanese government collapsing is no reason to rush a deal - opinion

The Lebanon maritime border deal is bad for Israel strategically and financially.

OCTOBER 18, 2022ByMOSHE KOPPEL
SHORTLY AFTER Yair Lapid became caretaker prime minister, Hezbollah sent UAVs toward Israel’s gas platforms, threatening to attack production weeks before the election. Suddenly, Lapid agreed to accept a deal, says the writer.