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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. 

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

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

Lebanon has not officially designated Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.

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


WATCH: IDF strikes Hezbollah rocket launchers, tunnel shafts in southern Lebanon

The IDF struck Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, targeting a launcher and a tunnel shaft, citing violations of understandings between Israel and Lebanon.

 IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon. January 23, 2025.

Lebanese army runs out of explosives as it cracks down on Hezbollah ahead of two-year deadline

The Lebanese army is expected to finish its sweep of Hezbollah targets in the south by the end of this year, a considerable feat in a country in which Hezbollah was once the dominant political force.

 Lebanese army members and residents inspect the damages in the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon February 18, 2025.

UK offers Lebanon plan to build surveillance towers along Israeli border - report

The initiative is modeled on similar towers Britain has installed along Lebanon's border with Syria over the past decade.

 Israel-Lebanon border

Lebanon’s long overdue reckoning - opinion

Hezbollah’s claims about Israel's colonial ambitions in Lebanon do not stand the test of Israel-Lebanon’s history.

 HEZBOLLAH LEADER Sheikh Naim Qassem delivers an address earlier this year. Recently he affirmed that ‘liberation is a duty, no matter how long it takes.’

Lebanon must 'scream,' increase pressure over Israeli attacks, says Hezbollah's Qassem

Qassem accused Israel of breaking its ceasefire agreement with Lebanon more than 3000 times.

 Sheikh Naim Qassem speaks during a rally supporting Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Beirut, Lebanon October 13, 2023.

IDF Colonel reflects on deadly Lebanon incident involving Ze’ev 'Jabo' Hanoch Erlich

Col. (res.) Yoav Yarom spoke out for the first time in a televised interview aired on Channel 12's "Uvda," as part of an investigative report by journalist Chen Lieberman.

 Israeli researcher Ze'ev Erlich seen in IDF uniform before entering into southern Lebanon, near the Israeli border with Lebanon, November 20, 2024

Israel, Lebanon to launch US-mediated talks to solve border disputes 'as soon as possible'

Israel will return five Lebanese who were captured during the war back to Lebanon.

A sign shows the border between Israel and Lebanon, with a map of IDF's five outposts and an Israeli soldier (illustrative)

‘If we got rid of Hezbollah, we wouldn’t need five outposts,’ Kiryat Shmona Spokesman says

Reporter's notebook: The 'Post' visits northern communities at Lebanon border after IDF withdrawal.

 Jerusalem Post visited various spots near the border with Lebanon in order to see and hear from soldiers and northern residents how their lives have improved since the ceasefire, and whether they still feel safe after the IDF withdrawl

Extend the ceasefire in the North and protect Israel from Hezbollah – editorial

The February 18 withdrawal deadline is fast approaching – but Hezbollah’s violations and the Lebanese Army’s failure to deploy raise serious concerns in Israel.

 Israeli soldiers seen in Meiss El Jabal, in southern Lebanon, February 10, 2025.

At least 22 killed as IDF fires on suspects returning to southern Lebanon

If the Lebanese army deploys faster to the rest of southern Lebanon, the IDF might feel compelled to complete its withdrawal faster as well.

 IDF operating in Lebanon, published January 16, 2024