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Israelis ring in 78th Independence Day as Lebanon, Iran ceasefire talks loom

Mossad chief says agent killed abroad • Netanyahu on Remembrance Day: 'We have removed an existential threat'• Trump claims Iran’s nuclear sites are 'obliterated’

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
ISRAELI'S CELEBRATE Independence Day, 2026.
IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, April 10, 2026.

IDF escalates efforts to prevent civilian return to southern Lebanon after ceasefire

Despite IDF warnings, civilians in southern Lebanon are trying to cross into their villages, raising questions about the future of the ceasefire.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
The damaged Zrarieh Bridge over the Litani river, after it was hit by an Israeli strike in Tayr Falsay in southern Lebanon, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 13, 2026.

As Israel prepares to intensify ground offensive in Lebanon, what can be learned from past wars?

Israel's doctrine after October 7 is the same as the 1967 doctrine, where it took over the large areas it had conquered after the Six-Day War. It is yet to be seen whether it will work in Lebanon.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli tanks on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in northern Israel, March 8, 2026.

Human Rights Watch accuses IDF of unlawful use of white phosphorus in Lebanon

HRW also clarified that it couldn't verify if people were in the area where they claimed the white phosphorus was used or if civilians were hurt by the use of that weapon.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN

A look into Lebanon: Three Israeli experts discuss a potential war with Hezbollah - interview

Vice Rector of Tel Aviv University, the Founder of Bar Ilan's Program on Conflict Management and Negotiation, and a Researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security speak to 'The Post'

JUNE 27, 2024ByOHAD MERLIN
HOISTING A photo of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah at a rally in Bekaa Valley, Lebanon.

Finance Committee: 'Israel going to war in North, but North is not in the budget'

In a heated Knesset finance committee meeting, opposition MKs blasted the decision to roll over 2023 budget excesses instead of funding urgent war needs.

JUNE 24, 2024ByEVE YOUNG
Training of IDF forces in the north

A peace to be broken: The Golan amid the escalation with Hezbollah

Reporter's notebook: If war comes, this peace will be broken, as it was in 1973, and the heights will once again form a bulwark for Israel against enemies near and far. 

JUNE 24, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Israeli reserve soldiers take part in a military drill in the Golan Heights, northern Israel, May 8, 2024

Gallant: 50% of Hezbollah commanders in south Lebanon killed, other half hiding

The IDF said that it had killed six Hezbollah brigade-level commanders and over 30 battalion-level commanders.

APRIL 24, 2024ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
HEZBOLLAH MEMBERS hold flags during a rally marking the annual Hezbollah Martyrs’ Day, in Beirut’s southern suburbs, last month

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 197?

White House not commenting on Israel's attack in Iran • Israel strikes Iran, defense officials confirm • Hamas leadership considering leaving Qatar

APRIL 20, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Nahal soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip. April 20, 2024.

Israel's eyes on the northern border, six months after start of war in Gaza - editorial

Six months after the start of the Gaza war, Israel pulled its troops out of Khan Younis. However, eyes are on the northern border.

APRIL 8, 2024ByJPOST EDITORIAL
IDF soldiers of Division 98 in Khan Yunis, January 22, 2024

Iran media claims Hezbollah supplied with Iran’s ‘Almas’ missiles 

Iran is supplying Hezbollah with more missiles to target Israeli military locations.

FEBRUARY 14, 2024BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
HEZBOLLAH FIGHTERS, with posters of Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei, are photographed by the author at the Badr group headquarters in Baghdad in 2015.

Hezbollah increases rocket fire, IDF ups counterattacks

Soon after the Hezbollah attack, the IDF struck the source of the fire, as well as several Hezbollah terror positions across the border.

NOVEMBER 18, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Smoke and flares during an exchange of fire between the IDF and Hezbollah terrorists on the border between Israel and Lebanon, November 12, 2023.

Wildfires erupt in southern Lebanon, civil defense blames Israeli shells

Border clashes between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah have escalated in recent weeks since Israel went to war with Hezbollah's Palestinian ally Hamas.

OCTOBER 31, 2023ByREUTERS
A view shows smoke and fire in Lebanon, near the border with Israel, as seen from northern Israel, October 31, 2023.

Israel flew in Lebanese airspace over 22,000 times in last 15 years - study

Israel continues to carry out fights in Lebanese airspace, claiming it is necessary to fight Hezbollah, and, by proxy, Iran.

JUNE 12, 2022ByANNA AHRONHEIM
An Israeli Air Force F-35 flies during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel, June 27, 2019.