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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’

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

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?

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


Peace of mind

‘The amazing process we began this week brought us from ‘brothers in arms’ to ‘brothers in soul.’’

THE GROUP that paid a recent visit to London. Center front row is Mark Regev, Israel’s Ambassador to the Court of St. James (UK).

Nasrallah take note: ‘Some spider! Some web!’

In Nasrallah’s view, Israel is on the verge of collapse, a country in which its citizens are soft, fat and sassy.

A poster of Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah in southern Lebanon

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What citizens of other countries are reading about the Middle East

Bronze statues of North Korea’s late founder Kim Il-sung and late leader Kim Jong Il as they offer flowers to the statues in Pyongyang this week, to mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army

What is Hezbollah planning for the Third Lebanon War?

As Syria continues to disintegrate, the chances increase that a new conflict with Hezbollah will erupt.

A Hezbollah member drives a 4-wheel motorbike mounted with a mock rocket in southern Lebanon in 2015

Hezbollah supporter pegged for next Lebanese president

Lebanon has endured a protracted political crisis since parliament failed to elect a new president two years ago, paralyzing government and causing a breakdown in many basic services.

Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah wave Hezbollah and Lebanese flags in south Lebanon

Lessons from the Second Lebanon War

At the end of the day, there are no good wars.

IDF soldiers walk together after leaving Lebanon near the Israel-Lebanon border in August 2006

Brig.-Gen. Gal Hirsch sets the record straight

Hirsch recently published an English-language book called Defensive Shield. After the war, he resigned from the army.

Gal Hirsch

'In future war, Israel will be hit with biggest rocket salvos seen yet'

"It's not a nightmare, it's a very realistic scenario," says IAF air defense chief Brig.-Gen. Zvika Haimovich.

Rockets fired from the Gaza Strip into Israel, July 13, 2014

How Israel missed an opportunity to cut off Hezbollah's head

A new book sheds light on an IDF plan to assassinate senior Hezbollah military officials and the man who shot the plan down.

A Hezbollah supporter waves a flag in Beirut's southern suburbs

'Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad was tortured and killed in 1988'

A Lebanese national accused of collaborating with Mossad told a military tribunal that Arad died two years after falling into captivity.

Missing IAF navigator Ron Arad in captivity after his jet went down in Lebanon in 1986