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A trailer carrying the coffins containing the bodies of Hezbollah's former leader Hassan Nasrallah and his cousin and successor Hashem Safieddine drives through the crowd as it enters the Sports City Stadium during a funeral procession in Beirut, February 23, 2025. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
June 10, 2026, 4:44 pm
Alleged spy’s mysterious vanishing spotlights Israel’s intelligence grip in Lebanon
Khaled al-Aydi, said to be a Palestinian refugee from Syria with Ukrainian citizenship, was held by Hezbollah, then escaped and disappeared, apparently via Ukrainian embassy
By ABBY SEWELL and Sally Abou Aljoud
Hezbollah operatives are seen in a major tunnel system near Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, in footage published by the IDF on June 7, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 7, 2026, 11:12 pm
IDF reveals key Hezbollah command tunnel network near south Lebanon’s Beaufort
Hundreds of operatives were stationed in multi-level underground site, which includes water and electricity, anti-tank and anti-aircraft capabilities, an operating room
By Emanuel Fabian
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2026, 7:40 am
Netanyahu recalculates his election strategy amid shattered regional dreams
The prime minister hoped to head to the polls as the victor of the Middle East, but a rebuke from Trump and ultra-Orthodox crises have imposed a new political reality
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Members of ground staff walk near an airplane at the Rene Mouawad Airport in the town of Qlayaat, in Lebanon's northernmost province of Akkar, on June 6, 2026. (Ibrahim Chalhoub / AFP)
June 6, 2026, 4:58 pm
Lebanon inaugurates a second international airport amid Israel-Hezbollah war
Qlayaat airport near Syrian border to be converted from airbase to passenger hub as government looks to shift traffic from the Beirut airport, near Hezbollah’s Dahiyeh stronghold
By AFP and ToI Staff
FILE - Sunni Muslims hold a portrait of imprisoned Sunni cleric Ahmad al-Assir, center right, during a protest against the clause in a proposed amnesty law that would exclude some prisoners, including the cleric, from being eligible for amnesty, after Friday prayers in Beirut, Lebanon, May 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein, File)
June 6, 2026, 9:45 am
Lebanon considers its largest amnesty in 35 years but some are protesting
Measure would release over 3,000 prisoners and reduce thousands of sentences amid prison overcrowding while reopening debate over fate of former Israeli-backed militia members
By BASSEM MROUE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the state comptroller election at the plenum of the Knesset, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 5, 2026, 1:41 pm
IDF kills Hezbollah chief engineer; 3 troops hurt in Lebanon clashes
Ministers said to demand cabinet vote on truce deal, but Netanyahu answers he is waiting for terror group to agree to terms
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Eitan Shmuel Lemberg (IDF)
June 4, 2026, 9:35 pm
Soldier killed in anti-tank missile attack as Hezbollah rejects Lebanon ceasefire proposal
North targeted with rockets and drones; IDF strikes reported in Lebanon, at least 5 said killed; terror group chief calls on Beirut to halt ‘farce’ of talks, as Aoun touts ‘last chance’ for comprehensive truce
By Emanuel Fabian, Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
United States Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee, second from left, is joined by third from left: State Department Chief of Staff Dan Holler, Sr., State Department Counselor and Director, Office of Policy Planning Michael A. Needham and United States Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, as they meet with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Yechiel Leiter and Lebanese Ambassador to the United States Nada Hamadeh, at the State Department, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
June 4, 2026, 4:26 am
Israel and Lebanon agree to renew truce, create ‘pilot’ zones where Hezbollah is banned
After talks in DC, Lebanon agrees its army will take full control of specified security areas, though unclear how they will be created; sides agree ceasefire dependent on halt to terror group’s activity
By AP, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Lebanese soldiers and first responders inspect the site of an Israeli drone strike that reportedly killed the passengers of a vehicle on the Khalde highway at the southern entrance to Beirut on June 3, 2026. (FADEL itani / AFP)
June 3, 2026, 3:03 pm
IDF strike reported near Beirut, sirens blare in north after peace talks in DC
Two rockets, suspected Hezbollah drone shot down over Galilee Panhandle, morning after Home Front Command eases restrictions
By Emanuel Fabian, Diana Bletter, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
A Middle East Airlines plane takes off from Rafik Hariri International Airport as smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, March 17, 2026. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
June 3, 2026, 11:08 am
Lebanon launches safety audit of Middle East Airlines as pilots point to wartime danger
Crews raise concerns about flying close to airstrikes, penalties for reporting safety incidents; airline says flights are based on risk assessments with government, aviation authority
By Allison Lampert
Yechiel Leiter (far L), Israeli Ambassador to the US, and Nada Hamadeh (far R), Lebanese ambassador to the US, attend a meeting hosted by the United States at the State Department in Washington, DC, on June 2, 2026. Leading the US delegation are Deputy National Security Adviser Mike Needham (C), State Department Chief of Staff Daniel Holler (L of Needham), and US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee (L of Holler). (Kent NISHIMURA / AFP)
June 2, 2026, 11:27 pm
Israel and Lebanon hold talks in DC, as IDF eases safety restrictions in northern Israel
PM said to fear Trump will further restrict Israel’s freedom of action against Hezbollah; at least 4 said killed in strikes on southern Lebanon; reservist, 3 soldiers hurt in drone strike
By Emanuel Fabian, Stav Levaton, ToI Staff and Agencies
Rescue workers use an excavator to search under the rubble of a building that was hit a day earlier in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
June 2, 2026, 1:58 pm
Hezbollah and IDF trade fire despite nominal truce as Lebanon-Israel talks to resume
5th round of talks to be held at US State Department; Lebanese army says 2 troops wounded in IDF strike; France’s FM: No justification for Israeli troops to stay deep inside Lebanon
By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
IDF Cpt. Dr. Ori Yosef Silvester, who was killed in south Lebanon on June 1, 2026. (Courtesy)
June 1, 2026, 11:42 pm
IDF doctor killed, 7 hurt by Hezbollah drone attack in southern Lebanon
Cpt. Dr. Ori Yosef Silvester is the army’s 14th fatality since the start of the Iran ceasefire; Lebanon says heavy damage caused by strike near hospital in Tyre
By Emanuel Fabian
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrives for a meeting during the two-day BRICS summit in New Delhi, India, on May 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
June 1, 2026, 4:55 pm
Iran freezing exchange of messages with US over Israeli attacks in Lebanon – Tasnim
Report says Tehran and its allies have decided to completely block the Strait of Hormuz and activate other fronts, as Iranian FM warns strikes on Hezbollah violate truce
By Nava Freiberg and Agencies
Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati, 20, killed in south Lebanon on June 1, 2026. (Courtesy)
June 1, 2026, 12:29 pm
IDF soldier killed, 3 hurt, in Hezbollah drone attack near newly seized Beaufort Castle
Staff Sgt. Adam Tzarfati is army’s 13th fatality since start of now-eroded ceasefire; terror group keeps up attacks, fires rockets at Tiberias for first time in almost 2 months
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
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