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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 651

Beqaa Valley

Footage shared to social media purports to show plumes of smoke following Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, on July 15, 2025. (Screen captures via Rula El Halibi on X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 15, 2025, 2:14 pm
12 said killed as Israel hits elite Hezbollah force deep inside Lebanon
Military says targets in northeastern Beqaa Valley include Radwan unit facilities, where military activity was taking place in ‘blatant violation’ of November ceasefire
By Emanuel Fabian
People drive on a street past portraits of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and buildings damaged in Israeli strikes in the recent war, amid the first round of municipal elections, in the Ghobeiry neighborhood of Beirut's southern suburb on May 4, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
May 6, 2025, 9:39 am
IDF targets Hezbollah weapons manufacturing, storage site in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley
Israel says Iran-backed terror group was trying to restore the facility, which had been targeted before; IDF also struck Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon’s Srifa, it says
By Emanuel Fabian
The aftermath of a reported Hezbollah rocket attack on the Syria-Lebanon border, March 17, 2025. (Screenshot: X)
March 17, 2025, 12:23 pm
Syrian soldier killed by Hezbollah rocket; 3 dead as Syrian troops shell Lebanon village
2 children reported among dead in Beqaa region as Syrian army operates against terror group; IDF says it hit a command center of Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force in south Lebanon
By Nurit Yohanan and Emanuel Fabian
Defense Minister Israel Katz, center, visits an IDF position in southern Lebanon alongside senior IDF officials, February 2, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
March 14, 2025, 3:44 pm
Katz: IDF will stay at 5 points in southern Lebanon regardless of border dispute talks
Defense minister says ‘indefinite’ stay is needed to protect northern residents, tells army to dig in for a long stint; IDF hits Hezbollah target in Beqaa Valley
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: An Israeli Air Force F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft flies over Haifa on September 24, 2024. (Jack Guez/AFP)
February 26, 2025, 3:20 pm
IDF hits multiple sites in Syria, Lebanon as Israel vows to maintain security
Defense minister says strikes are part of new policy aimed at ‘pacifying southern Syria;’ strike in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley targets ‘blatant violation’ of ceasefire, military says
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Illustrative: A photo taken from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Hamam shows smoke rising after an explosion during an Israeli army operation in the village of Kfarshouba near the border on February 16, 2024. (Rabih Daher/AFP)
February 17, 2025, 1:05 am
IDF strikes Hezbollah sites deep in Lebanon’s Beqaa Valley as fragile truce holds
Lebanese state media says Israeli fire kills woman near border, military says troops opened fire to disperse approaching suspects; source says IDF ‘unaware’ woman was killed
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the eastern Lebanese city of Baalbek on November 3, 2024. (Sam SKAINEH / AFP)
February 9, 2025, 11:46 pm
IDF hits Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, including smuggling tunnel on Syrian border
Military says tunnel in Beqaa Valley had been struck in the past, latest attack was to prevent its restoration; other facilities belonging to Lebanese terror group targeted
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: Smoke rises from the site of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the eastern city of Baalbek in the Bekaa valley on October 31, 2024. (Sam Skaineh/AFP)
February 8, 2025, 11:09 pm
IDF strikes Hezbollah operatives in eastern Lebanon; 6 reported killed, 2 wounded
Military says targets were seen at weapons manufacturing site in Beqaa Valley, ‘blatantly’ violating the ceasefire agreement
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Unverified footage carried by Lebanese media purports to show Israeli airstrikes near Deir Zahrani, in the Nabatieh District, January 12, 2025. (Screenshot, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
January 13, 2025, 9:32 am
IDF says it hit Hezbollah sites after ceasefire monitors failed to address threats
Military says it notified international truce mechanism about issues, but no action was taken; targets in Lebanon included rocket launcher, smuggling routes from Syria
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Sgt. Ariel Sosnov Sasonov (Israel Defense Forces)
November 7, 2024, 9:38 am
IDF announces death of soldier in Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel
Three more soldiers lightly wounded in 50-rocket barrage on Avivim that killed Sgt. Ariel Sasonov; Israel strikes Beirut, Beqaa Valley after issuing evacuation notices
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
A statue of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, former head of Iran's Quds force, stands in front of a branch of the Hezbollah-run Al-Qard al-Hassan Association, in Ghobeiry, Lebanon, January 20, 2021. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 21, 2024, 3:57 pm
Lebanon’s Al-Qard Al-Hassan: US-sanctioned Hezbollah cash source
The financial institution is the latest target of IDF airstrikes as Israel seeks to degrade the terror group’s ability to fund its war on the Jewish state
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative - The German Madgeburg F261 corvette docked at the port of Beirut on January 30, 2018. (JOSEPH EID / AFP)
October 17, 2024, 1:39 pm
German UNIFIL warship downs drone off Lebanon coast; IDF kills Hezbollah commander
PM says military found ‘state-of-the-art’ Russian arms in Hezbollah bases; blasts in Beqaa Valley after army called on village to evacuate; Iran-backed Iraqi group launches drone at Eilat
By ToI Staff and Agencies
A Hezbollah rescue worker, left, and a Lebanese civil defense worker, right, stand on the rubble of destroyed buildings at a commercial street that was hit Saturday night by Israeli airstrikes, in Nabatiyeh town, south Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
October 13, 2024, 12:13 pm
US urges Israel to quickly pivot from military offensive to diplomacy in Lebanon
Over 300 rockets, drones fired at Israel during Yom Kippur; military says Hezbollah using ambulances to move fighters; Macron urges terror group to stop firing at Israel
By Lazar Berman, ToI Staff and Agencies
Hamas leader and UNRWA teacher Fateh Sherif abu el-Amin speaks at a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, on Mar. 27, 2024 after he was suspended, sparking protests. (Collin Mayfield/Sipa USA)
September 30, 2024, 7:38 am
IDF strike kills Hamas’s Lebanon chief, an UNRWA teacher; 3 PFLP men killed in Beirut
UN agency says Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin, hit in southern Lebanon, was put on leave due to his ‘alleged political activities’; attack on PFLP appears to be first in heart of capital
By Emanuel Fabian, Joshua Davidovich and Jacob Magid
Cars sit in traffic as they flee ongoing Israeli airstrikes, in Sidon, Lebanon, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 23, 2024, 4:54 pm
Israel hits 1,600 targets in Monday strikes on Hezbollah as Lebanese flee; 492 killed
IDF says it targeted many homes where Hezbollah keeps missiles in deadliest barrages since 2006 war, urges civilians to get away; Hezbollah fires 200 rockets deep into Israel
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AP
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