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Bint Jbeil

Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, killed in Lebanon May 24, 2026 (Israel Defense Forces)
May 25, 2026, 8:55 am
Soldier killed in south Lebanon by Hezbollah drone, another seriously wounded
Sgt. Nehoray Leizer, 19, from Eilat, was driving armored personnel carrier when it was struck in the Bint Jbeil area; he is 10th soldier killed amid truce, 23rd since March 2
By ToI Staff
Ora Hatan, one of the honorary torchlighters at the state’s annual Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 21, 2026, stands in her new restaurant in her house in Shtula on April 13, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
April 21, 2026, 8:59 pm
Volunteer cook who pampers IDF troops under Hezbollah fire lights Independence Day torch
Ora Hatan, whose mother was honored in 2008, is chosen for her ‘determination’ as she stays put on the Lebanese border, feeding soldiers even after a rocket destroyed her family restaurant
By Diana Bletter
Soldiers of the 98th Division operate in the southern Lebanon town of Bint Jbeil, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 13, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 13, 2026, 11:47 am
IDF says close to capturing Hezbollah’s historic Bint Jbeil stronghold
Over 100 terror operatives killed during battles in south Lebanon town, military claims; woman injured by rocket impact in Nahariya as IDF intercepts at least 10 drone attacks
By Emanuel Fabian
Soldiers of the Givati Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 12, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 12, 2026, 7:42 pm
IDF says it raided hospital used by Hezbollah in terror group’s Bint Jbeil stronghold
‘Fierce clashes’ reported as army advances in southern Lebanese town; military says troops killed Hezbollah gunman responsible for killing soldier last week
By Emanuel Fabian
Screen capture from video of a motorcycle hit in an alleged Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon, September 21, 2025. (X)
September 21, 2025, 10:56 pm
IDF investigating after strike on Hezbollah operative also kills 4 Lebanese civilians
Father, three kids killed, mother hurt in attack in Bint Jbeil; victims not US citizens, State Department says, contrary to reports; military expresses regret for unintentional casualties
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Illustrative: This picture taken from Israel along the border with southern Lebanon shows smoke billowing above the Lebanese village of Bint Jbeil during Israeli airstrikes on February 28, 2024, amid ongoing cross-border tensions between Israel and the Hezbollah terror group. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
July 5, 2025, 1:06 pm
1 killed, 1 hurt in separate Israeli strikes in south Lebanon, officials say
Attack in Bint Jbeil kills one and injures two others, according to Lebanese health officials; drone strike wounds one in Shebaa
By Agencies 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
Troops of the Etzioni Brigade are seen operating in southern Lebanon, in handout image published October 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 3, 2024, 9:59 pm
Officer killed in Lebanon; strike hits Hezbollah commander behind rocket attack on kids
IDF warns Lebanon to prevent Hezbollah smuggling Iranian arms through civilian border posts; IDF chief vows to keep Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon border area for the future
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
A UN peacekeeping soldier sits on a tank at a road that links to a UNIFIL base where the Lebanese and Israeli delegations meet, in Naqoura town, Lebanon, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
January 5, 2022, 4:10 pm
UN peacekeeping forces attacked in southern Lebanon near Israeli border
UNIFIL calls on Lebanese authorities to prosecute those responsible, adds that disinformation was spread regarding the team’s activities
By AP
A monkey, which escaped from a farm in southern Lebanon and crossed into Israel, explores a stack of empty fruit crates in the town of Dir al Assad. (Twitter screenshot, June 3, 2019)
June 4, 2019, 1:14 am
Lebanese monkey still on the run in northern Israel
The primate that infiltrated the border last week continues to show up in various towns in northern Israel, evading all efforts to capture it
By ToI Staff
A monkey, which escaped from a farm in southern Lebanon and crossed into Israel, encounters a puzzled dog in a sheep pen. (Twitter screenshot, May 26, 2019)
May 29, 2019, 8:04 pm
Mischievous monkey escapes from Lebanese farm, enters Israel
Vervet makes dash for freedom from Ship of Peace farm run by French nun near Bint Jbeil and crosses border into Israel, where it continues to evade capture
By ToI Staff
Visitors look at tanks left behind in Lebanon by Israeli forces as they visit the Hezbollah-run 'Tourist Landmark of the Resistance' war museum in Mlita (aka Mleeta) in southern Lebanon on July 12, 2016 (AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD ZAYYAT)
July 14, 2016, 12:19 pm
10 years after the Second Lebanon War, Israel isn’t in Hezbollah’s sights
Though the Syrian inferno has hardened the Shiite militia into a powerful army, its future is cloudy, and it can ill afford another round of hostilities with the IDF just now
By Avi Issacharoff
Soldiers evacuate a wounded comrade during the Second Lebanon War, on July 24, 2006 (Haim Azoulay/ Flash 90/ File)
July 12, 2016, 4:54 pm
10 years on, finding heroics in the horrors of the Second Lebanon War
It was ‘hell on earth.’ It was ‘about fight or flight.’ Three soldiers who earned citations for life-saving actions describe trials by fire in the bitter war that erupted a decade ago
By Judah Ari Gross
Moshe Ben-Zaken, left, celebrates his son's circumcision with MK Oren Hazan, right. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 15, 2016, 6:21 pm
Defense minister denounces adviser who called Medal of Courage winner a ‘coward’
Ya’alon calls Moshe Ben-Zaken’s Facebook post about Maj. Roi Klein ‘hurtful and unnecessary,’ orders him to remove it
By Judah Ari Gross
A vulture tagged by the Israeli parks authority that was captured as a 'spy' by people in southern Lebanon, January 25, 2016 (screen capture: Twitter)
January 29, 2016, 1:08 pm
UN mediates return of Israeli ‘spy’ bird from Lebanon
Residents of Bint Jbeil release vulture after determining transmitter strapped to it intended for scientific research, not espionage
By AFP
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