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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes a statement in front of an IDF photo of Beaufort Castle on May 31, 2026 (Screenshot / Omer Miron /GPO)
May 31, 2026, 7:04 pm
‘We returned stronger than ever’: Netanyahu hails capture of Lebanon’s Beaufort Castle
PM vows ‘dramatic shift’ in policy against Hezbollah as barrages Sunday trigger sirens in Acre, Haifa area, injure 4 soldiers near Beit Hillel; France seeks emergency UNSC session over Israel’s advances
By Nava Freiberg, ToI Staff and AFP
A French contingent of UNIFIL peacekeepers patrols the area as displaced residents waving Hezbollah flags make their way back to their homes on a makeshift road, built at the site where the Qasmieh bridge was destroyed in Israeli strikes, in the southern Lebanese area of al-Qasmiyeh on April 18, 2026. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
April 18, 2026, 6:04 pm
Macron, UNIFIL blame Hezbollah for killing of French peacekeeper in Lebanon
French president directly accuses terror group of ambush, as it issues a denial; Lebanon’s president vows to prosecute those responsible
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
France's President Emmanuel Macron (L), flanked by France's Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Noel Barrot (R), speaks during a statement to the press with members of the Government and of the French Army, following a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, on November 25, 2025. (JULIEN DE ROSA / POOL / AFP)
April 15, 2026, 4:51 pm
Israel boxes Paris out of Lebanon talks, halts arms buys as French disconnect grows
Reacting to criticism of fighting against Iran and Hezbollah, Jerusalem calls France irrelevant and accuses it of harming security, though French official says claim ‘total BS’
By Nava Freiberg
Israeli military vehicles and tanks are seen in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, amidst the ongoing war between Israel-US and Iran and Hezbollah, March 14, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
March 15, 2026, 1:08 am
Direct Israel-Lebanon truce talks said expected in coming days, though challenges abound
Agenda not set, and Jerusalem refuses to halt fire during negotiations; France denies report it has drafted plan that includes Beirut recognizing Israel, countries ending state of war
By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) receiving France's Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs Jean-Noel Barrot (L) at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, on February 6, 2026. (Lebanese Presidency Press Office / AFP)
February 6, 2026, 9:56 pm
French FM says Lebanese army must be given ‘means’ to disarm Hezbollah
Barrot says Lebanese army should replace UN peacekeepers; French source sees window for progress with ‘weakening of Iranian regime’; Hezbollah’s senior security chief resigns
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This photograph taken during a press tour organized by the Lebanese army shows Lebanese soldiers standing atop a military vehicle in Alma Al-Shaab, near the border with Israel in southern Lebanon, on November 28, 2025. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
December 18, 2025, 9:34 pm
US, French officials press Lebanon’s army chief to hasten Hezbollah disarmament
Officials meet in Paris, plan February conference to bolster Lebanese army as deadline looms to disarm Hezbollah, and amid fears Aoun may sideline issue under political pressure
By Reuters, AFP and ToI Staff
French policemen escort Georges Ibrahim Abdallah (C), a Lebanese terrorist sentenced to life in prison for the murder of two diplomats, one American and the other Israeli, as Abdallah leaves Pau's Courthouse, southwestern France, on February 18, 2010. (Jean-Louis Duzert / AFP)
February 20, 2025, 8:19 pm
French court postpones decision on freeing Lebanese terrorist who killed diplomats
Court says Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, jailed in 1982 for murdering US and Israeli diplomats, hasn’t shown proof he’s compensated his victims’ families, amid repeated refusals to pay
By AFP
French President Emmanuel Macron speaks in a video addressed to the Lebanese people posted on X, September 20, 2024. (X screenshot)
September 22, 2024, 11:02 pm
Macron says France stands by Lebanon, calls to deescalate, doesn’t mention Hezbollah
In video to Lebanese people, French president says he has spoken with regional leaders, mentions ‘grief for all civilian victims of attacks’ in Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Smoke billows over the southern Lebanese village of Shihine on the border with Israel during an Israeli airstrike on January 22, 2024. (Kawnat Haju/AFP)
January 23, 2024, 2:15 pm
Hezbollah fires rocket barrage at Israel, causes slight damage to key IDF base
Terror group says strike on air traffic control base is in response to ‘recent assassinations and repeated attacks on civilians’ in Lebanon and Syria; no injuries
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
IDF chief Aviv Kohavi meets several chiefs of staff on the sidelines of a conference at the Israeli military headquarters in Tel Aviv, September 15, 2022. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 17, 2022, 9:54 pm
IDF chief Kohavi heads to France and Poland to discuss Iranian threat, Hezbollah
Military head to meet French and Polish counterparts during official visit, amid heightened tensions on northern border with Iran-backed terror group ramping up threats
By Emanuel Fabian
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (right) greets French President Emmanuel Macron (left) upon his arrival in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, on December 4, 2021. (Bandar Aljaloud/Saudi Royal Palace via AP)
December 4, 2021, 6:11 pm
France’s Macron meets Saudi crown prince in Gulf tour focused on Iran, Lebanon
French president talks about nuclear deal with Arab allies as France announces major warplanes deal with UAE
By Aya Batrawy
This combination of file pictures created on August 9, 2021, shows French President Emmanuel Macron and Iran's President-elect Ebrahim Raisi. (Stephane De Sakutin and Atta Kenare/Various Sources/AFP)
August 9, 2021, 8:03 pm
Iran’s Raisi urges Macron to guarantee Tehran’s ‘rights’ in nuclear deal talks
In first phone call with a Western leader, Islamic Republic’s new president also says his country is serious about ‘maintaining deterrence’ in Gulf waters
By Agencies
Defense Minister Benny Gantz is greeted by his French counterpart Florence Parly in Paris on July 28, 2021. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
July 29, 2021, 6:57 am
Gantz said to assure France that Macron’s phone not hacked with NSO spyware
During Paris visit, defense minister tells French counterpart that espionage allegations against Israeli firm being taken seriously; ministers also discuss Iran, weapons in Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz leads a Blue and White faction meeting at the Knesset on July 26, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 27, 2021, 10:34 am
Gantz heads to Paris to discuss NSO Group with French counterpart
Macron reportedly called Bennett last week to press Israel to investigate claims over Pegasus spyware, including that his phone may have been a target
By ToI Staff
This photo taken on April 3, 2021, shows an aerial view of Lebanon's capital Beirut in darkness during power outage, with the Electricite du Liban (Electricity Of Lebanon) national company headquarters in the foreground. (Dylan COLLINS / AFP)
July 13, 2021, 10:09 am
Foreign envoys frustrated with Lebanon’s rejection of reforms-for-aid deals
French source says politicians ‘incapable of placing the common good above personal interests,’ as economic crisis continues to spiral
By Tony Gamal-Gabriel
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