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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Israel-Lebanon border

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Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Will Israel and Lebanon finally have a border?
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
ToI’s diplomatic reporter takes us on a historical journey along the two neighbors’ strange, disputed and not-fully-existent border
UNIFIL peacekeeping troops patrol the southern Lebanese village of Ramia near the southern border on March 5, 2025. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
March 21, 2025, 10:11 am
Friday Focus with Lazar Berman: Will Israel and Lebanon finally have a border?
ToI’s diplomatic reporter takes us on a historical journey along the two neighbors’ strange, disputed and not-fully-existent border
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman
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
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) vehicles patrol the southern Lebanese city of Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, on November 29, 2024. (AFP)
March 13, 2025, 6:56 pm
Israel returns fifth Lebanese prisoner after border delineation talks
Hezbollah-linked outlet reports that 14 Lebanese detainees still held by Israel, including 7 alleged members of the Iran-backed terror group
By Nava Freiberg
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)
March 12, 2025, 3:29 pm
New talks with Lebanon aimed at normalizing ties, senior Israeli official says
Working groups established this week will focus on border, IDF presence, and Lebanese detainees, but Jerusalem is said to be aiming for a comprehensive agreement with its northern neighbor
By Lazar Berman
A United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) convoy patrols next to Naqoura, in Lebanon near its border with Israel, ahead of negotiations between the two countries in the area, October 13, 2020. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
March 11, 2025, 7:41 pm
Israel to hold talks with Lebanon on land border, frees 5 detainees as goodwill gesture
Amid negotiations in Naqoura that establish 3 joint working groups, Israel agrees to hand back reported terrorist and 4 other Lebanese; IDF strikes Hezbollah operatives
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
Carmela Keren Yakuti poses for a picture outside her house as residents return to their homes in Dovev, a moshav or cooperative agricultural community in northern Israel close to the border with Lebanon on March 3, 2025 (Menahem KAHANA / AFP)
March 8, 2025, 8:16 pm
‘Great to be back home’: Israelis returning to north describe joy, trepidation
Some communities are seeing quick resurgence of residents, while others are still largely empty amid destruction caused by lengthy war
By AFP and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox men pray at the tomb of the 4th century scholar Rav Ashi, which is located on the Israeli border with Lebanon, March 7, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)
March 7, 2025, 1:45 pm
IDF escorts hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews to pray at tomb straddling Lebanon border
Visit comes after weeks of incidents in which Hassidim crossed border barrier to try and reach apparent burial place of scholar from the Lebanese side, clashing with Israeli troops
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
FILE: Lebanese wave a Hezbollah flag in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, on February 18, 2025 (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
February 19, 2025, 5:23 pm
IDF strike kills Hezbollah member in southern Lebanon, day after withdrawal
Military says operative was spotted handling weapons; Hezbollah supporters fly Iran-backed terror group’s flags in villages near border
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox men make their way to Rav Ashi's tomb, which straddles the Israel-Lebanon border. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90, undated)
February 19, 2025, 11:43 am
Israelis illegally cross into Lebanon, throw rocks at IDF soldiers; 4 arrested
Several people — reportedly Hasidim searching for tomb of 4th century rabbi — cross the border, some attack troops who arrive at scene
By ToI Staff
Israeli army forces patrol in the village of Kfarshuba in southern Lebanon on February 17, 2025. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)
February 17, 2025, 4:56 pm
IDF to remain in five strategic posts in south Lebanon after Tuesday withdrawal
Positions are located on hills outside Lebanese frontier villages; army also beefs up defenses on Israeli side of border as pullout deadline arrives
By Emanuel Fabian
UNIFIL vehicles drive past the rubble of buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Yarin on February 9, 2025. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
February 11, 2025, 9:57 am
Netanyahu said to ask Trump to back longer IDF deployment in Lebanon
According to report, PM seeking to maintain Israeli presence at 5 key border points for a buffer zone, a week before already-extended deadline to withdraw
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Israel Katz, center, visits an IDF position in southern Lebanon alongside senior IDF officials, February 2, 2025. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)
February 2, 2025, 6:04 pm
Visiting southern Lebanon, Katz warns Hezbollah against drone attacks on Israel
Touring IDF posts after deadline to withdraw troops was delayed, defense minister says ‘either there won’t be drones, or there won’t be Hezbollah’
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Israeli forces on the border with Lebanon, December 17, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
December 23, 2024, 6:45 am
Lebanese media claims IDF handed over 7 people to UNIFIL observers at border
No comment from military; Lebanon reports series of strikes, in what Israeli army says targeted compound with 8 weapons storage facilities
By AFP and ToI Staff
An IDF soldier in the 91st Division holds a Lebanese flag in Meiss El Jabal, Lebanon, December 15, 2024. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
December 16, 2024, 3:51 am
As northern Israel comes back to life, Hezbollah strongholds over the border lie in ruins
91st Division commander says Israel must keep acting forcefully against threats from Iran-backed terror group, though war zone is quiet weeks into ceasefire
By Lazar Berman
Troops of the 810th "Mountains" Regional Brigade operate on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov, in a handout photo released by the IDF on December 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 12, 2024, 2:11 am
IDF confirms withdrawal from southern Lebanon’s Khiam in accordance with ceasefire
Lebanese army says it’s deploying in town in coordination with UNIFIL following Israeli exit; 5 reported killed in Israeli drone strikes in country’s south
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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