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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 365

Lebanese Armed Forces

A picture taken from the Israeli side of border with Lebanon shows Israeli shelling around the southern Lebanese village of Aita al-Shaab on December 5, 2023. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
December 6, 2023, 3:54 am
IDF issues rare apology after strike kills Lebanese soldier
In first such incident of Israel-Hamas war, army says troops ‘were working to neutralize a tangible threat’ at a Hezbollah post, stresses Lebanese forces weren’t the target
By ToI Staff and AFP
Smoke rises during clashes between members of the Palestinian Fatah group and Islamist groups in the Palestinian refugee camp of Ein el-Hilweh near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, September 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 11, 2023, 6:50 am
Warring Palestinian groups vow to honor truce after clashes in Lebanon refugee camp
Renewed violence has claimed 5 lives in 3 days in Ein el-Hilweh, with forces loyal to Abbas and extremist rivals saying they’ll abide by ceasefire
By AP and ToI Staff
A composite photo showing unlaunched rockets found by the Lebanese army in the Qlaileh area, southern Lebanon, April 8, 2023. (Lebanese army)
April 8, 2023, 10:00 pm
Lebanese army finds more rockets aimed at Israel, 2 days after worst barrage in years
Soldiers locate unlaunched projectiles in southern Qlaileh area, after about 34 were fired from territory on Thursday night; Hanegbi defends Israeli response as ‘not weak’
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Lebanese Army Commander Gen. Joseph Aoun, right, in Ras Baalbek, northeast Lebanon, on August 23, 2017. (Lebanese Army Website via AP)
January 25, 2023, 6:38 pm
US reroutes $72 million in aid to Lebanon to pay wages for army, police
Move marks first time Washington has paid salaries of Lebanese security personnel as economic crisis causes crash in pay
By Kareem Chehayeb
Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks to the annual conference of the Institute for National Security Studies, February 2, 2022. (Screenshot)
February 2, 2022, 8:55 pm
Gantz: Israel offered aid to Lebanese military four times in past year
Defense minister says ‘citizens of Lebanon are not our enemies,’ but implies offers of assistance were turned down
By Amy Spiro
Hezbollah operative Ali Kajak is seen on the border with Israel (L) and while being confronted by local Druze villagers in southern Lebanon after rocket fire at Israel (R). (Israel Defense Forces / Video screenshot)
August 8, 2021, 8:47 pm
IDF says Hezbollah man who launched rockets seen near border in plain clothes
Arabic spokesperson says Ali Kajak’s presence near frontier in civilian dress shows group’s ‘disregard for Lebanon’s sovereignty, international resolutions’
By Emanuel Fabian
Lebanese soldiers and UNIFIL peacekeepers watch from the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh, as IDF Merkava tanks take part in routine maneuvers near the border demarcation line, near Kibbutz Misgav Am, on June 2, 2020. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
November 15, 2020, 7:38 pm
IDF troops fire warning shots as suspects approach Lebanon border
Both suspects flee the scene; in unrelated incident, man crosses from Israel into Lebanon
By ToI Staff
Lebanese army soldiers clash with anti-government protesters in the Bab al-Tabbaneh neighborhood in the northern port city of Tripoli, on June 13, 2020, on the third consecutive day of angry demonstrations across the country due to a deepening economic crisis (Fathi AL-MASRI / AFP)
September 27, 2020, 11:05 am
Lebanon army says two soldiers killed by ‘terrorists’
Military says one attacker dead, others fled
By AFP
Hezbollah secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech in the aftermath of the deadly explosion in Beirut, on August 7, 2020 (al-Manar screenshot)
August 26, 2020, 11:49 pm
Nasrallah calls Tuesday night border clash with Israel ‘important and sensitive’
Hezbollah leader won’t comment further on exchange of fire, cryptically saying he will do so at a more appropriate time
By ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers stand near artillery howitzers deployed near the Lebanese border in northern Israel on August 26, 2020. (David Cohen/Flash90)
August 26, 2020, 6:55 pm
UN peacekeepers investigating flareup on Israel-Lebanon border
Lebanese army says sites bombed by IDF after troops come under fire belong to ‘Green Without Borders,’ an environmental group long seen as a Hezbollah front
By Judah Ari Gross
In this photo taken near Kibbutz Misgav Am, Lebanese soldiers and UNIFIL peacekeepers watch from the southern Lebanese village of Adaisseh as an IDF Merkava tank takes part in routine maneuvers near the border demarcation line, June 2, 2020. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
June 2, 2020, 7:01 pm
Israeli forces, armed Lebanese troops square off in rare border confrontation
Incident occurs after IDF tanks and troops cross security fence, while remaining on Israeli side of Blue Line; UN peacekeepers arrive on scene
By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross
An installation of the Lebanese agricultural NGO 'Green Without Borders' that the IDF says serves as an observation outpost for Hezbollah on the Israeli-Lebanese border, publicized on June 22, 2017. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 14, 2020, 8:59 pm
Lebanese environmental group helping Hezbollah’s military wing – US think tank
Washington Institute backs Israeli claim that ‘Green Without Borders’ is a front that let the Iran-backed terror organization use its sites for September 1 attack on IDF
By Judah Ari Gross
Lebanese marine special forces soldiers march during a military parade to mark the 76th anniversary of Lebanon's independence from France at the Lebanese Defense Ministry, in Yarzeh near Beirut, Lebanon, November 22, 2019. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
December 2, 2019, 10:18 pm
Trump administration quietly releases delayed Lebanon military aid
$105 million in funds for the Lebanese Armed Forces were held up without explanation; Israel had asked that it be conditioned on dismantling Hezbollah missile program
By AP and ToI Staff
A supporter of the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah waves their flag as he stands in front of Lebanese army soldiers after a clash erupted between the anti-government protesters and the group, in Beirut, Lebanon, early Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
November 26, 2019, 3:07 am
As Hezbollah battles protesters, clashes threaten to crack open fault lines
The Lebanese military, long seen as a unifying element in fractured country, is increasingly put in a precarious situation as it tries to protect the demonstrators
By AP
Illustrative photo of an Israeli Etan drone. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)
October 13, 2019, 5:20 pm
Lebanon claims Israel sent drone over Hezbollah area
Lebanese army says reconnaissance aircraft flew over Beirut, then departed without incident
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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