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Israeli soldiers man a roadblock along the Ramim Ridge area in northern Israel following suspected terror infiltration incident along the Israel-Lebanon border. June 09, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/FLASH90)
June 9, 2026, 5:23 pm
Gunman in military uniform shot dead at Lebanon border after firing on troops
Attacker infiltrates Israeli territory, doesn’t cross into civilian area; none wounded, residents of border communities told to stay inside; IDF warns Tyre residents to flee ahead of deadly strikes
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
A soldier places a cigarette into the mouth of a Virgin Mary statue in Debel, southern Lebanon, in a photo circulated online on May 6, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 11, 2026, 7:52 pm
IDF jails soldiers for photo of cigarette in mouth of Virgin Mary statue in Lebanon
Soldier seen in picture given 3 weeks, photographer given 2 weeks; army says it ‘respects freedom of religion’ after several incidents involving soldiers in Christian village Debel
By Emanuel Fabian
A soldier places a cigarette into the mouth of a Virgin Mary statue in Debel, southern Lebanon, in a photo circulated online on May 6, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 6, 2026, 10:41 pm
IDF soldier seen placing cigarette in Virgin Mary statue’s mouth in Lebanese village
Image taken weeks ago in same village where soldier smashed Jesus statue; military says soldier will be disciplined in latest act of vandalism to be posted online
By Emanuel Fabian
A Catholic convent near the southern Lebanese village of Yaroun, May 2, 2026. (IDF)
May 2, 2026, 10:04 pm
IDF denies demolishing Catholic convent in southern Lebanon
Forces cause some damage to ‘residential structure’ at the religious compound; army says Hezbollah fired rockets from compound ‘multiple times’ during war
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli military excavators damage solar panels in the southern Lebanon Christian village of Debel, in footage aired by Lebanese media on April 25, 2026. (Screenshot X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 26, 2026, 10:21 am
IDF probes soldiers seen damaging solar panels in south Lebanon Christian village
Lebanese media says IDF also damaged water infrastructure in Debel, the same village where a soldier destroyed a Jesus statue; military says actions ‘do not align’ with its values
By Emanuel Fabian
Hezbollah supporters carry the Iran-backed terror group's flag while they ride a motorcycle past destruction, upon their return to their neighborhood in Beirut's southern suburbs, after a 10-day ceasefire with Israel came into effect, April 17, 2026. (Fadel Itani/AFP)
April 22, 2026, 11:50 am
As internal divisions simmer, Lebanese see echoes of last century’s civil war
Ex-fighters warn country nearing breaking point amid talks with Israel, sharpening rift between government and Hezbollah as well as sectarian fissures over who’s to blame for IDF strikes
By Maya Gebeily and Emilie Madi
Lebanese Maronite Christian worshippers pray during the Easter Sunday service at the Saint Antoine Church in Beirut on April 5, 2026. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)
April 6, 2026, 3:08 am
Lebanon’s Christians mark Easter by praying for southern villages hit by war
Worshipers in Beirut struggle to raise their voices over roar of Israeli fighter jets, express solidarity with those suffering from war, caught between Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group and IDF
By AFP
A nun looks from a balcony as people wait for the arrival of Pope Leo XIV at the De la Croix hospital in Jal el Dib, Lebanon, December 2, 2025. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
December 2, 2025, 9:45 am
Pope Leo to end first foreign trip with silent prayer at Beirut port blast site
Pontiff will also lead Mass along waterfront for an expected 100,000 people as he wraps up three-day visit to Lebanon, during which he strove to bring message of peace
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pope Leo XIV arrives at Beirut's international airport in Lebanon on November 30, 2025. (AP Photo/ Domenico Stinellis)
November 30, 2025, 8:28 pm
Pope calls two states ‘only solution’ to Palestinian conflict as he opens Lebanon visit
Leo XIV arrives in Beirut under tight security, urges Lebanese citizens to remain in country, which has seen waves of emigration due to war and sectarian divisions
By Agencies
Cars speed past a roadside statue depicting the Virgin Mary holding the body of Jesus, in Beirut, Lebanon, November 13, 2025. (Hassan Ammar/AP)
November 26, 2025, 12:30 pm
Under glare of world media, Pope Leo XIV to visit Turkey and Lebanon
Journeys are Leo’s first trips abroad as pontiff; in Turkey he will mark 1,700th anniversary of Council of Nicaea, in Lebanon try to boost the long-suffering Christian community
By Nicole Winfield
A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese village of Maroun al Ras shows a concrete barrier wall that the Israeli army began constructing south of the Blue Line, which separates Lebanon and Israel, between the northern Israeli village of Avivim and the Lebanese area of Jal al-Deir, on November 12, 2025. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)
November 14, 2025, 6:00 pm
UNIFIL says parts of new Israeli border wall violate Lebanese sovereignty
Beirut cracks down on moneychangers in a bid to cut off Iran’s funding to Hezbollah; Israel says Hezbollah murdered Lebanese Christian politician in 2023
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
A man rides a scooter past signs depicting a Lebanese soldier saluting the national flag with the Arabic slogan 'We are all with you' along the highway leading to Beirut International Airport in southern Beirut on September 5, 2025. (ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
September 8, 2025, 1:48 am
Lebanon’s leading Christian party urges Hezbollah to cede its weapons
As terror group resists US-backed effort to disarm, Lebanese Forces party head Samir Geagea warns that ‘a civil war would be even more disastrous’ than recent fighting with Israel
By AFP
Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, August 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
August 20, 2025, 3:01 pm
Pope Leo to visit Lebanon, cardinal says, in pontiff’s likely first trip abroad
Tour expected to include Turkey, as part of celebrations in late November for the 1,700th anniversary of a major early Church council
By Joshua McElwee
A man walks on a street in the southern Lebanese Christian village of Qlayaa on October 10, 2024. (Photo by AFP)
October 13, 2024, 2:50 pm
Christian villagers in southern Lebanon say they are ‘trapped’ in crossfire
Christian communities largely spared by IDF strikes targeting Hezbollah sites in Shiite areas, but say they’re still impacted by fighting as rockets and warplanes fly overhead
By AFP
Jonathan Elkhoury (left), who escaped Lebanon as a refugee with his family, former SLA members, when he was nine, stands in front of the White House at a pro-Israel rally in September 2024. (Courtesy)
October 13, 2024, 9:01 am
For the Southern Lebanese Army’s second generation, Nasrallah’s death is a ‘breakthrough’
Former SLA members refuse to speak in the face of reprisals, but these young Lebanese-Israelis believe it’s their mission to raise the curtain on the truth about Hezbollah
By Diana Bletter
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