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A woman walks beneath a sign that reads in Arabic “Jewish Quarter,” in the old city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, September 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
Lebanon’s Jews recall a lost era of the community as new talks with Israel stir hope
By BASSEM MROUE
‘We’ve lost a world’: Former residents remember peaceful childhoods and civil-war trauma; only some 20 Jews are believed to remain from a once-vibrant community
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, second left, and Qatar’s Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, center, review an honor guard at the Government Palace in Beirut, Lebanon, October 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
October 16, 2026, 9:32 pm
Qatar pledges to help fund the reconstruction of southern Lebanon
Doha also says it will help rehabilitate struggling electricity sector; Trump plan to restart direct US flights with Beirut faces problems
By AP, Reuters and AFP
Sgt. Gur Kehati. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 16, 2026, 3:23 pm
Citing IDF failures, family of soldier killed in Lebanon leaves Israel: ‘We can’t find solace here’
Gur Kehati’s mother says she told IDF chief ‘the country has given up on us’ before they moved to Crete; family furious at IDF’s response to incident, lack of consequences for those involved
By ToI Staff
Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah speaks during an interview with an AFP journalist at the Lebanese Parliament in Beirut on April 20, 2026. (Anwar AMRO / AFP)
October 15, 2026, 5:12 pm
Hezbollah claims confiscated truck of explosives, but denies assassination plans
Lawmaker for terror group says bomb-making material was intended for use against Israeli forces, asks for material seized by authorities to be returned, which Rubio tells Lebanese president is ‘out of the question’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency press office on October 14, 2026, shows Lebanon’s President Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with United Nations’ Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix (C), and Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), Major General Diodato Abagnara, at the presidential palace in Baabda. (Lebanese Presidency/AFP)
October 14, 2026, 9:47 pm
UN reaffirms push for Lebanon stability as Beirut asks to extend peacekeepers’ mandate
UNIFIL mandate set to end in December after nearly 50 years, prompting concern from Lebanese officials who warn withdrawal will create ‘vacuum’ and harm regional security
By AFP
An Israeli Air Force fighter jet prepares to take off from an airbase in Israel for strikes in Iran, February 28, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
October 14, 2026, 4:48 pm
PM: Attack on Iran ‘not convenient’ now, but signs show Israel’s enemies preparing assault
Netanyahu says he’s against Israeli or US strike on Islamic Republic soon, hopes there won’t be an attack on Israel to disrupt elections; Katz warns Hezbollah not to launch conflict
By Lazar Berman
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam meets with journalists working for foreign media and news agencies at the government palace in Beirut, December 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
October 12, 2026, 5:45 pm
Lebanon vows probe after security forces seize truck packed with explosives
Authorities say shipment of 780 kilograms of explosives intercepted en route to Beirut; Hezbollah declines to comment on suspected links
By AP and ToI Staff
People gather next to a giant portrait of Hezbollah’s slain former chief Hassan Nasrallah at the Tahrir Square in Baghdad on September 26, 2026, to mark the second anniversary of his killing in a major strike by Israel on Beirut’s southern suburbs of Lebanon. (Murtadha RIDHA/AFP)
October 7, 2026, 11:23 pm
Hezbollah got $200 million from Iran to help displaced Lebanese, sources say
US disputes claim, says terror group ‘trying to save face’ with claims about help from Tehran; Hezbollah reportedly seeking to reestablish presence in south Lebanon pilot zones
By Agencies, Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Troops of the IDF's Givati Brigade operate in the Yabna camp of southern Gaza's Rafah, June 18, 2024. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
October 7, 2026, 6:04 am
3 years of war: Data shows IDF hit 100,000 targets as 31,500 projectiles fired at Israel
In Gaza, military says it has killed 4 Hamas chiefs, established 40 new outposts; reserve army expands by 36%; 30,000 security personnel treated by Defense Ministry rehab center
By Emanuel Fabian
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, shakes hands with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Nawaf Salam at the State Department, September 28, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
September 29, 2026, 1:42 am
Lebanese PM meets Rubio, stresses need for IDF withdrawal, Hezbollah disarmament
Nawaf Salam says two discussed ‘path to restoring Lebanon’s full sovereignty’; IDF completes large-scale operation to destroy Hezbollah infrastructure in south Lebanon
By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and AFP
Hezbollah supporter chant slogans as they hold placards bearing the Arabic words “We will avenge you” during a ceremony marking the second anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in Israeli airstrikes, at Nasrallah’s shrine in Beirut, Lebanon, September 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
September 27, 2026, 10:19 pm
‘We cannot be defeated’: Hezbollah chief rallies supporters 2 years after Nasrallah killing
Tens of thousands gather near slain leader’s tomb as Naim Qassem tells Beirut gathering that Israel failed to destroy group; demands withdrawal from south before disarmament talks
By AFP
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a ceremony marking the establishment of the new Israeli settlement of Ma’ale Arugot in Gush Etzion, in the West Bank, September 2, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 27, 2026, 4:17 pm
Smotrich: Israel must ‘go to war’ in West Bank, ‘do there what we did in Gaza’
Finance minister also calls on Israel to annex ‘at least’ up to the ceasefire line in Gaza and the Litani River in Lebanon to make enemies ‘pay a price’ for Oct. 7 and ensuing wars
By ToI Staff
Left: Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks at UN headquarters, September 23, 2026. (Heather Khalifa/AP); Right: Lebanon's Prime Minister Nawaf Salam speaks at the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris, France, April 21, 2026. (Ludovic Marin/Pool Photo via AP).
September 24, 2026, 11:11 pm
Lebanese PM to Iran’s president: We don’t want to be arena for others’ fights
Nawaf Salam, meeting Masoud Pezeshkian on UN sidelines, stresses Lebanon’s need for stability, control of arms after years of Iran-backed Hezbollah attacking Israel, sparking wars
By AFP and ToI Staff
Women hold portraits of detained Islamists held in Roumieh prison during a protest calling for their release in the northern Lebanese port city of Tripoli on January 5, 2025. (Ibrahim Chalhoub/AFP)
September 22, 2026, 7:20 pm
Hundreds go on hunger strike in Lebanon prison as amnesty law stalled
Lebanese parliament passed sweeping law in August intended to help thousands of prisoners, many of them Islamists, but an appeal has put it on pause for at least another month
By AFP
Manager of the Lebanon Diving Center, Youssef Jundi, takes video of pieces of ancient pottery at an archaeological site near the coast in the southern port city of Tyre, Lebanon, September 17, 2026. (Bilal Hussein/AP)
September 22, 2026, 4:28 pm
Divers are returning to ancient Tyre’s submerged ruins, unscathed in Lebanon war
As shaky ceasefire holds, visitors are coming back to explore Roman and Phoenician remains off coast of southern Lebanese city
By AP and ToI Staff
Israeli forces advance toward the outskirts of Deir Mimas as they reach an intersection near a newly established Lebanese army position, on September 18, 2026. (AFP)
September 19, 2026, 8:32 pm
IDF says it struck Hezbollah sites after terror group’s bomb wounded 2 troops
Roadside blast leaves soldiers lightly injured; UNIFIL warns of looming vacuum as peacekeepers prepare to withdraw
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
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