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A Red Cross convoy escorts four released prisoners who were held in Israeli prisons as they arrive in the southern village of Mansouri, Lebanon, September 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
Five civilians returned in total
Red Cross hands four more civilians detained by Israel in security zone to Lebanon
By ToI Staff, Nava Freiberg and Agencies
AFP reports two are Syrian nationals, though Jerusalem had referred to all four as 'Lebanese civilians'; PMO says they were interrogated and found to have no terror links
A view of the Ali Taher ridge from Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, July 7, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
September 3, 2026, 11:50 pm
IDF says it entered, cleared Hezbollah’s Ali Taher Ridge tunnels ahead of demolition
Hezbollah operatives were killed or fled terror group’s ‘nerve center’ beneath hill in south Lebanon in recent weeks, army says, belying reports it was holding off offensive amid threats by Iran
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published on June 1, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
September 3, 2026, 9:15 pm
Israel begins handing over 5 Lebanese detainees after Beirut helped find slain Jews’ remains
One man snatched in October 2025 already transferred to Lebanese military via Red Cross, sources say; US hails Israel and Lebanon for ‘demonstrating good faith’ amid peace talks
By Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid and Agencies
A photograph taken from the southern Lebanese area of Nabatieh shows smoke as it rises from the site of Israeli strikes that targeted the hilltops of the mountainous area of the strategic Ali Taher Ridge on August 14, 2026. (AFP)
September 3, 2026, 12:27 pm
Iran has warned US it will respond forcefully to any Israeli offensive on south Lebanon ridge
Officials say over a dozen Revolutionary Guard members are holed up with Hezbollah men in besieged Ali Taher Ridge, where IDF says Lebanese terror group has key underground command center
By Reuters and ToI Staff
A view of the Ali Taher ridge from Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, July 7, 2026. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
September 2, 2026, 3:23 pm
IDF says it hit Hezbollah after group launched 2 drones at troops in Lebanon
Military says explosive-laden drones aimed at forces in Ali Taher Ridge area, no soldiers injured; retaliatory attacks hit Nabatieh, 1 reportedly killed; EU countries to help train Lebanese Army
By Emanuel Fabian and Reuters
Screen capture from video of an IDF strike on Hezbollah infrastructure in southern Lebanon, August 27, 2026. (IDF)
August 27, 2026, 8:20 pm
IDF hits Hezbollah targets in south Lebanon; Beirut says newly-wed woman killed
Military reports strikes on terror group infrastructure in Nabatieh area following drone attack on troops night before; local state media reports bride of 48 hours dies in Salim
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Motorcyclists pass a billboard depicting US President Donald Trump underwater amid explosions, with the words “Great Victory! Strait of Hormuz,” in Tehran, Iran, August 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
August 27, 2026, 10:15 am
From nukes to Hormuz: The shift in Trump’s Iran war objectives
The prime goal of reopening the key waterway wasn’t even an issue when the US and Israel opened the fighting
By AP
A crowd of Shia Muslim devotees watches a televised speech by Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem on June 26, 2026. (Ibrahim AMRO/AFP)
August 20, 2026, 6:22 pm
Meet Moshe, the nonexistent ‘Israeli thinker’ Hezbollah loves to quote
When terror group chief Naim Qassem cited ‘Yedioth journalist Moshe Yair’ to prove a point in a speech last week, he joined others who have used fictitious Israeli writer to bolster group’s narrative
By Nurit Yohanan
From left: Zachary Baumel, Yehuda Katz and Zvi Feldman (Courtesy)
August 19, 2026, 4:02 pm
Yehuda Katz’s return closes painful Sultan Yacoub saga, but Lebanon mire endures
Return of remains of last missing soldier from disastrous 1982 battle closes 44-year chapter, as Israel again confronts risks of a prolonged military presence in its northern neighbor
By Nava Freiberg
Eyal Greenwald, marketing manager of Kfar Blum Kayaks, stands in front of a sign that reads, 'We also missed the Galilee!' on Kibbutz Kfar Blum, in the Upper Galilee, on August 11, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
August 18, 2026, 9:55 am
‘There’s plenty of water in the river’: Israelis trickle north amid tourism drought
With IDF still in Lebanon, foreign tourists absent, and possibility of resumed war looming, business is down in Upper Galilee even as locals rally
By Diana Bletter
Heavy machinery, first aid responders and residents search the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a neighborhood in the southern Lebanese village of Deir al-Zahrani on August 15, 2026. (Abbas FAKIH/AFP)
August 16, 2026, 11:12 am
Israeli strikes reported in south Lebanon as Defense Minister Katz vows to ‘settle scores’
Reported nighttime attacks come day after three soldiers were seriously injured by Hezbollah drone; IDF names second senior Hezbollah commander killed in Saturday strikes
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
People and rescue workers gather on a destroyed house that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Deir al-Zahrani village, southern Lebanon, August 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
August 15, 2026, 3:32 pm
Israeli strikes kill 11 in south Lebanon after Hezbollah wounds 3 IDF soldiers in attack
Acknowledging civilian casualties in strikes, Israel accuses terror group of deliberately housing women and children in Hezbollah ‘military compound,’ says they were family of targeted commander
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
People react as Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem addresses crowds via a screen during the first day of Ashura commemorations at the mausoleum of former Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut’s southern suburbs on June 17, 2026. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
August 14, 2026, 10:34 pm
Hezbollah chief says Lebanon-Israel deal humiliates the nation and its army
In speech marking anniversary of Second Lebanon War, Naim Qassem accuses Lebanese authorities of giving up on ‘dignity,’ signing off on whatever Jerusalem demands
By ToI Staff and AFP
Diplomats take part in direct Israel-Lebanon talks hosted at the US State Department in Washington on June 23, 2026. (Courtesy Israeli Embassy)
August 11, 2026, 10:10 pm
US insists Israel-Lebanon talks moving in ‘positive direction’ despite setback last week
State Department says next round of talks to take place in September in Rome, will focus on roadmaps for future pilot zones for IDF withdrawal
By Jacob Magid
Illustrative: Lebanese lawmakers attend a parliamentary session to elect a president, in Beirut, on January 9, 2025. (Anwar Amro/AFP)
August 11, 2026, 6:02 pm
Lebanon abolishes death penalty in landmark vote, becoming first Arab nation to do so
Majority of 128-member parliament votes in favor of formalizing a 2004 moratorium on executions, with the exception of the Hezbollah bloc, which opposes the motion
By AP
Illustrative: Lebanese soldiers man a checkpoint at the entrance to Nabatieh on June 15, 2026 (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP)
August 11, 2026, 2:07 pm
Lebanon claims IDF drone attack wounded two, hit ambulance; Israel denies striking
Authorities claim ‘double-tap’ strike in Nabatieh targeted rescuers from Hezbollah-linked Scouts group; Israeli military says it’s unaware of any strike
By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian
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