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Illustrative: This handout photograph released by the Lebanese army press office on July 15, 2026, shows Lebanese army soldiers setting up a checkpoint at a position in southern Lebanon. (Lebanese Army Press Office/AFP)
US indicates Lebanese army deploying to ‘pilot zones,’ including one IDF will withdraw from
By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Washington lists 3 locations where Lebanon's military to deploy; Israeli forces reportedly to make first pull out from one area on Tuesday, but timeline for full withdrawal unclear
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (R) meets with Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun at the State Department in Washington, DC, July 19, 2026. (Secretary Marco Rubio/X)
July 19, 2026, 10:49 pm
At meeting in DC, Rubio lauds Lebanon president’s ongoing push to disarm Hezbollah
Aoun says Beirut and Washington must align on achieving initial Israeli withdrawal from negotiated ‘pilot zones,’ ahead of his scheduled meeting with Trump on Tuesday
By Lazar Berman and AFP
Ori Eliyahu at On The Border Cafe in Shtula, on the border with Lebanon, on July 14, 2026. (Diana Bletter/Times of Israel)
July 19, 2026, 4:35 pm
On Lebanese border, a village still in Hezbollah crosshairs prepares for comeback
As part of a $6 billion push, government campaign to attract residents to northern frontline communities starts Sunday; Shtula, with 60% of its prewar population, to get 15 new homes
By Diana Bletter
US President Donald Trump, right, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands at the conclusion of a joint press conference in the White House State Dining Room in Washington, September 29, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
July 16, 2026, 3:06 pm
Netanyahu pushes off US trip to late July as Lindsey Graham’s funeral delayed
No meeting with Trump scheduled yet; PM had reportedly wanted to meet US president before Lebanon’s Aoun visits Washington next week
By Lazar Berman
Left: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, June 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
July 15, 2026, 1:11 am
Trump said to urge Netanyahu to pull Israeli troops from Syria, Lebanon in recent call
US leader reportedly told PM ‘they don’t want you there’; Jerusalem and Beirut hold talks on IDF withdrawals from ‘pilot zones,’ with FM Sa’ar saying Israel is ready to move ahead
By Stav Levaton, Jacob Magid and Agencies
A motorcade delegation arrives on the first day of talks between the Lebanese and Israeli delegations at the US Embassy in Rome on July 14, 2026. (Andreas SOLARO/AFP)
July 14, 2026, 2:33 pm
Sixth round of Israel-Lebanon talks begins in Rome, with focus on IDF pullout ‘pilot’
Lebanon wants immediate movement on plans agreed to last month for its army to take control of designated zones, while Jerusalem still has misgivings
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
Sgt. Gur Kehati. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 12, 2026, 3:19 pm
IDF said to present probe into fatal 2024 Lebanon incident to slain soldier’s family
Grandfather of Sgt. Gur Kehati says commanders acknowledged no operational need for civilian researcher Ze’ev Erlich to have joined mission in which Kehati was killed, but stopped short of accepting responsibility
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli soldiers drive in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 8, 2026, 11:48 pm
Lebanon demanding Israel fulfill pledge for pullout pilot or it will skip Rome talks
Source says Beirut ‘stipulating Israel’s withdrawal’ as condition for attending, as IDF yet to move; army says it captured Radwan member, killed another
By AFP, Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Travelers are seen at Ben Gurion International Airport, near Tel Aviv, April 23, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
July 8, 2026, 7:31 pm
EU regulator eases restrictions on flights to Israel, urges avoiding Iran, Iraq, Lebanon airspaces
Advisory comes amid flare-up in violence between US and Iran; advisory urging caution in airspace of Israel withdrawn; Arkia to resume Morocco route after 3 years
By JTA and Sharon Wrobel
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir is seen at the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, July 5, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 5, 2026, 10:56 pm
IDF says Hezbollah cell hit in south Lebanon, warns it will attack if truce violated
Military reports operatives spotted close to buffer zone; Zamir tours Beaufort Castle, nearby Hezbollah tunnels; Netanyahu claims Christian villages seek annexation to Israel
By Emanuel Fabian
A relative of a missing victim, weeps at the site of destroyed buildings that were hit in an Israeli airstrike in Qannarit village, southern Lebanon, June 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)
July 4, 2026, 10:37 pm
IDF says it killed armed Hezbollah operative after manhunt in southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s president rejects criticism by Amnesty and other NGOs of deal with Israel, says Beirut seeking to ‘turn the page on wars,’ urges US to ‘keep standing’ by his country
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and AFP
This handout photograph released by the Lebanese Presidency press office shows Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun (R) meeting with Syria's Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani at the presidential palace in Baabda on July 2, 2026. (Photo by Lebanese Presidency / AFP)
July 2, 2026, 2:50 pm
Syrian FM says Damascus open to meeting Hezbollah, after Trump said it should fight group
Asaad al-Shaibani visits Lebanon, meets President Aoun and Hezbollah-allied parliament speaker Berri, after Israel, Syria and Lebanon rejected US suggestion
By Reuters
This handout photo shows Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeting IDF troops in southern Lebanon, June 30, 2026. (Haim Zach/GPO)
July 1, 2026, 12:12 am
Visiting south Lebanon, PM says IDF won’t withdraw ‘as long as Hezbollah remains here’
Netanyahu insists Israel and Lebanon are ‘sovereign states that want peace’ and want terror group out; UN said seeking own continued presence in area, against Israeli wishes
By Nava Freiberg, Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli military vehicles and personnel seen at a border crossing into Lebanon, June 28, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/FLASH90)
June 30, 2026, 10:30 am
Israel-Lebanon deal may entrench stalemate rather than end war, analysts say
Disarmament of Hezbollah is unattainable because Lebanon can’t enforce it amid sectarian tensions, experts say, which means that IDF troops could stay in the country indefinitely
By Samia Nakhoul
Hezbollah supporters block the old airport road in the southern suburbs of Beirut, with burning tires to protest against the trilateral agreement that was signed between the US, Israel and Lebanon on June 27, 2026. (Ibrahim AMRO / AFP)
June 27, 2026, 7:58 pm
Hezbollah says Israel-Lebanon agreement ‘null and void’; Israel said bracing for attack
Naim Qassem calls deal a ‘humiliation’ as allies threaten civil war; terror group’s MP slams Beirut’s ‘submission’; Israeli defense official vows ‘severe’ response to any attack
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and others watch, seated from left, Israel's Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter, counselor Dan Holler, and Lebanon's Ambassador to the US Nada Hamadeh, sign a framework agreement at the State Department, June 26, 2026, in Washington. (AP/Kevin Wolf)
June 27, 2026, 1:14 am
Israel and Lebanon ink framework deal for ending conflict, including minor IDF withdrawal
After US-Iran MOU almost derailed talks last week, Israel agrees to pull out of two areas beyond south Lebanon buffer zone; Rubio hails ‘beginning of the beginning’ of road to peace
By Jacob Magid
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