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Master Sgt. (res.) Alexander Filin (Israel Defense Forces)
June 18, 2026, 11:20 am
IDF reserve soldier killed, 7 wounded by Hezbollah explosive in southern Lebanon
Master Sgt. Alexander Filin, 29, immigrated alone aged 12, later foiled an attack and got presidential award; senior officers among injured in blast during patrol along Litani River
By Emanuel Fabian
Troops of the Golani Brigade's Reconnaissance Unit operate at the Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo published on May 31, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 31, 2026, 12:13 pm
IDF captures strategic Beaufort Castle, as soldier killed in Hezbollah drone strike
Defense minister hails Israeli flag flying for first time since 2000 over Crusader fortress, a symbol of Israel’s previous wars in Lebanon; Staff Sgt. Michael Tyukin, 21, was an only child who moved to Israel from Ukraine
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Civil defense members remove a body from the rubble of a residential building hit the previous day by an Israeli strike near the southern town of Burj al-Shamali, on the outskirts of Tyre, on May 27, 2026. (Photo by Kawnat HAJU / AFP)
May 27, 2026, 5:37 pm
Hezbollah claims clashes with Israeli troops north of Litani; IDF dismisses reports
Terror group reports ‘point-blank’ battle in Zawtar al-Sharqiyah amid IDF ground advance; IAF maintains heavy strikes, a day after reportedly killing 31, including Lebanese soldier
By Stav Levaton, Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli troops operate in southern Lebanon, in a photo cleared for publication May 24, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
May 26, 2026, 9:04 pm
IDF pushes north of Lebanon security zone; Netanyahu says Israel seizing ‘strategic positions’
Clashes reported in several towns north of Litani River; IDF says it carried out over 100 strikes in south, east; Lebanese media: 12 killed, including children, in overnight Beqaa strike
By Stav Levaton, Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff
April 17, 2026, 1:16 pm
As ceasefire holds, displaced Lebanese trickle home to find out what remains
Cars line up to cross destroyed Qasmiyeh Bridge over Litani River after Lebanese army bulldozes new path: ‘If the situation allows, we will stay and we will not leave our land again’
By Agencies
IDF troops of the Golani Brigade operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued by the military on April 6, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 7, 2026, 6:37 pm
IDF says it has ‘completed deployment’ to anti-tank defensive line in south Lebanon
2 wounded as Hezbollah rockets hit north; IDF reportedly holds off strikes on Lebanon-Syria crossing after US intervention; army also says it mobilized elite 98th Division to area
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
This photograph taken from the southern city of Tyre, shows rockets fired from Lebanon at Israel on March 24, 2026. (KAWANT HAJU / AFP)
March 24, 2026, 12:55 pm
Katz says Israel will hold ‘security zone’ in Lebanon until Hezbollah threat removed
Defense minister says Israel to maintain control up to Litani River, Lebanese residents won’t return until security ensured; France criticizes plan, Hezbollah vows to fight it
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Finance Minister and head of the Religious Zionist party Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, March 23, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 24, 2026, 2:01 am
Smotrich says Litani River should be Israel’s new border with Lebanon
Finance minister compares waterway 20 miles into southern Lebanon to so-called Yellow Line in Gaza, IDF-held buffer zone in Syria, amid continued Hezbollah rocket fire
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli security and rescue forces at the scene where a missile fired from Lebanon toward Israel caused damage in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, March 23, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
March 23, 2026, 5:52 pm
Four wounded as Hezbollah pounds north with rockets, IDF strikes in Beirut
Victim hit in face by shrapnel as salvo reaches border town of Kiryat Shmona; IDF captures two Hezbollah fighters, blows up Litani River crossing; IRGC official targeted in Lebanese capital
By Emanuel Fabian
A Hezbollah supporter holds a flag with a message that reads in Arabic: "We will not lay down the weapons" during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, February 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
February 12, 2026, 3:09 am
Lebanon says it will decide in coming weeks on 2nd phase of Hezbollah disarmament plan
After army says state has taken control of all weapons south of the Litani River, minister says will now tackle north of river, rules out possibility of confrontation with terror group
By Reuters
Illustrative: Smoke rises from the site of a series of Israeli airstrikes that targeted the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of al-Katrani on December 18, 2025. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)
December 22, 2025, 2:22 am
IDF says it targeted 2 Hezbollah operatives in southern Lebanon strikes
Beirut says one person killed and another wounded in attacks, as Israel continues to hit terror group over what it says are breaches of ceasefire
By Emanuel Fabian and AFP
Lebanese army soldiers look at the Israeli military post of Hanita, left, and the Labbouneh post, one of five hills held by Israeli forces since last year, right, from a Lebanese military position in the village of Alma al-Shaab in south Lebanon, November 28, 2025. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
December 20, 2025, 8:04 pm
Lebanese PM says country close to completing Hezbollah disarmament south of Litani River
Nawaf Salam claims first phase of ceasefire-mandated plan is nearly done, with next stage planned north of river, amid Israeli skepticism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Smoke billows in southern Lebanon following an Israeli airstrike, December 12, 2025. (Social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 12, 2025, 2:20 pm
IDF says it struck Hezbollah training facility, other sites in south Lebanon
Lebanese state media says about a dozen sites targeted, including some north of the Litani River; no casualties reported
By Emanuel Fabian
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun addresses the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters, in New York City, on September 23, 2025. (Ludovic Marin/AFP)
November 22, 2025, 12:29 am
Amid IDF strikes, Lebanon’s Aoun says state monopoly on weapons needed in south
President says military control south of Litani River is ‘inevitable,’ urges international oversight as Israel targets Hezbollah and Hamas
By AFP and Emanuel Fabian
Motorists drive past billboards depicting a Lebanese army 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 9, 2025, 9:47 pm
Lebanon says Hezbollah will be disarmed south of Litani within three months
Government is looking to reestablish control in longtime strongholds of the terror group along Israel border
By AFP and ToI Staff
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