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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 530

Naqoura

A UN peacekeeping soldier sits on a tank at a road that links to a UNIFIL base where the Lebanese and Israeli delegations meet, in Naqoura town, Lebanon, on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
March 12, 2025, 3:29 pm
New talks with Lebanon aimed at normalizing ties, senior Israeli official says
Working groups established this week will focus on border, IDF presence, and Lebanese detainees, but Jerusalem is said to be aiming for a comprehensive agreement with its northern neighbor
By Lazar Berman
A United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) convoy patrols next to Naqoura, in Lebanon near its border with Israel, ahead of negotiations between the two countries in the area, October 13, 2020. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
March 11, 2025, 7:41 pm
Israel to hold talks with Lebanon on land border, frees 5 detainees as goodwill gesture
Amid negotiations in Naqoura that establish 3 joint working groups, Israel agrees to hand back reported terrorist and 4 other Lebanese; IDF strikes Hezbollah operatives
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and Emanuel Fabian
Lebanese army soldiers sit on their parked tanks along a road in the southern Lebanese coastal town of Naqoura, on the border with Israel on January 7, 2025, after Israel's withdrawal from the area as part of the ceasefire agreement between the two countries. (AFP)
January 8, 2025, 2:47 pm
US hails Lebanese army’s implementation of truce, even as Israel views it as inadequate
Report says IDF Northern Command chief doubts ceasefire’s initial phase will be fulfilled at all; cabinet sources reportedly say IDF may not leave Lebanon ‘for many years’
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
Lebanese security forces and rescue teams inspect a charred car that was hit by an Israeli drone strike near Naqoura on the border with Israel on September 2, 2024. (AFP)
September 2, 2024, 4:24 pm
2 said killed in Israeli airstrike on vehicle in south Lebanon
Source says 1 of those killed worked for cleaning company under UNIFIL contract; IDF also strikes Hezbollah buildings in south Lebanon towns; terror group fires 5 rockets at Israel
By AFP and Emanuel Fabian
This picture taken from northern Israel shows smoke billowing during Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on May 25, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
May 26, 2024, 2:03 pm
Hezbollah shells northern communities after deadly IDF drone strike in south Lebanon
15 rockets launched at Western Galilee after Israeli airstrike kills terror operative in Naqoura; separate barrage on Kiryat Shmona lightly injures man
By Emanuel Fabian
A UNIFIL (the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) patrol drives past the wreckage of a car that was targeted in an Israeli strike on March 2, 2024, near the southern Lebanese town of Naqoura. (AFP)
March 2, 2024, 1:32 pm
IDF: Lebanon strike targeted Iranian militia members involved in rocket fire on north
One of 3 reportedly killed said to be weapons technician in division that operates alongside Hezbollah; military says it also hit positions belonging to Tehran-backed terror group
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
A picture taken from northern Israel shows smoke billowing from across the border in south Lebanon on January 3, 2024. (Alberto PIZZOLI / AFP)
January 4, 2024, 9:56 am
Israeli strike on southern Lebanon takes out 4 Hezbollah fighters including commander
IDF says strike in city of Naqoura, near border with Israel, targeted terror operatives manning military site
By Emanuel Fabian
Energy Ministry Director General Lior Schillat delivers a statement at the border Rosh HaNikra crossing in northern Israel, known as Ras al-Naqura in Lebanon, following the signature of a maritime border deal between the two countries, on October 27, 2022. (Jack Guez/AFP)
October 27, 2022, 8:29 pm
‘A new era’: At border ceremony without handshakes, Israel-Lebanon deal takes effect
As Israel lauds supposed recognition by enemy state, Beirut insists no political significance; US fetes ‘historic’ deal; Hezbollah claims ‘great victory,’ will stand down forces
By ToI Staff and AFP
A general view shows a base of the UN peacekeeping force in the southern Lebanese border town of Naqoura, Lebanon on October 14, 2020. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 22, 2022, 1:54 pm
Israel said to tell US it can ink maritime deal with Lebanon as soon as Wednesday
Report in pro-Hezbollah newspaper says American envoy expected in Lebanon next week ahead of potential signing ceremony; delegations expected to ratify agreement in separate rooms
By ToI Staff
Lebanese protesters sail near an Israeli Navy vessel during a demonstration Lebanese protesters on a motorboat carry their national flag as they sail in front of an Israeli Navy vessel during a demonstration backing Lebanon's claims to disputed maritime oil and gas fields, near the southern border town of Naqoura, Lebanon, September 4, 2022. (AP/Mohammed Zaatari)
September 4, 2022, 10:09 pm
Lebanese flotilla protests gas dispute along maritime border with Israel
No disturbances reported as protesters demand ‘our right to every inch of our waters,’ days ahead of expected visit by US broker of ongoing Beirut-Jerusalem talks
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Lebanese protesters take part in a demonstration in the border town of Naqoura, on June 11, 2022, days after Israel moved a gas production vessel into the offshore Karish field, a part of which is claimed by Lebanon. (Mahmoud Zayyat/ AFP)
June 11, 2022, 10:22 pm
Lebanese rally near Israeli border against gas extraction in area claimed by Beirut
‘We absolutely refuse to neglect Lebanon’s maritime resources,’ lawmaker tells hundreds at protest near border, days after rig arrives at Israel’s offshore Karish field
By AFP and ToI Staff
A helicopter flies over a base of the UN peacekeeping force, in the town of Naqoura, Lebanon, October 14, 2020, during the first round of talks between Lebanese and Israeli delegations on the countries' maritime border. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
December 22, 2020, 7:47 pm
Pompeo regrets Israel-Lebanon stalemate on maritime border, offers US mediation
Outgoing US secretary of state laments that ‘parties remain far apart,’ urges continued negotiations despite the impasse
By AFP
UN military vehicles of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) enter the southern Lebanese border town of Naqura, where the second round of talks started on October 28, 2020, between Lebanon and Israel at a UN base on the demarcation of the maritime frontier between the two countries. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
November 30, 2020, 12:56 pm
Israel-Lebanon maritime border talks postponed amid impasse
Announcement comes after Jerusalem accused Beirut of changing its stance in negotiations; both sides said to continue to meet with US mediators
By ToI Staff and Agencies
UN military vehicles of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) enter the southern Lebanese border town of Naqura, where the second round of talks started on October 28, 2020, between Lebanon and Israel at a UN base on the demarcation of the maritime frontier between the two countries. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
November 11, 2020, 4:33 pm
War of the maps: Lebanon and Israel battle over sea border in new round of talks
Dispute over control of offshore gas deposits in 860-square-kilometer zone has seen Beirut demand an additional 1,430 square kilometers, while Jerusalem aims to push frontier north
By AFP
A helicopter flies over a base of the UN peacekeeping force, in the town of Naqoura, Lebanon, October 14, 2020, during the first round of talks between Lebanese and Israeli delegations on the countries' maritime border. (AP/Bilal Hussein)
October 28, 2020, 12:35 pm
Israel and Lebanon hold ‘heated’ second round of maritime border talks
Day of negotiations mediated by US and UN concludes; discussions to continue Thursday in Lebanese border town of Naqoura, with faint hopes they could lead to wider detente
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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