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An Israeli military position is seen on a hill over Kfar Chouba, southeast Lebanon. April 9, 2019. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
April 12, 2019, 1:52 am
Trump’s Golan move irks Lebanese who lay claim to land held by Israel
Residents near border still hope to win Shebaa Farms from Israel, though some politicians say claims are an excuse for Hezbollah to retain weapons
By Bassem Mroue
A still image from blurry video footage broadcast by Hezbollah-backed Al-Manar television on February 28, 2018, that purports to show the aftermath of a Hezbollah assassination of Israeli brigadier general Erez Gerstein in 1999 in southern Lebanon. (Screen capture)
March 1, 2018, 12:43 am
Hezbollah video claims to show bomb that killed Israeli general in 1999
Al-Manar TV broadcasts blurred footage of explosion which it says blew up Israeli car, killing Israel’s top military official in Lebanon, two soldiers and a journalist
By Sue Surkes
President Reuven Rivlin meets German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, September 7, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
September 7, 2017, 5:07 pm
Rivlin warns Iranian meddling could ‘sink whole region into war’
In Germany on state visit, president says weapons buildup by Iranian proxy Hezbollah requires Israel to respond
By TOI staff
Matti Friedman, pictured during his IDF service in the late 1990s (Courtesy Matti Friedman)
July 12, 2016, 1:23 pm
How Lebanon humbled, but didn’t break, Israelis
On the 10th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War — another chapter in Israel’s long, painful, and unfinished conflict in Lebanon — an excerpt from the new book ‘Pumpkinflowers’ examines the impact of decades in Lebanon on the Israeli psyche
By Matti Friedman
An Israeli civilian helicopter that entered Lebanese air space on June 2, 2016 (screen capture: Channel 2)
June 2, 2016, 8:14 pm
Israeli civilian pilot in hot water for helicopter trip over southern Lebanon
Civil Aviation Authority probing whether flight path, which included Hezbollah villages, was by mistake or design
By Sue Surkes
File: Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in a video broadcast on May 20, 2016 in a southern suburb of the capital Beirut during a memorial ceremony to mark a week since slain Hezbollah commander Mustafa Badreddine (portrait) was killed in an explosion near Damascus. (Joseph Eid/AFP)
May 25, 2016, 11:21 pm
Nasrallah calls Liberman ‘show-off, insane, minister of war’
But Hezbollah chief then says he won’t ‘rush to judgment’ on implications of appointment of Israel’s incoming defense minister
By TOI staff
A device concealed in an artificial rock in the southern Lebanese town of Bani Hayyan. According to the Lebanese Army, the device is an Israeli surveillance camera. (screen capture: Lebanese Armed Forces Facebook page)
December 2, 2015, 1:22 pm
Second Israeli spying device said uncovered in south Lebanon
Lebanese media report new finding after Tuesday report of a separate device detonated by Israel near Marjayoun
By TOI staff
A device concealed in an artificial rock in the southern Lebanese town of Bani Hayyan. According to the Lebanese Army, the device is an Israeli surveillance camera. (screen capture: Lebanese Armed Forces Facebook page)
December 1, 2015, 7:19 pm
Israel said to detonate spying device in south Lebanon
Lebanese media report 2 injured by explosion near Israeli border after construction workers discover listening gear
By TOI staff
In this May 22, 2010 photo, a Hezbollah fighter stands behind an empty rocket launcher while explaining various tactics and weapons used against Israeli soldiers on the battlefield. (AP/Hussein Malla)
November 12, 2015, 2:58 pm
Israel raises Hezbollah rocket estimate to 150,000
New assessments suggest the Lebanese terror group is ramping up efforts to acquire weapons
By Avi Issacharoff
A sign reads "No entry, closed military area" is seen on the border between Israel and Lebanon, January 21, 2015. (Photo by Basal Awidat/Flash90)
November 11, 2015, 8:34 am
Lebanon charges three with spying for ‘Israeli enemy’
Military court says espionage network gathered information on senior figures to be used to carry out terror attacks
By Raoul Wootliff
Lebanese, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags on the northern side of Israel's border with Lebanon. (Hamad Almakt/Flash90/File)
November 8, 2015, 1:43 pm
Alleged Israeli spy network busted in Lebanon
Syrian, 2 Lebanese accused of photographing sensitive sites, gathering information for assassinations
By TOI staff and AFP
Hezbollah fighters celebrating on the day the IDF left South Lebanon, May 24, 2000. (AP: Enric Marti)
May 25, 2015, 9:17 pm
Why Israel’s retreat from Lebanon marked the birth of today’s Middle East
The May 2000 withdrawal seemed to be part of a larger land-for-peace trend; instead it raised the curtain on the wars of the 21st century
By Mitch Ginsburg
Defense Ministry footage of the demolition of the Beaufort outpost in the southern Lebanon security zone on the night of May 24, 2000. The video, which was released 15 years after the withdrawal, also shows Israeli troops leaving Lebanon under Hezbollah fire. (Screen capture: YouTube)
May 21, 2015, 11:31 am
Defense Ministry releases footage of 2000 Lebanon retreat
Film shows Israeli troops returning to border under Hezbollah fire and demolition of iconic Beaufort outpost
By TOI staff
A Hezbollah fighter stands behind an empty rocket launcher, May 22, 2010. (AP/Hussein Malla)
May 13, 2015, 10:49 pm
Hezbollah hiding 100,000 missiles that can hit north, army says
If war breaks out, IDF warns, Israel will strike at south Lebanon’s rocket arsenals, wherever they are placed
By AP
US President Barack Obama talks on the phone in the Oval Office, July 25, 2014. (photo credit: Pete Souza/White House)
April 9, 2015, 2:10 pm
How I learned to stop loving Obama and worry about the bomb
The Times of Israel’s military correspondent takes stock, six years after writing a heartfelt letter in support of the presidential candidacy of a young senator from Illinois
By Mitch Ginsburg
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