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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 626

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Defense Minister Israel Katz speaks to press at the site of where a missile fired from Iran struck the central city of Holon on June 19, 2025. Several Israelis were wounded, some of them badly, in the strike. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 20, 2025, 12:19 pm
Defense minister warns Hezbollah to stay out of Israel-Iran war
‘If there is terror, there will be no Hezbollah,’ says Katz after leader of Iran-backed terror group says it will ‘act as we see fit’ amid Israeli aerial campaign
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Peacekeepers of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) ride in armoured vehicles during a patrol along the border with Israel by the village of Kfar Kila in south Lebanon on June 4, 2025. (Photo by AFP)
June 8, 2025, 11:26 pm
US said to mull dissolving UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon
Israel reportedly backs ending UNIFIL’s operations, considers its presence redundant as Lebanese army beats back Hezbollah; UN set to renew peacekeeping force’s mandate in August
By ToI Staff
The aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on the southern Lebanese village of Toul on May 22, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
May 23, 2025, 11:13 am
Israeli strike kills Hezbollah operative in south Lebanon; jets target weapons depots
IDF fighter jets hit additional sites in country’s south and the eastern Beqaa Valley, also targeting rocket launchers belonging to terror group
By Emanuel Fabian
A car burns following an Israeli drone strike on a Hezbollah operative in Ain Baal, Lebanon, May 21, 2025. (Screenshot: X)
May 21, 2025, 11:49 pm
3 Hezbollah operatives killed in Israeli drone strikes in Lebanon
Military says targets include ‘experienced engineer’ in terror group’s weapons R&D unit and a Radwan force commander
By Emanuel Fabian
Illustrative: This picture taken from Kibbutz Malkia along the border with southern Lebanon, shows smoke billowing above the Lebanese village of Mays al-Jabal during Israeli strikes on May 5, 2024. (Jalaa MAREY / AFP)
May 1, 2025, 6:05 pm
IDF strikes in southern Lebanon kill two Hezbollah operatives
One strike in Mays al-Jabal targets member of terror group’s elite Radwan force, while second one takes out operative carrying out surveillance on Israeli border, according to IDF
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Illustrative: A vehicle drives past buildings destroyed in Israeli strikes during the latest war, near the border wall in the southern Lebanese village of Ramia on March 5, 2025. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
March 8, 2025, 5:48 pm
IDF says it struck terror targets in Lebanon and Gaza amid ceasefires
Military says it hit Hezbollah sites in the north, and suspects planting bombs and engaging in other malign activities in the Strip
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli strike that targeted the village of Mansouri in southern Lebanon's Tyre district on November 18, 2024, amid the war between Israel and Hezbollah. (KAWNAT HAJU / AFP)
March 4, 2025, 5:08 pm
Hezbollah naval commander killed in Israeli strike in southern Lebanon
IDF says Haidar Hashem, responsible for naval forces in the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, was planning attacks against Israelis
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Illustrative: A photo taken from the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Hamam shows smoke rising after an explosion during an Israeli army operation in the village of Kfarshouba near the border on February 16, 2024. (Rabih Daher/AFP)
February 23, 2025, 11:59 am
IDF strikes in Lebanon, says it targeted Hezbollah rocket launchers and weapons
Ceasefire agreement permits Israel to respond to ‘imminent threats’; strikes come as Lebanon prepares for mass funeral of Nasrallah in Beirut
By Emanuel Fabian
This picture taken from a position along Israel's northern border with Lebanon shows vehicles of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) and the Lebanese Army deploying in Lebanon's southern village of Odaisseh on February 18, 2025. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)
February 18, 2025, 10:49 am
IDF withdraws from Lebanon border villages, keeps ‘buffer zone’; Lebanese army deploys
Israeli troops remain in 5 strategic outposts inside southern Lebanon; Katz warns Israel will ‘forcefully’ enforce terms of truce; Lebanon to seek UN’s help on ‘Israeli violations’
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Lebanese citizens check the destruction on their house caused by the war between Hezbollah and Israel, in their hometown Khiam, southern Lebanon, February 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
February 18, 2025, 8:53 am
South Lebanon residents say Hezbollah helping to pay for lost furniture, rent
With IDF withdrawing from most of southern Lebanon Tuesday morning, civilians say they’re waiting for terror group’s construction arm to help rebuild their homes
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Sgt. Gur Kehati. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 14, 2025, 5:44 pm
Family of soldier killed in dubious Lebanon incident says Halevi took responsibility
Relatives of Sgt. Gur Kehati, killed with civilian researcher Ze’ev Erlich, say IDF chief met them and vowed to monitor probe even after his term ends in March
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The damage caused from an Israeli military operation in Kfarkela, in southern Lebanon, February 13, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 14, 2025, 12:51 pm
IDF strikes Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon, citing ‘direct threat’ to Israel
Military says fighter jets hit terror group’s weapons storage sites and rocket launchers, which were operated in ‘blatant violation’ of agreements, as row emerges over withdrawal deadline
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
UNIFIL vehicles drive past the rubble of buildings in the southern Lebanese village of Yarin on February 9, 2025. (Mahmoud ZAYYAT / AFP)
February 11, 2025, 9:57 am
Netanyahu said to ask Trump to back longer IDF deployment in Lebanon
According to report, PM seeking to maintain Israeli presence at 5 key border points for a buffer zone, a week before already-extended deadline to withdraw
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: People visit the Arab village of Ghajar, located between Lebanon and Israel in northern Israel, October 14, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
February 2, 2025, 9:20 pm
As Alawite village on Israel-Lebanon border reopens, locals fear for relatives in Syria
After enduring decades of isolation amid border disputes, residents of Ghajar are focused on their Syrian kin, who face retribution for belonging to sect of deposed leader Assad
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative — An Israeli airstrike on Hezbollah targets in the area of Nabatieh in southern Lebanon on September 25, 2024. (Rabih DAHER / AFP)
January 29, 2025, 2:34 pm
Israeli strike in southern Lebanon’s Majdal Selm said to injure five people
No immediate comment from military; Beirut says 24 killed in Israeli strike Tuesday targeting what IDF said were Hezbollah vehicles moving weapons in violation of truce
By Agencies and ToI Staff
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