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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

UNIFIL United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon

Spanish UN peacekeepers patrol in the disputed Shebaa Farms area between Lebanon and Israel, overlooking the divided border village of Ghajar, February 24, 2015. (AP /Hussein Malla)
April 4, 2025, 9:29 am
While Israel aims for land border deal with Lebanon, history weighs heavy
Shaped by colonial ambition, hardened by war and haunted by Hezbollah, Israel’s confounding northern frontier hangs between relentless violence and tightrope diplomacy
By Nava Freiberg
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
Firefighters extinguish a burning UNIFIL vehicle, set ablaze by pro-Hezbollah demonstrators, on the road leading to Beirut's international airport on February 14, 2025. (Ibrahim Amro/AFP)
February 15, 2025, 6:02 pm
Lebanon claims over 25 arrested for attack on UNIFIL convoy that wounded peacekeepers
Lebanese president vows perpetrators ‘will receive their punishment’ as Hezbollah and its allies seek to distance themselves from assault by Iran-backed terror group’s supporters
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Israeli soldiers seen on the border fence with Lebanon, northern Israel, on February 2, 2025. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
February 12, 2025, 11:00 pm
US said to accept IDF request to remain in 5 south Lebanon posts after Feb. 18 deadline
Israel had reportedly asked to stay for an additional 10 days; Lebanese president insists Israel stick to existing date; IDF again warns Lebanese not to return to homes in south
By ToI Staff and Reuters
Israeli soldiers seen in Meiss El Jabal, in southern Lebanon, February 10, 2025. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
February 11, 2025, 8:59 pm
US denies Israel’s request to further push off deadline for Lebanon withdrawal
Washington official confirms Jerusalem asked for extension but says administration planning on keeping to February 18 date for IDF exit
By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff
UN chief Antonio Guterres walks past an honor guard of the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL) at the peacekeeping force's headquarters in southern Lebanon's Naqura, near the Israeli border, January 17, 2025. (Pascual Gorriz / UNIFIL / AFP)
January 17, 2025, 10:41 pm
UN chief: UNIFIL found 100 Hezbollah arms caches in south Lebanon since truce began
Only peacekeepers, Lebanese military should be in the area, says Guterres, calling for end to Israeli ‘occupation’; Macron, Aoun also demand IDF withdraw, as Jan. 26 deadline looms
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Posters of Hezbollah's slain leaders Hassan Nasrallah (L) and Hashem Safieddine are placed amid destruction caused by Israeli strikes against the terror group in the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh on December 4, 2024. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
December 28, 2024, 4:54 pm
Hezbollah mouthpiece says ‘resistance’ should resume hostilities with Israel
Al-Akhbar editor-in-chief accuses Israel of violating ceasefire, says West and Lebanese ‘sovereignists’ turning a blind eye: ‘Resistance represents the only redress’
By ToI Staff
IDF troops operate in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on December 23, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 26, 2024, 3:14 pm
UN force decries ‘continuing destruction’ by IDF in Lebanon, urges faster withdrawal
UNIFIL says Israel violating Resolution 1701, as IDF continues to operate in south Lebanon ahead of mandated withdrawal at end of January that was agreed to in November ceasefire
By AFP and ToI Staff
Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (2nd from right), Lebanese army commander -- and now President -- General Joseph Aoun (to Mikati's left), and Major General Aroldo Lazaro, Head of Mission and Force Commander of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) (R) visit the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on December 23, 2024, after the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the area under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah. (AFP)
December 23, 2024, 11:17 pm
Lebanese PM, UNIFIL call for Israel to withdraw troops faster than ceasefire demands
Prime Minister Mikati urges US, France to push for accelerated IDF pull-out from southern Lebanon, even as Israel continues to find Hezbollah weapons in border area
By AFP and ToI Staff
Israeli forces on the border with Lebanon, December 17, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
December 23, 2024, 6:45 am
Lebanese media claims IDF handed over 7 people to UNIFIL observers at border
No comment from military; Lebanon reports series of strikes, in what Israeli army says targeted compound with 8 weapons storage facilities
By AFP and ToI Staff
Troops of the 810th "Mountains" Regional Brigade operate on the Lebanese side of Mount Dov, in a handout photo released by the IDF on December 3, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
December 12, 2024, 2:11 am
IDF confirms withdrawal from southern Lebanon’s Khiam in accordance with ceasefire
Lebanese army says it’s deploying in town in coordination with UNIFIL following Israeli exit; 5 reported killed in Israeli drone strikes in country’s south
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Dean Sweetland walks past a warehouse that was hit by a rocket fired from Lebanon, in Kibbutz Malkiya in northern Israel, November 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
November 30, 2024, 10:16 am
Northerners are wary of returning to border communities: ‘The ceasefire is rubbish’
Many residents of battered border kibbutz communities no longer have homes, others are fearful that Hezbollah will return to threaten them
By AP and ToI Staff
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Hezbollah in Beirut's southern suburbs on November 26, 2024 (IBRAHIM AMRO / AFP)
November 26, 2024, 2:35 pm
Ahead of expected truce, Israel vows to act forcefully to stop Hezbollah regrouping
Defense minister tells UN envoy it won’t hold back on keeping terror group from rebuilding near border, as EU’s Borrell demands Israel stop making ‘excuses’ and agree to ceasefire
By Lazar Berman and Agencies
Rescue workers and people search for victims at the site of an airstrike in Beirut, Lebanon, November 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
November 23, 2024, 1:51 pm
29 killed in Israeli strike on central Beirut said to target top Hezbollah commander
Muhammad Haydar’s fate unclear; overnight strike not preceded by evacuation orders, comes as rockets trigger sirens around Haifa, with impact in Kiryat Ata
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
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