Israel-Lebanon ceasefire tensions
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Nearly 9,000 killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since 2023
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the framework agreement, calling it “null and void”, and demanded that Israel first end its occupation.
The June 26 framework agreement did not specifically call for the withdrawal of Israeli forces in southern Lebanon.
The death and injury figures included 4,358 deaths and 12,359 injuries recorded since March 2.
Israel claims control of Lebanon's Ali al-Taher ridge
Hezbollah had not formally commented on the Israeli claims regarding the Ali al-Taher ridge.
Israeli strikes and ground operations around the Ali al-Taher ridge continued despite a ceasefire agreed in June.
Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed Israeli forces drove Hezbollah fighters out of tunnels under the Ali al-Taher ridge.
Lebanese return home despite lack of shelter and water, defying Israel
Many returning residents are struggling to find water.
Villages in southern Lebanon were devastated by Israel's invasion.
Residents are returning to villages in southern Lebanon.
Israel frees Lebanese prisoners in Red Cross and US-mediated handovers
Lebanon began direct talks with Israel in April.
Dozens of Lebanese citizens are believed to be held in Israeli detention centres, including civilians and Hezbollah members captured during fighting in southern Lebanon.
Released prisoners include Hussein Ayash from the village of Harouf and Mohammed Juheir, a fisherman from Naqoura.
Israeli demolitions continue in southern Lebanon
The first pilot zones were the villages of Froun, Srifa and Zawtar al-Gharbiyeh.
Israeli forces are present just south of Froun and occupy large areas of southern Lebanon, where they conduct operations, including regular detonations, that they say target the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
Israel and Lebanon agreed a 'framework agreement' in June, which launched a 'pilot zone' plan.
Israeli strikes kill two in southern Lebanon amid ongoing escalation
Israeli military drones dropped explosives in the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri.
Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel in retaliation for US-Israeli air strikes that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
The June 26 framework agreement did not specifically call for the withdrawal of Israeli forces and instead tied it to the disarmament of Hezbollah.
Israeli bombing behind journalist reporting from Lebanese village
Al Jazeera journalist Justin Salhani was reporting from Al-Ghandouriyah village when the explosion occurred.
The report was published on September 3, 2026.
An Israeli strike caused an explosion in southern Lebanon.
Israel releases Lebanese civilian, says five prisoners will be freed
Israel has pledged to free five prisoners.
A list of more than 30 people held by Israel since the 2024 war has been compiled by their families and a committee following up on their cases.
Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel agreed to release Lebanese civilians held by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon after Beirut helped search for the bodies of Lebanese Jewish leaders abducted and murdered in the 1980s.
Israeli strike kills newlywed woman in south Lebanon
The Israeli military said it was targeting Hezbollah after the Iran-backed group struck its soldiers in the south overnight.
Israel carried out an August 15 wave of strikes that Lebanon said killed 11 people, including several children.
A Lebanese woman was killed by Israeli strikes on the town of Arab Salim in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh district.
US sanctions 10 people over alleged Hezbollah cash-smuggling ring
“The network uses couriers traveling on commercial airline flights between Lebanon, Turkey, the UAE and Iran to move hundreds of millions of dollars, enabling the regime to obtain foreign currency illicitly, evade sanctions and fund Hezbollah.”
Lebanon first responder story on front lines
Displaced Lebanese watch southern Lebanon's 'pilot zones' from afar
Al Jazeera's Ali Hashem watched Israeli attacks near his home town.
Al Jazeera reported that Israel has been erasing towns and villages in southern Lebanon’s so-called ‘pilot zones’.
Ali Hashem joined displaced Lebanese families keeping an eye on their homes from afar.
“You can’t do anything. Just stand here and watch.”
Explainer: Lebanon's 'pilot zones'
The United States and Israel say they want foreign observers to verify that Hezbollah is not operating in the southern Lebanon 'pilot zone'.
Al Jazeera's Ali Hashem reported from a so-called 'pilot zone' in southern Lebanon.
Al Jazeera's report on Lebanon's 'pilot zones' was published on 19 August 2026.
Canada pledges $50m aid to Lebanon and condemns Israeli invasion
“Our commitment is long-term, and we’re there for Lebanon,”
Israel escalates attacks in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire
Israel and Hezbollah have been at war since March 2, and before then Hezbollah had adhered to the terms of a November 2024 ceasefire.
The Israeli military said it killed Abu Hassan Alaa, described as a senior commander in Hezbollah's "Badder Unit", and Hezbollah commander Ali Samir al-Haj Hassan.
A spokesperson for the US Department of State said Hezbollah bears responsibility for the Israeli presence on Lebanese territory.
“I don’t think they have much choice right now. They have locked themselves into these negotiations, and the cost of walking away from these negotiations is going to be much higher for the Lebanese than it is going to be for the Israelis, and that is exactly the position Israel wants them in,”