Israel-Lebanon ceasefire tensions
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Israeli soldiers mock Lebanese home rigged with explosives
Israeli soldiers in Southern Lebanon were seen giving a tour of a displaced family's home while rigging it with explosives.
More than 1.2 million people have been displaced as a result of Israel's attacks and reinvasion of Southern Lebanon.
Division in Lebanon over Hezbollah's confiscated explosives
Hezbollah MP Hassan Fadlallah released a statement on Thursday saying the explosives belonged to Hezbollah and that Hezbollah demanded their return along with the release of two people detained in the vehicle.
Lebanese security forces discovered the minivan was carrying hundreds of kilos of explosive materials, including TNT and C-4, according to Lebanese officials.
Salam vowed to investigate the Dahr el-Baydar incident.
Qatar foreign minister calls for Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon
Qatar's prime minister and minister of foreign affairs discussed energy cooperation during the visit.
Qatar's prime minister and minister of foreign affairs called for Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon.
There are continuous attacks in southern Lebanon.
Israel's 'Yellow Line' reshaping southern Lebanon
Around 50 frontline villages, including Khiam and Bint Jbeil, have been destroyed.
Israel uses the term 'Yellow Line' to refer to the areas it controls in Gaza as well as in southern Lebanon.
The framework agreement included the establishment of 'pilot zones' from which Israel would withdraw and be replaced by the Lebanese Armed Forces, who would disarm any Hezbollah forces in the area.
Israeli quadcopter drone drops bomb in Lebanon
A truce agreement between Lebanon and Israel was signed in June.
An Israeli quadcopter drone was filmed dropping a bomb on the outskirts of the village of Zibqin in southern Lebanon.
Attacks have continued despite the truce agreement between Lebanon and Israel.
Blast kills teenager and injures dozens in northern Israel
The blast was caused by the detonation of unexploded ordnance.
The incident occurred amid recent fighting near the Lebanon border.
Around 20 people were injured in the blast.
Two killed near Israeli-occupied area in south Lebanon
The Yater municipality urged residents to avoid the outskirts of the town and refrain from crossing the earthen barrier separating unsafe neighbourhoods for fear of Israeli attacks.
One man was killed in Yater as a result of Israeli shelling while he was inspecting his land and olive harvest.
Israeli bombing campaign and ground invasion have killed more than 4,300 according to authorities.
“to avoid the outskirts of the town and refrain from crossing the earthen barrier separating some unsafe neighbourhoods”
Inside Israel's plot to kill Hezbollah chief
Gil said some hostages who died in captivity could have been brought home alive.
Kaufman said Israeli military chief Eyal Zamir told Vice President JD Vance that the U.S. had a straight shot to Iran's nuclear sites and would never have a better opportunity.
Then-Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi favored informing Washington ahead of the Nasrallah assassination operation.
“From Israel's point of view, it had been sitting and waiting for 10, 11 months while Hezbollah had been pounding the north of Israel with rockets and with anti-tank missiles, waiting for American diplomacy to succeed,”
Israeli drone attack wounds six in Lebanon near Syria border
Israel has vowed to keep troops in security zones along its border in both Syria and Lebanon.
Israel has continued to attack Lebanon since a ceasefire with Hezbollah was agreed in June.
An Israeli drone attack wounded six people in Lebanon’s Hermel district, close to the Syrian border, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
UN peacekeeping force says shots fired at Israeli border post in Lebanon
UNIFIL says one of its posts on the Lebanon-Israel border was targeted by small arms fire.
UNIFIL is investigating the incident.
The incident occurred on Wednesday morning near Kfar Shouba along the Blue Line.
Israeli strikes continue in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire
An Israeli Apache helicopter struck a commercial centre near Mayfadoun.
Israeli strikes and shelling continue across southern Lebanon.
A US-brokered ceasefire framework is in place.
Lebanon border villages in ruins from Israeli destruction
Israeli forces have destroyed homes and infrastructure in villages in southern Lebanon.
Residents of southern Lebanon villages have been displaced.
Israel targets paramedics in southern Lebanon
At least 4,386 people have been killed and 12,400 injured since 2 March, when the current Israel-Hezbollah war began.
Two back-to-back Israeli air strikes hit Lebanon's southern city of Nabatieh.
A third Israeli strike targeted an ambulance team responding to the attacks in Nabatieh.
Lebanese artist turns Israeli missile debris into art
Lina Jouni is a visual artist based in southern Lebanon.
Lina Jouni transforms debris from Israeli missile strikes into pieces of art.
Lina Jouni says transforming the debris is her way of turning weapons of death and painful memories of war into symbols of life and dignity.
Two injured by Israeli shelling as troops advance in southern Lebanon
A June framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel provides for the Lebanese army to gradually take control of the area occupied by Israel.
The Lebanese army said an Israeli occupation force approached the newly established post and threw sound bombs in the vicinity.
Israeli forces struck the municipalities of al-Mansouri and Majdal Zoun with artillery shelling.
Macron and Aoun discuss backing Lebanon's army and ending Israeli attacks
France and Italy want to set up a multinational coalition to succeed UNIFIL.
Israeli forces continue to occupy a stretch of Lebanese territory about 10 kilometres deep along the border.
Aoun and Macron discussed efforts to end Israeli attacks in light of Lebanese-American-Israeli negotiations and the framework agreement, according to the Lebanese presidency.
“We support the Lebanese Armed Forces, which are indispensable for asserting the authority of the Lebanese state across its entire territory,”
Lebanon security talks in Paris on post-UNIFIL alternatives
Officials will discuss options for a new international mission backed by France and Italy, operating outside a UN mandate, as well as a possible EU-led mission.
A US-mediated framework deal was agreed between Israel and Lebanon in June.
UNIFIL has about 7,500 personnel and its mission ends in January.
Israel's destruction of south Lebanon and permanent displacement
Israel currently occupies more than 50 villages in southern Lebanon.
The so-called 'Yellow Line' is a military zone claimed by Israel that stretches roughly 10km north of the Lebanon-Israel border.
UNHCR's Nadine Mazloum said displacement patterns remain highly fluid and often reversible due to the possibility of renewed attacks.
Israel destroys major underground Hezbollah base; bombs southern Lebanon; talks postponed
Israeli attacks in the Nabatieh area have killed at least 29 people in the last two weeks.
The next round of US-mediated talks between Israel and Lebanon scheduled for this month in Rome has been postponed until October.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Israel Katz issued a joint statement pledging their forces would remain in southern Lebanon.
Israeli blasts on south Lebanon hill
Israeli forces say they used more than 1,100 tonnes of explosives to demolish alleged Hezbollah tunnels beneath Lebanon's Ali al-Taher ridge.
The blasts on the Ali al-Taher ridge were recorded as a magnitude-4.1 tremor.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reported on the blasts from southern Lebanon.
Israel says it destroyed major underground Hezbollah base
Israel said it used more than 1,000 tonnes of explosives to destroy two tunnels spanning more than 2km beneath the Ali Taher Ridge.
Israeli authorities say 40 Israeli soldiers and four civilians have been killed.
Hezbollah was not directly involved in the Lebanon-Israel agreement and has rejected direct negotiations.
Israel destroys Hezbollah tunnels in southern Lebanon
The Israeli military said its forces had established operational control over the ridge, both above and below ground, before dismantling the infrastructure.
Iran reportedly warned the United States last month that it would respond forcefully if Israeli attacks on the ridge continued.
The complex contained command centres, weapons storage rooms, and living quarters that allowed fighters to remain underground for extended periods, according to the Israeli military.
Israeli strikes on Lebanon transform city into ghost town
Nabatieh was once southern Lebanon's economic centre.
Israel has intensified its attacks on Nabatieh.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reported on the situation in Nabatieh.
Analysis: Is Iran-backed Hezbollah on the ropes in Lebanon?
Hezbollah is currently holding between 10,000 to 15,000 rockets, according to Zehavi.
A State Department spokesperson said Hezbollah is drastically weaker than at any point in recent history.
Hanin Ghaddar said Hezbollah lost a lot of people, commanders, and weapons.
“today is much more of a guerrilla organization than a terrorist army as it used to be. It is having a lot of difficulties in rebuilding its capabilities… It is dedicated to rebuilding its military capabilities. But it has a lot of challenges along the way with this regard because of the regime change in Syria, because of that fact that it's much more difficult to transfer weapons through the airport in Lebanon and through Syria. But it doesn't mean that it is not happening. They are still trying and some of it do pass.”
Israeli air strikes in southern Lebanon kill multiple
The Lebanese health ministry said the death toll serves as evidence of grave violations of international humanitarian law by Israel.
Lebanon was drawn into the war on 2 March when Hezbollah launched rockets into Israel in retaliation for a strike that killed Iran's supreme leader.
At least 4,362 people have been killed in Lebanon during the conflict, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
Claimed Israeli capture of Lebanese ridge reshapes negotiation dynamics
Bassel Doueik said the most crucial point in the Lebanese-Israeli negotiations is the upcoming October elections.
Israel says the framework agreement is failing.
David Wood said negotiations seem to have reached an impasse because Lebanon and Israel fundamentally disagree on the implementation of the pilot zones scheme.
Israeli air attacks on southern Lebanon kill at least four
Two women were killed and six people wounded in an air attack on Arab Salim.
In Kfar Reman, an air attack destroyed the home of the town's late former mayor.
An air strike on Nabatieh city destroyed a historical building owned by the brother of a Lebanese member of parliament.
Nearly 9,000 killed in Israeli attacks on Lebanon since 2023
Israel has maintained its military occupation of southern Lebanon since March.
The death and injury figures included 4,358 deaths and 12,359 injuries recorded since March 2.
Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected the framework agreement, calling it “null and void”, and demanded that Israel first end its occupation.
Israel claims control of Lebanon's Ali al-Taher ridge
Defence Minister Israel Katz claimed Israeli forces drove Hezbollah fighters out of tunnels under the Ali al-Taher ridge.
Israel claimed to have established operational control over the Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon.
Israel Katz stated that Israel will not withdraw from the security zone in Lebanon until Hezbollah is disarmed throughout Lebanon and threats to residents of the Galilee are removed.
Israeli demolitions continue in southern Lebanon
David Wood said Hezbollah opposes the pilot zone scheme and argues that Lebanon should rely on Iran to pressure the US into demanding an Israeli withdrawal.
Israel invaded Lebanon for the second time in less than two years in March.
US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire in April.
Israel frees Lebanese prisoners in Red Cross and US-mediated handovers
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged on Thursday that authorities would free five Lebanese prisoners.
Lebanon began direct talks with Israel in April.
Israel released five individuals from Israeli detention and transferred them to Lebanon.
Israeli strikes kill two in southern Lebanon amid ongoing escalation
Israeli military drones dropped explosives in the southern Lebanese town of Mansouri.
Two truce agreements mediated by the Trump administration were reached on June 4 and June 26.
The released Lebanese detainees were transferred to Lebanese authorities via the International Committee of the Red Cross, a day after one Lebanese man was released as part of an agreement between the two countries.
Lebanese return home despite lack of shelter and water, defying Israel
Many returning residents are struggling to find water.
Winter is approaching.
The homes of returning residents have been destroyed.
Israel releases Lebanese civilian, says five prisoners will be freed
Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam hailed the release and thanked the American administration for its efforts.
The first released prisoner is Malek Ghazi.
Israel has released one Lebanese civilian detainee.
Israeli bombing behind journalist reporting from Lebanese village
Al Jazeera journalist Justin Salhani was reporting from Al-Ghandouriyah village when the explosion occurred.
An Israeli strike caused an explosion in southern Lebanon.
The report was published on September 3, 2026.
Israeli strike kills newlywed woman in south Lebanon
A Lebanese woman was killed by Israeli strikes on the town of Arab Salim in southern Lebanon's Nabatieh district.
Lebanese security sources said at least 10 Israeli strikes had been carried out in the wider Nabatieh area.
The Israeli army said it struck Hezbollah weapon storage facilities.
Lebanon first responder story on front lines
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.”
Explainer: Lebanon's 'pilot zones'
Al Jazeera's Ali Hashem reported from a so-called 'pilot zone' in southern Lebanon.
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 report on Lebanon's 'pilot zones' was published on 19 August 2026.
Displaced Lebanese watch southern Lebanon's 'pilot zones' from afar
Al Jazeera reported that Israel has been erasing towns and villages in southern Lebanon’s so-called ‘pilot zones’.
Al Jazeera's Ali Hashem watched Israeli attacks near his home town.
Ali Hashem joined displaced Lebanese families keeping an eye on their homes from afar.
“You can’t do anything. Just stand here and watch.”
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
A spokesperson for the US Department of State said Hezbollah bears responsibility for the Israeli presence on Lebanese territory.
Al-Manar, Hezbollah's TV channel, said the blasts were the result of Israeli air attacks in the area.
Lebanon and Israel agreed to two truce agreements, on June 4 and June 26, mediated by the administration of US President Donald Trump.
“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,”