Lebanon

Israel’s Lebanon move raises doubts over gas, Hezbollah and the 2022 maritime deal - analysis

The new buffer zone reflects Israel’s long-term security strategy, with gas concerns secondary to countering Hezbollah.

: Israeli soldiers walk along the buffer zone between Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon as seen from a position on the Israeli side of the border on February 18, 2025 in Northern Israel, Israel.
 Iran’s conflicting messages & Trump’s confusing stance

What is real? Iran’s conflicting messages & Trump’s confusing stance

Smoke rises from southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation, April 17, 2026.

WATCH: IDF strikes ready-to-fire Hezbollah launcher in southern Lebanon

Memorial ceremony on Har Herzl in Jerusalem, Israel. April 19, 2026.

From grief to action: Ensuring the sacrifices of Israel’s fallen are not in vain - editorial


As Trump declares truce, Israel reached limit of its force against Hezbollah - analysis

Top IDF commanders have repeatedly made it clear that they do not have the capacity to eliminate Hezbollah solely using military force.

Israeli soldiers are seen along the Israeli border with Lebanon amid the ongoing war, April 10, 2026.

Israel, Lebanon agree to ten-day ceasefire, Netanyahu confirms

IDF to maintain positions in southern Lebanon during truce, Israeli official tells 'Post' • Trump invites Netanyahu, Aoun for historic White House talks after separate phone calls

An armoured Israeli military vehicle operates inside Israel, near the Israel-Lebanon border, April 15, 2026.

Israel breaks new ground at sea as Mossad, elite Shayetet 13 raid Lebanon's Naqoura

While for the ground forces, this has manifested itself in creating buffer zones in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria, for the Navy, it has meant special forces carrying out more risky operations.

 Shayetet 13 operatives.

Israeli Navy hits Iran, Hezbollah, Syria, Yemen, and Gaza targets with precision strikes

With over 1,000 naval combat soldiers at sea for over 26,000 hours in only 47 days of the current Iran-Hezbollah war, the navy said on Thursday.

The Chief of the General Staff Visited the Israeli Navy March 26, 2025

Lebanon's president refuses talks, Iran stockpiles cause concern

The Jerusalem Post's must-listen news roundup with Shifra Jacobs—the top stories, clear and concise. 

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun attends a joint press conference with French President Emmanuel Macron, at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, March 28, 2025.

Lebanon and Syria – are deals possible? - opinion

Even a modest security arrangement could create a platform for more substantive diplomacy over time.

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun pictured at the Presidential PAlace, Baabda, Lebanon, February 16, 2026.

Syrian authorities intercept large shipment of 6,000 explosive detonators heading to Lebanon

The detonators could have been used in IEDs and were likely destined for Hezbollah.

 A Syrian girl, who was living in Lebanon and returned to Syria due to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists, looks out through a window of a vehicle, at the Syrian-Lebanese border, in Jdaydet Yabous, Syria, October 7, 2024; illustrative.

Israel’s shift from seeking approval to shaping global narrative - opinion

It took the international responses to the October 7 massacre and the vicious antisemitism, the horrors, and the deaths for Israel to mature.

PLO chairman Yasser Arafat (L) waves with prime minister Yitzhak Rabin (R) and US president Bill Clinton after the signing of the Israeli-PLO peace accord, at the White House in Washington, in 1993. Israel was forced into Oslo to reduce international isolation, and it backfired, the author notes.

Seattle fundraiser calls to 'materially support' the 'Lebanese resistance'

The University of Washington student group SUPER UW is hosting a fundraiser to support what it calls the Lebanese resistance, raising money for aid in Lebanon.

 Members of Hezbollah attend the funeral of Taleb Abdallah, also known as Abu Taleb, a senior field commander of Hezbollah who was killed by what security forces say was an Israel strike in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon June 12, 2024.

Why the US must prioritize Hezbollah in the Iran deal - opinion

Hezbollah turns US-Iran negotiations into a wider regional security test for Israel and Lebanon.

Hezbollah terrorists march in the funeral of senior terrorist Haytham Ali Tabatabai, others killed in IDF airstrike, in Beirut, November 24, 2025; illustrative.