For more than two years, Lebanon has been paralysed. The previous president, Michel Aoun, left office in October 2022. Parliament could not agree on a replacement. With no head of state, no one could appoint a prime minister. A caretaker cabinet was left to manage the country during a financial crisis and a war with Israel.

Israel assassinated Khodr Hashem, the commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force’s seaborn forces, in south Lebanon. Hashem was involved in armed activities and maritime weapons smuggling to Hezbollah before and after the November 27,

Lebanon’s president has ended a visit to Saudi Arabia where he discussed regional affairs with the kingdom’s crown prince

There is a "quiet understanding" between Lebanon, Israel and the U.S. that Israel's presence in south Lebanon will continue for several weeks or months "until the Lebanese army stabilizes the situation in southern Lebanon and ensures Hezbollah is no longer a threat,

The Trump administration made an exception to its foreign assistance freeze for a $95 million aid package headed to Lebanon's armed forces.

The stalling of the ceasefire is part of a wider strategic shift, as Israel’s army seeks to maintain a larger geographical presence, including in territory that is not Israeli. It has begun to create what it intends to be indefinite “buffer zones” on four fronts: in Gaza, on the borders with Lebanon and Syria, and in the West Bank (see map).

Israel has established a border security zone inside Lebanon, Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said on Tuesday. "The Israeli occupation was not limited to the five border hills, but extended to establish a border strip extending a kilometer or two inside Lebanese territory," Berri told the Lebanese daily Addiyar.

The money the individual was carrying was bound for Hezbollah, which has been weakened recently by Israel’s military, sources told Reuters.

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A prominent Druze leader in Lebanon has said that he will soon visit Syria to meet its interim leader as tensions simmer between members of the minority group, the war-torn country’s interim government,

According to Ali Fayyad, the new Syrian leadership’s position on Israel "is confusing and poses a lot of questions.

The guiding principle behind Israel's current actions in Lebanon is radically different from the past, IDF official tells JNS.