Netanyahu addressed northern residents directly, urging patience and resilience, noting that the government ministries had been instructed to provide assistance.
Following intensive training in Gaza and Judea and Samaria, the IDF’s ultra-Orthodox Hasmonean Brigade entered southern Lebanon, where it conducted small-scale raids targeting Hezbollah positions.
The IDF has deployed hundreds of ground troops into southern Lebanon, raiding Hezbollah positions and preventing enemy forces from entrenching, while airstrikes have decimated their missile capabilities.
The IDF released a transcript of a phone call between an IDF officer and a Lebanese civilian who pleaded with the officer to continue removing Hezbollah, saying the group is ruining the everyday lives of Lebanese civilians.
During Operation Roaring Lion, Israeli naval forces have relentlessly defended the nation’s skies, successfully intercepting UAVs launched from Lebanese territory.
The Israeli Air Force and the Israeli Navy struck 'dozens of Hezbollah and Iranian terrorist regime command centers' throughout Lebanon and Beirut, the IDF said.
Shulamit Cohen, a Lebanese Jew living in Beirut, secretly funneled vital intelligence to Israel during the War of Independence and, years later, smuggled hundreds of Jewish refugees to safety, surviving danger and imprisonment.
The US-backed ceasefire, agreed in November 2024, ended more than a year of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah and required the disarmament of the Iran-aligned terrorirst group, starting in areas south of the river adjacent to Israel.
A central lesson of October 7 for the Jewish state is that seeking to achieve quiet through mutual deterrence with the armed Islamist militias on its borders is a fool’s errand.
Tabataba’i’s death will exacerbate Hezbollah’s debate over how to respond to Israel’s strikes in Lebanon—a conversation the deceased official himself was engaged in.
Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem once again refused to lay down the Islamist group’s weapons, rebuffing mounting US pressure and warnings of a possible Israeli military response.
'These sites were used to train terrorists and plan attacks against Israel,” the IDF said. “We will continue to act against any threat to the State of Israel.'
Created, armed, and funded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in 1982, Hezbollah has long served as Tehran’s forward operating base on Israel’s northern border.
Longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah orchestrated dozens of high-profile terror attacks on Israel and its allies worldwide, spreading Iran’s radical ideology across the globe.
A new report released this week by the Alma Research and Education Center found that Hezbollah is focused on rebuilding in three areas: operational deployment, weapons acquisition, and financial recovery.
Documents recovered by the IDF in Gaza revealed that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar viewed the terrorist massacre as an 'extraordinary act' that would derail normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel.
Rawan Osman, raised to hate Jews in Lebanon, transformed her worldview through unexpected kindness, deep study, and moral awakening—ultimately converting to Judaism and standing publicly against the extremism in which she once believed.
Hussein Atwi, a senior operative in the Hamas-affiliated Jamaa Islamiya terror group, was behind cross-border plots and global attacks, according to the Israeli military.
The precision strike south of Beirut targeted Hassan Ali Mahmoud Bdeir, who was plotting an imminent attack on Israeli civilians in coordination with Hamas.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has repeatedly threatened to reduce Gaza’s territory due to the Hamas terrorist organization’s refusal to release the hostages.
A Lebanese influencer notes Israel ranks 8th in global happiness and is securing historic technological deals, while Lebanon struggles under the oppressive rule of Hezbollah.
The IDF said it had attacked two Hezbollah terrorists 'who served as lookout operatives and directed terror activities in Southern Lebanon’s Yohmor area.'
