Lebanon

Israeli soldiers from the army’s 210th Division seen inside Syrian territory. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

‘As much and as quickly as possible’: Israeli settlers eye land in Syria, Lebanon

With the Israeli army advancing into Syria following Assad's fall, a group promoting settlements in Lebanon is casting its gaze eastward.

By Illy Pe’ery December 12, 2024

Displaced Palestinians in their tents at the Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip, November 25, 2024. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Rejoicing at Lebanon ceasefire, Gazans ask: ‘When will our turn come?’

Successful diplomacy in Lebanon has deepened Gazans' sense of isolation — and with Hezbollah out of the way, they fear Israel's assault will only intensify.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha December 2, 2024

Residents of northern Israeli communities who were evacuated from their homes due to the war protest against a ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, November 26, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

In Lebanon, a ceasefire is cause for celebration. Not in Israel

Israel has turned ‘total victory’ into its Messiah — a redemption that can never be realized but dictates eternal war and destruction as a way of life.

By Orly Noy November 27, 2024

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The scene where a missile fired by Hezbollah in Lebanon landed and caused damage in the Palestinian town of Majd Al-Krum, northern Israel, October 16, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Palestinians in Israel’s north ‘abandoned’ by authorities as rocket deaths soar

Palestinian citizens are disproportionately bearing the brunt of Hezbollah’s missiles due to their lack of shelters and proximity to Iron Dome batteries.

By Suha Arraf November 22, 2024

A portrait of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is placed on a table with drinks and food to celebrate his assassination, outside a supermarket in Jerusalem, September 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Killing Hezbollah leaders failed 30 years ago. It won’t work now

Instead of debilitating Hezbollah, Israel’s assassination of Hassan Nasrallah may prove to be a major PR boost for the embattled organization.

By Elia Ayoub October 4, 2024

Graffiti showing Hazbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, in Tel Aviv, after Israel's assassination of the leader in Beirut, September 29, 2024. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

For Israel’s weary army, war in Lebanon is an attempt to salvage its image

Dystopian displays of technological prowess serve to distract the Israeli public from the military’s failure to achieve its long-stated war aims.

By Sophia Goodfriend October 2, 2024

Palestinians wave Lebanese flags during a demonstration against Israel's assassination of Hassan Nasrallah, Ramallah, occupied West Bank, September 28, 2024. (Flash90)

Palestine and Lebanon are living the same nightmare. We will rise out of it together

The people of Lebanon know that our struggles are intertwined; that the bombs killing their children are the same ones killing ours in Gaza.

By Mohammed R. Mhawish September 29, 2024

Smoke rises after an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, September 23, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)

With pager blasts and airstrikes, Israel unleashes its terror on Lebanon

Israeli leaders have threatened to replicate the ‘Gaza model’ in south Lebanon. But Hezbollah may prove to be an even more challenging foe than Hamas.

By Elia Ayoub September 23, 2024

Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip, in Sderot, May 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

We’re already in a regional war. Only a Gaza ceasefire can end it

As long as Palestinians were the primary casualties, Israel’s allies indulged its military hubris. Now they fear the bitter fruits of their mistake.

By Amjad Iraqi August 6, 2024

Palestinian men read Al Quds Arabic newspaper in the West Bank city of Hebron, June 28, 2006. (Najeh Hashlamoun/Flash90)

The Arabic media on Israel’s crisis: Don’t interfere with its implosion

Across the Arab world, journalists are debating the implications of Israel's anti-government protests on the state's stability and regional relations.

By Baker Zoubi August 3, 2023

Israel's Energy Ministry Director General Lior Schillat and a delegation hold a press conference at the entrance to an army base in Rosh Hanikra, on the border between Israel and Lebanon, following the signing of a maritime border deal between the two countries, October 27, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Who are the real winners of the Israel-Lebanon maritime deal?

While Lebanon and Israel play up the benefits of a new maritime border, the biggest gains lie with states and companies far from the Mediterranean coast.

By Majeed Malhas November 14, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin addressees Jewish leaders at the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations at the Shoreham American Hotel, April 17, 1980. (Moshe Milner/GPO).

The war that canonized America’s hasbara playbook

The defensive line taken by the American-Jewish establishment during the 1982 Lebanon invasion solidified many of the methods that are deployed when Israeli violence makes headlines today.

By Natasha Roth-Rowland October 28, 2022

Prisoners inside St. Joseph’s schoolyard during the Israeli army’s invasion and occupation of Sidon, in southern Lebanon, June 1982. (Alain Mingam/Gamma, courtesy of Nurit Kedar)

Confession without consequence

A film about a 1982 war crime in Lebanon shows Israeli soldiers are more open to divulging their violent actions. But their search for exoneration without accountability says much about Israeli society's moral decay.

By Seth Anziska July 26, 2022