Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, chief of staff of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), said Monday that the Israeli military must prepare for a "significant" escalation in the West Bank and the continuation of operations in Gaza and Lebanon. "Alongside the enhanced defensive...
It is now just one week from the end of the 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Under the terms of that deal, Israel must fully withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon by January 26. Israel has completely withdrawn from just two towns in the first 53 days...
US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein offered a “guarantee” over the weekend that Israel would fully withdraw from Lebanon by the 60-day ceasefire deadline. The official US maintains this is still the plan, and with just 10 days left in that ceasefire, Maj. Gen. Jasper...
With around 12 days remaining in the 60-day Israel ceasefire with Lebanon, Israel continues to commit multiple violations per day. A number of airstrikes are being conducted in southern and eastern Lebanon, along with a systematic destruction of civilian homes in...
Just months ago the western media was panning International Court of Justice (ICJ) President Nawaf Salam as having an “anti-Israel” bias. Today he’s been concurrently named Prime Minister-Designate in Lebanon, although the media’s focus today is less on his Israel...
US Special Envoy Amos Hochstein has reportedly “guaranteed” to Lebanon that Israel will entirely withdraw from all of southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline, as called for in the ceasefire ending the Israeli invasion in November. Hochstein is said to have provided...
Lebanon’s parliament finally ended the multi-year situation in which the country had no president, electing Army chief Joseph Aoun to the position. He is the first president since October 2022, when former President Michel Aoun’s (who is unrelated to Joseph Aoun) term...
US special envoy Amos Hochstein is trying to reassure Lebanon and the rest of the world that Israeli troops will withdraw from southern Lebanon, despite repeated media reports that Israel is planning to announce that they’re going to remain. DM Israel Katz said...
With just a few weeks left in the 60-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon, it seems increasingly that not only will the war resume after that, but the ceasefire may not last, even in pretense, for the whole 60 days. Israel continues to commit dozens of violations...
Israel’s military continued its invasion of southern Lebanon today, despite the 60-day ceasefire in place during which it’s meant to vacate the country. The village of Beit Lif was the latest target, with Israeli Merkava tanks and military bulldozers arriving at the...
