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Latest news on Israel and Lebanon, covering Hezbollah, ceasefire terms, border tensions, IDF operations, strikes on Beirut and southern Lebanon, UNIFIL and Hezbollah disarmament.
Israel and Lebanon share a heavily militarised border and have no diplomatic relations. Hezbollah, also spelled Hizballah, is an Iran-backed Lebanese political party and armed group with long-standing influence in southern Lebanon and Beirut. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) are the main security actors along the frontier.
Key themes include the terms and durability of ceasefires, Israeli strikes and troop positions in southern Lebanon, and demands that Hezbollah disarm. Rocket and drone fire, civilian casualties and displacement on both sides draw international concern. Diplomacy, often mediated by the United States and France, centres on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the role of the Lebanese army and the rebuilding of damaged villages.
Israelis in northern communities and Lebanese families in the south have repeatedly been uprooted by fighting. Residents face damaged homes, lost farmland and uncertainty about returning. Lebanon's wider economic crisis and political divisions shape how much the state can do, while air-raid sirens and evacuations are familiar features of life near the border.
The conflict dates back to Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon and its long occupation of the south, which ended in 2000. Hezbollah and Israel fought a month-long war in 2006, ended by Resolution 1701. Fighting escalated again alongside the Gaza war, with a major war in 2024 that ended in a US- and French-brokered ceasefire.
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