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Lebanon

Lebanon is a Middle Eastern nation located along the Mediterranean Sea. It directly borders Israel to the South and Syria to the North and East. 

The nation has been in several conflicts with Israel over the past several decades and tensions along the border happen regularly, particularly with the large Lebanon-based terrorist organization Hezbollah, which wields significant political power in the country. 

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 Smoke billows over Khiam, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as pictured from Marjayoun, near the border with Israel, Lebanon October 30, 2024.

Cost of ceasefire with Hezbollah: Senior defense official lays out terms for Lebanon truce

 Former UNRWA commissioner general Pierre Krahenbuhl met with leaders of designated Palestinian terrorist organizations during his term.

'We are one', UNWRA officials told Hamas, PIJ in secret Lebanon meeting

Gur Kehati, 20, fell during combat in southern Lebanon, 21.11.2024

IDF announces fallen soldier Sgt. Gur Kehati killed in southern Lebanon

 Outgoing Israeli minister of Foreign Affairs Israel Katz attends a replacing ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on November 10, 2024.

Katz imposes economic sanctions on Hezbollah-affiliated clients

 Smoke billows over Beirut's southern suburbs, after an Israeli strike, amid the ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israeli forces, as seen from Baabda, Lebanon, November 21, 2024.

IAF completes wave of strikes in Dahieh, barrage in North kills civilian

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, November 11, 2024.

Israel at war: What happened on day 411?

 IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi in southern Lebanon, Nov. 20, 2024.

Halevi: The goal is to return northern Israel's residents home safely

 Sergeant-Major Eitan Ben Ami.

IDF announces Sgt.-Maj. Eitan Ben Ami, killed in southern Lebanon

A UNIFIL peacekeeper preparing for a patrol along the Blue Line in Labounieh, south Lebanon, April 8 20

As north nears a deal, UNIFIL’s failures cry out for overhaul

 US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump meets with House Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, last week. It is difficult to tell how Trump will react if Israel will fail to end the current war on its various fronts by the time he enters office, says the writer.

The US and Middle East under Trump 2.0 must look better than under Trump 1.0

By Elias Zananiri/The Media Line
 Sheikh Naim Qassem accepts condolences for the death of Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed on Tuesday in an Israeli strike, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon August 2, 2024.

Hezbollah chief says group received US ceasefire proposal

 Smoke billows over Nahariya after Israeli anti-air defence systems operate, as they intercept rockets fired from south of Lebanon to Israel, amid ongoing hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel, as seen from Nahariya, northern Israel, October 28, 2024.

Hezbollah fires rockets six miles from Israel, targeting UNIFIL posts

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., March 11, 2024.

US vetoes UN Security Council resolution on Gaza war

 Smoke rises after airstrikes on a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, Syria, June 15, 2017 (illustrative).

Israel strikes residential buildings, industrial zone in Palmyra, Syria, state media says

By REUTERS
 IDF soldiers conduct localized raids in southern Lebanon, November 20, 2024.

IDF kills Hezbollah anti-tank missile commanders, says group's firepower 'dramatically reduced

 U.S. special envoy Amos Hochstein speaks to the media after meeting with Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri, in Beirut, Lebanon November 19, 2024.

US envoy arrives in Israel to try sealing Hezbollah ceasefire

 IDF soldiers conduct localized raids in southern Lebanon, November 20, 2024.

Israel at war day 411: What happened in Gaza, Lebanon?

  Israel at war - IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip.

Israel at war: What happened on day 410?