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Maps of Syria, meeting Trump and Vance: What really happened behind Washington’s doors - analysis

The most important takeaway from Netanyahu’s Washington trip may not have been any single statement or announcement, but that Israel still needs to persuade the US of its position.

Prime Minister Netanyahu meets with President Trump in the Oval Office in Washington DC.
IDF soldiers in the Bint Jbail stadium, southern Lebanon, July 15, 2026.

IDF redeployment hinges on Hezbollah disarmament, US officials say ahead of Netanyahu-Trump summit

A member of the Lava Unmanned Systems Regiment, Norman, poses for a photograph with a Bulava strike drone, a kamikaze UAV capable of carrying a 3.5-kilogram payload with a range of up to 100 kilometers in Kharkiv region, Ukraine.PremiumPremium

The drone gap: Israel's defense giants are not building the weapon this war demands - analysis

Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.

Hezbollah’s rock-cut tunnels under Beaufort Castle expose decades of UNIFIL failure - analysis


WATCH: Hezbollah rockets strike church in southern Lebanon, IDF footage shows

The IDF emphasized that none of its soldiers were operating in the area when the attack occured.

Hezbollah rockets strike a church in southern Lebanon, May 29, 2026.

Several soldiers wounded by explosive drones during operations in southern Lebanon

The IDF announced that the 401st Brigade Commander, Col. Meir Biderman, was severely injured and will be temporarily replaced while he undergoes treatment for his injuries.

IDF troops active in Southern Lebanon, published on April 28, 2026.

Can FPV drone threat encourage Israel-Ukraine cooperation? - analysis

As Israel has established a buffer zone inside Lebanon, the Iranian-backed terrorist group has shifted to using relatively small quadcopter-type drones that are attached to a fiber-optic cable.

A person holds a Sting interceptor drone by the Ukrainian company Wild Hornets at an undisclosed location in Ukraine, March 16, 2026

WATCH: Israel promotes Lebanon peace message in Times Square amid ceasefire talks

"Peace with Lebanon is possible and can happen soon. The world must destroy Hezbollah, which is an Iranian proxy that has destroyed Lebanon," says Consul General Ofir Akunis

Israel launches peace initiative in Times Square

Why would an Israeli soldier use a sledgehammer to smash the face of Jesus? - opinion

The desecration of the statue was wrong and a breach of Jewish morality. But if our response begins and ends with condemnation, we miss the deeper calling.

Here, the Israeli soldier damages the head of a statue of Jesus, in Debel, Lebanon, in this still image obtained from social media released on April 19.

Israelis ring in 78th Independence Day as Lebanon, Iran ceasefire talks loom

Mossad chief says agent killed abroad • Netanyahu on Remembrance Day: 'We have removed an existential threat'• Trump claims Iran’s nuclear sites are 'obliterated’

ISRAELI'S CELEBRATE Independence Day, 2026.

IDF escalates efforts to prevent civilian return to southern Lebanon after ceasefire

Despite IDF warnings, civilians in southern Lebanon are trying to cross into their villages, raising questions about the future of the ceasefire.

IDF soldiers operating in southern Lebanon, April 10, 2026.

As Israel prepares to intensify ground offensive in Lebanon, what can be learned from past wars?

Israel's doctrine after October 7 is the same as the 1967 doctrine, where it took over the large areas it had conquered after the Six-Day War. It is yet to be seen whether it will work in Lebanon.

The damaged Zrarieh Bridge over the Litani river, after it was hit by an Israeli strike in Tayr Falsay in southern Lebanon, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 13, 2026.

Human Rights Watch accuses IDF of unlawful use of white phosphorus in Lebanon

HRW also clarified that it couldn't verify if people were in the area where they claimed the white phosphorus was used or if civilians were hurt by the use of that weapon.

Israeli tanks on the Israeli side of the Israel-Lebanon border, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, in northern Israel, March 8, 2026.

WATCH: IDF kills several Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, strikes command center

On Saturday, the Associated Press reported that the IDF killed eight Hezbollah terrorists in the village of  Rayak in northeast Lebanon on Friday. 

Fire and smoke rises after Israeli airstrikes on Kfar Hatta in southern Lebanon, Lebanon, January 11, 2026.