Posts Tagged: Israel Lebanon Border
With Goal of Thwarting Hezbollah Attacks, Israel Completes Building of New Wall on Part of Lebanon Border
The Israeli Defense Ministry recently completed the construction of a nine-meter high concrete wall -- topped by steel fencing -- along a 12-kilometer stretch of...
Israeli UN Envoy Urges New Head of South Lebanon Peacekeeping Force to Push Back Harder Against Hezbollah
Italian Maj. Gen. Stefano Del Col replaced Irish Maj. Gen. Michael Beary as the new commander of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon on...
UN Peacekeeping Body in Southern Lebanon, Long Derided for Inaction Against Hezbollah, Set for New Commander to Take Charge
The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon will soon have a new commander. On Aug. 7, Italian Maj. Gen. Stefano Del Col will replace Irish Maj....
Israel Briefly Holds Lebanese Woman Who Crossed Border: Army
Israel's army said on Sunday that it had briefly held a Lebanese woman who crossed the border and then repatriated her, a detention Beirut denounced...
Top Israeli Diplomat: UNIFIL ‘Must Do More’ to Thwart Hezbollah’s Armament Efforts in Southern Lebanon
The UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon “must do more” to thwart Hezbollah’s armament efforts, a top Israeli diplomat told The Algemeiner on Thursday. Referring to...
IDF Officer After Northern Drill: We Have Surprises Waiting for Hezbollah
The IDF conducted a large-scale drill this past week that simulated potential ground incursions by elite Hezbollah forces into northern Israel during future conflicts, the...
US Envoy Visits Beirut, Mediating in Israel-Lebanon Dispute
A senior US diplomat met Lebanon's foreign minister on Wednesday in Beirut as part of a US shuttle diplomacy effort to resolve tensions between Israel and...
UN Chief Warns of Nightmare Scenario If Israel, Hezbollah Clash
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was worried about the possibility of a direct confrontation between Israel and Lebanon's Hezbollah movement. Guterres said the latest...
US Envoy Relays Israeli De-escalation Messages to Lebanon
A US envoy has assured Lebanon that Israel does not seek an escalation between the countries following a surge in hostile rhetoric, Lebanese and Israeli...
Lebanon Vows to Block Border Wall, Israel Eyes Diplomacy on Gas Field
Lebanon vowed on Wednesday to prevent any territorial intrusion by a border wall which Israel is building, and Israel said it wanted foreign mediation to...
Hezbollah Becoming ‘More Powerful’ Along Israel’s Northern Border, IDF Chief Warns
JNS.org - IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot warned that the Hezbollah terror group is becoming an increasingly strong “military presence” during a period of...
IDF Launches Surprise Military Drill in Northern Israel
JNS.org - The IDF’s Galilee Division initiated a surprise military drill on Tuesday in preparation for a potential escalation along Israel’s northern borders with Lebanon and...
Israel’s Lieberman: ‘Dramatic Changes’ Warrant $1.4 Billion Defense Budget Increase
JNS.org - Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Monday expressed the need for an increase of $1.4 billion to the Jewish state’s defense budget, citing “dramatic...
‘Conflict Management’: The Collapse of a Concept
"…to remain at peace when you should be going to war may be often very dangerous." -- Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War, 431 BCE. ... This...
