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Second Lebanon War

An aerial photo of Hezbollah tents in Israeli territory, June 2023. (Courtesy)
June 24, 2023, 11:55 pm
Prodded by Jerusalem, UN confirms Hezbollah has set up outpost in Israeli territory
Israeli Ambassador to UN Gilad Erdan sends letter to secretary-general and Security Council with photos of terrorist group’s position
By ToI Staff
Israeli rescue workers are seen at the site where a rocket fired from southern Lebanon hit the northern Israeli city of Haifa Aug. 13, 2006. (Flash90)
September 20, 2022, 2:50 pm
US court awards $111 million to victims of Hezbollah rockets in 2006 war
Civil suits against terror groups are hard to enforce but lawyer for Israeli-American plaintiffs calls ruling an important legal victory against Iran-backed Lebanese terror group
By AP and ToI Staff
Israeli artillery fires toward Lebanon from a position near the northern town of Kiryat Shmona following Hezbollah rocket fire from the Lebanese side of the border, on August 6, 2021 (JALAA MAREY / AFP)
August 7, 2021, 5:03 am
With 1st declared rocket attack in 15 years, Hezbollah risks war to test Israel
IDF’s projection in early 2021 that the Lebanese terrorist militia will try to initiate limited conflicts on the border comes true
By Judah Ari Gross
Lebanese President Michel Aoun speaks during an address to the nation at the presidential palace, in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, November 21, 2019. (Dalati Nohra via AP)
August 5, 2021, 2:54 pm
Lebanese president pans Israeli ‘aggression’ after IDF retaliates for rockets
Aoun asserts use of airforce in response to attack on Kiryat Shmona is ‘first of its kind since 2006’ and ‘a flagrant and dangerous violation’ of UN resolution that ended 2006 war
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Fighter jets from the IAF's second F-35 squadron, the Lions of the South, fly over southern Israel. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 15, 2021, 5:38 am
IDF said asking for major budget increase to enable potential strike on Iran
Request for billions of shekels comes as government prepares for possibility that talks to revive nuclear deal will fall apart; Netanyahu accused of neglecting issue
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a graduation ceremony for Israel's National Defense College outside Tel Aviv on July 14, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 15, 2021, 1:02 am
Gantz: We must ‘adapt our plans’ to prepare for a nuclear Iran
Prime minister says Israel carefully monitoring situation in Lebanon and that IDF currently in better place than it was in 2006 war against Hezbollah
By Judah Ari Gross
IDF troops train for a war against Hezbollah in northern Israel in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)
July 14, 2021, 6:46 pm
15 years on, IDF girds for a potentially devastating war against Hezbollah
Military does not believe conflict is imminent, but says Iran-backed terrorist militia, against which it fought a war in 2006, has an arsenal of roughly 140,000 missiles
By Judah Ari Gross
An alleged Hezbollah weapons depot (outlined in red) is seen across the street from a school (outlined in yellow) in the central Lebanese town of Ebba in a satellite image from June 1, 2020. (Google Earth, outlines added by The Times of Israel)
July 14, 2021, 5:01 pm
IDF: Hezbollah storing massive weapons depot next to a school
Israeli military releases location of alleged arms stockpile in central Lebanese town containing huge amount of explosives, in apparent attempt to ‘name and shame’ terror group
By Judah Ari Gross
Footage aired by Hezbollah-affiliated al-Manar on July 12, 2021, shows the attack on an IDF jeep on July 12, 2006 that sparked the Second Lebanon War. (Screen grab)
July 13, 2021, 8:56 am
Hezbollah airs new footage from 2006 attack that triggered Second Lebanon War
Terror group releases previously unseen video of operatives moving through wooded border area and carrying out deadly bombing of IDF patrol vehicle, then taking 2 hostages
By ToI Staff
Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at a ceremony in memory of Israeli soldiers who were killed in the Second Lebanon War at the National Hall of Remembrance at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on June 24, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
June 24, 2021, 2:10 pm
At Lebanon war memorial, Gantz says next conflicts likely to need ground troops
‘We are keeping our eyes open, maintaining the routine, while remaining prepared,’ says defense minister at event marking 15 years from Second Lebanon War
By Amy Spiro
In this May 15, 2021, file photo, Lebanese wave Hezbollah and Palestinian flags, as they stand in front of the Israeli town of Metula, background, on the Lebanese side of the Lebanese-Israeli border in the southern village of Kfar Kila, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
May 21, 2021, 7:05 pm
In the north, Hezbollah and its missiles loom large over Gaza battle
Both Israel and the Lebanese terror group have good reason to prevent the fighting spreading to a second front, even though both believe another round of conflict is inevitable
By Zeina Karam
Palestinians inspect destroyed buildings following overnight Israeli airstrikes in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)
May 16, 2021, 1:35 am
While all eyes are on Gaza, Gaza is only half the story
The terror group fired its first massive rocket volley on Monday hoping for a quick, decisive exchange. Instead, it dragged beleaguered Gaza into the next Hezbollah war
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Michael Levin receives a package of Tastykakes, soon after he was drafted into the IDF, on March 20, 2005. (Tami Gross)
April 14, 2021, 8:08 pm
The legend of Michael Levin, and what it tells us about our need for heroes
An idealistic lone soldier from the US, he was killed in Lebanon in 2006, and has become an Israeli icon and inspiration. His friends don’t quite know what to make of it all
By Lazar Berman
Elissar Zakaria Khoury, known popularly by her stage name Elissa, in an interview with MTV Lebanon, November 12, 2020. (Screengrab: Memri TV)
November 27, 2020, 1:07 pm
Lebanese singer: Border talks prove it’s a lie by officials that Israel is enemy
Elissa says she supports peace with any country, animosity between Beirut and Jerusalem is ‘conspiracy’ concocted by Lebanese officials  
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Ephraim Grif speaks to Channel 12 on November 18, 2020. (Screen capture/Channel 12)
November 18, 2020, 7:48 pm
Right-wing activist sorry for wishing death on family members of fallen soldier
Ephraim Grif says ‘we’re human and make mistakes,’ after being among group that shouted at bereaved family for hosting anti-Netanyahu activists
By ToI Staff
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