Rivlin: Israel’s hand always extended in peace

Israel President Reuven Rivlin wrapped up his lighting trip to Europe by holding talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron. At a diplomatic meeting following a warm welcome with an…

IDF holds Lightning Storm drill

The Israeli Defense Forces have wrapped up their latest mass exercise codenamed "Lightning Storm" conducted along the northern border with Lebanon. According to a statement from the Israeli military, part…

IDF: UNIFIL does not deter Hezbollah

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi is warning that Hezbollah is rapidly growing into a terror army that  effectively leaves the Lebanese government hollow of any influence in…

EU vows to help UN diffuse Israel-Lebanon tensions

The Chargée d'affaires of the European Union’s Delegation to Lebanon Julia Koch de Biolley visited the headquarters of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), where she highlighted Brussels’…

20 years since Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon

The anniversary of Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon hit the two-decade mark this week, but the occasion passed quietly with no official commemoration. Israel invaded the northern-neighboring state in 1982 following…

UN: Hezbollah-tunnels violate Resolution 1701

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting, during which the world body's Under-Secretary General for Peacekeeping Operations Jean-Pierre Lacroix told the member states that the subterranean-cross-border passage ways…