Bint Jbeil

November 4, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF strikes Hezbollah units as rocket and drone attacks continue

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) carried out airstrikes on key Hezbollah commanders and operatives in the first days of November as Hezbollah continues to target Israel with rockets and drones daily. Hezbollah...

October 28, 2024 | |

Israel SitRep: October 28, 2024

Today’s Issue: | Israeli Defense Ministry Signs $535 Million Order to Expand Production of Iron Beam | IDF Continues Operations in Northern, Central, and Southern Gaza, Including Evacuating Civilians...

October 10, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

The challenges facing UN peacekeepers in Lebanon

Irish troops have had a presence in southern Lebanon since 1978, but they now face an impossible mission.

October 9, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF Targets Hezbollah Command and Control Centers

The Israel Defense Forces have carried out strikes on Hezbollah’s underground command centers, the IDF said on the evening of October 8. The strikes are some of around 185 targets struck in...

October 1, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

IDF begins Lebanon ground operation, Iran launches 180 ballistic missiles at Israel

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) began a ground operation targeting Hezbollah in southern Lebanon during the evening of September 30. The IDF described the initial incursion as “limited,” saying it...

September 20, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Israel has turned the tables on Hezbollah, now what comes next?

After many months where it seemed Israel was only responding proportionately to Hezbollah’s attacks, it now appears that Israel is turning the tables.

July 15, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

After a significant escalation, Hezbollah continues attacks in lower numbers

Hezbollah killed three Israelis during the week of July 7–13, including two civilians and a soldier. The Iranian-backed terrorist group then escalated attacks on July 13, immediately after an Israeli...

June 14, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran’s FM warns Israel against attack on Lebanon amid Hezbollah’s attacks

Meanwhile Iran continued to support attacks on Israel in the region. The pro-Iran Al-Mayadeen media noted that Palestinian terrorists in Jenin had fought with the IDF.

March 6, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah barrages of rockets target northern Israel

Hezbollah launched dozens of rockets at Israel on March 5. The attacks came after US envoy Amos Hochstein visited Lebanon and called for a “diplomatic solution” to end the thousands of Hezbollah attacks...

February 17, 2024 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Iran pushes threats from Yemen to Lebanon

The overall context then is that the Houthis and Hezbollah are both vowing to step up attacks, despite the fact they have faced opposition from the US and Israel respectively.

February 14, 2024 | David Daoud |

Does Hezbollah’s Silence Link the Attack on Safed to Israel’s Strike on Nabatiyeh?

Last Thursday, Israel reportedly attempted to assassinate two high-ranking Hezbollah members: Ali Karaki, identified by media outlets as a “Hezbollah military commander” but, more significantly, “the...

January 19, 2024 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

US Should Sanction Lebanon’s pro-Iran ‘Resistance TV’

On December 27, an Israeli missile hit a home in the Southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil, killing brothers Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi and Ibrahim’s wife. Within hours, Al Manar, Hezbollah’s official media...

October 22, 2023 | Seth J. Frantzman |

Hezbollah’s threats to Israel harm Christian Lebanese villages

The Hezbollah attacks are a result of Iran’s desire to create a multi-front war in the Middle East.

April 23, 2020 | Tony Badran |

Lebanon, Hezbollah, and COVID-19

In response to the pandemic, the Iran-backed terror group Hezbollah has waged an aggressive public relations campaign aimed at displaying its primacy within Lebanon. This campaign has also demonstrated...

October 5, 2016 | David Daoud |

The New Hezbollah: Israel’s Next War Will Be A Godawful Mess

However, pundits are now suggesting that when the Iranian proxy group initiates its next war with Israel, it wi...

June 24, 2007 | Michael I. Krauss The American Thinker

Hezbollah, Hamas, and Humanitarians

While most Middle East watchers know about the takeover of Gaza by Hamas and its transformation into the terrorist enclave of "Hamastan," readers of the mainstream press might be surprised to lea...