Today’s Jews and Arabs in Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and parts of Syria get half their ancestry from Bronze Age Levantines, who descended from a mix of locals and migrants from Iran or the Caucasus
The extension of the peacekeeping force, known as UNIFIL, comes as Israel calls for major changes in the way the mission operates on the ground in southern Lebanon
Israel wants the peacekeepers to have access everywhere in southern Lebanon and to report any obstructions on the part of Hezbollah operatives to the Security Council
Once a gateway community for Israeli troops entering south Lebanon, Metula is now more likely to house students than international journalists. Yet before the May 2000 withdrawal it was a place ‘full of life and action,’ as locals recall
Two decades after pulling out, four Israeli soldiers recall memories of war that haunt them to this day. 'At that moment I remembered wanting somebody to call my mother to tell her I was all right'
Sunday marks 20 years since the Israeli army pulled out of Lebanon, putting an end to a military presence that the government is still reluctant to recognize
After Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in May 2000, many members of the South Lebanon Army and their families fled south for fear of reprisal. Their children, who have grown up in Israel and consider themselves Israeli, explain why the won't forgive the left
A massive group therapy session is taking place on social media, with thousands of soldiers and commanders sharing their stories
'Many Lebanese have already stopped buying meat, fruits and vegetables, and may soon find it difficult to afford even bread,' Hassan Diab says
Incident, widely relayed on social media, comes amid coronavirus crisis and ongoing protests against economic hardship
The identity and motive of the man, who is currently being treated in a Haifa hospital, are still unknown
After a drop in cases which the government hailed as a success, the health ministry recorded 36 new infections on Sunday, the highest one-shot uptick in at least least a month
'We have to choose between dying of hunger or the plague,' demonstrators are shouting. It didn't help that the Shi'ite group wanted to block an IMF loan
The restrictions and their economic fallout mean 5.6 million Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey face even greater hardship, and UN says 70 percent are going hungry
Envoy Danny Danon insists that UNIFIL has access to all sites in Lebanon, and that any time that the peacekeeping mission is being blocked the UN Security Council must be immediately informed
Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah denounces police raids on mosque groups in Germany suspected of close ties to the heavily armed Hezbollah
In April, the Israeli security establishment found that the separation fence had been damaged in three different points and attributed the incident to the Hezbollah militia
Protesters returned on Tuesday, lighting two commercial banks on fire and smashing their facades, prompting the army to re-deploy
The forgotten, nameless war is now a topic of a book, a TV series and a forum where soldiers recount their tales. But the story never ended with Israel's exit. It never does
Vahav died in April 1983 in an ambush in Lebanon. He was buried alongside an uncle who died in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. His brother Avishai talks about what it’s like to lose a sibling in war
Long-brewing economic troubles and mounting national debt have spilled over into a full-blown banking crisis
The country hosts tens of thousands of Palestinian refugees and their descendants, most of them living in squalid camps with no access to public services
‘We’d rather die of coronavirus than hunger,’ protesters say as the Lebanese pound plummets and they return to the streets
Even when the government’s attention, and a good deal of the Israeli army’s efforts, are invested in fighting COVID-19, Israel has not deviated from the red lines it has set in the north
The fence was damaged in three different points on Friday but there was no infiltration into Israel according to the IDF
Tens of thousands of domestic workers are stuck inside the country after it shut its borders, many with their passports being held by their employers to keep them from leaving without permission
No casualties reported as passengers escape, sources say
This comes at a grim time for the country, with a financial crisis that has wiped out about half the value of the currency and sent prices skyrocketing for months
Suppliers are delaying shipments and refusing orders, and supply disruptions risk raising inflation further