The main questions discussed in the IDF before the 2000 withdrawal from Lebanon were whether the 铿乬hting with Hizbollah could be conducted differently, and whether the existing situation was tolerable. The IDF was of the opinion that the situation was tolerable, and that it would be possible ...
The IDF said on Monday that the Lebanese army is doing better than ever before and is surprisingly confronting Hezbollah in some instances, but that its performance is still far below where it would need to be to allow the IDF to withdraw the rest of its forces from southern Lebanon. IDF ...
Hezbollah attacked a UN convoy near Beirut’s airport, and it has been flying drones in southern Lebanon. Israel has had to retaliate for the provocations. Hezbollah also knows that the IDF is withdrawing from Lebanon, however, and the IDF intends to complete its withdrawal this week, according...
as airstrikes in different parts of the country killed eight people, according to Lebanon's state-run National News Agency. Israel has warned people to evacuate from large areas of the country, including major cities in the south and east. ...
Israel's military said Sunday it now has just one division in the Gaza Strip, after the other left in the last day. A spokesperson called the move an evolution of the war, rather than a partial withdrawal. But the thinking behind the move hasn't been made entirely clear. ...
Israel's objectives in the war, driving Hezbollah out of southern Lebanon and removing the threat of missile launches toward Israel, were not fully achieved. Profound public criticism concerning the functioning of the IDF and of the government on the eve of the war and during it, led to the...
The only officer unaffected by the war - Major General Dan Harel, who until recently served as Israel's military attache in Washington - has been appointed Deputy CoS. Gen Harel, who led Israel's 2005 withdrawal from the Gaza Strip, is the first artillery officer to attain the position: a...
Extensive IDF, Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), and Border Police forces launched overnight operations in Nur al-Shams, within the Ephraim region of the northern West Bank, the IDF announced on Sunday. During the operations, which are still ongoing, troops have successfully engaged multiple ter...