Hezbollah

Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman, speaking to a B'nai B'rith event in Melbourne.

January 1, 2025, 9:30 am

Israeli Intelligence Both Succeeds and Fails

The operation resulted in significant casualties, with 3,600 Hezbollah operatives injured from the pagers alone, according to Bergman.

By Bruce Hill

US President Joe Biden announces a ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, in the Rose Garden of the White House on November 26, 2024, in Washington. (The Times of Israel: Saul Loeb/AFP)

November 27, 2024, 10:43 am

Biden says Israel and Lebanon agreed to ceasefire, reveals it will take effect at 4 a.m. Israel-time

“This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities,” he notes.

By Jacob Magid

Medics at the scene of an impact of rocket fragments between Ramat Gan and Bnei Brak in central Israel, November 18, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Magen David Adom)

November 19, 2024, 10:02 am

Woman killed in Hezbollah attack on north; 5 hurt by missile fragments near Tel Aviv

Victim, 41, declared dead after being pulled from 3-story building in Shfar’am; Beirut shuts schools; UN peacekeepers report attack, likely by ‘non-state member actors’

By Emanuel Fabian and AGENCIES

Hamas’ leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar speaks during a press conference in Gaza City on 30 May 2019 (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)

October 27, 2024, 6:00 am

May his name be erased

For Israel, Sinwar's removal is the latest in a string of stunning advances.

By Peter Kohn

A graphic presented by IDF Spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari showing the location of a Hezbollah bunker, under the Al-Sahel Hospital, in the southern Beirut suburb known as Dahiyeh, October 21, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Screenshot: IDF)

October 22, 2024, 12:34 pm

IDF: Hezbollah hiding $500 million in gold, cash in bunker under Beirut hospital

Amid operation against group’s finances, military spokesman calls on Lebanon and international groups to prevent use of money to fund terror

By Agencies and TOI Staff

Four Israeli soldiers killed in a Hezbollah drone attack on October 13, 2024: (Clockwise from top left): Sgt. Alon Amitay, Sgt. Omri Tamari, Sgt. Yosef Hieb, and Sgt. Yoav Agmon. Photo: Times of Israel

October 16, 2024, 3:25 pm

Australia warns against travel to Israel

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Smartraveller website raised its travel advice level on Monday.

By Sharyn Kolieb

An ambulance leaves the scene of a Hezbollah drone strike on a military base near the town of Binyamina, on October 13, 2024, (Oren Ziv/ AFP)

October 14, 2024, 11:35 am

Four soldiers killed, seven seriously hurt in Hezbollah drone strike on military base

58 soldiers wounded as UAV crashes into dining hall at training base in central Israel; IDF investigating how projectile breached Israeli airspace without detection.

By LAZAR BERMAN and TOI Staff and Agencies

October 2, 2024, 11:03 am

Labor pain

One, Israel is strong. Barring the failures that led up to October 7, its intelligence is second to none. And Israel will take care of business.

By AJN STAFF

Pro-Palestine rally at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne, Sunday, September 29, 2024: AAP Image/James Ross

September 29, 2024, 9:21 pm

Protestors ‘emboldened’ to support terror

Protestors in Sydney and Melbourne waved Hezbollah flags and carried framed photographs of Hassan Nasrallah.

By Carly Adno

Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome near Haifa on September 24, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Jack Guez / AFP)

September 26, 2024, 11:11 am

War in the north

Israel is firm in its resolve to make its north safe again, so displaced residents can return to their homes without constant barrages of Hezbollah missiles and rockets from Lebanon.

By AJN STAFF

The Iron Dome air defence system fires to intercept rockets that were launched from Lebanon, as seen from Haifa. Photo: AP Photo/Baz Ratner

September 26, 2024, 8:00 am

North on the brink

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi has named the military's offensive operation against Hezbollah "Northern Arrows".

By Carly Adno

A screen grab from a video circulating on social media apparently showing the aftermath of an interception over central Israel, September 25, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Screenshot used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

September 25, 2024, 6:19 pm

In first, Hezbollah fires missile at Tel Aviv area; no injuries as IDF intercepts it

Sirens ring out across central Israel, with terror group claiming it targeted Mossad HQ with ‘Qader 1’ ballistic missile; drones fired from Iraq at Arava, Golan, Galilee.

By Emanuel Fabian

Smoke billows at the site of an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the southern Lebanese village of Zawtar on September 21, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Ammar Ammar / AFP)

September 22, 2024, 2:29 pm

Hezbollah barrages deep into northern Israel; IDF hits over 400 launchers in Lebanon

Man lightly hurt by shrapnel in terror group’s southernmost rocket fire into Israel since October; Home Front Command issues new guidelines for residents of Haifa and northward.

By AGENCIES and Emanuel Fabian

A video shows a man, left, just before he was injured by an explosion in Beirut on September 17, 2024. (The Times of Israel: Screen capture: X)

September 18, 2024, 8:56 am

Several killed, thousands injured as vast wave of pager explosions strikes Hezbollah

Terror group blames Israel, vows revenge; hospitals in Lebanon overwhelmed by wounded, including Iranian envoy, after unprecedented, coordinated attack amid surging war fears.

By GIANLUCA PACCHIANI, Emanuel Fabian, LAZAR BERMAN and TOI Staff and Agencies

Yitzhak Rabin (left) and Menachem Begin.

September 12, 2024, 5:05 pm

The fight for the soul of a nation

'At times war is a necessary part of defending a nation, but war will never resolve the ongoing situation in either Gaza or in the West Bank or across other borders'

By Robert Lehrer