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'People don't want wars anymore': Inside Lebanon's shifting calculus on Israel

As Hezbollah’s grip weakens and war fatigue deepens, a growing number of Lebanese are beginning to see peace with Israel not as betrayal but as necessity

Lebanese electrical workers rebuild damaged power lines, as families return to apartments wrecked by Israeli strikes in Tyre last month. Some Lebanese citizens believe Hezbollah’s concept of resistance has completely failed.
UNIFIL vehicles drive in Deir Mimas, southern Lebanon, February 18, 2025; illustrative.

UNIFIL 'concerned' over Israeli incursion in Lebanon

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 79th United Nations General Assembly last week. In his address, he paraphrased Welsh poet Dylan Thomas.

Arms embargo on Israel would strengthen Iran, Netanyahu tells Macron

 Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike in Marjayoun, near the Lebanon-Israel border, on September 23, 2024.

Events in North amount to 'Third Lebanon War,' security official says


Lebanon would struggle to cover 'fraction' of aid needs of Israel-Hezbollah war, minister says

"Additional resources are urgently needed to respond to ongoing needs and to prepare and respond to increasing needs in event of escalation."

A demonstrator waves the Lebanese flag in front of riot police during a protest in Beirut, Lebanon, August 8, 2020

Turkey, Japan urge citizens to leave Lebanon due to security risks

"Those who do not need to stay in Lebanon should leave Lebanon while commercial flights are still operating, if possible."

Smoke rises from the southern Lebanese town of Khiam, southern Lebanon, June 25, 2024

Fearing a third Lebanon War, Germany and Netherlands warn their citizens to leave country

Germany noted that air traffic might be halted in such a situation and if so, it might not be possible to leave.

 People walk near the entrance of Beirut International Airport, amid a dispute between political and religious authorities over a decision to extend winter time, in Lebanon March 26, 2023.

Lebanon's struggling hospitals could collapse if war escalates, doctors fear

The Lebanese government is no longer providing the monthly $20,000 USD needed to maintain the hospital generators.

Mounes Klakesh, director of Marjayoun hospital, stands as he attends an interview with Reuters at the hospital in Marjayoun, southern Lebanon November 13, 2023

New poll shows Arab News readers do not favor Lebanese peace with Israel

Approximately 57% of the poll respondents did not demonstrate their enthusiasm regarding the idea of having Lebanon signing a peace deal with its Jewish neighbor.

The Lebanese village of Adaisseh is seen on the left-hand-side of the Israel-Lebanon border, as seen from Kibbutz Misgav Am in northern Israel August 26, 2019

Good morning, Lebanon! A look back at Israel's military retreat

Twenty years after Israel’s retreat, the analogy to America’s Vietnamese trauma still stands – mostly for the worse, but also for the better

A general view of IDF forces before the withdrawal from South Lebanon on May 1, 2000

What message from Lebanon did Eisenkot get in DC?

A few days prior to meeting IDF Chief of Staff Eizenkot, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford met with Lebanese Armed Forces commander Lt. Gen. Joseph Aoun for similar talks.

General Joseph Dunford (L), the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, walks next to Israel's Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Gadi Eizenkot, as they review an honour guard in Tel Aviv, Israel May 9, 2017.

Preventing the next war

Military commanders have to plan for the next war and be prepared to present their operational plans to the political leaders.

Israel prepares for potential war in the north.

Could natural gas in the Mediterranean spark the Third Lebanese War?

"Lebanon will not hesitate to avail itself of its inherent right to self-defence if an armed attack occurs against the economic activities carried out in its maritime areas."

An offshore natural gas rig in the Mediterranean Sea

U.S. envoy relays Israeli de-escalation messages to Lebanon

An Israeli official said Satterfield was "relaying messages" to Beirut about several matters of contention.

An Israeli soldier stands atop a tank near Israel's border with Lebanon January 21, 2015.