Gaza Lebanon fears that Israel is planning to occupy five strategically chosen hilltop areas in the south beyond February 18, the deadline for Israel’s full withdrawal from the country, sources in Beirut told The National.

Lebanese officials say firing by Israeli troops has killed two people and wounded 17 in the second day of deadly protests in southern Lebanon

Naim Qassem insisted Hezbollah had emerged from the fight with Israel victorious, despite painful and unprecedented setbacks, and was unwilling to concede the group’s domestic position. Qassem also expressed Hezbollah’s satisfaction with Lebanon’s post-war political direction and said his group had a productive and positive relationship with Lebanon’s new president and prime minister-designate.

The conflict between Israel and Hezbollah has left behind lots of rubble. Some experts fear that much of it will be dumped into the environment without controls.

Hezbollah leader Sheikh Naim Qassem said Monday that Israel should withdraw from the occupied border areas in southern Lebanon, rejecting the extension of the cease-fire arrangements to Feb. 18.

The Lebanese army took over an underground Hezbollah military complex in southern Lebanon, local media said on Wednesday. Images published by the Al-Jadeed news channel showed underground tunnels containing military vehicles, missile launching platforms, and ammunition manufacturing equipment.

Khalaf Ahmad Al Habtoor, the head of Dubai conglomerate Al Habtoor Group, said on X on Tuesday he had cancelled all planned investments in Lebanon due to continuing instability, and would sell all his properties and investments in the country.

More than two weeks after Nawaf Salam was designated as Lebanon's next Prime Minister, the extensive and complicated consultations that lead to the creation of the country's cabinet continue. It's the highly coveted Finance Ministry – whose head in recent years has been named by parliamentary speaker Nabih Berri – that is proving most

Suhil Bahij Gharb, chief of intelligence for south Lebanon, said to have given terror group material from inside the US, French and UN office tasked with monitoring truce

Hezbollah, one of Lebanon's most powerful political players, has been significantly weakened by its conflict with Israel.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem says the group would not tolerate any justification for delaying the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon: Israel has to withdraw because the 60 days are over.

Demonstrators attempted to enter several villages to protest Israel’s failure to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon by the 60-day deadline stipulated in a ceasefire agreement.