As the country struggled with political and economic crises, border skirmishes between Israel and Hezbollah raised the specter of war.
Lebanon in 2023: Vacuum and Fears of Destructive War with Israel
The developments in Lebanon in 2023 consolidated the “caretaker state” amid the ongoing vacuum in the presidency. The country’s top post has been vacant since October 2022 and with the absence of a …
10 most expensive homes sold in Lebanon County, Dec. 18-24
A house in South Lebanon Township that sold for $346,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Lebanon County in the past week.
IDF says ‘wide-scale’ airstrikes on Hezbollah as rockets from Lebanon strike north
Anti-tank missile hits house in Avivim, causing no casualties; alert sirens go off in multiple communities along border and in Galilee Panhandle The post IDF says ‘wide-scale’ airstrikes on Hezbollah …
Israel’s embattled but resilient economy
Looking ahead to 2024, while uncertainties persist, history shows Israel’s economy bouncing back fairly quickly, dating back to at least the Second Lebanon War of 2006. The post Israel’s embattled …
Attacks from Lebanon Destroyed Half the Homes in Northern Kibbutz
He said that he has come under fire from Lebanon and that much of his property, including farmland, has been destroyed. “Our house is in a very dangerous area called the ‘Killing Zone.’ They tell you: …
Christians in Lebanon’s tense border area prepare to celebrate a subdued Christmas
Christians in the border villages of south Lebanon are preparing for a subdued Christmas under the shadow of the ongoing war in Gaza and its spillover in Lebanon …
Operation Peace for Galilee: Israel’s 1982 military action in Lebanon
Remembering a time as a war correspondent in Lebanon while the country returns to daily headlines for attacking Israel.
World Bank projects that Israel-Hamas war could push Lebanon back into recession
The ripple effects of the war in Gaza are likely to knock Lebanon’s fragile economy, which had begun making a tepid recovery after years of crisis, back into recession, the World …
Almost all Christians have fled southern Lebanon amid Israel-Hezbollah bombing
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia militant group in Lebanon, began attacking Israel at the Israeli-Lebanese border following the beginning of the conflict.