First Lebanon War

Netanyahu visits family of Yehuda Katz, after soldier missing for 44 years receives burial

Last week, the IDF recovered the remains of Katz in an operation in Lebanon, 44 years after he went missing during the First Lebanon War.

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the family of IDF soldier Yekutiel Yehuda Katz during the Shiva mourning period in Jerusalem, August 26, 2026.
Yehuda Katz.

After 44 years: IDF finds, returns remains of Yehuda Katz, who went missing in First Lebanon War

A sign at Interpol headquarters, where the International Criminal Police Organization, an intergovernmental body with 196 member countries, helps police worldwide work together through cooperation, intelligence-sharing and global alerts to combat cross-border crime, in Lyon, France, June 9, 2026.

Former Palestinian envoy Ashraf Dabbour detained in Lebanon over corruption claims

Two IDF company commanders at Beaufort Castle, southern Lebanon, July 12, 2026.

Hezbollah’s rock-cut tunnels under Beaufort Castle expose decades of UNIFIL failure - analysis


Jerusalem highlights May 27 – June 2

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 THE RED Series 2020 by Karam Natour.

Unseen footage from First Lebanon War released for first time

In the black and white footage, dozens of troops are seen gathered on top of armored personnel carriers and tanks as they head into Lebanon.

 Israeli soldiers in Jezzine, Lebanon, during the first Lebanon War. 1984.

Menachem Begin was from another league of historic proportions - top aide

Begin’s top aide Dan Meridor discusses how the premier laid the basis for the Abraham Accords, Iraq-Iran nuke comparisons, compassion for refugees.

 THEN-CABINET SECRETARY Dan Meridor (L) accompanies Prime Minister Menachem Begin before his testimony to the inquiry commission on the Sabra and Shatila massacres, Jerusalem, 1982.

Remembering Suzanne Singer: The Courtly Grande Dame of Baka

Suzanne combined an old-fashioned courtliness with a modern snappiness that dazzled in print and in person.

 Max and Suzanne Singer

Disabled IDF veteran denied PTSD treatment commits suicide

47-year-old Itzik Chen, who was injured in Lebanon in the early 90s, committed suicide while fighting for recognition of his post-trauma.

A protest by disabled IDF veterans in Tel Aviv, April 18, 2021

Israel's sixth president: Meeting Menachem Begin at the hospital

He sat in his wheelchair (which he now needed as a result of a hip operation), looking not like a charismatic, strong prime minister, but as a frail and vulnerable elderly man.

MENACHEM BEGIN just before his discharge from Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Jerusalem; he had been a pneumonia patient for two weeks. He is surrounded by his doctors and nurse, with the writer extreme right. Directly behind him are director-general Prof. Jonathan Halevy and his physician, Dr. Efraim

Gantz warns Lebanon: IDF Gaza actions were tip of iceberg

IDF awards Lebanon Security Zone campaign ribbon in ceremony to officially recognize Israel’s 18-year occupation of Southern Lebanon as an official military campaign.

IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi awarded IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Aviv Kohavi awarded campaign tag.

Russia excavates Syrian cemetery, searching for missing IDF soldiers

If the reports are accurate, it may mean that the bodies of Israeli soldiers Tzvi Feldman and Yehuda Katz will finally be returned to Israel after nearly 40 years.

Soldiers loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad forces are deployed at al-Qadam area near Yarmouk Palestinian camp in Damascus, Syria April 29, 2018.

Nasrallah: Iran rebuilt Lebanon after war, Soleimani's death 'new age'

Nasrallah stressed that Iran treated Hezbollah and the Palestinian terrorist groups as allies, not tools.

Iran Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah and IRGC Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani

Keeping guni's memory alive

The artistic venture started out seven years ago, the idea being to create animation films about victims of Israel’s wars and of acts of hostility committed here.

Giora (Guni) Harnik and his mother, Raya