After last Wednesday’s truce between Israel and Hezbollah (euphemistically described as a truce between Israel and Lebanon), both sides to the conflict have claimed victory. It was reminiscent ...

Part of a Crusader castle crumbled. An 18th century minaret felled. Church mosaics burned. Archaeologists are assessing ...

as well as military spending levels and the “shape of Israel’s economic recovery.” It is too early to say whether Israel’s ceasefire deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon has “significantly and ...

But analysts said Wednesday that despite signs of momentum, significant gaps remain between Israel and Hamas over key issues, including the shape of ... seeking to use the Lebanon deal to revive ...

Israel had signalled last month that it had achieved its main war goals in Lebanon by dealing Iran-backed Hezbollah a series of stunning blows, but an agreed truce remained some way off.

Even as the ceasefire began, there were concerns that Lebanese civilians and Hezbollah would seek to return to southern Lebanon. Israeli President Isaac Herzog noted that “the fundamental test of the ...