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Ceasefire Takes Effect in Lebanon

The U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror organization has officially taken effect as of 10:00 a.m. local time.

Israel Lebanon fence (Sven Nackstrand / AFP / Getty)

WATCH: An Off-Road View of the Ongoing Battle in Gaza

Breitbart News accompanied an Israeli tactical vehicle unit on a visit to the northern border of Gaza Monday, taking in a view into the Strip, where the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) continues to fight the remnants of Hamas.

The author and a Yatar guide, with the Gaza border fence in the background. (Joel Pollak /

Report: Lebanon Ceasefire Imminent, Though Attacks Intensify

The Israeli government has reportedly agreed to the outlines of a U.S. proposal for a ceasefire with Hezbollah, to which the Lebanese government has also largely agreed, according to several reports in Israeli media on Monday.

IDF 810th Alpine Brigade (IDF)

Report: California Wastes Solar Power While Consumers Pay

California is producing so much solar energy that it has to pay other states — or energy traders — to use it, making electricity cheaper for other states’ residents, while raising energy bills for local residents.

In this Thursday, Aug. 17, 2017 photo, Solar Tech Joshua Valdez, left, and Senior Plant Ma

Some October 7 Victims Fear Home: ‘We Can’t Go Back Yet’

Some evacuees are eager to return home. There are communities like Nirim, next door to Nir Oz, that are rebuilding. But B.J. and Dorine do not think they will return.

If they go back to kibbutz life, it will be elsewhere — far from Gaza.

Rai family (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

IDF Kills Head of Islamic Jihad Rocket Unit in Gaza

The IDF announced Friday that it had killed the head of the rocket unit of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist group backed by Iran that operates inside the Gaza Strip and participated in the October 7 attacks.

Masked members of the Palestinian Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad

For Majdal Shams, the Pain, and the Embraces, Continue

The pain has continued for the families of twelve Druze Israeli Arab children killed in July by a Hezbollah rocket attack, along with the families of the wounded. But so, too, have the embraces and support.

Majdal Shams (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

Netanyahu Makes Surprise Visit to Central Gaza

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a surprise visit Tuesday to central Gaza to send a message: that Hamas will not return to power in the territory, and that there will be a heavy price to pay for any harm to hostages.

Netanyahu in Gaza (Maayan Toaf / GPO)