2026 in Lebanon

Photo	Post	Name
	President of Lebanon	Joseph Aoun
	Prime Minister of Lebanon	Nawaf Salam

• 9 January – The government signs an agreement with an international consortium consisting of TotalEnergies, Eni, and QatarEnergy to develop the Block 8 gas field off the coast of southern Lebanon.^[1]
• 12 January – The Le Commodore Hotel Beirut ceases operations after having been in existence since 1943.^[2]
• 13 January – The United States designates the Lebanese chapter of the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organization, citing its support for Hamas.^[3]
• 15 January – Authorities announce the arrest of a Syrian national in Byblos on suspicion of providing financial support for Assad loyalist fighters in Syria on behalf of exiled senior officials of the Assad regime.^[4]
• 26 January – The Qatar Fund for Development announces a $430 million aid package to Lebanon, primarily to support its energy sector.^[5]
• 30 January – The government approves an agreement allowing for the repatriation of Syrian nationals serving prison sentences in Lebanon.^[6]

• 8 February – Fifteen people are killed in the collapse of two adjoining residential buildings in Tripoli.^[7][8]
• 9 February – Atwi Atwi, an official of the Islamic Group and former mayor of Al-Hebbariyah, is abducted in a cross-border raid by Israeli forces.^[9]
• 10 February – The United States imposes sanctions on the gold trading firm Jood SARL, citing its role in raising funds for Hezbollah.^[10]
• 16 February – FIFA president Gianni Infantino is granted a Lebanese passport on account of his marriage to a Lebanese national.^[11]

• 2 March –
  • 2026 Israeli–United States strikes on Iran: Hezbollah carries out an aerial attack on Israel in retaliation for the assassination of Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei. In response, Israel launches a military operation in Lebanon.^[12]
  • The government bans military activities by Hezbollah.^[13]
• 4 March – Israeli strikes on a hotel and residential areas in the towns of Aramoun and Saadiyat, in the south of Beirut, kill 11 people and injure four others.^[14]
• 5 March – The government prohibits activities by members of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps within Lebanon and instructs authorities to detain and deport individuals linked to the group. The cabinet also introduces a visa requirement for Iranian nationals entering the country.^[15]
• 6 March –
  • At least 41 people are killed, including three soldiers, and 40 more injured in a series of Israeli airstrikes in and around Al-Nabi Shayth, Beqaa Valley.^[16]
  • Three Ghanaian UN peacekeepers are injured in an Israeli missile strike in southern Lebanon.^[17]
• 8 March –
  • An Israeli airstrike on a hotel in central Beirut kills at least four people and injures 10 others.^[18]
  • Two Israeli soldiers are killed in overnight clashes with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.^[19]
• 9 March – Killing of Pierre al-Rahi: Maronite Catholic priest Father Pierre al-Rahi is killed by an Israeli double strike on a house in the Christian-majority town of Al-Qlayaa.^[20]
• 11 March –
  • Seven people are killed and 18 are injured after an Israeli strike on Temnine Et Tahta, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. Five people are also injured after a strike on the nearby village of Aali en Nahri.^[21]
  • Hezbollah launches over 100 rockets at Israel, injuring five civilians in Upper Galilee.^[22]
• 12 March –

  

  • Eight people are killed and 31 more injured on the Israeli airstrike on the Ramlet al-Baida beach in central Beirut. Seven more people are also killed in other attacks in the country.^[23]
  • Hezbollah launches over 200 rockets and 20 drones at northern Israel, injuring two.^[24]
• 16 March – The IDF's 91st Division launches a ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, expanding a buffer zone along the border.^[25]
• 17 March – A Lebanese soldier is killed and four more are injured in an Israeli airstrike in Qaaqaait al-Jisr, Nabatieh Governorate.^[26]
• 18 March – Six people are killed and dozens injured in an Israeli airstrike on a building in Beirut.^[27]
• 24 March –
  • Lebanon expels the Iranian ambassador, Mohammad Reza Sheibani, citing Iran’s financial and military support for Hezbollah.^[28]
  • Israeli defense minister Israel Katz states that the IDF will control a "security zone" up to the Litani River in southern Lebanon until the threat of Hezbollah is removed.^[29]
• 26 March – Two Israeli soldiers are killed in action in southern Lebanon.^[30]
• 28 March – Five paramedics are killed in an Israeli airstrike in Zawtar al-Gharbiyah.^[31]

• 1 April – Israeli airstrikes kill seven people, including the Hezbollah commander for Iraq, and injure dozens in Beirut and nearby Khalde.^[32]
• 6 April – Christian anti-Hezbollah Lebanese Forces official Pierre Mouawad, his wife Flavia, and another woman are killed in an Israeli airstrike.^[33]
• 7 April –
  • Three people are killed and several are injured by an Israeli airstrike in Maarakah, Tyre District.^[34]
  • One person is killed by an Israeli drone strike in Deir ez-Zahrani, Nabatieh District.^[35]
  • Israel deploys the 98th Division to southern Lebanon, raising the force there to five divisions.^[36]
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asserts that the US-Israel-Iran ceasefire does not apply to Lebanon, contradicting mediator Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's announcement.^[37]
• 8 April – Hezbollah says that it halted attacks on Israel and on Israeli soldiers in Lebanon,^[38] but later claims responsibility for launching rockets towards northern Israel in response to massive Israeli attacks on that day.^[39]
• 14 April – The first direct diplomatic negotiations between Lebanon and Israel since 1993 are held in Washington, DC.^[40]
• 15 April – Two Filipino migrant workers are killed in a hostage-taking incident by their employer in Beirut.^[41]
• 17 April – A 10-day truce between Lebanon and Israel comes into effect.^[42]
• 18 April – Two French soldiers are killed and two others are injured in an attack on UNIFIL peacekeepers blamed on Hezbollah.^[43][44]
• 23 April –
  • President Trump said that Israel and Lebanon agreed to a three week extension of the ceasefire.^[45]
  • Italian soldiers install a new statue of Jesus in the Christian village of Debel, southern Lebanon, in place of a previous statue given by the Israeli military, who destroyed the previous statue with a sledgehammer, drawing widespread outrage.^{[46][47] [48]}

• May – 2026 Lebanese general election^[49][50]

Source:^[51]

• 1 January – New Year's Day
• 6 January – Epiphany and Armenian Christmas
• 9 February – St. Maroun Day
• 20 March – Eid al-Fitr
• 25 March – Annunciation Day
• 3 April – Good Friday
• 5 April – Easter Sunday
• 1 May – Labour Day
• 25 May – Liberation and Resistance Day
• 27 May – Eid al-Adha
• 16 June – Islamic New Year
• 15 August – Assumption Day
• 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday
• 22 November – Lebanese Independence Day
• 25 December – Christmas Day