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Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shiite political party and paramilitary group, formed in 1982 by Muslim clerics with Iranian funding to fight the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. [77] After the war, Israel continued to hold borderland buffer zone in southern Lebanon with the aid of proxy militants in the South Lebanon Army (SLA). [78]
Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot traveled to Lebanon two days prior to the start of the invasion, stating France "stands with Lebanon" ahead of a war "it did not choose". [425] On 8 October, he called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rhetoric on Israel's military operations in Lebanon a "provocation". [424]
[18] [19] The capturing of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah ignited the 2006 Lebanon War, which saw cross-border attacks and another Israeli invasion of the south. [20] Its ceasefire called for the disarmament of Hezbollah and the respecting of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Lebanon by Israel. Hostilities were suspended on 8 ...
Lebanon death toll rises ahead of possible cease-fire. Lebanon's Ministry of Public Health said Tuesday that the death toll from Israel's military operations in the country had risen to 3,768 ...
The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon.
Shortly after Hamas sparked the ongoing war in Gaza with its Oct. 7 attack, its Hezbollah allies began firing rockets and drones at Israel from their strongholds across the border in southern Lebanon.
17 September: Hours after the Security Cabinet of Israel declares that returning the residents of the north of Israel to their homes is a new goal of the war, Hezbollah pagers explode throughout Lebanon and Syria, killing 12 and injuring 2,750. Both militants and civilians among the killed, and injured.
This timeline begins on the day of the Lebanon pager explosions, and ends prior to the 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement. Explosions of Hezbollah pagers and walkie talkies (17–18 September 2024) 20 September 2024 Beirut attack (20 September 2024) September 2024 Lebanon strikes (major escalation beginning 23 September 2024)