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The State of Free Lebanon [1] (Arabic: دولة لبنان الحرة, Dawlat Lubnān al-Ḥurra) was an unrecognized separatist country in Lebanon.On 18 April 1979, Lebanese military officer Saad Haddad proclaimed the independence of a "Free Lebanon" out of the southernmost territory of Lebanon, amidst the hostilities of the Lebanese Civil War. [2]
Kfar Shouba is the second largest village in southern Lebanon, which also contains the largest number of young graduates in the Caza of Hasbaya. The Lebanese Army, as well as Hezbollah, say that Israel is still occupying the general area in which the village is located, known as the Kfarshouba Hills. [8] [9] It stands in mountainous terrain.
It is located about 5 km (3 miles) north of Nahariya. A national park, field school, and the ruins of the old village of Az-Zeeb, which was captured by the Carmeli Brigade during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, are located nearby. [3] The current site of Akhzivland is situated near the ancient port city of Achziv.
On 11 April 1996, Israel initiated Operation Grapes of Wrath, known in Lebanon as the April War, which repeated the pattern of Operation Accountability., [54] which was triggered by Hezbollah Katyusha rockets fired into Israel in response to the killing of two Lebanese by an IDF missile, and the killing of Lebanese boy by a road-side bomb.
Park near Nahal Ayyun Metula lies in the northernmost point of Israel , next to the Lebanese border 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) at 520 m above sea level. According to the Meteorological Service of Israel, the area of Metula is characterized by a Mediterranean climate, with an average annual rainfall of 800-900 mm and winter snows in some years.
Despite the Blue Line being respected as a de facto boundary, [8] there remains a border dispute that arose after Israel's withdrawal from territory it occupied in southern Lebanon in 2002, [9] with Lebanon arguing that Israel is still holding Lebanese lands, even though the United Nations certified the withdrawal.
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Lebanon did take part in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War against Israel, but Lebanon was the first Arab League nation to signal a desire for an armistice treaty with Israel in 1949. Lebanon did not participate in the Six-Day War in 1967, nor the Yom Kippur War in 1973 in any significant way, and until the early 1970s, Lebanon's border with Israel ...