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Map of conflict as of July 14, 2006. In yellow is the Israeli blockade, in the red area regions of active conflict. The Israeli offensive into Lebanon continues, and for the first time the offices of Hezbollah are bombed. Hezbollah declares "open war". [33] [44]
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.
The proposal was the centerpiece of the government program that won him election in March 2006. But resurgent violence in Gaza, which Israel evacuated 2005, plus the Lebanon war appears to have dampened public enthusiasm for territorial withdrawals. The Maariv poll showed 73 percent of Israelis opposed future unilateral withdrawals.
11:07, 16 July 2006: 818 × 726 (288 KB) Mobius: oops, forgot West Bank..fixed shading: 10:58, 16 July 2006: 818 × 726 (284 KB) Mobius: Map of Combat Regions in the 2006 Israel-Lebanon Crisis. The Rregion of conflict is marked in red, while the Israeli naval blockade is highlighted in yellow. Based off of maps from CIA World Factbook.
Impose blockade on Lebanon. Israel. Israel imposes an air and sea blockade on Lebanon. Israeli fighters attack the Beirut–Damascus Highway, closing the country's main artery and further isolating Lebanon from the outside world. [16] [17] Attack at 7:45 on Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport – two main runways damaged.
Lebanon's population is 3,874,050.Their annual military expenditures are $540.6 million, which is 3.1% (2004) of GDP.Manpower fit for military service: males age 18-49 (821,762) and females age 18-49 (865,770) (2005 est.) United Nations Resolution 1559 calls for Hezbollah to be disarmed and the Lebanese Army to be deployed to southern Lebanon, which has not been implemented. [1]
Across Lebanon fear is gripping people who say they don’t want a repeat of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war or worse — a situation like Gaza where the death toll has surpassed 41,000.
At issue was Lebanon's proposal to send 15,000 troops into southern Lebanon—provided all of Israel's troops withdraw back into Israel—and to move a U.N. force into the disputed Shebaa Farms region, a sliver of land occupied by Israel that Lebanon claims but the United Nations has ruled belongs to Syria. A diplomatic source familiar with the ...