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A 14-month-long conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel. The conflict escalated into a prolonged exchange of bombardments, leading to extensive displacement in Israel and Lebanon.
Lebanon is a small country with a population of about 5.5 million people, which borders Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It is about 170km ...
Wednesday 25 September saw Hezbollah aim a long-range missile at Israel’s capital Tel Aviv, the deepest into the country the group has attempted to attack. On the same day, Israel targeted ...
[40] [41] The border between Israel and Lebanon was at this time was nicknamed the Good Fence. Fearing loss of commercial access to the port of Beirut, in June 1976 Syria intervened in the civil war to support the Maronite dominated government, [42] and by October had 40,000 troops stationed within Lebanon. Map showing power balance in Lebanon ...
On 23 September 2024, Israel began a series of airstrikes in Lebanon as part of the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict with an operation it code-named Northern Arrows. [a] Since then, Israel's attacks have killed over 800 people, [5] injured more than 5,000, [2] [6] [7] and displaced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians.
Israel launched an intense barrage of airstrikes across swathes of Lebanon on Monday in what was the deadliest day for the country since at least the 2006 war fought between Israel and the ...
Israel stated that it had been attacking in Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah's military capabilities so that they no longer pose a threat to it. [89] [90] At the start of the invasion, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) withdrew from parts of the Blue Line. [91] On 27 November, the ceasefire agreement came into effect.
The Israel Defense Forces announced the beginning of it said would be "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids" against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Monday, after about two weeks of blistering ...