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The South Lebanon conflict was an armed conflict that took place in Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon from 1982 [1] or 1985 [citation needed] until Israel's withdrawal in 2000. Hezbollah , along with other Shia Muslim and left-wing guerrillas, fought against Israel and its ally, the Catholic Christian -dominated South Lebanon Army (SLA).
An 80 meter deep Hezbollah tunnel seized by the IDF. Hezbollah's underground tunnels (or Hezbollah Tunnels Network or Hezbollah's Underground Facilities, Arabic: أنفاق حزب الله) refer to a network of underground passages [1] used by Hezbollah, primarily in southern Lebanon, along the Lebanon-Israel border. [2]
South Lebanon conflict may refer to: Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982) 1978 South Lebanon conflict; South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) 2006 Lebanon War; 2023 Israel–Hamas war; 2023 Israel–Lebanon border conflict
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.
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]
Fatima Gate, also known as the Good Fence Crossing, is a former border crossing between Lebanon and Israel.On the Lebanese side, it is close to the village of Kfar Kila [1] and on the Israeli side, it is west of Metula.
On 14 March 1978, Israel launched Operation Litani, after the Coastal Road Massacre. Its stated goals were to push Palestinian militant groups, particularly the PLO, away from the border with Israel, and to bolster Israel's ally at the time, the South Lebanon Army, because of the attacks against Lebanese Christians and Jews and because of the relentless shelling into northern Israel.
The South Lebanon Army (SLA) was a Lebanese Christian militia that was active during the Lebanese Civil War and its aftermath until its disbandment in 2000. It was originally named the Free Lebanon Army, which split from the Christian splinter faction of the Lebanese Army that was known as the Army of Free Lebanon.