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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.
On October 31, 2006, eight Israeli F-15s flew over many areas of Lebanon, including Beirut. [ 177 ] [ 178 ] The IAF jets also flew over a French peacekeeper position in Lebanon. According to the French Defense Minister Michele Alliot-Marie , the planes came in at what was interpreted as an attack position, and the peacekeepers were "seconds ...
By August 13, 2006, Hezbollah had fired about 3,900 rockets into Israel during the 34 days of the 2006 Lebanon War, killing 44 Israeli civilians and 106 soldiers including 12 reserve soldiers, and wounding some 1400 civilians. [15] According to another report a total of 4,228 Hezbollah rockets hit Israel.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. There were many casualties in the 2006 Lebanon War, leading to condemnation of both sides, however the exact distribution of casualties has been disputed. The Lebanese Higher Relief Council (HRC), UNICEF, and various press agencies and news organizations have stated that most of those killed were ...
The UN resolution envisages sending a force of up to 15,000 to south Lebanon by 4 November 2006 to help a similar number of Lebanese troops police a weapons-free border zone. [37] Syria. Syrian leaders have been angered by an Israeli demand for international troops to deploy on the Lebanese-Syrian border to stop arms smuggling to Hezbollah. [37 ...
The 2006 war, six years after Israeli forces that had occupied southern Lebanon withdrew, erupted after Hezbol With another setback for cease-fire talks, worries of full-scale war for Israel and ...
Aftermath of IDF airstrike on UN patrol base Khiam, Lebanon, 2006 The entrance to the UN base where four UN peacekeepers were killed during the 2006 Lebanon conflict. During the 2006 July War, a number of international incidents occurred in Lebanon, largely involving United Nations personnel who have come under a number of attacks by Israeli ...
The 2006 Lebanon War also ended with a cease-fire known as United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. As with U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1559 and 1680, the international community ...