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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.
Since then, Hezbollah and Israel have been involved in cross-border military exchanges that have displaced entire communities in Israel and Lebanon, with significant damage to buildings and land along the border. From 7 October 2023 to 20 September 2024, there were 10,200 cross border attacks, of which Israel launched 8,300. [113]
Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and militant organization that was established in Lebanon in 1985, has been involved in a long-running conflict with Israel as part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict.
Hezbollah has indicated it will give the pact a chance, but one of the group’s leaders told Al Jazeera the group’s support for the deal hinged on certainty that Israel would not renew its attacks.
The agreement largely tracks UN Security Council resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and Hezbollah. Under resolution 1701, areas south of the Litani should be free of any ...
Earlier last week, Israel was linked to the high-tech attack on Hezbollah militants in Lebanon that killed at least 37 people and injured more than 2,700. Israel has not commented on the attack ...
Cambanis, Thanassis, A Privilege to Die, Inside Hezbollah's Legions and Their Endless War Against Israel, Free Press, New York, 2010; Crooke, Alastair and Mark Perry, HOW HEZBOLLAH DEFEATED ISRAEL, Asia Times; PART 1: Winning the intelligence war, 12 October 2006 PART 2: Winning the ground war, 13 October 2006 PART 3: The political war, 14 ...
The battle of Maroun al-Ras became a watershed in the Lebanon war. After realizing that the standing army was not enough to defeat Hezbollah, Israel finally decided on July 22 to call in the reserves. [18] This decision increased the options available to Israel and would eventually lead to the decision at the end of July to commence ground ...