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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.
The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, [4] is a long-running conflict involving Israel, Lebanon-based paramilitary groups, and sometimes Syria. The conflict peaked during the Lebanese Civil War. In response to Palestinian attacks from Lebanon, Israel invaded the country in 1978 and again in 1982.
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 ...
The ceasefire attempts during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict started immediately, with Lebanon calling for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire already the day after the start of the war. Israel , however, strongly backed by the United States and the United Kingdom , insisted that there could be no ceasefire until Hezbollah's militia had ...
Diplomats at the United Nations and in Beirut stepped up efforts to secure a U.N. resolution for ending the war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is heading to the United Nations to push for a vote at the Security Council, a senior State Department official told. "There is still work to be done ...
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.
A visual guide to the latest developments in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. ... the last war in 2006, the area south of the Litani should be free of any armed personnel or weapons ...
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 ...