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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.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Israeli–Lebanese conflict Part of the Arab–Israeli conflict and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict Israel and Lebanon (regional map) Date 15 May 1948 – present (76 years, 8 months, 2 weeks and 5 days) Main phase: 1978–2000, 2006, 2023–present Location Israel and Lebanon Result General cease ...
On July 21, Israel continued airstrikes against Lebanon while massing troops on the border and calling up five battalions of army reservists (3000 reserves) for a possible ground invasion. Between 300 and 500 Israeli soldiers backed by 30 tanks were already believed to be over the border. [ 98 ]
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni said that U.N. resolution 1701 is "good for Israel" and "will change the rules of the game in Lebanon and the relationship between Israel and Lebanon as well." During the Cabinet meeting, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that with the resolution, "Hezbollah will no longer be a state within a state in ...
The 2006 Marjayoun convoy was a convoy of approximately 759 vehicles containing Lebanese police, army, civilians, and one Associated Press journalist, which was attacked by the Israeli Air Force (IAF) as it travelled away from the area of Marjayoun on August 11, 2006. Marjayoun is a predominantly Christian town about 8 km (5.0 mi) from the ...
Despite its biggest successes against Hezbollah in decades, Israel has indicated it is primed for a full-fledged invasion of Lebanon with the stated aim of enabling thousands of its citizens who ...
It did so in 2006 when Israel fought its last major war with Hezbollah, and again in 1982, when Israel invaded Lebanon and laid siege to Beirut to attack the Palestinian Liberation Organization ...
UNSC 1701 ended the month-long 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel and called for a full Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and that the Lebanese army and UN peacekeepers be the only armed ...