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A 14-month-long conflict between the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israel began on 8 October 2023, when Hezbollah launched rockets and artillery at Israeli positions following the 7 October Hamas-led attack on Israel. The conflict escalated into a prolonged exchange of bombardments, leading to extensive displacement in Israel and Lebanon.
Lebanon is a small country with a population of about 5.5 million people, which borders Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west. It is about 170km ...
In response to Palestinian attacks from Lebanon, Israel invaded the country in 1978 and again in 1982. After this it occupied southern Lebanon until 2000, while fighting a guerrilla conflict against Shia paramilitaries. After Israel's withdrawal, Hezbollah attacks sparked the 2006 Lebanon War.
On the same day, Israel targeted mountains north of Lebanon’s capital Beirut for the first time in the war. The country’s forces are now reportedly preparing for a possible ground operation.
Prior to the incursions, Israel had conducted major attacks in Lebanon including an attack on pagers and electronic devices, [83] [84] [85] and assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. [ 86 ] [ 87 ] Israel had also conducted an aerial bombing campaign throughout Lebanon, killing over 800 Lebanese people in one week in late September ...
The Israel Defense Forces announced the beginning of it said would be "limited, localized, and targeted ground raids" against Hezbollah in Lebanon on Monday, after about two weeks of blistering ...
On 23 September 2024, Israel began a series of airstrikes in Lebanon as part of the ongoing Israel–Hezbollah conflict with an operation it code-named Northern Arrows. [a] Since then, Israel's attacks have killed over 800 people, [5] injured more than 5,000, [2] [6] [7] and displaced hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilians.
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 ...