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[1] [2] In June 1982, Israel invaded Lebanon in response to attacks from southern Lebanon by Palestinian militants. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) occupied the southern half of Lebanon as far as the capital city Beirut, together with allied Maronite Christian paramilitaries involved in the Lebanese Civil War. The IDF left Beirut on 29 ...
The South Lebanon conflict was an armed conflict that took place in Israeli-occupied southern Lebanon from 1982 [1] or 1985 [citation needed] until Israel's withdrawal in 2000. Hezbollah , along with other Shia Muslim and left-wing guerrillas, fought against Israel and its ally, the Catholic Christian -dominated South Lebanon Army (SLA).
Israel suffered 42 civilian deaths as a result of prolonged rocket attacks being launched into northern Israel causing the displacement of half a million Israelis. [78] Normal life across much of Lebanon and northern Israel was disrupted, in addition to the deaths in combat. A United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect on 14 August 2006 ...
The withdrawal was prompted by intense military pressure from Israeli forces, [5] which had launched a large-scale invasion of Lebanon in June 1982, dubbed by them 'Operation Peace for Galilee'. Israel's objective was to expel the PLO, which had established a stronghold in southern Lebanon and was launching attacks into northern Israel.
The Israel-Hezbollah deal is not a triumph of diplomacy but a devastating chapter for Lebanon. Israel and Iran emerge with strategic gains, while Lebanon lies shattered, its people left to suffer ...
Israel’s apparently impending ground incursion into Lebanon will drive home a new strategic reality of a year of war — the once-mighty US is powerless to rein in its ally or to influence other ...
Israel and Lebanon have accepted a proposal to end the 13-month border conflict that spiraled into an all-out war with Hezbollah. Here are the details about the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire deal
Southern Lebanon. Southern Lebanon (Arabic: جنوب لبنان, romanized: janoub lubnan) is the area of Lebanon comprising the South Governorate and the Nabatiye Governorate. The two entities were divided from the same province in the early 1990s. The Rashaya and Western Beqaa districts, the southernmost districts of the Beqaa Governorate.