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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).
When negotiation efforts between Israel and Syria, the goal of which was to bring a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon as well, failed due to Syrian control of Lebanon until 2005, Barak led to the decision of withdrawal of the IDF to the Israeli border. With the mounting pressure on South Lebanon Army and the South Lebanon security belt ...
Lebanon is a former French mandate and Palestine / Israel a former British mandate, per the League of Nations. The 1949 agreement stated that the border would follow the 1923 line. [6] In 1923, 38 boundary markers were placed along the 49 mile border and a detailed text description was published.
South Lebanon conflict may refer to: Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982) 1978 South Lebanon conflict; South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) 2006 Lebanon War; 2023 Israel–Hamas war; 2023 Israel–Lebanon border conflict
That evening, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) and United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) withdrew from the Israeli-Lebanese border to the north to a distance of 5 kilometres (3.1 mi; 2.7 nmi) from the border, and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) declared that the communities of Metula, Misgav Am and Kfar Giladi are a closed military ...
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.
C.I.S.S. humanitarian staff with Italian UNIFIL soldiers in Lebanon UNIFIL Sisu Pasi in the snow, close to the Israeli border in South-Lebanon, 1998. As of 19 June 2018, UNIFIL employed 10,480 military personnel, including 500 women, from 41 countries. It is supported by 239 international civilian staff, including 78 women, and 583 national ...
On 14 March 1978, Israel launched Operation Litani, after the Coastal Road Massacre. Its stated goals were to push Palestinian militant groups, particularly the PLO, away from the border with Israel, and to bolster Israel's ally at the time, the South Lebanon Army, because of the attacks against Lebanese Christians and Jews and because of the relentless shelling into northern Israel.