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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.
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 ...
Wednesday 25 September saw Hezbollah aim a long-range missile at Israel’s capital Tel Aviv, the deepest into the country the group has attempted to attack. On the same day, Israel targeted ...
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.
Why is Israel attacking Lebanon? Hezbollah and Israel have been in conflict for decades – but the two have ramped up their cross-border attacks on each other since last October, when Israel’s ...
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 ...
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.
The attacks were retaliation for Hezbollah firing two rockets at Israeli-occupied territory – themselves a response to near-daily Israeli attacks on Lebanon beginning the day after a truce began ...