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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.
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.
Israeli troops landed near the eastern Lebanese town of Baalbek, Lebanese security sources said, and the Israeli military also engaged in fierce fighting with Hezbollah forces just across the border with Lebanon. Israeli aircraft flew support missions as troops hit the ground about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Baalbek in the Bekaa Valley ...
A visual guide to the latest developments in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. ... last war in 2006, the area south of the Litani should be free of any armed personnel or weapons other ...
Impose blockade on Lebanon. Israel. Israel imposes an air and sea blockade on Lebanon. Israeli fighters attack the Beirut–Damascus Highway, closing the country's main artery and further isolating Lebanon from the outside world. [16] [17] Attack at 7:45 on Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport – two main runways damaged.
The conflict began on July 12 when 8 Israeli soldiers were killed and a further two were captured during a cross-border attack. At approximately 9 am local time, [1] Hezbollah's military wing launched a barrage of rockets and mortars on the northern Israeli town of Shlomi, apparently as a diversion.
Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a U.S.-brokered 60-day ceasefire that calls for a phased Israeli military pullout after more than a year of war, in keeping with a 2006 U.N. Security Council ...
The Security Council expects southern Lebanon to be free "of any Hezbollah presence," he said. [36] Media reports say Israel plans to stop fighting in Lebanon at 7 am. Monday (midnight ET). But Reuters news agency quoted a senior Israeli official as saying that troops will continue battling Hezbollah in areas where the IDF is operating. [38]