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2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict (Arab-Israeli conflict)
Part of the 2006 Middle East conflict
File:54995.jpg An IDF M109 self-propelled howitzer fires into Southern Lebanon
Date 12 July 2006 — present Location Lebanon and northern Israel Result Ongoing
Belligerents
File:Flag of Hezbollah.svg Hezbollah	Israel	Lebanon
Commanders and leaders
Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General)	Dan Halutz (CoS) Udi Adam (Regional)	Michel Sulaiman (CoS)
Casualties and losses
Militia: 80 killed Amal militia: 8 killed Israel claims 400 killed and 7 captured	Civilians: 35 killed 1,293 injured (875 treated for shock) 300,000 displaced Soldiers: 45 killed 154 wounded 2 captured	Civilians:> 577 killed One million displaced Soldiers: 28 killed 73 wounded
Other casualties See Casualties

The 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict is a series of ongoing military actions and clashes in northern Israel and Lebanon between Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The conflict came in the context of a larger Middle East conflict, and two weeks after the start of the 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict, which continues in parallel.

Triggered by a cross-border Hezbollah raid and diversionary shelling into Israel which resulted in the capture of two and killing of three Israeli soldiers, the conflict expanded to include massive Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon and Hezbollah rocket attacks on Northern Israel, as well as an air and naval blockade of Lebanon, and an Israeli armour and infantry invasion of Southern Lebanon.

The conflict has caused the death of hundreds of civilians, widespread infrastructure damage in Lebanon, and has displaced more than a million people and disrupted normal life across most of Lebanon and the northern parts of Israel. Israeli and Hezbollah attacks on civilian population centers and infrastructure have both drawn sharp criticism internationally.

The United States and France recently backed a United Nations Security Council ceasefire resolution that calls for the disarmament of all groups in Lebanon besides the Lebanese Army and an international force that would protect the border with Israel. Lebanon has rejected the proposed resolution, as it does not call for immediate Israeli withdrawal from Southern Lebanon, nor for an immediate cease-fire.

Beginning of conflict

According to numerous sources, 9:05 AM local time on 12 July 2006, a ground contingent of Hezbollah militants attacked two Israeli armored Humvees on a routine patrol along the Israel-Lebanon border near the Israeli village of Zar'it with anti-tank rockets, capturing two Israeli soldiers, and killing three. Five others were killed later on the Lebanese side of the border on 12 July during a mission to rescue the two captured soldiers. In an initial report the Lebanese police force stated that the Israeli soldiers were attacked and captured on the Lebanese side of the border on 12 July during a mission to infiltrate the Lebanese town of Ayta al-Sha`b, though the U.N, EU, G8, and prominent news agencies have characterized the Hezbollah action as "cross-border". However, the question of on which side of the border the clash took place remains in dispute, with many international press reporting that the Israelis were taken on Lebanese soil.

The IDF confirmed the capture of the two Israeli soldiers on 13 July and identified them as Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, both reservists who were on their last day of operational duty.

Hezbollah's attack was named Operation Truthful Promise, after a "promise" by its leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah to capture Israeli soldiers and swap them for Samir Kuntar and other Lebanese prisoners held by Israel.

Hezbollah released a statement saying "Implementing our promise to free Arab prisoners in Israeli jails, our strugglers have captured two Israeli soldiers in southern Lebanon". Later on, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah declared: “No military operation will return them… The prisoners will not be returned except through one way: indirect negotiations and a trade of prisoners.”

Israeli action

Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert declared the attack by Hezbollah’s military wing an “act of war,” and promised Lebanon a “very painful and far-reaching response.”CNN reported that "The Israeli Cabinet authorized "severe and harsh" retaliation on Lebanon . . . Israel's chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz, told Israel's Channel 10, "If the soldiers are not returned, we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years." Retired Israeli army Col. Gal Luft, a former commander in the town of Ramallah, said: "Israel is attempting to create a rift between the Lebanese population and Hezbollah supporters by exacting a heavy price from the elite in Beirut. The message is: If you want your air conditioning to work and if you want to be able to fly to Paris for shopping, you must pull your head out of the sand and take action toward shutting down Hezbollah-land."

Israel said it held the Beirut government responsible for the attack, but Prime Minister Fuad Siniora denied any knowledge of the raid and stated that he did not condone it. An emergency meeting of the Lebanese government reaffirmed this position.

Early on 13 July 2006 Israel sent IAF jets to bomb Lebanon's international airport near Beirut, forcing its closure and diverting its arriving flights to Cyprus. Israel is now imposing an air and sea blockade on Lebanon, and has bombed the main Beirut–Damascus highway.

The Israeli Air Force has carried out nearly 2,000 bombing sorties across Lebanon, especially targeting transportation infrastructure such as roads and bridges. Israel says these missions are essential for weakening Hezbollah's rocket-launching capability.Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Dan Halutz said that the ground operations would be limited.

On 23 July 2006, Israeli land forces crossed into Lebanon in the Maroun al-Ras area, which overlooks several other sites said to have been used as launch pads for Hezbollah rockets.

On 25 July IDF forces attacked Bint Jbeil, an important Hezbollah stronghold opposite the Israeli border. On 27 July, Hezbollah ambushed the Israelis and killed 8 soldiers, though Israel says it also inflicted heavy losses on Hezbollah. By 29 July, the bulk of the combat had ended, and Israel withdrew its battle-weary troops and left the town.

On 1 August Israeli commandos landed in Baalbeck. Troops had landed near Dar al-Himkeh hospital west of Baalbeck as part of a 'widescale operation' in the area.

Hezbollah rocket campaign

On 14 July, following Israeli bombing raids on Lebanon that killed 60 civilians Nasrallah said, addressing Israel: "You wanted an open war, and we are heading for an open war. We are ready for it."

After the Israeli initial response, Hezbollah declared an all-out military alert, and said it had 13,000 rockets capable of hitting towns and installations far into northern Israel. As a result, Defense Minister Peretz told commanders to prepare civil defense plans and many of the nearly 1,000,000 civilians living in Northern Israel have been sent to bomb shelters or fled their homes to other parts of the country. Hezbollah continued to fire hundreds of Katyusha rockets into northern Israel's towns and cities, including Nahariya, Safed, Hatzor HaGlilit, Rosh Pina, Kiryat Shmona, and Karmiel, and numerous small agricultural villages.

Hezbollah attacks have hit as far south as Hadera, as well as Israel's third largest city, Haifa, and the Jezreel Valley cities of Nazareth and Afula. Al-Manar has reported that the Hezbollah attack included a Fajr-3 and a Ra'ad 1 liquid-fuel missiles, developed by Iran. One of the attacks hit a railroad repair depot, killing eight workers; Hezbollah claimed that this attack was aimed at a large Israeli fuel storage plant adjacent to the railway facility. The plant has not been hit to date. Haifa is home to many strategically valuable facilities such as shipyards and oil refineries.

On 25 July Nasrallah has announced the launch of the "second phase of our struggle" in which his long-range rockets would "go beyond Haifa," Israel's third-largest city. Israeli officials have been bracing for possible rocket attacks on Tel Aviv, which would mark a major escalation in the conflict. On 29 July in a televised address to the Lebanese nation Nasrallah said:

"I tell the Lebanese that no one among you should be afraid of the victory of the resistance.. I assert that the victory will be for all of Lebanon, for every Arab, Muslim and honorable Christian, who stood with Lebanon and defended it."

30 July reportedly saw 140-146 rockets fired from Hezbollah positions into Israel- the most fired on a single day since IDF Operation Change Direction began. On 2 August Rockets also landed near the town of Beit Shean, about 70 kilometers (43 miles) from the border _ the deepest penetration so far. Reports of rocket attacks reached 300 striking 15 targets inside Israel despite the IDF's claim that the three-week offensive in Lebanon had eroded Hezbollah's firepower.

On 3 August, which saw eight Israeli civilians killed by rocket attacks, Nasrallah explicitly warned Israel "if you hit our capital we will hit your capital Tel Aviv". Israel has yet to strike the central part of Beirut. IBA military correspondent cited a "most senior IDF source" who stated in response that "if Tel Aviv is attacked, the national infrastructure of Lebanon will be destroyed." In his 3 August speech, Nasrallah stated for the first time, however, that if Israel ceases aerial and artillery strikes of Lebanese towns and villages, Hezbollah will stop its rocket campaign. On August 4, Israel attacked the southern outskirts of Beirut, and later in the day, Hezbollah launched rockets at the Hadera region, its southernmost rocket attack to date.

Targeting of civilian areas

Louise Arbour, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, expressed "grave concern over the continued killing and maiming of civilians in Lebanon, Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory." She suggested that the actions of Israel and Hezbollah may constitute war crimes, a belief shared by Human Rights Watch.Arbour called for Israel to obey a "principle of proportionality" and said, "indiscriminate shelling of cities constitutes a foreseeable and unacceptable targeting of civilians … Similarly, the bombardment of sites with alleged military significance, but resulting invariably in the killing of innocent civilians, is unjustifiable." has also condemned both sides for attacks on civilians.Robert Fisk wrote on August 2, "The obscene score-card for death in this latest war now stands as follows: 508 Lebanese civilians, 46 Hizbollah guerrillas, 26 Lebanese soldiers, 36 Israeli soldiers and 19 Israeli civilians.In other words, Hizbollah is killing more Israeli soldiers than civilians and the Israelis are killing far more Lebanese civilians than they are guerrillas."

Amnesty International has warned against the use of depleted uranium and white phosphorus by the IDF, while Lebanon has accused Israel of using the weapons, in violation of international law (Protocol III of the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons). Israel has also been accused of using cluster munitions, while Hezbollah has been accused of violating international law by using rockets packed with metal ball bearings. "Lobbing rockets blindly into civilian areas is without doubt a war crime," said Kenneth Roth, executive director of Human Rights Watch. "Most of the attacks appear to have been directed at civilian areas and have hit pedestrians, hospitals, schools, homes and businesses."

Strikes on Lebanon's civilian population and infrastructure include Beirut airport, sea ports, a lighthouse, grain silos, bridges, roads, factories, medical and relief trucks, mobile telephone and television stations, fuel containers and service stations, and the country's largest dairy farm Liban Lait. There have been reports of incidents involving attacks on residential buildings, ambulances, fleeing civilians, and United Nations posts and personnel,. The Israeli government insists these attacks are accidental.

On 30 July 2006 an Israeli airstrike hit next to a residential building in Qana housing refugees which subsequently collapsed. 28 people died, 16 of which were children, and 13 are missing according to Human Rights Watch. Israel said it was near Hezbollah rocket launching sites and raised questions about a nearly eight hour gap between the bombing and the building's collapse; Senior Emergencies Researcher for Human Rights Watch, Peter Bouckaert, states that "Not only has Israel failed to distinguish between military and civilian targets; its own officials suggest that they have decided any civilian still in the south is fair game."

On 4 August 2006, at least 30 farm workers were killed and 30 more injured in an Israeli airstrike on the village of Qaa, in the northeast Bekaa valley near the Syrian border. The casualties, mostly Syrian, were evacuated to hospitals in Syria, since the roads within Lebanon have been closed as a result of Israeli bombing.

Hezbollah has fired rockets at civilian targets throughout the conflict, landing in all major cities of northern Israel including Haifa, Nazareth, Tiberias, Nahariya, Safed, Afula Kiryat Shmona, Beit She'an, Karmiel, and Maalot, and dozens of kibbutzim, moshavim, and Druze and Arab villages, as well as the northern West Bank. It also hit a hospital in Safed in northern Galilee on the 18th of July, wounding 8. Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah defended the rocket attacks, saying "In the beginning, we started to act calmly, we focused on Israel military bases and we didn't attack any settlement, However, since the first day, the enemy attacked Lebanese towns and murdered civilians—Hezbollah militants had destroyed military bases, while the Israelis killed civilians and targeted Lebanon's infrastructure."

Advance warnings of attacks by Israel

Israel has defended its bombing raids, pointing out that it drops leaflets warning civilians to leave the area before it attacks. However, these advance warnings have come under criticism for being used as an excuse to kill citizens who didn't leave. It was claimed by the Israeli Justice Minister Haim Ramon on 26 July that any civilians remaining in South Lebanon after being issued such leaflets should be considered "terrorists".

The International Committee of the Red Cross said in a 30 July statement on the IDF's attack on Qana: "Issuing advance warning to the civilian population of impending attacks in no way relieves a warring party of its obligations under the rules and principles of international humanitarian law. In particular, the principles of distinction and proportionality must be respected at all times..."

Environmental consequences of attacks

• IDF strikes on the Jiyeh power plant on 13 July and 15 July caused 25,000 tonnes of oil to spill into the Mediterranean and constitutes an environmental disaster for the region. At present a 10km wide oil slick covers 80km of Lebanon's and 10km of Syria's coastline, moving north towards towards Turkey and Cyprus. The slick is reportedly causing breathing problems, killing fish, and threatening the habitat of the endangered green sea turtle.

• The Jerusalem Post reported that depleted uranium GBU-28 "bunker buster" munitions are in use by the IDF against civilian infrastructure which the IDF claim houses Hezbollah. The use of these munitions has been criticised by Amnesty International because of their toxic legacy of contamination which affects all those who come into contact with the pollution indiscriminately.

• Hezbollah rockets have caused numerous forest fires inside Northern Israel.

Historical background

Israeli-Lebanon conflict

The history of conflict between Israel and Lebanon began in 1947, when Lebanon's founding Prime Minister Riad as-Solh sparked the Arab League decision to enter the 1948 Arab-Israeli War and sent his army into the disintegrating British Mandate of Palestine. The army was defeated, and retreated back into Lebanon, where it signed an armistice that lasted until shortly after the 1967 Six Day War.

After the war, and following the Black September in Jordan, over 110,000 Palestinian refugees migrated to Lebanon, making up over 400,000 refugees today. . By 1975, they numbered more than 300,000, creating an informal state-within-a-state in South Lebanon. The PLO became a powerful force and played an important role in the Lebanese Civil War. In response to numerous attacks launched from southern Lebanon, Israel invaded in 1978 in an attempt to rout out Palestinian militants. As a result the United Nations passed UN Resolutions 425 and 426, which called for the immediate withdrawal of Israeli forces and an end to military action in Lebanon.

At the end of the operation, Israeli forces withdrew from Lebanon, leaving behind a UNIFIL force. Israel invaded again four years later in 1982, forcing PLO forces out of Lebanon (mostly to Tunisia), and Israel occupied the southern part of the country. A US brokered peace treaty was ratified by the Lebanese parliament in 1983, but President Amine Gemayel decided against signing in 1984. In 1985, Israel withdrew its forces from parts of Lebanon and remained in a 4–6 kilometre (2.5–3.75 mi) deep strip of southern Lebanon, described by Israel as a "security zone" which it justified as a protective measure to defend its northern towns against Hezbollah attacks. This occupation lasted until 2000. On 24 May2000 after the collapse of the South Lebanon Army and the rapid advance of Hezbollah forces, Israel withdrew its troops from southern Lebanon.

The SLA's equipment and positions in South Lebanon largely fell into the hands of Hezbollah, which has put considerable effort into fortifying the former security zone and establishing new firing positions. Since then, Hezbollah has repeatedly attacked Israeli military positions, whilst Israel has carried out numerous attacks aimed at striking Hezbollah bases (see Hezbollah activities).

Previous prisoner exchanges

Over the last 30 years, Israel has released about 7,000 prisoners to secure freedom for 19 Israelis and to retrieve the bodies of eight others. In October 2000, Hezbollah captured three IDF soldiers who were killed either during the operation or in its immediate aftermath at Shebaa Farms, and kidnapped an Israeli businessman who was a former army colonel Elchanan Tenenbaum in Kuwait. A prisoner swap was carried out on 29 January 2004: 30 Lebanese and Arab prisoners, the remains of 59 Lebanese militants and civilians, 400 Palestinian prisoners for Tenenbaum and the remains of the three soldiers. Hezbollah requested that maps showing Israeli mines in South Lebanon be included as part of the exchange.

Hezbollah

Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shi'a Muslim Islamist organization formed in 1982 "primarily to offer resistance to the Israeli occupation." Hezbollah's political rhetoric has consistently called for the destruction of Israel. Hezbollah is considered by many western countries to be a terrorist organization.

It has a military and civilian wing, the latter participating in the Lebanese parliament, currently with 18% of the seats (23 out of 128) and the bloc it forms with others, the "Resistance and Development Bloc", a little less than 30% for a total of 35 seats (see Lebanese general election, 2005). It is a minority partner in the current Cabinet.

Casualties

Entity	Civilian	Military
Lebanon	828-833 dead, 2,145-3,200 wounded. 1,000,000 displaced	27 dead, 70 wounded
Israel	35 dead, over 600 wounded, 300,000 displaced	45 dead 136 wounded.
File:Flag of Hezbollah.svg Hezbollah		47 dead confirmed by Hezbollah
File:Amal movement.jpg Amal		8 dead confirmed by Amal
Syria	17 dead
Argentina	1 dead.
Australia		1 dead. Dual citizen, serving as Israeli soldier
Austria	1 dead.
Brazil	6 dead.
Canada	8 dead, 6 wounded.
Germany	4 dead.
India	1 dead.
Indonesia	1 dead.
Iraq	1 dead.
Jordan	1 dead.
Kuwait	2 dead.
Nigeria	1 dead.
Palestine	1 dead
Philippines	2 dead, 6 wounded.
Sri Lanka	1 dead.
Ukraine	1 dead.
United States	1 dead.
United Nations	2 dead	4 dead, 8 wounded. See main article
Total	900+ dead, 3600+ wounded.	150+ dead, 200+ wounded.

Position of Lebanon

While Israel holds the Lebanese government responsible for the Hezbollah attacks due to Lebanon’s failure to implement Resolution 1559 calling on it to disarm Hezbollah, Lebanon disavows the raids, stating that the government of Lebanon does not condone them, and that in any case Israel has its own history of disregarding inconvenient (or impossible) UN resolutions. An emergency meeting of the Lebanese government reaffirmed this position. Almost immediately after hostilities began, Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora called for a ceasefire. On 14 July, following a phone call between Siniora and President Bush, the Prime Minister’s office issued the statement that “Prime Minister Siniora called on President Bush to exert all his efforts on Israel to stop its aggression on Lebanon, reach a comprehensive ceasefire and lift its blockade.”

The next day, in a televised message to the Lebanese people, and afterwards in an interview with CNN, Siniora said “We call for an immediate ceasefire backed by the United Nations.”

Negotiations for ceasefire

Terms for a ceasefire have been drawn and revised several times, yet have not been successfully agreed upon by the two sides. Hezbollah has maintained that it insists on an unconditional ceasefire , while Israel has insisted that it will agree to a ceasefire only under certain conditions, including the return of two captured Israeli soldiers.

The United Nations Security Council frequently rejected pleas from Lebanon that it call for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported the U.S. was the sole member of the 15-nation UN body to oppose any council action at all at this time.

International reaction

International reactions to the conflict have included widespread concern over current damage and over the possible escalation of the crisis, as well as mixed support and criticism of both Hezbollah and Israel. A number of nations, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia and Canada, have asserted Israel's right to self-defense. Further, the United States authorized Israel's request for the expedited processing and shipment of precision-guided bombs to Israel. The United States did not announce the shipment publicly. The majority (10) of the UN Security Council members have demanded an immediate cease-fire through a UN draft resolution, which was vetoed by the US and abstained from by 4 nations (UK, Peru, Slovakia, Denmark).

The EU has warned Israel about disproportionate attacks against Lebanon. In addition spokespersons from the United Nations, the European Union, the Organization of Islamic Conference and an assortment of human rights organizations have condemned Israel for its “disproportionate” response to Hezbollah’s attacks.

Neighboring Middle Eastern nations have been split in their response. Iran, Syria and Yemen have voiced strong support for Hezbollah, and the Arab League has issued a statement condemning Israel's response. Iran has been reported as promising to supply a steady supply of weapons `"for the next stage of the confrontation". In addition, Tehran reportedly sends Hezbollah $60-100 million per year. In contrast, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Jordan criticized Hezbollah's actions, as well as Iran and Syria for extending support to the organization, although they are under pressure to change their stance.

Protests and demonstrations have been held worldwide, and there have been numerous newspaper advertising campaigns, text and email appeals and on-line petitions . Naveed Afzal Haq reportedly cited the conflict as the reason for his alleged shooting at the Jewish Federation building in Seattle.

Various foreign governments have stepped in to assist in the evacuation of civilians ; of their citizens from Lebanon.

The Israeli bombing of an apartment building in Qana on 30 July has led to widespread condemnation from around the world. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice expressed the Unites States' desire for a mutually acceptable ceasefire as soon as possible but declined to call for an immediate halt to hostilities.

See also

Template:Campaignbox Arab-Israeli conflict

• 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict
• Israel-United States relations
• History of Lebanon
• History of Israel
• May 17 Agreement 1980s prospective peace agreement
• Arab-Israeli conflict
• Multinational Force in Lebanon in 1982
• History of the Middle East
• Views of the Arab-Israeli conflict
• International law and the Arab-Israeli conflict
• Arab-Israeli conflict facts, figures, and statistics
• July 2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting

External links

Independent media

• United Nations Interim Forces In Lebanon, including maps of the UN deployment
• BBC News: Middle East Crisis in depth
• Human Rights Watch report: Israel's Indiscriminate Attacks Against Civilians in Lebanon
• JURIST: Legal news and resources on the conflict
• Google Earth layer
• MOSAIC: World News from the Middle East, Peabody Award-winning site that provides a daily compilation of news broadcasts (translated and dubbed where needed) from news agencies throughout the Middle East
• ABC News: The Middle East Conflict
• CTV News: Mideast Crisis
• MEMRI.ORG: Relevant Clips from Arab TV
• New York Times: Interactive map updated daily
• The Guardian - Israel & the Middle East
• History Will Judge Us All On Our Actions

Pro-Israeli media

• Yedioth Ahronoth - Israel at War
• Israel Insider - Security

Pro-Lebanese media

• Lebanon under Siege - Lebanese government
• Roadmap to Victory - The Center for Democracy in Lebanon

Pro-Hezbollah media

• Al-Manar TV - Hezbollah TV station.

Blog Reporting

Israeli blogs

• The Muqata جميل في المقاطعة — Israel@War: Special Edition at the Mukataa blog
• Kishkushim — Written mainly by Carmia, a resident of Haifa
• Idan Gazit — A New York born Israeli immigrant

Lebanese blogs

• BloggingBeirut.com — Finkployd's and other's regular war dispatches from Beirut, as featured in the New York Times
• Live from Lebanon Diaries — "Commentary, analysis, human rights and development information, and diaries from on the ground"
• Lebanese Political Journal — In-depth analysis on the political situation in Lebanon
• Beirut Spring — Personal commentary on the conflict, "trying to understand post-Syrian Lebanese politics and society"

Front-line photographs

Warning: Extremely graphic wartime imagery

• CNN Photographs of the Israel Airstrike on Qana — Graphic photographs of Lebanese civilian casualties at the 2006 Qana airstrike
• Google map of Haret Hreik — Satellite photograph of the Haret Hreik neighborhood in the Daheih district of Beirut, Lebanon, before the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict.
• DigitalGlobe photograph of Haret Hreik — Satellite photograph of the Haret Hreik neighborhood, 22 July 2006.
• From Israel To Lebanon — Photographs of Lebanese civilian targets and casualties.
• Images of war in Israel — Graphic photographs of Israeli military and civilian casualties.
• Pictures From Qana — Graphic photographs of Lebanese civilian casualties at the 2006 Qana airstrike.

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• Current events
• 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
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• Arab-Israeli conflict
• Israeli-Palestinian conflict
• Battles of Israel
• Hezbollah
• History of Israel
• History of Lebanon
• Israel Defense Forces Operations