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The United Nations Development Programme published a new report Tuesday suggesting that Israel's war against Hamas has set the Gaza Strip's development back by as much as 69 years.
The report stated that Hezbollah has kept the bulk of its forces in positions deeper inside Lebanon while only engaging in limited-contact attacks against the IDF at the frontlines, concluding that the group "retains effective command-and-control at least at the tactical level and possibly higher". [464]
The latest exchanges of fire came one day after Israel marked the anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 assault and as Israeli leaders planned their response to last week's Iranian ballistic missile attack.
Israel has launched a ground operation across its northern border into Lebanon targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, opening a new and dangerous phase in almost a year of war.
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Battle of Maroun al-Ras Part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon Israel Hezbollah presence in Lebanon Lebanese territories under Israeli control Areas ordered evacuated by Israel See here for a more detailed map. Date 2 October 2024 – present Location Maroun al-Ras, Lebanon Status Ongoing ...
The Shia militia formed with the goal of resisting Israeli forces in the early 1980s, and Israel did withdraw from southern Lebanon in 2000, with a popular Hezbollah in its wake.
Pierre Bou Assi, a member of the Lebanese Forces' Strong Republic bloc highlighted the kidnapping of two IDF soldiers which led to the 2006 Lebanon war saying, "Hassan Nasrallah promised, in early July, that the summer would be quiet and thriving—but a few days later, Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and the July war broke out". [564]
This was meant to ensure that Israeli troops leave Lebanon by the February 18 deadline. Eugenia Yosef, Nadeen Ebrahim, Pauline Lockwood, Tamara Qiblawi and Charbel Mallo contributed to this report.