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After the war, Israel continued to hold borderland buffer zone in southern Lebanon with the aid of proxy militants in the South Lebanon Army (SLA). [79] In 2000, Israel withdrew from South Lebanon to the UN-designated and internationally recognized Blue Line border. [80] Hezbollah quickly took control of the area.
"Whatever Israel intends by this string of attacks on Hezbollah, this is not what de-escalation looks like," Eugene Rogan, a professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of Oxford ...
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [25] [26] [27] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [28] the permit regime, Palestinian ...
Tensions between Israel and the occupied West Bank have steadily increased since the 7 October 2023 attacks, which killed about 1,200 people and seized about 251 hostages. Since the attack about 40 Israeli citizens and security forces have been killed in attacks in both Israel and the occupied West Bank .
The holy city of Jerusalem, a tinderbox of competing religious and political claims, has repeatedly triggered bouts of Israeli-Palestinian violence. This time around, there have been some ...
Israel killed his predecessor, Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi, in a helicopter attack. Nasrallah led Hezbollah when its guerrillas finally drove Israeli forces from southern Lebanon in 2000, ending an 18 ...
Israel responded by bombing a Hezbollah weapons manufacturing site in Lebanon. [60] Al Jazeera said the attack was significant given the conflict, [61] and the Institute for the Study of War suggested the strikes were coordinated with Iran. [3] Later, Iran and its proxies attacked Israel with about 300 drones and multiple ballistic missiles. [31]
U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Saturday said he was worried about escalation between Israel and Lebanon but that the Israeli killing of a top Hezbollah leader brought justice to ...