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The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, [ 4 ] is a series of military clashes 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 in 1978 and again in 1982.
Israel–Lebanon relations. Israel – Lebanon relations have experienced ups and downs since their establishment in the 1940s. Lebanon did take part in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War against Israel, but Lebanon was the first Arab League nation to signal a desire for an armistice treaty with Israel in 1949. Lebanon did not participate in the Six ...
Exchange of strikes between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been occurring along the Israel–Lebanon border and in Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 8 October 2023. It is currently the largest escalation of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict to have occurred since the 2006 Lebanon War, and part of the spillover ...
Hezbollah (/ ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː /; [ 44 ] Arabic: حزب الله, romanized:Ḥizbu 'llāh, pronounced [ħizbu‿lːaːh], lit.'Party of God') [ a ] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, [ 45 ][ 23 ] led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, [ 46 ...
Engagements between Israel and Hezbollah are a part of the wider Iran–Israel proxy conflict, including: South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000), in which Hezbollah was the primary force opposing Israel and the South Lebanon Army. 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict, a low-level border conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.
Lebanon (/ ˈ l ɛ b ə n ɒ n,-n ə n / ⓘ LEB-ə-non, -nən; Arabic: لُبْنَان, romanized: Lubnān, local pronunciation: [lɪbˈneːn]), officially the Republic of Lebanon, [c] is a country in the Levant region of West Asia, bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west; Cyprus lies a short distance from the country's coastline
The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War [39] and known in Lebanon as the July War [1] (Arabic: حرب تموز, Ḥarb Tammūz) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War [b] (Hebrew: מלחמת לבנון השנייה, Milhemet Levanon HaShniya), [40] was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Golan ...
The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, [20] [21] [22] began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon during the Lebanese Civil War. The Israelis sought to end Palestinian attacks from Lebanon , destroy the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in the country, and install a pro-Israel Maronite ...