2006 Lebanon War - Wikipedia
The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War [40] 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), [43] was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the Golan ...
2006 Lebanon War | Summary, Casualties, Hezbollah, & Israel
6 days ago · 2006 Lebanon War, a war between Israel and Hezbollah that began on July 12, 2006, and ended on August 14. Its proximate cause was a cross-border attack by Hezbollah fighters that culminated with the kidnapping of a pair of …
On 12 July 2006, a well-trained, highly motivated detachment of Hezbollah* fighters crossed from southern Lebanon into northern Israel killing three Israeli soldiers and abducting two others.
Timeline: Lebanon conflict | News | Al Jazeera
Aug 20, 2006 · Israel bombs Lebanon’s ports and other sites across Lebanon. The attacks kill at least 35 people. Eighteen Lebanese civilians die when an Israeli rockets hit their van near the southern city...
Second Lebanon War: Background & Overview - Jewish Virtual Library
The Second Lebanon War was a month-long conflict between Israeli and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon during the summer of 2006. Instigated when Hezbollah guerrillas conducted a perfidious cross-border raid in which they killed eight Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and abducted two others, the war led to heavy losses on both sides of the ...
What is the Legacy of the 2006 Lebanon War? - Foreign Policy …
This war—which to the international community is known as the 2006 Lebanon War; to the Lebanese and their brethren as the July War; and to the Israelis as the Second Lebanon War—has legacies as discrete as it is names.
Amid a war in Lebanon, a photographer and her subject …
Oct 9, 2024 · In the aftermath of the 2006 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, photographer Rania Matar captured images of families whose homes were destroyed. Among her photos was one of a little girl she named Barbie Girl. Matar never saw her again until late last month, when Israel prepared to invade Lebanon once again, and she posted the image on her Instagram page.
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 2006: Lebanon war
May 6, 2008 · 2006: Lebanon war. Katyusha rockets fired from southern Lebanon into Israel. Israel had had experience of modern missile warfare in 1991, when Iraq fired Scud missiles at it during the war...
How the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war set the stage for 2024
Oct 2, 2024 · The 2006 war ended only when both sides adopted a United Nations Security Council resolution, which called for the disarmament of Hezbollah and the full withdrawal of the Israel Defense...
All Glory Is Fleeting: Insights from the Second Lebanon War - RAND
Aug 13, 2012 · This book reviews identified shortfalls in the Israeli Defense Forces' part in the 2006 Second Lebanon War, comments on sources of difficulties, and analyzes what lessons the conflict offers the U.S. military.