Nadene Goldfoot
Hezbollah’s first attack on Israel as an organization occurred in 1985, shortly after its formal establishment, when it began launching guerrilla attacks and rocket fire against Israeli forces occupying southern Lebanon.
Since its formation, the conflict has evolved across several major timelines:
- Initial Conflicts (1985–2000): Conducted a protracted guerrilla war against Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, leading up to Israel's withdrawal. This lasted for 15 years.
- The 2006 Lebanon War: Began on July 12, 2006, when a Hezbollah cross-border raid ambushed Israeli soldiers, triggering a five-week war.
- The 2023–2024 Conflict: Hezbollah launched rockets into northern Israel on October 8, 2023, in the wake of the Hamas attacks on Israel, the big one that Israel will never get over or forgive, leading to major cross-border bombardments and an Israeli invasion in 2024.
- The 2026 Conflict Escalation: Following a nominally observed ceasefire in late 2024, Hezbollah resumed attacks on March 2, 2026, in retaliation for U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran and the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.
- Israel and Lebanon have remained in a continuous technical state of war since 1948. While their national armies occasionally engaged each other, major direct fighting has almost always involved third parties or Lebanese paramilitary groups like the Israeli–Lebanese conflict Wikipedia page outlines. The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, is a long-running conflict 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 the country in 1978 and again in 1982. After this it occupied southern Lebanon until 2000, while fighting a guerrilla conflict against Shia paramilitaries. After Israel's withdrawal, Hezbollah attacks sparked the 2006 Lebanon War. A new period of conflict began in 2023, leading to the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It seems that Israel was defending itself against Iran/Hezbollah on Lebanon's turf many a time.The most notable direct conflicts and incursions include:
- 1978 and 1982: Following attacks by Palestinian factions based in Lebanon, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) invaded southern Lebanon in 1978 and heavily invaded in 1982. The 1982 invasion involved the Lebanese National Movement and Syrian forces.
- The Lebanese National Movement (LNM) was a major coalition of leftist, pan-Arabist, and secular political parties active in Lebanon during the early years of the Lebanese Civil War (1975–1982). The LNM strongly advocated for the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and sought to dismantle the country's confessional political system.
- 2006: Following a cross-border attack by Hezbollah that killed and captured Israeli soldiers, a major 34-day war broke out between Israel and Hezbollah.
- 2023–2024: Following the October 7 attacks in southern Israel, Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel, leading to months of heavy cross-border fire. This escalated into Israel's fourth ground invasion of Lebanon.
- 2026 Conflict: Following an escalation that began in early March, Hezbollah fired rockets and drones into Israel in retaliation for a U.S.-led strike on Iran's supreme leader. Israel responded with airstrikes and sent thousands of troops to advance into southern Lebanon. Numerous U.S.-brokered cease-fires have been attempted, though the border continues to see volatile skirmishes.
While Lebanon's government has been highly involved diplomatically—most recently through the Timeline of Decades of Conflict Between Israel and Hezbollah and direct talks in the U.S. and Switzerland to broker truces—the physical fighting on the Lebanese side has been carried out almost exclusively by the non-state militant group Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran. To read more about how these political and military dynamics evolved, you can explore the Why is there fighting in Lebanon? breakdown by CNN. - Resource:
No comments:
Post a Comment