The war in Lebanon

The war in Lebanon began from the Palestinian-Israeli confrontation, which consisted of the seizure by Israel of certain lands in southern Lebanon.

In 2000, Israeli troops withdrew from southern Lebanon on the UN resolution.

But Hezbollah demanded the cleansing of a frontier site called "Shebaa Farms" from Israeli troops. On the map of the United Nations, these lands are marked as belonging to Syria. But Israel repulsed them as a result of the Six Day War in 1967. Syria confirmed that these lands belong to Lebanon, and therefore should be freed from Israeli troops.

In the liberated territories, the fighters of Hezbollah were given complete freedom of action. They began to put forth frank threats towards Israel.

The UN issued a resolution in response to which Israel liberated Lebanese territory, and Lebanon disarmed. But the leadership of the latter refused to fulfill the requirements with regard to Hezbollah.

The war in Lebanon began in 2006 with the bombing of the border region of Israel by Hezbollah fighters. As a result of this attack, three Israeli servicemen were killed, two more were taken prisoner. The presumable goal of this operation was to exert pressure on Israel, as well as divert attention and forces from the Gaza Strip.

Hezbollah did not expect to receive a full-scale military operation in response to its actions. But Israel blocked Lebanon from the sea and air, made massive air strikes, destroyed Hezbollah's infrastructure, and then proceeded to a land operation whose purpose was to create a buffer zone along the Lebanese border. Hezbollah daily fired the northern part of Israel in an attempt to retain the captured and fortified areas.

The fire was suspended since August 14 by the UN resolution.

The war in Lebanon had already caused the economic damage to this state by July 19, amounting to $ 2.5 billion. No less extensive losses incurred the other side. The war in Lebanon affected 70 settlements in Israel, destroying virtually the entire infrastructure. The total damage was measured in billions of dollars.

The war in Lebanon in 2006 became a matter of international importance. Many countries and influential organizations have put their hand in its settlement. The United States assumed that a truce in this situation is impossible until the Hezbollah fighters are disarmed. The US pointed to the interest of Syria and Iran in the conflict. France in this situation rejected the possibility of the invasion of NATO peacekeeping forces in the war zone. Russia also supported the position that the conflict should remain within existing borders.

The war in Lebanon in 2006 required the intensive work of the UN. Within two weeks, the Security Council could not decide on this conflict.

By the end of hostilities, both countries talked about their victory. Although independent observers believe that none of the countries has emerged victorious.

October 2006 began with the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from Lebanon and a ceasefire. Now the southern lands of this state were under the control of the Lebanese armed forces and UN peacekeeping forces.

Stolen at the beginning of the conflict, Israeli soldiers were never returned to their homeland. The conflict led to a significant decrease in the trust of the Israeli party, but no statesman was sent to resign.

Israel recognized the conflict as a war only on March 19, 2007.

One of the indirect reasons for the contradictions with Israel could be the civil war in Lebanon in 1990, which became an important political motive for the outbreak of hostilities. That is why the interest in the war with Israel was so high on the part of the entire world community. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict shows that the situation in the Middle East is still tense, the likelihood of new conflicts is still high.