List of wars involving Lebanon
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This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Lebanon.
| War | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Result |
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| Syria–Lebanon campaign
(1941) |
 United Kingdom
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 Vichy France
Supported by: |
Allied victory
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| First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) |
Defeat (limited involvement)
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| Lebanon Crisis (1958) |
 Government
Supported by: |
Opposition
Supported by: |
Opposition's goals achieved[7][8][9]
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| Coup d'état attempt (1961) |
Lebanese Government victory
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| Six-Day War (1967) |
 Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq[10]Minor involvement: Lebanon[11]
|
 Israel
|
Defeat (Minor involvement)
|
| Insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982) |
Israel Free Lebanon Lebanese Front
|
|
Israeli and Lebanese victory
|
| Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) |
LF Syria Tigers Militia ALZ Israel SLA United States France Italy United Kingdom
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LNM LNRF Amal LCP SSNP PLO Hezbollah Al-Tawhid Syria PLA ADF
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Taif Agreement
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| South Lebanon Conflict (1985–2000) |
Hezbollah-led victory[16]
| ||
| Shebaa Farms conflict (2000–2006) |
Hezbollah
|
Israel
|
Inconclusive
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| July War (2006) |
Hezbollah
|
Israel
|
Inconclusive
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| Fatah al-Islam Rebellion (2007) |
Lebanese Armed Forces Internal Security Forces Supported by: United States
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Fatah al-Islam Jund al-Sham
|
Victory
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| May clashes (2008) |
 Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party
|
Hezbollah
|
Hezbollah victory |
| Israel–Lebanon border clash (2010) |
Lebanon
|
Israel
|
Ceasefire
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| Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon (2011–2017) |
Lebanon Hezbollah
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Syrian opposition Hay'at Tahrir al-Sham Islamic State
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Victory
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| Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–ongoing) |
Hezbollah Hamas[23]PIJ[24] PFLP |
Israel
|
Ceasefire
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Other armed conflicts involving Lebanon
- 1968 Israeli raid on Lebanon
- 1973 Israeli raid in Lebanon
- Hundred Days' War (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
- 1978 South Lebanon conflict (also known as Operation Litani, part of the Lebanese Civil War)
- Battle of Zahleh (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
- Mountain War (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
- War of the Camps (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
- 1982 Lebanon War (part of the Lebanese Civil War)
- Cedar Revolution 2005 (Attacks linked to the Cedar Revolution)
- 17 October Revolution
- 2023 Ain al-Hilweh clashes
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d Oren 2003, p. 5.
- ^ Morris (2008), p. 260.
- ^ Gelber, pp. 55, 200, 239
- ^ Morris, Benny (2008), 1948: The First Arab-Israeli War, Yale University Press, p. 205, New Haven, ISBN 978-0-300-12696-9.
- ^ Palestine Post, "Israel's Bedouin Warriors", Gene Dison, August 12, 1948
- ^ AFP (24 April 2013). "Bedouin army trackers scale Israel social ladder". Al Arabiya English. Al Arabiya. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "B&J": Jacob Bercovitch and Richard Jackson, International Conflict: A Chronological Encyclopedia of Conflicts and Their Management 1945-1995 (1997)
- ^ Eckhardt, William, in World Military and Social Expenditures 1987-88 (12th ed., 1987) by Ruth Leger Sivard.
- ^ Singer, Joel David, The Wages of War, 1816-1965 (1972)
- ^ Krauthammer, Charles (18 May 2007). "Prelude to the Six Days". The Washington Post. p. A23. ISSN 0740-5421. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 20 June 2008.
- ^ Oren, Michael B. (2002). Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Oxford University Press. p. 237. ISBN 978-0-19-515174-9.
- ^ Arnold, Guy (2016). Wars in the Third World Since 1945. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 299. ISBN 9781474291019.
- ^ "Milestones: 1961–1968". Office of the Historian. Archived from the original on 23 October 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2018.
Between June 5 and June 10, Israel defeated Egypt, Jordan, and Syria and occupied the Sinai Peninsula, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights
- ^ Weill, Sharon (2007). "The judicial arm of the occupation: the Israeli military courts in the occupied territories". International Review of the Red Cross. 89 (866): 401. doi:10.1017/s1816383107001142. ISSN 1816-3831. S2CID 55988443.
On 7 June 1967, the day the occupation started, Military Proclamation No. 2 was issued, endowing the area commander with full legislative, executive, and judicial authorities over the West Bank and declaring that the law in force prior to the occupation remained in force as long as it did not contradict new military orders.
- ^ Golan, The Soviet Union and the Palestine Liberation Organization, pp. 35–36.
- ^ References:
- Helmer, Daniel Isaac. Flipside of the Coin: Israel's Lebanese Incursion Between 1982–2000. DIANE Publishing, 2010.
- "2000: Hezbollah celebrates Israeli retreat". BBC News. 26 May 2000. Retrieved 25 July 2006.
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- "Land for Peace Timeline". Britain Israel Communications and Research Centre. 2006. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2011.
- "Hezbollah 101: Who is the militant group, and what does it want?". The Christian Science Monitor. 19 July 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2012.
Iran has also played an instrumental role in building up Hezbollah's military capabilities over the years, which enabled the group's impressive military wing to oust Israel from south Lebanon in 2000
- ^ Herbert Docena (17 August 2006). "Amid the bombs, unity is forged". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 31 August 2006. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
The LCP ... has itself been very close to Hezbollah and fought alongside it in the frontlines in the south. According to Hadadeh, at least 12 LCP members and supporters died in the fighting.
- ^ "PFLP claims losses in IDF strike on Lebanon base". The Jerusalem Post. Associated Press. 6 August 2006. Archived from the original on 3 February 2012.
- ^ Klein, Aaron (27 July 2006). "Iranian soldiers join Hizbullah in fighting". Ynet. Archived from the original on 20 September 2019. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ^ Worth, Robert F. (2006-11-15). "U.N. Says Somalis Helped Hezbollah Fighters". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
More than 700 Islamic militants from Somalia traveled to Lebanon in July to fight alongside Hezbollah in its war against Israel, a United Nations report says. The militia in Lebanon returned the favor by providing training and — through its patrons Iran and Syria — weapons to the Islamic alliance struggling for control of Somalia, it adds.
- ^ "Report: Over 700 Somalis fought with Hizbullah". The Jerusalem Post. 2006-11-15. Retrieved 2023-10-26.
- ^ "Hamas says 3 members who infiltrated Israel from Lebanon were killed in IAF strike". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 14 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2023.
- ^ Fabian, Emanuel. "Officer, 2 soldiers killed in clash with terrorists on Lebanon border; mortars fired". The Times of Israel. Archived from the original on 9 October 2023. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
