2006 Lebanon War: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively

← Previous edit Next edit →

Content deleted Content added

VisualWikitext

Inline

Revision as of 21:33, 14 July 2006

FUCK THIS THING. IT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST!

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
+FUCK THIS THING.  IT DOESN'T EVEN EXIST!
-{{current}}
-{{Infobox Military Conflict
-|partof= the [[2006 Arab-Israeli conflict]]
-|image=[[Image:54240.jpg|300px]]
-|caption=<small>The Israeli Air Force strikes a position in Lebanon.</small>
-|conflict=2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis
-|date=[[July 12]], [[2006]] –
-|place=[[Lebanon]] and [[Israel]]
-|casus= Border attack by [[Hezbollah]]'s military wing killing 8 and capturing 2 Israeli soldiers
-|result= Conflict ongoing
-|combatant1={{flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel]]
-|combatant2=[[Image:Flag of Hezbollah.svg|22px]] [[Hezbollah]] <br>{{flagicon|Lebanon}} [[Lebanon]]
-|commander1=[[Dan Halutz]] <small>([[Ramatkal|Chief of Staff]])</small>,<br />[[Udi Adam]] <small>([[Israeli Northern Command|Regional]])<small>
-|commander2=[[Hassan Nasrallah]], <br> [[Michel Sulaiman]]
-|casualties1= 4 civilians killed,<ref name=haaretz2>{{cite news|title=Two killed, dozens hurt as Katyushas rain down on northern Israel|publisher=[[Haaretz]]|date=2006-07-14|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738318.html}}</ref> <br />120 civilians injured,<ref name=haaretz2 <br/><br>8 soldiers killed,<br /> 5 soldiers wounded,<ref name=haaretz3>{{cite news|title=Hezbollah kills 8 soldiers, captures two in offensive on northern border|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Haaretz]]|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/737825.html}}</ref><br />2 soldiers captured<ref name=reuters1>{{cite news|title=Israel calls Hizbollah capture of soldiers act of war|date=[[2006-07-12]]|publisher=[[Reuters]]|url= http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-07-12T115735Z_01_L11538533_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=8 Israeli soldiers killed in attack|date=[[2006-07-12]]|publisher=[[Drudge Report]]|
-url=http://www.drudgereport.com/flash3is.htm}}</ref><ref name=haaretz3 /> (Israeli government account)
-|casualties2= 63 civilians killed <br />167 civilians wounded, <ref>{{cite news | title= Hezbollah ready for 'open war' with Israel| date=[[2006-07-14]]| publisher=[[CNN]]| url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/14/mideast/index.html}}</ref>. <br />2 Lebanese soldiers killed,<br />1 Hezbollah militant killed<br>(Lebanese government account)
-}}
-The '''2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis''' is a series of military incidents, predominantly in southern [[Lebanon]] and northern [[Israel]]. The major hostilities began on [[July 12]], [[2006]], when [[Hezbollah]] staged a cross-border attack on 2 Israeli Humvees. Three Israeli soldiers were killed and two were captured and taken into Lebanon. In response, [[Israeli Defence Forces]] (IDF) launched an offensive (''Operation Just Reward'') into Lebanon. In the following days hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah escalated.
-There is concern that the [[Syria]]n or [[Iran]]ian governments, which have strong ties to Hezbollah, may become involved in the conflict, causing the situation to deteriorate further. <ref>{{cite news|title=Israel strikes Lebanon over seized soldiers, dozens killed|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[AFP]]|
-url=http://www.metimes.com/articles/normal.php?StoryID=20060713-075515-1223r}}</ref>
-== Historical background ==
-[[Hezbollah]] is a [[Shia]] [[Muslim]] organization. It was supported by [[Syria]], funded and armed by Iran, "inspired by the success of the [[Iranian Revolution]]" and "was formed primarily to offer resistance to the Israeli occupation". Hezbollah's political rhetoric historally revolved on calls for the destruction of the state of Israel.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1908671.stm|title=Who are Hezbollah?|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=[[2002-04-04]]|accessdate=2006-07-15}}</ref>
-In 1978, Israel [[Operation Litani|invaded]] Lebanon and occupied the southern part of the country in response to [[PLO]] raids, resulting in [[United Nations]] passing [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 425|UN Resolutions 425]] and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 426|426]], which call for the immediate withdrawal of forces and end to military action in Lebanon<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/Depts/dpko/missions/unifil/background.html|title=Lebanon - UNIFIL - Background|date=2005|publisher=United Nations|accessdate=2006-07-14}}</ref>. Israel again [[1982 Lebanon War|invaded]] Lebanon in 1982 after further attacks and occupied southern Lebanon until 2000, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 9,797 [[Lebanese]] military personnel, and 2,513 civilians, as well as 675 Israeli soldiers.<ref>[http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/warstat3.htm#Lebanon Warstat3]</ref>. During this 22-year period, Israeli troops were involved to varying degrees in a number of incidents, most notably the [[Sabra and Shatila Massacre]]<ref name="Kahane">{{cite news|url=http://www.caabu.org/press/documents/kahan-commission-contents.html|title=Report of the Kahan Commission|date=[[February 8]], [[1983]]|publisher=[[Kahan Commission]]|accessdate=2006-07-14}}</ref> and the [[Qana shelling]].<ref name="Qana">{{cite web|url=http://domino.un.org/UNISPAL.nsf/2ee9468747556b2d85256cf60060d2a6/c2a9efb804d4155685256e5a006d2c41!OpenDocument|title=Question of the violation of human rights in the occupied Arab Territories, including Palestine|date=[[2004-03-11]]|accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[United Nations Commission on Human Rights]]|work=[[United Nations]]}}</ref>
-Since that time, [[Hezbollah]] set up bases of operation in the area in contravention of the [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559|Security Council resolution 1559]], which calls for the disbanding of any armed militias operating in the area. Israel has carried out numerous air assaults aimed at striking the Lebanese cities, in response to this Hezbollah has fired mortar rockets into Israel,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3414431.stm|title=Israeli jets hit Lebanon targets|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=[[2004-01-20]]|accessdate=2006-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4459500.stm|title=Israeli jets attack south Lebanon|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=[[2005-11-22]]|accessdate=2006-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/1913881.stm|title=Israel hits back at Hezbollah|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=[[2005-04-05]]|accessdate=2006-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3785305.stm|title=Israeli jets hit deep in Lebanon|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=[[2004-06-07]]|accessdate=2006-07-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4563372.stm|title=Israeli planes attack in Lebanon|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]|date=[[2005-12-28]]|accessdate=2006-07-13}}</ref> while Hezbollah and the Lebanese government cited the constant violation of Lebanese air space by Israeli planes, the issue of Israeli land mines, and the occupation of [[Shebaa Farms]]{{fact}}, a territory which they and Syria consider Lebanese although the United Nations has ruled that it is an occupied territory of Syria, and not part of Lebanon. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2000/20000618.sc6878.doc.html|title=Press Release SC/6878|date=[[2000-06-18]]|accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[United Nations Security Council]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2005/sc8299.doc.htm|title=Press Release SC/8299|date=[[2005-01-28]]|accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[United Nations Security Council]]}}</ref>
-== Conflict ==
-=== Hezbollah raid ===
-The fighting began at around 9&nbsp;[[AM]] Local Time on [[July 12]], [[2006]]<ref name=haaretz3 /> when Hezbollah launched a barrage of [[9K51 Grad]] rockets and mortars on Israeli towns and military positions along the Lebanese border, apparently as a diversion.<ref>{{cite news | title=Clashes Spread to Lebanon as Hezbollah Raids Israel | date=[[2006-07-13]]| publisher=[[The New York Times]]| url= http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/13/world/middleeast/13mideast.html?hp&ex=1152849600&en=7c501785edb16cc8&ei=5094&partner=homepage}}</ref> A force of infiltrators then attacked two armoured [[Israel Defense Forces|IDF]] [[High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle|Humvee]]s patrolling the border near the Israeli village of Zar'it with [[anti-tank rocket]]s. Hezbollah has named this operation "True Promise".
-The IDF confirmed that two Israeli soldiers were captured by Hezbollah, and named them as [[Ehud Goldwasser]] and [[Eldad Regev]]. An [[Israel]]i [[Merkava]] Mk. II [[tank]] was damaged by a 300&nbsp;[[kilogram|kg]] [[improvised explosive device]], as it attempted to pursue Hezbollah into Lebanon. All four of the crew-members were killed. Another Israeli soldier was killed when he came under heavy fire during an attempted recovery of the bodies from the tank. <ref>{{cite news | title=IDF releases names of two reserve soldiers captured by Hezbollah| date=[[2006-07-13]]| publisher=[[Haaretz]]| url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/738310.html}}</ref> In all 8 soldiers were killed, 2 kidnapped and 2 wounded.
-=== Israeli response ===
-[[Image:Attack_Lebanon_2006.JPG|left|160px|thumb|An Israeli missile exploding on the Lebanese side of the border, just outside the town of Zar'it in northern Israel.]]
-{{Arab-Israeli conflict}}
-[[Israel]] retaliated with air strikes, carried out by the [[Israeli Air Force]] (IAF), destroying bridges and infrastructure in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah's television channel al-Manar has confirmed a total 55 civilians were killed. <ref name=PDO>{{cite news|title=Roundup: Israel intensifies attacks on Lebanon, world calls for restraint|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[People's Daily Online]]|url= http://english.people.com.cn/200607/14/eng20060714_283054.html}}</ref>
-An unnamed 'senior IDF officer' was quoted as saying that the strike was targeted against rocket launch sites and rocket storerooms, although many of them were intentionally located in population centers. <ref name=Ynetnews>{{cite news|title=IDF: If Hadera is hit we'll destroy Beirut buildings|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Ynet]]|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3274939,00.html}}</ref> <ref name=Ynetnews1>{{cite news|title=IDF strikes Lebanon airfields|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Ynet]]|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275180,00.html}}</ref> An unnamed Lebanese official responded that "Hezbollah did not store arms in civilian areas.” <ref name=Ynetnews1>{{cite news|title=IDF strikes Lebanon airfields|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Ynet]]|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275180,00.html}}</ref> Airstrikes were also carried out against outposts of Hezbollah.<ref name=cnn1>{{cite news|title=Israel authorizes 'severe' response to abductions|date=[[2006-07-12]]|publisher=[[CNN]]|url= http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/12/mideast/index.html}}</ref> Israel has named the overall operation "Just Reward."
-[[Israeli Prime Minister]] [[Ehud Olmert]] declared the Hezbollah attack an "act of war" by [[Lebanon]] and promised a "very painful and far-reaching response." Israeli [[Defense Minister]] [[Amir Peretz]] also said<ref name=cnn1 /> that  "the State of Israel sees itself free to use all measures that it finds it needs, and the (Israeli Forces) have been given orders in that direction." [[Ramatkal|Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff]] [[Dan Halutz]] said "If the soldiers are not returned we will turn Lebanon's clock back 20 years."
-[[Israel]] called up reserve troops, signaling a large-scale campaign, as [[Operation Summer Rains|operations]] continue in an attempt to free a soldier captured by Palestinians in [[Gaza]]. Israel sent troops and tanks into southern Lebanon, and the Israeli cabinet met at 7&nbsp;PM [[UTC+3|Local Time]], 4&nbsp;PM [[UTC]], Noon [[Eastern Time]], [[July 12]], [[2006]].<ref name=cnn1 />
-Hezbollah declared an all-out military alert, and said it had 13,000 rockets capable of hitting towns and installations far into northern [[Israel]].  As a result, Defense Minister Peretz told commanders to prepare civil defense plans.<ref name=reuters2>{{cite news|title=US blames Iran, Syria for Hizbollah capture|date=[[2006-07-12]]|publisher=[[Reuters]]|url= http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyid=2006-07-12T180458Z_01_LA622138_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST-USA-KIDNAPPINGS.xml}}</ref><ref name=reuters3>{{cite news |title=Israel battles militants on two fronts|date=[[2006-07-12]]|publisher=[[Reuters]]|url= http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-07-13T005819Z_01_L11538533_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml}}</ref>
-Early on [[July 13]], [[2006]], Israel sent IDF jets to bomb Lebanon's international airport near Beirut, forcing its closure and diverting its arriving flights to Cyprus. Israel also targeted Hezbollah's [[al-Manar]] television, but Hezbollah continued transmission from another location. Hezbollah retaliated by bombarding the Israeli towns of [[Nahariya]] and [[Safed]], as well as villages nearby, with [[9K51 Grad]] rockets. The attacks killed two civilians and wounded 29 more.<ref>{{cite news|title=Woman killed in Hizbullah attack in Nahariya|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|url= http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885985131&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull}}</ref>  Nahariya residents began leaving the city en masse in fear of further Katyusha attacks.<ref>{{cite news|title=haaretz.com News Flash|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Haaretz]]|url= http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/ShTickers.html}}</ref>[[Israel]] is now imposing an air and sea [[blockade]] on [[Lebanon]], <ref>{{cite news|title=Israel Imposing Blockade on Lebanon|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url=http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/13/D8IQVBP02.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli woman killed in a 9K51 Grad rocket attack on Nahariya; IAF attacks Beirut airport, Hezbollah TV station|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Haaretz]]|url= http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=737860&contrassID=1&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0}}</ref> and has bombed the main [[Beirut]]-[[Damascus]] highway. <!--CBS News TV report, not yet online--> <!-- removed the following (see talk page): This deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure [http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGMDE150612006] is a violation of the fourth Geneva Convention.[http://www.unhchr.ch/html/menu3/b/92.htm] [http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19191&Cr=middle&Cr1=east] -->
-Israel's Foreign Ministry Spokesman [[Mark Regev]] claims<ref>{{cite news|title=Hizbullah wants soldiers moved to Iran|date= [[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|url= http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885988710&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull}}</ref> the Hezbollah militants that captured the two soldiers are trying to transfer them to [[Iran]]. However the spokesman did not disclose his source.
-Lt.-Gen. [[Udi Adam]] of the Northern Command, says [[Israel]] has not ruled out sending ground forces into [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Iran denies Hizbullah moving captives|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|url= http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885988710&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull}}</ref>
-There is a report that residents of [[Haifa]], [[Israel]] are being ordered into bomb shelters. <ref>{{cite news|title= (none headline)|date= [[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Haifa residents told to remain in protected areas|date= [[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[yNet]]|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275577,00.html}}</ref>
-===Attacks on Lebanon===
-[[Image:Lebmap.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Map of conflict as of July 14, 2006.]]
-[[Image:IDF_troops_2006.JPG|left|160px|thumb|An Israeli soldier and a Merkava Mk 2 tank on the move outside the town of Zar'it in northern Israel, near the Israeli-Lebanese border.]] According to the Lebanese government, the majority of casualties caused by the [[Israel| Israeli]] attacks have been civilians. The Lebanese security officials say Israeli attacks have killed 55 people and wounded 110, many of whom were civilians.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article1174314.ece|title=Israel widens bombing campaign as Lebanese militia groups retaliate|date=[[2006-07-14]]|accessdate=2006-07-14|publisher=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> Twelve members of one Lebanese family died when Israeli planes bombed their home in the Lebanese village of [[Zibqine]], near [[Tyre]], and  seven from another family were killed in Baflay.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=73960|title=50 more civilians die as leaflets warn residents to avoid areas 'frequented by Hizbullah'|date=[[2006-07-14]]|accessdate=2006-07-14|author=El Rafei, Raed}}</ref> Israel intensified its response on Lebanon by attacking the [[Rafik Hariri International Airport|Beirut International Airport]] and damaging three runways.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli warplanes attack Beirut airport|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|author=Ghattas, Sam F.|url= http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060713/ap_on_re_mi_ea/israel_lebanon}}</ref> Israel announced that it imposed an air, land and naval blockade on Lebanon. Israel attacked Hezbollah's TV station [[Al-Manar]] and Radio station [[Al-Nour]] in [[Haret Hreyk]], a southern suburb of Beirut and in [[Baalbeck]]. On July 13, Israeli warplanes bombed the road to Damascus, Syria.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275366,00.html|title=IDF bombs Hizbullah stronghold in Beirut|publisher=[http://www.ynetnews.com YNet News]|date=[[2006-07-14]]|accessdate=2006-07-14|author=Greenberg, Hanan}}</ref>
-Israeli jets attacked two [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] military air bases, destroying runways.  Attacks against the [[Rayak]] air base in the eastern [[Bekaa Valley]] near the [[Syria|Syrian]] border and the [[Qulayaat]] military airport in northern Lebanon were the first attacks against Lebanon's army in the conflict. <ref>{{cite news|title=Brink of War: Lebanon Launches Retaliatory Assault on Israel|accessdate=2006-07-13|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203253,00.html}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|title=IAF strikes Lebanese Air Force base|date=[[2006-07-13]]| accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|url= http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885985413&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli Warplanes Attack Beirut Airport|date=[[2006-07-13]]|accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url= http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/13/D8IR5KV8H.html}}</ref><ref name=haaretz>{{cite news|title=IDF hits Lebanese army bases, won't rule out ground invasion|date=[[2006-07-13]]|accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[Haaretz]]|url=http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=737860&contrassID=1&subContrassID=0&sbSubContrassID=0}}</ref>
-[[Israel]] has now attacked Beirut's international airport four times and have destroyed the airport fuel depots. Israel has also neutralised the third and final military airport by bombing its runways.  <ref name=haaretz /><ref>{{cite news|title=Rockets Hit Southern Israeli City in 'Major Escalation'|date=[[2006-07-13]]|accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203253,00.html}}</ref><ref name= cnn2>{{cite news|title=Israel attacks Beirut airport after rockets hit Haifa|date=[[2006-07-13]]|accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[CNN]]|url= http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/13/mideast/index.html}}</ref>
-Israeli planes have struck a bridge in a suburb south of [[Beirut]], a place highly valued by [[Hezbollah]]. They also struck a power plant's fuel storage south of Beirut. The [[Lebanon|Lebanese]] army then retaliated with anti-aircraft fire. People living in this region heard at least three strikes. No casualties have been reported yet. <ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli planes strike southern suburb of Beirut|date=[[2006-07-13]]|accessdate=2006-07-13|publisher=[[MSNBC]]|url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13823680/}}</ref>
-According to the [[BBC]], Lebanese police also reported an Israeli air strike early on Friday on a pro-Syrian Palestinian group in eastern Lebanon. The base of the [[Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command]] is less than two kilometres from the Syrian border.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5178774.stm|title=Israel steps up Lebanese strikes|date=[[2006-07-14]]|accessdate=2006-07-14|publisher=[[BBC News Online]]}}</ref>
-News services report that three explosions have been heard in [[Beirut]]. Hezbollah TV reports that the airstrike destroyed a building containing the headquarters of Hezbollah, with Hezbollah's chief, [[Hassan Nasrallah]], likely inside. He however was not harmed and has spoken on television.<!--I just heard him live, haven't yet found a published source--> <ref>{{cite news|title=Israeli ships, planes renew Beirut airport attacks|date=[[2006-07-14]]|accessdate=2006-07-14|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/14/mideast/index.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israel Strikes Beirut; Hezbollah Barrages N. Israel With Rockets|date=[[2006-07-14]]|accessdate=2006-07-14|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203453,00.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israel destroys Hezbollah headquarters in south Beirut|date=[[2006-07-14]]|accessdate=2006-07-14|publisher=[[Drudge Report]]|url=http://www.drudgereport.com/flash7hb.htm}}</ref>
-=== Attacks on Israel ===
-Besides the initial raid, [[Hezbollah]] militants targeted several Israeli towns with [[9K51 Grad]] rockets and there have been numerous civilian injuries, as well as a 47 year old woman who was killed in [[Nahariya]], a 37-year old man who died of his wounds in [[Safed]], and a five year old and his grandmother who were killed in [[Meron]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Anxious northern Israel endures rocket fire|date[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/14/israel.anxiety.ap/index.html}}</ref><ref name=ynet4>{{cite news|title=Katyusha rockets hit Galilee|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Ynet]]|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275440,00.html}}</ref> <ref>{{cite news|title=Northern Israel under attack; missile fired at Haifa|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[Ynet]]|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275229,00.html}}</ref>
-Hezbollah has threatened to hit the city [[Haifa]], "if the southern suburbs and the city of Beirut are subjected to any direct Israeli aggression". Two rockets hit the city, hours after the threat<ref name=Getty>{{cite news|title=An Israeli sapper lifts the remains of a rocket that landed on mount Carmel in Israel's third largest city Haifa|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Getty Images]]|url=http://editorial.gettyimages.com/source/search/details_pop.aspx?iid=71432630}}</ref>. Hezbollah denied firing any rockets at the city. <ref name=bbc>{{cite news|title=Rockets hit Israeli city of Haifa |date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[BBC News]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5178058.stm}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Israel Wages War on Hezbollah as Jets Strike Airbase|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203253,00.html}}</ref> IDF sources have reported that two rockets were fired from inside Lebanon. <ref>{{cite news|title=Brink of War: Lebanon Launches Retaliatory Assault on Israel|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Fox News]]|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,203253,00.html}}</ref><ref  name=cnn2 /><ref name=bbc /> The attack is the first time rockets have hit so far south into Israel. One shock injury has been reported. <ref name=cnn2 />
-There have been reports that the missile fired at Haifa was a [[Fajr 7]], supplied by [[Iran]], and possibly even launched by Iran's [[Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps]]. These missiles have a range of approximately 75 km. <ref>{{cite web|title=Israel says Haifa attack was staged … by Iran|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[http://hotair.com Hotair]|url=http://hotair.com/archives/top-picks/2006/07/13/report-israel-says-haifa-attack-was-staged-by-iran/}}</ref> Another source has confirmed <ref>{{cite web|title=Israeli ships, planes renew Beirut airport attacks|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[CNN]|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/14/mideast/index.html}}</ref>, that Israeli military sources say, that the rockets fired into Israel were at least made in Iran.
-The Jerusalem Post reported that an attempt by a group of Hezbollah members to enter Israel was stopped by IDF on the 14th of July. <ref>{{cite web|title=IDF forces foil infiltration attempt on northern border|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885994586&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull}}</ref>
-Some 220,000 Israeli civilians spent Thursday night in bomb shelters, after two civilians were killed in rocket attacks. 14 Israelis remain hospitalized following Thursday's rocket attacks.
-<ref>{{cite news|title=14 people remain hospitalized in Ziv hospital in Safed|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[Ynet]]|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/Ext/Comp/CdaNewsFlash/0,2297,L-3275530_3089,00.html}}</ref>
-On [[July 14]], [[Hezbollah]] has launched about 100 Katyusha rockets on Israeli towns of [[Nahariya]], [[Safed]], [[Hatzor]], [[Rosh Pina]], [[Kiryat Shmona]], and [[Karmiel]], and in the agricultural settlements [[Matat]], [[Sasa]], [[Peki'in]], [[Beit Jan]], [[Biria]], [[Biranit]], [[Kabri]], [[Gesher Haziv]], [[Saar]] and [[Ben Ami]], resulting in 30 injuries. <ref name=ynet4 /><ref>{{cite news|title=Safed: Man seriously injured in Katyusha attack|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[Ynet]]|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3275609,00.html}}</ref>
-Late the same day, a Katyusha in [[Meron (Israel)|Meron]] killed two people, a grandmother and her 5-year-old grandson.
-Also on July 14, an Israeli warship that was firing into Lebanon from Lebanese waters was severely damaged after being hit by an [[unmanned aerial vehicle]] packed with explosives.<ref name=JP_ship>{{cite news|title=IDF confirms warship hit by explosive-laden UAV |date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|url=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885994586&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull}}</ref>Four Israelis may be missing, but reports of casualties vary.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel Destroys Home of Hezbollah Leader |date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[Forbes]]|url=http://www.forbes.com/technology/feeds/ap/2006/07/14/ap2880022.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=4 Israelis Missing After Warship Hit|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url=http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/MIDEAST_FIGHTING_WARSHIP?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2006-07-14-16-17-05}}</ref>
-<ref>{{cite news|title=(none headline)|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[CNN]]|url=http://www.cnn.com/}}</ref>
-==Casualties==
-'''Israeli:''' Eight Israeli soldiers were killed, two captured and five more wounded.<ref name=haaretz3 /> Four civilians have been killed, and 120 civilians were wounded.<ref name=haaretz2 /> A gunboat was fired upon and lightly damaged.
-'''Lebanese:''' One Hezbollah member has been killed as well as two soldiers in the Lebanese army.<ref>{{cite news | title=Israeli reprisals hit Lebanon| date=[[2006-07-13]]| publisher=[[Reuters]]| url=http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-07-13T133007Z_01_L11538533_RTRUKOC_0_US-MIDEAST.xml&src=071306_0938_TOPSTORY_beirut_airport_hit}}</ref>. Lebanese security officials claimed that 63 Lebanese civilians had been killed and another 167 had been wounded by [[July 14]]<ref>{{cite news | title= Hezbollah ready for 'open war' with Israel| date=[[2006-07-14]]| publisher=[[CNN]]| url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/14/mideast/index.html}}</ref>.
-'''Foreign Nationals:''' The Kuwaiti Foreign Ministry has reported that two [[Kuwait]]i nationals have been killed. <ref>{{cite news|title=Israel targets Lebanese air bases, Kuwaiti nationals among dead and UN prepares envoy to Region|date=[[2006-07-13]]| publisher=[[The Daily Star]]|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=73939}}</ref>. Also a complete family of four Brazilians, including two children were killed in the Israeli bombings<ref>{{cite news|title=Itamaraty confirma morte de brasileiros no Líbano|date=[[2006-07-13]]| publisher=[[Globo]]|url=http://oglobo.globo.com/online/mundo/mat/2006/07/13/284847957.asp}}</ref>, drawing condemnation from foreign relations minister [[Celso Amorim]]<ref>{{cite news|title=IBrasil consternado por ataque que mató a cuatro brasileños en el Líbano|date=[[2006-07-13]]| publisher=[[La Tercera]]|url=http://www.latercera.cl/medio/articulo/0,0,3255_5702_221811535,00.html}}</ref>
-==Possible expansion and resolution==
-There are concerns of escalation. According to Professor Gerald Steinberg, a Senior Research Associate at the pro-Israeli Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies ([http://www.biu.ac.il/Besa/ BESA]), "Israel may have to take alarming force as an outcome of the latest attacks, which may even result in the disarming of the Hezbollah," and that "Lebanon continues to allow these terrorist activities to take place within her borders and therefore the Lebanese government plays a key role in the reoccurrence of these events."  <ref>{{cite news|title='Israel may have to take alarming force'|date=[[2006-07-12]]|publisher=[[Jerusalem Post]]|url= http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885979948&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull}}</ref>
-[[DEBKAfile]] reported that Iranian national security advisor and senior nuclear negotiator [[Ali Larijani]] flew to [[Damascus]]. According to the report, he will remain there for the duration of the crisis in line with an Iranian-Syrian mutual defense pact, and would deem any attack on Syria an assault on Iran.  DEBKAfile also reported that Hezbollah "acted on orders from Tehran to open a second front against Israel, partly to ease IDF military pressure on the Hamas in the Gaza Strip". According to DEBKAfile, Iran is also taking up this action to divert attention at the upcoming G8 summit away from the [[Iranian Nuclear Crisis]], and onto this flare-up instead. Finally, they report that both Syrian and Iranian armed forces have been brought to a state of high alert. <ref>{{cite news|title='Iran’s national security adviser Ali Larijani flies to Damascus aboad special military plane Wednesday night as war tension builds up around Hizballah capture of two Israeli soldiers'|date=[[2006-07-12]]|publisher=[[DEBKAfile]]|url= http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=2866}}</ref>
-Meanwhile, Israel has issued a warning to people living in a Shi’ite neighbourhood in southern [[Beirut]], the Lebanese [[capital]], telling them to leave.  It considers the area a Hezbollah base of operations.
-As Hezbollah operates freely in Lebanon and is a member of the ruling government, Israel held the whole Lebanese government accountable and targeted strategic locations throughout the country.
-According to Israel Foreign Ministry spokesman [[Mark Regev]], Hezbollah is attempting to transfer the captured soldiers to [[Iran]]. Regev has not disclosed the source of this information.<ref>{{cite news|title=Israel Claims Hundreds of Hits in Lebanon|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url=http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/07/13/D8IR6J401.html}}</ref> But an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman denied the accusation, calling it "simply nonsense." <ref>{{cite news|title=Israel hits Hezbollah stronghold|date=[[2006-07-13]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5178774.stm}}</ref>
-The situation is further complicated by the thousands of foreign nationals who are stranded in the country.  Although at least 15,000 tourists and Lebanese citizens fled via road into Syria on July 13, an Israeli strike on that road has now made travel into or out of the country virtually impossible.
-On July 14, Israeli prime minister [[Ehud Olmert]] outlined three conditions for the Israeli operation to end: full implementation of [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559]] calling for the disarming of [[Hezbollah]], an end to rocket attacks from Lebanon on Israeli towns, and the return of the two abducted soldiers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olmert orders new Lebanon strikes|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5179862.stm}}</ref>
-On July 14, [[Hezbollah]]'s leader [[Hassan Nasrallah]] said that Hezbollah is ready for "open war" with Israel. <ref name=CNNHEZWAR>{{cite news|title=Hezbollah ready for 'open war' with Israel|date=[[2006-07-14]]|publisher=[[CNN]]|
-url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/14/mideast/index.html}}</ref>
-==International reaction==
-{{main|International reaction to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon crisis}}
-The international reaction to the crisis has mostly been a general condemnation of what the leaders consider to be a harsh response by [[Israel]]. At the same time, many leaders have stated that [[Hezbollah]] initiated the crisis and [[Lebanon]] shares responsibility for letting Hezbollah operate within her jurisdiction.  Many nations have also expressed concern of a possible escalation of the conflict. <ref>[http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/feeds/ap/2006/07/13/ap2877289.html Developments in Israel-Lebanon Crisis]</ref>
-== See also ==
-{{wikinewspar|Israel-Hezbollah war continues for a third day}}
-* [[Lebanese Civil War]], [[1975]]–[[1990]]
-* [[Operation Accountability]], [[1993]]
-* [[Operation Grapes of Wrath]], [[1996]]
-* [[Operation Summer Rains]]
-==References==
-<div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:1; column-count:1;">
-<references />
-</div>
-{{Arab-Israeli Conflict}}
-[[Category:Arab-Israeli conflict]]
-[[Category:Battles of Israel]]
-[[Category:History of Israel]]
-[[Category:History of Lebanon]]
-[[Category:Israel Defense Forces Operations|Just Reward]]
-[[Category:2006]]
-[[ar:الأزمة اللبنانية الإسرائيلية 2006]]
-[[da:Israelsk-libanesiske krise 2006]]
-[[de:Israel-Libanon-Krise 2006]]
-[[fr:Crise israélo-libanaise en 2006]]
-[[he:מבצע שכר הולם]]
-[[nl:Israel-Libanon crisis 2006]]
-[[yi:שכר הולם]]