2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict

Deutsch: Der Libanonkrieg 2006 war ein Krieg, der am 12. Juli 2006 mit einem Angriff der Hisbollah auf Ziele in Nordisrael und der Entführung zweier israelischer Soldaten durch Hisbollah-Milizionäre bei der Ortschaft Zar'it in Israel begann.

English: The 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict is a series of ongoing military actions and clashes in northern Israel and Lebanon between Hezbollah and the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). The conflict came in the context of a larger Middle East conflict, two weeks after the start of the 2006 Israel-Gaza conflict.

Español: La Guerra del Libano de 2006 es un conflicto armado desarrolado en los territorios de Líbano e Israel hasta el alto el fuego de 14 de agosto de 2006

Français : Le conflit israélo-libanais de 2006 est un conflit armé en cours qui a débuté le 12 juillet 2006 engageant initialement les forces armées israéliennes et le Hezbollah au Liban.

עברית: מלחמת לבנון השנייה היא העימות ביולי-אוגוסט 2006 בין ישראל לבין חיזבאללה

Italiano: La guerra del Libano del 2006 è un conflitto armato avvenuto nel nord di Israele e in Libano tra Hezbollah e le forze di difesa israeliane (IDF).

Svenska: Israel-Libanon-konflikten 2006 började den 12 juli 2006 då Hizbollah besköt norra Israel med granater och Katyusharaketer och samtidigt dödade tre israeliska soldater och tillfångatog två vid en attack mot två militärfordon som befann sig nära gränsen mellan Israel och Libanon.

Maps[edit]

Map of Zar'it and vicinity illustrating the localities involved in the Zar'it-Ayta ash-Shab incident (en).
Location, according to early mistaken Lebanese reports, where the Israeli soldiers were captured.
Affected areas on the third day of the conflict (en). cs. es. fr. pl.
Naval blockade of Lebanon (de).
Area of conflict (en).
Area of conflict (pt).
Map of missile strikes in Israel (en).
Areas in Lebanon targeted by Israeli bombing, 12 July to 27 July 2006 (en).
Locator map of Qana, Lebanon (en).
Locator map of Qana (pt).
Southern Lebanon, with most towns and villages between the Blue Line and Litani River (en)

Photographs[edit]

Photographs of the conflict by date.

Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon was disabled by an Israeli Air Force strike on July 13 2006.
Two United States Marine Corps helicopters in Cyprus to assist in the evacuation of embassy staff and United States of America citizens in Lebanon on July 16.
The embassy staff disembarking in Cyprus.
An automobile in Haifa damaged by shrapnel from the July 17 missile attack.
The bomb crater around a Beirut house destroyed in an airstrike; July 20.
A doll in a destroyed home in Beirut; July 20.
Smoke rising from a bombed Beirut house; July 20. (Different angle)
An automobile in Beirut destroyed in an airstrike; July 20.
A street in Beirut after an airstrike; July 20.
U.S. citizens evacuated from Beirut on July 21.
July 21; the aftermath of an IDF attack on a gas station in south Lebanon.
Building bombed by Israeli forces in Ghaziyeh on the road out of Sidon, south Lebanon. July 21.
The United States Navy evacuating U.S. citizens from Lebanon on July 22 using an amphibious landing craft.
White smoke is seen from the television tower in the mountains of Lebanon from the deck of USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), July 22.
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Larnaca, Cyprus on July 24.
Aftermath of an IDF attack on an apartment block in Tyre, Lebanon, July 24.
A Sidon, Lebanon, mosque in rubble after an airstrike, July 25.
A few moments after a July 26 Israeli air force dropped two bombs in the centre of Tyre, south Lebanon.
Distress on the face of a woman seeking refuge from the south Lebanon attacks, July 27.
Polluted water from the Jiyeh power plant oil spill washes into the harbour of Byblos on July 29.
View from Byblos beach.
View from Byblos dock (see close view of ropes dripping oil).
Israeli bombing in Baalbek, July 31.
Different view of damage to Baalbek.
House in Maalot-Tarshiha, Israel, after suffering a direct hit from a Katyusha on July 31.
Smoke after a Katyusha lands near Safed, Israel on August 4.
United States Navy sailors unloading humanitarian aid cargo at the pier of Beirut on August 4.
George W. Bush, Rice and Stephen Hadley discuss the situation at Bush's ranch on August 5.
Bush gives a statement to the press on August 7, joined by Rice.
Rice answers press questions.
IAF helicopter flying to Lebanon on August 11.
Bush, with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, blames Hezbollah for the conflict in a media address.
Israeli D9N bulldozers demolish Hezbulah bunker

Cities[edit]

Beirut, Lebanon in 2005.
Haifa, Israel in 2003.
Sidon, Lebanon in early 2006.
Tyre, Lebanon in early 2006.

Demonstrations[edit]

A protest in Sydney, Australia on July 22 2006 against the killing of Lebanese civilians.
Lebanese flags at a demonstration in support of Lebanon, July 22 in Montréal, Canada.
A demonstration in Bremen, Germany on July 22, calling for an end to action in Lebanon.
Protestors in Toronto, Canada on July 29 hold a banner criticising Stephen Harper's description of Israel's "measured response".
A London, England rally in support of Israel on July 30.
August 3 protest in New York City, USA, after the Israeli airstrike on Qana.
60,000 demonstrated on 5 August in London in support of Lebanon.
Another view of the London demonstration.
Marchers in Montréal on August 6 call for an immediate ceasefire.
A view looking down on the August 6 Montréal demonstration.
Pro-Israel rally in Oslo, Norway, on August 7
Another view of the Oslo rally.
Pro-Israel rally in Stockholm, Sweden, on August 20.
Another view of the Stockholm rally.
Another view of the Stockholm rally.