2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
(Redirected from 2006 Lebanon War)
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
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Map of Zar'it and vicinity illustrating the localities involved in the Zar'it-Ayta ash-Shab incident (en).
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Location, according to early mistaken Lebanese reports, where the Israeli soldiers were captured.
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Naval blockade of Lebanon (de).
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Area of conflict (en).
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Area of conflict (pt).
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Map of missile strikes in Israel (en).
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Locator map of Qana, Lebanon (en).
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Locator map of Qana (pt).
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Southern Lebanon, with most towns and villages between the Blue Line and Litani River (en)
Photographs
[edit]Photographs of the conflict by date.
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Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon was disabled by an Israeli Air Force strike on July 13 2006.
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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.
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The embassy staff disembarking in Cyprus.
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An automobile in Haifa damaged by shrapnel from the July 17 missile attack.
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The bomb crater around a Beirut house destroyed in an airstrike; July 20.
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A doll in a destroyed home in Beirut; July 20.
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Smoke rising from a bombed Beirut house; July 20. (Different angle)
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An automobile in Beirut destroyed in an airstrike; July 20.
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A street in Beirut after an airstrike; July 20.
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U.S. citizens evacuated from Beirut on July 21.
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July 21; the aftermath of an IDF attack on a gas station in south Lebanon.
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Building bombed by Israeli forces in Ghaziyeh on the road out of Sidon, south Lebanon. July 21.
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The United States Navy evacuating U.S. citizens from Lebanon on July 22 using an amphibious landing craft.
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White smoke is seen from the television tower in the mountains of Lebanon from the deck of USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7), July 22.
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A few moments after a July 26 Israeli air force dropped two bombs in the centre of Tyre, south Lebanon.
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Distress on the face of a woman seeking refuge from the south Lebanon attacks, July 27.
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View from Byblos beach.
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View from Byblos dock (see close view of ropes dripping oil).
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Different view of damage to Baalbek.
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United States Navy sailors unloading humanitarian aid cargo at the pier of Beirut on August 4.
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Bush gives a statement to the press on August 7, joined by Rice.
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Rice answers press questions.
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IAF helicopter flying to Lebanon on August 11.
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Bush, with U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, blames Hezbollah for the conflict in a media address.
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Israeli D9N bulldozers demolish Hezbulah bunker
Cities
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Beirut, Lebanon in 2005.
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Haifa, Israel in 2003.
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Sidon, Lebanon in early 2006.
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Tyre, Lebanon in early 2006.
Demonstrations
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Protestors in Toronto, Canada on July 29 hold a banner criticising Stephen Harper's description of Israel's "measured response".
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Another view of the London demonstration.
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Marchers in Montréal on August 6 call for an immediate ceasefire.
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A view looking down on the August 6 Montréal demonstration.
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Another view of the Oslo rally.
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Another view of the Stockholm rally.
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Another view of the Stockholm rally.