Second Lebanon War and It’s Aftermath
The war between Israel and Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 began on July 12th when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel and captured to Israel soldiers. It continued until August 14th when a UN-brokered ceasefire went into effect. Throughout the war there were accusations of atrocities, such as the deliberate targeting of civilian populations, on both sides. Lebanese infrastructure was severely damaged and the population displaced. The UN resolution which ended the conflict called for the disarmament of Hezbollah, the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers from Lebanon, the deployment of Lebanese soldiers in the south of the country, and a reinforced and expanded UN peacekeeping force.
Background Information
- Hizbullah attacks northern Israel and Israel's response – page from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Lebanon: Key Facts – from BBC
- Official UNIFIL page
Agreements
- May 17 Agreement – a failed agreement between Israel and Lebanon (1979)
- UN Security Council Resolutions 425, 426, 425 – calling for the establishment of UNIFIL (the UN Interim Force in Lebanon)
- The Ta’if Accords – September 1989
- UN
Security Council Resolution 1559 – calling for the
withdrawal of foreign troops from Lebanon and the disarmament of the country’s
militias
- Report on Implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559 – October 2005
- UN Security Council Resolution 1701 – on the Israel-Hezbollah War
Reports
- International Committee of the Red Cross in Lebanon – Newsletter, July-September 2006
- Israeli Cluster Munitions Hit Civilians in Lebanon – Human Rights Watch, July 24, 2006
- Israel and Hizbullah Must Spare Civilians – Amnesty International Report, July 26,
- Deliberate destruction or "collateral damage"? Israeli attacks on civilian infrastructure – Amnesty International Report, August 23, 2006 (controversial report)
- Under fire: Hizbullah’s attacks on northern Israel – Amnesty International Report, September 14, 2006
- Poll: Palestinian and Israeli Attitudes After the Lebanon War - Joint poll by the Harry S. Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research in Ramallah, September 26, 2006
- Lebanon/Israel: Hezbollah Hit Israel with Cluster Munitions During Conflict – Human Rights Watch, October 29, 2006
- US Government Situation Report: Lebanon Humanitarian Emergency, December 29, 2006
- Hezbollah's use of Lebanese civilians as human shields: Declassified Secret Report by Dr. Reuven Erlich (Center for Special Studies)
- Hezbollah Leads Work to Rebuild, Gaining Stature – New York Times
- How Should Israel Respond to War Crimes Accusations from the War in Lebanon? By Dr. Avi Bell at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs
- The UN Ceasefire Resolution, Paragraph-by-Paragraph – from Jurist, analyzed by Anthony D’Amato
- Understanding the Iran-Hezbollah Connection by Robert Grace and Andrew Mandelbaum (US Institute of Peace), September 2006
- Syria's Role in Lebanon by Mona Yacoubian (US Institute of Peace), November 2006
- The No-Win Zone: An After-Action Report from Lebanon by Daniel Byman and Stephen Simon (Council on Foreign Relations), Nov./Dec. 2006
Maps
- UNIFIL Deployment Map – from the UN site
- US Government Humanitarian Assistance to Lebanon
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