However, on June 6, 1982, 1982, Israel once again sent the Israel Defense Forces to invade Lebanon on the grounds of expelling the Palestine Liberation Organization, and further attacked and occupied southern Lebanon. It was not until May 25th, 2000 that the Israel Defense Forces withdrew from Lebanon, ending the occupation of 18.
During this period (1978-2000), the IDF committed many incidents of varying degrees, the most notable of which were the shelling incident in Kolor and the Sabra and Chatila massacres. Sabra-Chatila massacre was carried out by Christian militia of Maronite church.
Although the IDF has withdrawn from Lebanon, there has been a rift between Israel and Lebanon and Syria because of the Shab 'a Farms. Hezbollah is a Shiite Muslim organization, which preaches the success of the Iranian revolution and carries out resistance activities in the Israeli-occupied areas. Its political slogan is to destroy Israel. According to 1989 Taif Agreement and 2004 UN Security Council Resolution 1559, all armed militias controlled by Hizbullah in Lebanon must be disbanded (but Hizbullah did not disband). According to the BBC, Hezbollah believes that this move comes from the destruction of Israel.
The United States and Israel have always regarded Hizbullah as a terrorist organization, and received financial and political assistance from Iran and Syria, such as weapons and military training (Syria said that it really supported Hizbullah, but did not provide them with weapons). The Netherlands believes that Hezbollah consists of soldiers (terrorist organizations) and ordinary civilians (non-terrorist organizations). The EU believes that Hizbullah is not a terrorist organization, but supports its disarmament.
Thanks to Hizbullah's weapons and popular support, it won 9. 14% of the seats in the subsequent parliamentary elections (out of 128 seats, it won 14 seats). Immediately after the conflict broke out between Hamas and Israel, Hizbullah declared its support for Hamas. At 9: 05 am (local time) on July 12, 2006, Hizbullah launched an operation called "Real Commitment". Hezbollah forces attacked Israeli towns and military bases near the Lebanese border with 9K5 1 Grad rockets and mortars. In addition, the troops moved 200 meters inside Israel and attacked two Israeli patrols.
After the IDF confirmed that two of its soldiers, Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, were arrested by Hezbollah, an Israeli Merkava main battle tank trying to follow Hezbollah troops to Lebanon was destroyed by a 300kg improvised explosive device. At that time, four soldiers in the tank died on the spot, and another soldier who tried to escape under the strong firepower of Hezbollah was also killed. Therefore, in the operation of Hezbollah on June 5438+02, 2002, eight Israeli soldiers were killed, two were captured and five were injured.
Hassan Nasrallah, general secretary of Hizbullah, said after the operation that the release of Arab prisoners was the only way to release captured Israeli soldiers safely. In response to Hezbollah's attack, Israel sent air force to retaliate with air strikes, which destroyed bridges and civilian buildings in southern Lebanon. Al-Manar TV, which belongs to Hezbollah, reported that 55 civilians were killed in the air raid. In response to this report, an unnamed senior IDF officer said that the targets of the attack were rocket launching bases and rocket warehouses, but many of these facilities were deliberately built by Hezbollah in busy areas. An unnamed Lebanese official responded to the conversation, saying that Hezbollah did not store weapons in the city. In addition, the target of this Israeli air strike is Hezbollah's outpost. Israel said the air strike was just a reward.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the previous attack by Hezbollah troops was an "act of war" and Lebanon would pay a painful price for it. Israeli Defense Minister amir peretz also said that he would use all means. The Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Dan Haloutz, said that if these soldiers were not released, Israel would set Lebanon back 20 years.
After that, Israel continued to carry out the summer rain operation and sent troops and tanks to southern Lebanon. The Israeli Cabinet also held a meeting at 7 pm on July 12, 2006.
On July 13, 2006, Israel sent an IDF jet to bomb Beirut International Airport, but Hezbollah retaliated by bombing Israel's Nahariya and Safed with 9K5 1 Grad rockets. The attack killed two civilians and injured more than 29 people. A large number of Nahariya residents also began to leave the city to avoid further Katyusha rocket attacks. At this time, Israel began to blockade Lebanon from the air and sea, and bombed the main highway from Beirut to Damascus. In addition, Israel bombed civilian infrastructure such as power plants on a large scale.
Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said that Hezbollah tried to send two arrested Israeli soldiers to Iran. However, his statement did not disclose the source of the information.
Major General Judi Adam, general of the Israel Defense Forces and commander of Israel's Northern Command, said that no ground troops had been sent to Lebanon.
Residents of the Israeli city of Haifa were asked to take refuge in the bomb shelter, with an estimated 220,000 people going.
Israeli Defense Minister peretz declared martial law in northern Israel.
On July 15, 2006, three Patriot missiles were deployed in Haifa to intercept missiles flying to Haifa (Patriot missiles were deployed in this area during the US-Iraq war in 2003), but Patriot missiles could not resist Katyusha rockets from Lebanon. Up to the outbreak of the conflict, Hizbullah launched 4,407 warheads in 65,438+065,438+03 attacks, including 65,438+022 mm 86,5438+0+0 rockets and 90 sub-warheads from China.