The Israel and Lebanon War
The Lebanon and Israel War went from the 12th July 2006 to 14th August 2006. It was a 34 day military conflict in Lebanon and northern Israel.
The principal parties were the Israeli military and Hezbollah paramilitary.
Hezbollah was responsible for a raid in 2006 on a border post in Northern Israel in which two Israeli soldiers were taken captive. The abductions sparked an Israeli military campaign against Lebanon to which Hezbollah responded by firing rockets across the Lebanese border into Israel.
Below is a map of the affected areas during the conflict
What is Hezbollah?
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Islamist organisation. They act like an unofficial government and are a powerful force which are a major provider of social services, which operates in schools, hospitals and agricultural services for thousands of Lebanese Shiites.
