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Lebanon conflict chronology
03/10/2006 11:35 - (SA)
Beirut - Israel has completed the withdrawal of its troops from southern Lebanon, six weeks after the end of the war against Hezbollah.
Herewith a brief chronology of the 34-day war and its aftermath:
July
12: Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers and kills eight. Israel launches air strikes and sends ground troops into Lebanon.
13: Israel bombs Beirut airport, and kills at least 44 civilians in air strikes. It imposes an air and sea blockade against Lebanon. Hezbollah starts firing rockets into Israel, which becomes daily and claims around 50 lives.
16: Foreigners in Lebanon begin to flee the Israeli onslaught.
22: The two sides engage in the first ground combat of the war, on the Israeli-Lebanese border.
25: Four UN observers killed in an Israeli raid.
26: In Rome, an international conference decides for the deployment of a force under a mandate of the United Nations.
30: Israel bombs the Lebanese village of Qana, claiming at least 28 civilian lives.
August
5: France and the United States agree on a draft UN security council resolution aimed at ending the war. Beirut seeks changes to the proposal.
7: Israel imposes a curfew south of the Litani River.
11: The UN security council adopts resolution 1701 calling for a ceasefire.
14: Hostilities are suspended after around 1 200 lives are lost in Lebanon. Refugees start returning.
16: Israeli troops begin their withdrawal.
17: The Lebanese army starts to deploy the first of 15 000 soldiers in the south, after a 40-year absence.
19: The first troops of the French-led UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) arrive. Europe commits 7 000 peacekeepers, including 2 450 from Italy and 2 000 from France.
31: In Stockholm, the international community promises $940m in assistance to rebuild Lebanon.
September
8: An international naval force charged with supervising an embargo on the weapons entering Lebanon begins its work. The Israeli blockade is lifted.
12: The United Nations calls for the disarmament of Hezbollah.
20: UNIFIL crosses the threshold of 5 000 troops (out of 15 000) fixed by Israel for its total withdrawal.
October
1: Israel's military says that the estimated several hundred troops who had been remaining in Lebanon had crossed back into Israel during the night without incident.
- AFP
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