Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present)
Ongoing conflict between Hezbollah and Israel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exchange of strikes between Israel and Lebanese militant group Hezbollah has been occurring along the Israel–Lebanon border and in Syria and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights since 8 October 2023. It is currently the largest escalation of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict to have occurred since the 2006 Lebanon War, and part of the spillover of the Israel-Hamas war.
Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present) | |||||||
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Part of the Hezbollah–Israel conflict amidst the Israel–Hamas war, Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the Iran–Israel conflict during the Syrian civil war | |||||||
Israel Areas ordered evacuated by Israel Areas of Lebanon with attested Hezbollah presence Syria
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Belligerents | |||||||
Hezbollah Amal Movement Lebanese Resistance Brigades[1] Islamic Group[2] SSNP-L[3] Islamic Azz Brigades[4] Iran Syria Hamas[5] PIJ[6] Front for the Liberation of the Golan Islamic Resistance in Iraq[7] | Israel | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Hassan Nasrallah Mohammad Naameh[9] † Wissam al-Tawil † Ali Hussein Barji † Osama Hamdan Saleh al-Arouri † Mohammad Reza Zahedi † Razi Mousavi † Sadegh Omidzadeh † |
Benjamin Netanyahu Yoav Gallant Ori Gordin Alim Abdallah † | ||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Eagles of the Whirlwind[3] Al-Quds Brigades
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
661 militants, soldiers and medics killed[lower-alpha 1]
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Per Israel: 2,000+ casualties[51] | ||||||
109 civilians killed in Lebanon[52] 95,000+ Lebanese displaced[54] 96,000 Israelis displaced[55] |
On 8 October 2023, Hezbollah started firing guided rockets and artillery shells at Israeli positions in the occupied Shebaa Farms, which it said was in solidarity with Palestinians following the Hamas attack on Israel that took place a day earlier.[56][57][58] Israel retaliated by launching drone strikes and artillery shells at Hezbollah positions near Lebanon's boundary with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.
In northern Israel, the ongoing conflict has forced approximately 96,000 individuals to leave their homes,[55] while in Lebanon, almost 100,000 individuals have been displaced.[59] Between 21 October 2023 and 20 February 2024 the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) recorded an estimated 7,948 incidents of artillery fire from the south of the Blue Line (from Israel to Lebanon) and 978 incidents of artillery fire from the north side (from Lebanon to Israel).[60]