War |
Combatant 1 |
Combatant 2 |
Result |
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) |
Egypt
Iraq
Transjordan
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
All-Palestine Protectorate
HWA
ALA
Arab Liberation Army
al-Najjada
Holy War Army
|
Israel Yishuv Haganah Palmach
Hish
Him
Irgun
Lehi
Allied Bedouin tribes[1][2]
Israel Defense Forces
Minorities Unit
Mahal
|
Defeat (limited involvement)
|
Lebanon Crisis (1958) |
Government
Lebanese Armed Forces
Kataeb Party
Syrian Social Nationalist Party
Tashnag
United States
|
Opposition
Najjadeh Party
Progressive Socialist Party
Lebanese Communist Party
Al-Mourabitoun
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic |
Government victory
- Reconciliation government formed
|
Coup d'état attempt (1961) |
Lebanese Government |
SSNP-L |
Government victory
|
Six-Day War (1967) |
Egypt(UAR)
Jordan
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Iraq Kuwait |
Israel |
Defeat (Minor involvement)
|
Insurgency in South Lebanon (1968–1982) |
Israel
Free Lebanon
South Lebanon Army
Lebanese Front
Kataeb Party
|
PLO
Syria
LNM
Supported by:
Soviet Union[3]
|
Israeli and Lebanese victory
|
Lebanese Civil War (1975–1990) |
LF
Syria
Tigers Militia
ALZ
Israel
SLA
United States
France
Italy
United Kingdom |
LNM
LNRF
Amal
LCP
SSNP
PLO
Hezbollah
Al-Tawhid
Syria
PLA
ADF |
Taif Agreement
|
South Lebanon Conflict (1985–2000) |
Hezbollah
Amal
Jammoul |
Israel
SLA |
Hezbollah victory
- Israeli withdrawal from South Lebanon
|
Shebaa Farms conflict (2000–2006) |
Hezbollah |
Israel |
Inconclusive
|
July War (2006) |
Hezbollah |
Israel |
Stalemate
- The LAF introduced into South Lebanon
|
Fatah al-Islam Rebellion (2007) |
Lebanon |
Fatah al-Islam
Jund al-Sham |
Victory
|
May clashes (2008) |
Future Movement Progressive Socialist Party |
Hezbollah |
Hezbollah victory
|
Israel–Lebanon border clash (2010) |
Lebanon |
Israel |
Ceasefire
- Withdrawal of both armies
|
Syrian civil war spillover in Lebanon (2011–2017) |
Lebanon
Hezbollah |
Syrian opposition Tahrir al-Sham
Islamic State |
Victory
- Islamist groups expelled from Lebanon
|
Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–ongoing) |
Hezbollah
Hamas[4] PIJ[5] PFLP |
Israel |
Ongoing
- Assassination of high-ranking militants in Lebanon
|