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
|