2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict
Cause
The 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict was the result of the actions of the group of freedom fightersHezbollah. They wanted to trade two captured soilders in return for hundreds that Isreal had illegally captured in their illegal ocupation of Lebonon and Palestine. nothers[1]. A failed rescue attempt resulted in the deaths of five more Israeli troops. Shortly after, Israel began an ultimately unsuccesful aerial bombing campaign against Hezbollah, it resulted in the death of Lebanese civilians. Israel then set up naval blockades, and launched a ground invasion of southern Lebanon. This back-fired as Hezbollah now have more support
Impact on civilians
Israeli retaliation at the death of eight soldiers ultimately caused the deaths of up to 2,000 Lebanese citizens (this number is highly contested: many deaths appear to have been accidental recounts of the bodies, or the casualties of misfired Hezbollah rockets), the wounding of over 4,000, and the displacement of 200,000. Israeli civilian losses were at 43.
References
http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/myths/mftoc.html http://nowarforisrael.com/ No More Wars For Israel