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An Israeli ground operation targeting Hezbollah forces in Lebanon recalls previous wars and raises fears of worse to come.
Oct. 2, 2024, 4:44 p.m. ET
Israel and Hezbollah troops were fighting at close range in southern Lebanon on Wednesday, after Israel launched a ground invasion earlier in the week.
Israel said eight of its soldiers had been killed in the first day and a half of combat in Lebanon, a relatively high toll compared with the daily losses the military has taken in the war against Hamas in Gaza.
Lebanon
Awali River
Israel told residents to move
north of the Awali River.
Israel
Abel al-Saqi
Litani River
Towns Israel told
residents to leave
Abbasiyeh
Odaisseh
Hezbollah
reported
clashes with
Israeli troops.
Rashidiya
Lebanon
Deir Aames
Jebel al-Batm
Military zones
closed by
Israel
Yaroun
Israel
U.N. buffer zone set in 2006
5 miles
Awali River
Lebanon
Israel told residents to move
north of the Awali River.
Israel
Towns Israel told
residents to leave
Abel al-Saqi
Litani River
Abbasiyeh
Odaisseh
Hezbollah
reported
clashes with
Israeli troops.
Rashidiya
Lebanon
Military zones
closed by
Israel
Yaroun
Israel
5 miles
U.N. buffer zone set in 2006
The goal of the invasion, Israel said, is to stop Hezbollah rocket attacks on northern Israel so that citizens can return home after nearly a year of cross-border strikes.
Here’s a look at Israeli and Hezbollah’s forces, and their history.
Why are they fighting?
Israel and Hezbollah have a long history of conflict dating to the 1980s. The most recent round of fighting began in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attacks led by Hamas, which killed an estimated 1,200 people in Israel and set off a devastating war in the Gaza Strip.
Lebanon
Awali River
Sidon
Israel
LEBANON
Litani River
Tyre
Places that Israel
captured or fought in
during the 2006 war
ISRAEL
Lebanon
Awali River
Sidon
Israel
LEBANON
Litani River
Places that Israel
captured or fought in
during the 2006 war
ISRAEL
