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[[Image:Locsdgf.jpg|right|Areas in Lebanon targeted by Israeli bombing, 12 July to 13 August 2006.|thumb|300px]]

[[Image:Locsdgf.jpg|right|Areas in Lebanon targeted by Israeli bombing, 12 July to 13 August 2006.|thumb|300px]]

==Cause==

==Cause==

The '''2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict''' was the result of the actions of the group of freedom fighters[[Hezbollah]].  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<ref>http://domino.un.org/unispal.NSF/fd807e46661e3689852570d00069e918/87e2508779d8ec83852571b6004c761f</ref>. 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

The '''2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict''' was the result of the actions of the group of Arab militants [[Hezbollah]] who were staked out in southern Lebanon.  A surprise cross border raid killed 3 Israeli soldiers and killed 2 others.  Hezbollah had been looking to capture Israeli troops so they could trade them for hundreds of prisoners in Isreal that had been rounded up in their ocupation of Lebonon and Palestine. <ref>http://domino.un.org/unispal.NSF/fd807e46661e3689852570d00069e918/87e2508779d8ec83852571b6004c761f</ref>. A failed rescue attempt after the initial capture resulted in the deaths of five more Israeli troops.  Shortly thereafter, Israel began an ultimately unsuccesful aerial bombing campaign against not only Hezbollah, but against Lebanon on a whole who it directly blamed for the raid.  A blockade was put into affect and the Lebanese airport bombed and shut down as well as the main bridges and roads into and out of Lebanon.  This decision went against world opinion, especially when reports of Lebanese civilian dead started to pour in.  Israel eventually launched a land assault which proceeded to advance much slower than expected against surprisingly staunch opposition.  A few weeks after the start of hostilities a cease fire was put into place.  Israeli troops withdrew from southern Lebanon over the next few months as the Lebanese army took up positions on the southern border. Hezbollah was not allowed to re-establish its former positions.  Nevertheless, the tenacious fighting and defense of Hezbollah against Israel, especially while the regular Lebanonese army did nothing, bolstered the support of Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Arab world.

==Bad Media Coverage==

==Bad Media Coverage==

==Impact on civilians==

==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.

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 and military casualties at 120 dead.  Hezbollah dead are estimated at several hundred.

[[Image:Economist Cover 20060819.jpg|right|thumb|''[[The Economist]]'' magazine cover declaring [[Hezbollah]] the winner of the war, 19 August 2006.]]

[[Image:Economist Cover 20060819.jpg|right|thumb|''[[The Economist]]'' magazine cover declaring [[Hezbollah]] the winner of the war, 19 August 2006.]]