2LW Timeline
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è stato aggiornato: 12 dic 2019
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Created byRebecca Stoil
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Happy Birthday to Jacob StoilInitiation of Lebanon ConflictIDF launches ground, air and sea attacks toward Hezbollah positions following ambush/botched rescue, including striking IHezbollah's TV station Al-Manar and radio station Al-Nour in Haret Hreyk (Harat Hurayk), a southern suburb of Beirut, and in Baalbeck.
Israel begins preparing limited number of reservistsHezbollah bombardment of Israeli towns beginsThe IDF drops leaflets in Southern Lebanon urging civilians to flee to safety.The IDF strikes multiple Hezbollah positions, warehouses, and strongholds, including Hezbollah headquarters and Hezbollah’s Al-Manar TV station broadcast tower.Hezbollah fires over 100 Katyusha rockets into Israel, killing two civilians and wounding 19.IDF Ship Hanit is hit by cruise missilesThe IDF hits hundreds of Hezbollah targets with aerial attacks and artillery shelling, including Hezbollah offices, and the road linking Southern Lebanon to Damascus (resupply route).PM Olmert lays out the conditions for a ceasefire, calling for the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559.Hezbollah fires 100 rockets into Israel, reaching the city of Tiberias for the first time and leaving 16 civilians wounded. The Minister of Defense calls for a state of emergency on the home front.Hezbollah fires 47 rockets into Israel, killing 8 and wounding 77 more in Haifa. Rockets also hit Nazareth and Afula. Seen as extension of Hezbollah's reachIDF continues striking Hezbollah positions and drops leaflets over Nabatiyeh and seven other villages, urging civilians to leave Hezbollah-controlled areas.Hezbollah fires 116 rockets into Israel, killing children from Nazareth and wounding 18 more.IDF strikes Hezbollah weapons caches, launch sites, command posts, and communications infrastructure. Two soldiers are killed and seven wounded in a firefight in Southern Lebanon.Hezbollah fires 129 rockets into Israel, wounding 35 civilians.IDF begins a limited ground mobilization, sending 2,000 troops into Southern Lebanon. The IDF begins Operation Webs of Steel, and takes over the Hezbollah-held town of Maroun al-Ras.Hezbollah fires 111 rockets into Israel, wounding 17.IDF drops leaflets urging Lebanese civilians to move northwards.Hezbollah fires 169 rockets into Israel, wounding 32.Operation Webs of Steel 2 continues to operate around Bint JebelHezbollah fires 86 rockets into Israel, wounding 10.The IDF withdraws from Bint JebelPatriot missiles are deployed north of Tel AvivHezbollah fires a long-range Khaibar-1 rocket at Afula.Hezbollah fires six rockets into Israel, wounding 25.IDF bombers hit the area around Tayba. The Israeli Army apologised for the damage to an unspecified number of Lebanese Army vehicles in the area.Capture of Gilad Shalit on the Gaza BorderEmergency Cabinet meeting is held to discuss escalation on northern borderUnited Nations envoy to the region, Geir Pedrson, condemns the Hezbollah action and calls on Hezbollah to release the soldiersLebanese PM Fuad Siniora denies any knowledge of the raid and stated that he did not condone it, a position affirmed by an emergency meeting of the Lebanese governmentIDF imposes land and sea blockade on Lebanon, bombs Beirut airport to prevent weapons smugglingIAF continues attacks on infrastructure, Hezbollah positions, and suspected rocket launch sitesHezbollah declares a full military alert, annoucning that it has 13,000 rockets capable of achieving depth in northern IsraelIn response to Hezbollah threat, DM Peretz tells commanders to prepare civil defense plansLebanon Calls for CeasefireHezbollah declares "open war"Emergency UNSC meeting regarding escalationThree Patriot anti-ballistic missile batteries deployed in Haifa.Defense Minister Amir Peretz declares martial law throughout north Israel.Israel attacks commercial ports in the towns of Beirut and Tripoli, as well as ports in Jounieh and Amsheet, predominantly Christian townsHezbollah militants attempted to infiltrate an IDF post on the border.Vladimir Putin says: "Israel may be pursuing other aims in Lebanon than saving two soldiers taken hostage"Periodi
Operation launched to "encircle" Bint Jebel (Operation Webs of Steel 2).Operation Summer Rains (the operation to recover Schalit)IAF strikes target a main road in the south of Lebanon killing two civilians dead, with strikes into the night against infrastructure.
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