Hezbollah–Israel conflict (2023–present) — conflict between Hezbollah and Israel since 2023 till 2024
The 2023–2024 Hezbollah–Israel conflict marked the largest escalation between the two parties since the 2006 Lebanon War, displacing over 1.5 million people.
Key Facts
- Conflict start date
- 8 October 2023
- Displaced in northern Israel
- Approximately 96,000 individuals
- Displaced in Lebanon
- Over 1.4 million by late October 2024
- Ceasefire effective date
- 27 November 2024
- Ceasefire duration
- 60 days, extended to 18 February 2025
- Hezbollah withdrawal line
- North of the Litani River (~30 km from Israeli border)
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Cause → Event → Consequence
On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched a large-scale attack on Israel, prompting Israeli military operations in Gaza. On 8 October, Hezbollah declared solidarity with Palestinians and began firing guided rockets and artillery at Israeli positions in the Shebaa Farms, triggering Israeli retaliatory strikes and opening a second front along the Lebanese border.
The conflict involved prolonged cross-border exchanges of fire between Hezbollah and Israel. In September 2024, Israel escalated operations by conducting electronic device attacks on Hezbollah's communications, assassinating Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah and his designated successor Hashem Safieddine, and launching a ground invasion of southern Lebanon on 1 October 2024, significantly degrading Hezbollah's military infrastructure and missile stockpile.
A 60-day ceasefire brokered by a US-led five-nation panel took effect on 27 November 2024, requiring Hezbollah to withdraw fighters north of the Litani River and Israel to pull back from southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Army deployed around 5,000 soldiers to monitor compliance. The ceasefire was extended to 18 February 2025, after which the IDF withdrew from most of southern Lebanon.