Israel and Lebanon slide towards war

U.S. and French diplomats are attempting to broker an end to fighting between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah as the two edge towards an all-out war on their 120km border


Attacks since Oct 7: 4,400
Israeli 
Hezbollah

UN Security Council Resolution 1701 zone, 2006: From Litani to Blue Line should be free of all armed personnel and weapons except Lebanese Army

UNSCR 425, 2000: Blue Line of Israeli with-drawal

Displaced
Israel 	60,000 
Leb.	90,000

Death toll
Lebanon
516

Israel
Military 21
Civilian 12

Forest fires 
8,700 hectares 
4,000


LEBANON
Sidon
Litani River
Tyre
SYRIA
Mount Hermon
UNDOF ceasefire zone
Shebaa Farms
Qiryat Shemona
Quneitra
Nahariya
IDF evacuation zone
Haifa
ISRAEL
Sea of Galilee
GOLAN HEIGHTS (Israeli-occupied)
JORDAN
Lebanon
10km 6 miles
 

		Personnel		Artillery
Israel 		173,000 active 		2,200 tanks plus 950 artillery, 
		300,000 reservists	300 rocket launch systems
Hezbollah 	100,000 claimed		200,000 rockets/missiles


Sources: Institute for the Study of War, CSIS, Times of Israel
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