Israel-Hezbollah on brink of full-scale war


LEBANON
Tyre
Litani River
Shebaa Farms
Majdal Shams
UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) area
IDF evacuation zone
Nahariya
GOLAN HEIGHTS (Israeli- occupied)
Haifa
ISRAEL
Sea of Galilee
SYRIA 
JORDAN
100km 60 miles


DEATH TOLL
Israeli-Lebanese border since Oct 8, 2023

Lebanon
589
137 civilians

Israel
Military 21 
Civilian 25


DISPLACED
(as of Sep 10)

Israel 60,000 
Leb. 113,054


	Personnel		Artillery

Israel 	173,000 active 		2,200 tanks plus 950 artillery, 300 rocket launch systems
	300,000 reservists	

Hezbollah 100,000 claimed	200,000 rockets/missiles


Oct 8, 2023: Hezbollah begins trading fire with Israel one day after Hamas attacks southern Israel and sparks Gaza war
Tens of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes on both sides of Lebanese-Israeli border

Jul 27, 2024: Rocket strike in Majdal Shams – in Israeli-occupied Golan Heights – kills 12 children. Israel accuses Hezbollah – group denies involvement

Jul 30: Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr – close adviser to group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah – killed in Israeli air strike in Beirut

Sep 17-18: Nearly 40 people killed and more than 3,000 injured by exploding pagers and walkie-talkies across Lebanon

Israel’s defence minister declares start of “new phase” of war and begins moving more troops to border with Lebanon

 
Sources: ISW, BBC, Lebanese Ministry of Health, CSIS, IDF, OCHA, Janes 
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