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A nighttime Israeli Defense Forces frogmen, Shayetet 13 raid on Tyre, South Lebanon, on August 5, 2006 targeted the Hezbollah cell responsible for the rocket attack on Hadera the day before. The city of Tyre and its environs have become a central base of the long-range rocket fire against Israel. Combatants Hezbollah Israel Lebanon note: AA only[1] Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General) Dan Halutz (CoS) Udi Adam (Regional) Michel Sulaiman (CoS) Casualties Militants: Unclear. ...
Shayetet 13 ( שייטת 13 ) is the Israeli naval commando elite special forces unit. ...
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See also: 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict See also: Timeline of the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict This is intended to list information about the military operations related to the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. ...
Combatants Hezbollah Israel Lebanon note: AA only[1] Commanders Hassan Nasrallah (Secretary General) Dan Halutz (CoS) Udi Adam (Regional) Michel Sulaiman (CoS) Casualties Militants: Unclear. ...
Combatants Israel Hezbollah Strength Inconstant about 200 assumed Casualties Israel claims to have suffered 15 dead[1] about 60 wounded[citation needed] Hezbollah claims to have suffered 12 dead,[2] as of July 28. ...
The 2006 Qana airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on a building in the small community of al-Khuraybah near the South Lebanese village of Qana on July 30, 2006, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. ...
The 2006 Shiyyah airstrike was an attack by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the Shiyyah suburb in the Lebanese capital of Beirut on August 7, 2006, during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict. ...
The 2006 Ghaziyeh airstrikes were two sequential attacks by the Israel Air Force (IAF) on the city of Ghaziyeh in Lebanon on August 7, and August 8, 2006. ...
The 2006 Marjayoun convoy was a convoy of approximately 759 vehicles containing Lebanese police, army, civilians, and one Associated Press journalist, which was attacked by the the Israeli Air Force (IAF) as it travelled away from the area of Marjayoun on August 11, 2006. ...
Combatants Israel Hezbollah Strength 30,000 [1] 600-1,000 fighters[2] Casualties 33 killed 150 wounded [1] [2] Israel claims 50+ killed Hezbollah denies,1 fighter captured[3] The Litani offensive was a final push by the Israeli Defense Forces during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict that began on...
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) (Hebrew: צבא ההגנה לישראל Tsva Ha-Haganah Le-Yisrael ([Army] Force [for] the Defense of Israel), often abbreviated צהל Tsahal, alternative English spelling Tzahal, is the name of Israels armed forces (army, air force and navy). ...
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Shayetet 13 ( שייטת 13 ) is the Israeli naval commando elite special forces unit. ...
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South Lebanon may refer to South Lebanon, Ohio South Lebanon, Oregon South Lebanon Township, Pennsylvania This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...
August 5 is the 217th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (218th in leap years), with 148 days remaining. ...
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Haderas Great Synagogue Hadera (Hebrew: חדרה) is a city in the Haifa District in Israel. ...
The raid
Lebanese sources reported that the IDF commando forces arrived by helicopter around 1:00 a.m. in two units, and landed in an orange grove near the city’s northern entrance. The troops cut through a fence and opened fire towards an apartment on the second floor of a building. The apartment was directly hit, and eyewitnesses reported its occupants were wounded. to be merged with IDF (disambiguation) IDF may stand for: intermediate distribution frame (in telephony) Iceland Defense Force Irish Defence Forces Israel Defense Forces The AIDC F-CK Indigenous Defence Fighter This page disambiguates a three-character combination which might be any or all of an abbreviation, an acronym, an...
A gunbattle between soldiers and Hezbollah gunmen erupted, with Israeli Air Force helicopter gunships providing the soldiers on the ground with fire-support. Hezbollah flag For other uses, see Hezbollah (disambiguation). ...
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) (Hebrew: זרוע ×”×וויר והחלל Zroa HaAvir VeHaḤalal, literally Air and Space Arm) is the air force of the Israel Defense Forces and currently operates around 900 aircraft. ...
The term gunship is used in several contexts, all sharing the general idea of a light vessel armed with heavy guns. ...
Some three hours later, at around 4:00 a.m., the soldiers withdrew from the scene. The two severely wounded soldiers as well as the other casualties were airlifted to the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, Israel.[1] Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Hebrew: רבי משה בן מיימון; Arabic: Mussa bin Maimun ibn Abdallah al-Kurtubi al-Israili; March 30, 1135—December 13, 1204), commonly known by his Greek name Maimonides, was a Jewish rabbi, physician, and philosopher. ...
Nickname: Red Haifa Location Haifa Bay from atop Mt. ...
It was reported that the Lebanese Army fired Surface-to-air missiles at the Israeli helicopters, which returned fire, hitting a Lebanese M113 Armored Personnel Carrier and destroying it. The Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) consists of three branches: Lebanese Army Lebanese Air Force Lebanese Navy // General overview The Lebanese Armed Forces primary missions include maintaining security and stability in the country, guarding the countrys borders, port security, relief operations, rescue operations, fire fighting, and fighting drug smuggling. ...
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The M113 is an armored personnel carrier family of vehicles in use with the US military and many other nations. ...
August 8 - August 13 August 8: The Israeli military dropped leaflets, warning of stepped-up operations and urging people not to drive on roads. One leaflet, which a Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. reporter showed on the air, said that "terrorist elements ... are using you as human shields by launching rockets toward the state of Israel from your homes." The translated leaflet continued, "All cars and of any type will be shelled if seen moving south of the Litani River because it will be considered a suspect of transferring rockets, military ammunitions and those causing destruction. "You need to know that anyone moving in any type of car will put their life in danger." The area of Tyre has been a launching point for Hezbollah's Katyusha rockets, about 40 of which had landed by midday in Israel, an Israeli police spokesman said. The Red Cross is allowed to bring ships into the Lebanese ports of Tyre. The destruction of a main road and a makeshift bridge by airstrikes forced Médecins Sans Frontières to bring supplies into the southern Lebanese city of Tyre by forming a human chain across the Litani River, said a spokesman for the aid group.[2] Médecins Sans Frontières ( (help· info)) is a secular humanitarian-aid non-governmental organisation best known for its projects in war-torn regions and developing countries facing endemic disease. ...
The Litani River in red The Litani River (Arabic: نهر الليطاني; transliterated: Nahr al-Lytany) is an important waterway in southern Lebanon. ...
August 11: Hezbollah TV reported that Hezbollah forces destroyed an Israeli gunboat off the coast of Tyre, Lebanon, killing or wounding a crew of 12, the Associated Press reported. The Israeli military denied Hezbollah's claim, the AP said.[3] Associated Press logo The Associated Press, or AP, is an American news agency, the worlds largest such organization. ...
August 12: Israeli airstrikes targeted two buildings in Tyre believed to be associated with Hezbollah, Arab-language news media reported. One of the overnight airstrikes hit a power station in the Tyre suburbs, cutting off electricity in the area, Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation reported. News footage showed smoke wafting on the horizon following the airstrikes in the southern port city.[3] Founded in August 1985, the Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International, widely known as LBCI, is the first private television station in Lebanon. ...
August 13: In the southern port city of Tyre, Israeli airstrikes sent columns of smoke into the air. Arabic-language news networks reported civilians were killed in the strikes. It were some of the heaviest attacks of the 33-day conflict. IDF reported that they shot down two Hezbollah-drones on their way to Israel, one was brought down over western Galilee, the other over Tyre.[4] For a wheel tyre, see the article under the US English spelling of the word, tire. ...
Galilee (Arabic al-jaleel الجليل, Hebrew hagalil הגליל), meaning circuit, is a large area overlapping with much of the North District of Israel. ...
Aftermath August 14: In Tyre, people who had spent days or weeks in cramped, uncomfortable shelters in the mountains, with food and water running low, were anxious to get to their homes and find out what had happened to them. Lebanon's interior ministry issued a statement urging civilians to stay away from their homes until army engineers could inspect them for unexploded cluster bombs or artillery, the Associated Press said.[5]{{
August 17: About 6,000 Lebanese troops moved south across the Litani River, reclaiming territory taken earlier by the Israeli army. Between 1,800 and 2,000 more Lebanese troops were expected to arrive in the southern port city of Tyre by midday.[6]
August 23: Tekimiti Gilbert, the operations chief of a United Nations mine removal team, told reporters in Tyre: “Up to now there are at least 170 cluster bomb strikes in south Lebanon. It’s a huge problem. There are obvious dangers with people, children, cars. People are tripping over these things.”[7] United Nations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...
August 24: Workers handed out blankets, mattresses, tents and other basic living items, the statement said. UNHCR distributed tents to 30 locations near the port city of Tyre. More supplies, including six truckloads of relief items from Syria and four trailer loads from a French ship, are expected to arrive August 25.[8] For a wheel tyre, see the article under the US English spelling of the word, tire. ...
Sources - ^ Courageous Commando Operation in the City of Tzor. Israel Defense Force (5 August 2006). Retrieved on 2006-08-18.
- ^ "Arab League takes Lebanon concerns to U.N. council: report", CNN, 2006-08-08.
- ^ a b "Israel expands campaign as U.N. passes deal", CNN, 2006-08-12.
- ^ "Israel, Hezbollah step up attacks as cease-fire deadline nears", CNN, 2006-08-13.
- ^ "Fighting continues up until cease-fire", CNN, 2006-08-14.
- ^ "Lebanese troops move south as Israel moves out", CNN, 2006-08-17.
- ^ "Human Rights Group Accuses Israel of War Crimes in Lebanon", New York Times, 2006-08-23.
- ^ "Syria opposes U.N. force on border", CNN, 2006-08-24.
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