2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon

2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon
Part of the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present), the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict
Israel   Attested Hezbollah presence in Lebanon   Lebanese territory under Israeli control   Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Ghajar   Syria   Areas ordered evacuated by Israel See here for a more detailed map
Date 1 October – 27 November 2024 (1 month, 3 weeks and 5 days[c]) Location Southern Lebanon Result Israeli victory[12] 2024 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire agreement Territorial changes Continued Israeli occupation force in parts of Southern Lebanon
Belligerents
Israel	Hezbollah Allies: Amal Movement[1] Islamic Group[2] SSNP-L[3]  Houthi movement[4] Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine[5][better source needed]  Palestinian Islamic Jihad[6] Islamic Resistance in Iraq[7]  Lebanon[a][9]	UNIFIL[b]
Commanders and leaders
Benjamin Netanyahu Israel Katz Herzi Halevi Ori Gordin Guy Levi[13] Elad Tzuri[14] Yeftah Norkin[15]	Naim Qassem Hashem Safieddine X Maurice Sleem Joseph Aoun	Aroldo Lázaro Sáenz Chok Bahadur Dhakal Jean-Jacques Fatinet Axel Schulz M Ghoffar Ngismangil Johan Effendi Mohd Salleh
Units involved
List of units:  Israel Defense Forces  Israeli Ground Forces  36th Division[16] 1st Infantry Brigade 6th Infantry Brigade 7th Armored Brigade[14] 188th Armored Brigade 282nd Artillery Brigade [he][17] 91st Division[16] 3rd Infantry Brigade[17] 8th Armored Brigade[17] 228th Infantry Brigade [he][18] 769th Territorial Brigade[19] 98th Division[16] 35th Paratroopers Brigade[20] 89th Oz Brigade[21] Unit 621 (Egoz) Unit 5515[22]  146th Division[23][24] Carmeli Brigade[15] 514th Armored Brigade [he][15] 213th Artillery Brigade [he][15] 226th Paratroopers Brigade[25] 210th Division HeHarim Brigade[26] Yahalom[27]  Israeli Air Force Unit 669[28]  Israeli Navy[29] General Staff of the Israel Defense Forces Intelligence Directorate[30] Unit 8200[31]	List of units: Hezbollah military wing Lebanese Resistance Brigades Redwan Force[32][33] Imam Hussein Division[34] Aziz Unit[35] Nasser Unit[35] Bader Unit[35] Unit 4400[36] Engineering Corps[37] Artillery Corps[37] Amal military wing Al-Abbas Force[1] Fajr Forces Eagles of the Whirlwind   Yemeni Armed Forces (SPC) Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades[38][39][40][41]  Al-Quds Brigades Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Lebanese Armed Forces	Garuda Contingent[42] MALBATT[43] 121st/125th Infantry Battalion[44][45][46]
Strength
15,000[47][48] Per Hezbollah:[49] 70,000+ soldiers 100+ military vehicles	20,000–100,000[50] 80,000[51]	10,000[52][d]
Casualties and losses
Per IDF: 60 soldiers killed[e] 900 soldiers injured[54][55] Per Hezbollah:[56] 95+ soldiers killed[57] 900+ soldiers injured[57] 42 Merkava tanks destroyed 4 military bulldozers destroyed	Per Lebanon: 2,720 Lebanese killed[58] (mostly civilians[59]) 41 Lebanese Army soldiers killed[60] 28 medics killed[61][62] (including medics affiliated with Hezbollah,[63] and the Amal Party[64]) 40 search and rescue personnel killed[65] Per IDF: 2,762 Hezbollah fighters killed[66] 8 surrendered[67] Thousands injured, at least 7,000 severely or moderately[68][69] 80% of pre-war Hezbollah rockets and missiles destroyed[70] (denied by Hezbollah)[71]	Per UNIFIL: 42 UN peacekeepers wounded[f]
1.4 million+ Lebanese civilians displaced[78][79]

On 1 October 2024, Israel invaded Southern Lebanon, marking the sixth Israeli invasion of Lebanon since 1978.^[80] The invasion took place after nearly 12 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah. On 26 November, Israel and Lebanon signed a ceasefire agreement, mediated by France and the United States.^[81][82] The ceasefire went into effect on 27 November, though some attacks continue.

Hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel erupted shortly after Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel, when Hezbollah joined the conflict in support of Hamas, launching rockets into northern Israel and the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights. Cross borders attacks resulted in a large number of displaced people on both sides of the border. Prior to the incursions, Israel had conducted major attacks in Lebanon including an attack on pagers and electronic devices,^[83][84][85] and assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.^[86][87] Israel had also conducted an aerial bombing campaign throughout Lebanon, killing over 800 Lebanese people in one week in late September.^[88] Israel stated that it had been attacking in Lebanon to destroy Hezbollah's military capabilities so that they no longer pose a threat to it.^[89][90]

At the start of the invasion, the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) withdrew from parts of the Blue Line.^[91] On 27 November, the ceasefire agreement came into effect. Israel has reported 56 of its soldiers and 2,762 Hezbollah militants killed in the invasion,^[66] while the Lebanese government has reported Israel killing 2,720 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians.^[92][59]

Under the ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces were to withdraw from Lebanon by 26 January 2025, but Israel refused to do so, leading to a new deadline of Israeli withdrawal by 18 February 2025. Israel did not fully withdraw by the new deadline, as it withdrew troops from Lebanese villages but kept Israeli forces maintaining five military outposts on highlands in Southern Lebanon.

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).