Operation Sharp and Smooth

Operation Sharp and Smooth
	Part of 2006 Lebanon War
Date	August 1, 2006 – August 2, 2006
Location	Baalbek, Lebanon
Result	Israeli victory
Belligerents
Israel	Hezbollah; LCP
Commanders and leaders
Eliezer Shkedi; Emmanuel Moreno	Unknown
Strength
Unit 269 "Sayeret Matkal"; Unit 5101 "Shaldag"; 200 commandos	Unknown
Casualties and losses
None	19 Hezbollah fighters and 2 armed Communist party members killed 10 killed (IDF claim)
	According to HRW 11 civilians killed. ; 5 civilians detained but released after three weeks

During the 2006 Lebanon War, Operation Sharp and Smooth (Hebrew: מבצע חד וחלק), also known as the Baalbek operation, was an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) raid on a hospital in the city of Baalbek, which was being used as a Hezbollah headquarters, and a neighbourhood of the city.^[4] The precise objectives of the raid remain classified, but it is known that a number of Lebanese, including Hezbollah and armed Lebanese Communist Party members, were killed, and five Lebanese civilians were arrested and detained in Israel as suspected Hezbollah members, but released after three weeks. The casualty figures for the raid vary. According to inquiries by Human Rights Watch (HRW) and Lebanese authorities 16 Lebanese residents, most of them civilians, were killed. According to IDF ten Hezbollah militants were killed in the attack.^[3]^[5]

^ Katz, Yakov (March 29, 2007). "Sayeret Matkal celebrates 50 years of courage, secrecy". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.
^ HRW, pp.124-129
^ ^a ^b "כך התנהל מבצע הקומנדו בבעלבק". Ynet. 2 August 2006. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
^ The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism. Columbia University Press. 2009. p. 132. ISBN 978-0231140423.
^ Avi Cohen (2 August 2006). "IDF: We'll control security zone by Thursday". Ynet. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

[jpostq-1] Katz, Yakov (March 29, 2007). "Sayeret Matkal celebrates 50 years of courage, secrecy". The Jerusalem Post. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 – via HighBeam Research.

[2] HRW, pp.124-129

[כך_התנהל_מבצע_הקומנדו_בבעלבק-3] "כך התנהל מבצע הקומנדו בבעלבק". Ynet. 2 August 2006. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2012.

[peda-4] The Israeli Secret Services and the Struggle Against Terrorism. Columbia University Press. 2009. p. 132. ISBN 978-0231140423.

[cohen-5] Avi Cohen (2 August 2006). "IDF: We'll control security zone by Thursday". Ynet. Archived from the original on 21 November 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2012.

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