The Israel-Lebanon Conflict—(1978-Present)

As with many of the conflicts in the Middle East, the ongoing war along the Israeli-Lebanese border is a part of the longer and larger Arab-Israeli conflict. While originally this cross-border warfare revolved around the goal of the Palestinians to return to land they beleive to be theirs, since the mid-1980s, the warfare against Israel has been dominated by the Shiite Muslim guerilla army known as Hezbollah, which in the Arabic language means "Party of God."

The first part of this page discusses the Palestinian-related origins of the Israel-Lebanon warfare, while the second part of the page discusses the Hezbollah war against Israel.

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