IDF Into Lebanon

Background Information

 

Beirut Time

New Additions

Canadian Forces Board of Inquiry Report Says Death "Regret, Preventable", 1 Feb 08: News Release - CEFCOM Commander's Statement - Report page - Alternative download site

News Sources

IDF News Site

OP Summer Rain (into Gaza) News

Jerusalem Post

BBC Map Updated Daily

Jurist (Legal Beagle) News Site on Fracas

News Now:  ISR-LBN

News Now:  ISR-Gaza

News Now:  ISR-SYR

News Now:  Islamic News

News Now:  Jewish News

UN News Centre:  Middle East

Wikipedia:  Latest ISR-Hezbollah-LBN Punchup

LBN Newspapers - More

ISR Newspapers - More

KOL Israel Broadcasting

Hezbollah Profiles

Wikipedia

globalsecurity.org

Council on Foreign Relations

BBC News

Human Rights Watch Q&A

Al Jazeera Profile

Official Hezbollah Web Pages (.pdf) - More

Organizations/Agencies

UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) was created in 1978 to confirm Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, restore the international peace and security, and help the Lebanese Government restore its effective authority in the area.

UNTSO (United Nations Truce Supervisory Organization), set up in 1948, was the first peacekeeping operation established by the United Nations. UNTSO military observers remain in the Middle East to monitor ceasefires, supervise armistice agreements, prevent isolated incidents from escalating and assist other UN peacekeeping operations in the region.

UN Documents on Lebanon

Security Council Resolutions

Security Council Resolution 1701, 11 Aug 06 (.pdf)

Security Council Resolution 1697, 31 Jul 06 (.pdf)

Security Council Resolution 1680, 17 May 06(.pdf)

Security Council Resolution 1655, 31 Jan 06(.pdf)

Security Council Resolution 1559, 2 Sept 04(.pdf)

Security Council Resolution 520, 17 Sept 82(.pdf)

Security Council Resolution 426, 19 Mar 78(.pdf)

Security Council Resolution 425, 19 Mar 78(.pdf)

Statements by the President of the Security Council

S/PRST/2006/35, 30 Jul 06 (.pdf)

S/PRST/2006/3, 31 Jan 06(.pdf)

S/PRST/2005/17, 4 May 05 (.pdf)

S/PRST/2004/36, 19 Oct 04 (.pdf)

S/PRST/2000/21, 18 Jun 00 (.pdf)

UNIFIL Reports

'Report of the Secretary General on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (21 Jan 06 to 18 Jul 06)', 21 Jul 06 (.pdf, 865KB)

'Report of the Secretary General on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (22 Jul 05 to 20 Jan 06)', 18 Jan 06 (.pdf, 472KB)

'Report of the Secretary General on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (21 Jan 05 to 20 Jul 05)', 21 Jul 06 (.pdf, 520KB)

Congressional Research Service (CRS) Reports

'Lebanon: The Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah Conflict', 14 Aug 06

'Israeli-Arab Negotiations: Background, Conflicts, and U.S. Policy', 25 Jul 06

'Lebanon', 24 Jul 06 (.pdf)

'Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah:  The Current Conflict', 21 Jul 06 (.pdf, 284KB)

'Israel: Background and Relations with the United States', 14 Jun 06

'Lebanon', 8 Jun 06

'Middle East Peace Talks', 18 May 06

Other Documents

Taif Accords, 22 Oct 89, (Wikipedia text)