State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah's attacks on Israel since Israel’s withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000 The correct historical timeline

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Letter dated 24 July 2000 from UN Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council Further to my report on the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) of 20 July 2000 (S/2000/718), I have the honour to inform you that the Israeli authorities have removed all violations of the line of withdrawal. Further, in a meeting with Mr. Terje Roed-Larsen, my Special Envoy, President Lahoud and Prime Minister Hoss today gave their consent to the full deployment of UNIFIL. President Lahoud confirmed this decision to me in a subsequent telephone conversation.S/2000/718 The Force's deployment will take place on 26 July and is to be immediately followed by the deployment of the composite Lebanese unit referred to in paragraph 21 of my report of 16 June 2000 (S/2000/590). Major-General Obeng, the UNIFIL Force Commander, discussed with the Lebanese military authorities today the operational details of the deployment.S/2000/590 I should be grateful if you would bring this matter to the attention of the members of the Security Council. (Signed) Kofi A. Annan

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Israel Completes Pull-out from Lebanon Israel Completes Pull-out from Lebanon May 24, 2000 Prime Minister Ehud Barak: "From now on, the government of Lebanon is accountable for what takes place within its territory, and the Lebanese and Syrian governments are responsible for preventing acts of terror or aggression against Israel, which is from today deployed within its borders."

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Oct Kidnapping of three IDF soldiers: Adi Avitan, Omer Soued and Binyamin Avraham were kidnapped by the Hizballah from the Mt. Dov sector.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Nov A charge was detonated near an IDF convoy. IDF soldier Khalil Taher was killed and two other soldiers were wounded.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Apr A 42 year-old Israeli woman was stabbed to death in Haifa. Her murder was the initiation rite of a terrorist cell, whose members were apprehended in July. Six members of a Hizballah-linked Palestinian terrorist cell responsible for the murder, originally thought to be criminally motivated, were arrested in July. The murder was the initiation rite of one of the terrorists into the organization.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Feb Fire at an IDF convoy on Mt. Dov. IDF soldier Elad Shneor was killed, and three other soldiers were wounded.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Apr A 60 year-old Israeli man was found stabbed to death in Kfar Ba'aneh, near Carmiel in Galilee. The terrorists responsible for the attack were apprehended in July. Six members of a Hizballah-linked Palestinian terrorist cell responsible for the murder were arrested in July. The murder was the initiation rite of the organization.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Apr Fire at an IDF post in the Mt. Dov sector. IDF soldier Elad Litvak was killed.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Mar Infiltration: In a shooting attack on the Shlomi- Metzuba route. Six Israelis civilians were killed, among them IDF officer Lt. German Rojkov.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Aug Fire at an IDF post in the Mt. Dov sector. IDF soldier Ofer Misali was killed, and two other soldiers were lightly wounded.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June May Hizballah attacked IDF positions in the Sheba farms with heavy rocket, mortar, and small arms fire. One Israeli soldier was killed and five others were wounded in the attack.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Jul Hizballah snipers fired on an Israeli outpost near Shtula, killing two Israeli soldiers.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Aug Haviv Dadon, 16, of Shlomi, was struck in the chest and killed by shrapnel from an anti-aircraft shell fired by Hizballah terrorists in Lebanon. Four others were wounded.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Oct Staff Sgt. David Solomonov was killed when Hizballah fired at an IDF force south of the Fatma Gate in the eastern sector. In addition, the Hizballah fired missiles and rockets at an IDF post in the Reches Ramim area.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Jan An anti-tank missile was fired at IDF D9 while neutralizing explosive charges near Zari’t. An IDF soldier, Yan Rotzenski, was killed and another soldier was severely wounded.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June May Fire in the Mt. Dov sector. IDF soldier Dennis Leminov was killed, and two other soldiers were severely wounded. The IDF returned fire.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June July Hizballah sniper fired at an IDF post in the western sector of the Israeli-Lebanese border. Two IDF soldiers were killed.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Jan An explosive device was detonated against an IDF patrol at Nahal Sion. One Israeli soldier was killed, and a UN officer was killed.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Apr Two Israeli Arabs from the village of Rajar on the Israel-Lebanon border were kidnapped by Hizballah operatives and held in captivity for four days in an attempt to obtain information on Israel.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June June More than 20 mortars were fired from across the border. Cpl. Uzi Peretz of the Golani Brigade was killed and four soldiers wounded, including the unit's doctor. Fire was exchanged and helicopters and planes attacked five Hizballah outposts in the Reches Ramim area.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Nov An attempt to kidnap an IDF soldier was foiled when paratroopers patrolling near Rajar village discerned a Hizballah unit approaching. Private David Markovitz opened fire, killing all four. In a heavy attack of mortars and Katyusha rockets that ensued, nine soldiers and and two civilians were injured.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June Dec A branch of a Palestinian organization connected to Al-Qaida fired 6 Katyushas, damaging a house in Kiryat Shmona and a house in Metulla. In response, the IAF attacked a training base of the Popular Front, south of Beirut.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern border May June May An IDF soldier was wounded when Katyushas were fired at an army base at Mt. Meron in the upper Galilee.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Eight IDF soldiers killed, 2 kidnapped on northern frontier In a meticulously-planned Hizballah attack, terrorists infiltrated into Israel early Wednesday morning (12 July 2006) and fired anti-tank rockets at an IDF patrol along the western border near Zarit, killing three soldiers and abducting another two. Udi Goldwasser Eldad Regev

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah attacks civilian targets in northern Israel with rockets Hizballah attacks civilian targets in northern Israel with rockets - July 2006 In coordination with its unprovoked 12 July 2006 killing of three soldiers and abducting two others, Hizballah fires a barrage of rockets on civilian targets in northern Israel.

State of Israel, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hizballah rockets falling on Israel