✦ History

Arab–Israeli conflict

May 15, 1948

The conflict between Israel and Arab states began with the 1948 war after Israel declared independence. It continued with wars in 1956, 1967, 1973 and 1982, and peace treaties with some states.

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Battles and events 16

July 1, 1967 – August 7, 1970
War of Attrition Sinai Peninsula Gamal Abdel Nasser, Yasser Arafat, Yigal Allon
September 6, 1970 – July 17, 1971
Black September Jordan Yasser Arafat, Wasfi Tal, Zeid bin Shaker
May 8, 1972
Sabena Flight 571 Ben Gurion Airport
July 21, 1973
Lillehammer affair Lillehammer
June 7, 1981
Operation Opera Baghdad
June 6, 1982 – May 17, 1985
1982 Lebanon War Lebanon Hafez al-Assad, Yasser Arafat, Menachem Begin
February 16, 1985 – May 25, 2000
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) Southern Lebanon Ehud Barak, Shimon Peres, Ariel Sharon
October 1, 1985
Operation Wooden Leg Hammam Chott
January 17 – February 23, 1991
1991 Iraqi missile attacks against Israel Israel
July 25–31, 1993
Operation Accountability Lebanon Ehud Barak, Yitzhak Rabin
April 27, 1996
Operation Grapes of Wrath Lebanon Shimon Peres, Mustafa Tlass
May 12 – June 1, 2004
2004 Israeli operation in Rafah Gaza Strip
September 29 – October 16, 2004
2004 Israeli operation in the northern Gaza Strip Gaza Strip
2006 – August 14, 2006
2006 Lebanon War Southern Lebanon Ehud Olmert, Ahmed Jibril, Imad Mughniyeh
September 6, 2007
Operation Outside the Box
September 17–19, 2024
2024 Lebanon electronic device attacks Lebanon

Key commanders

Israel 8

Ehud Barak belligerent leader Shimon Peres belligerent leader Ariel Sharon belligerent leader Ehud Olmert belligerent leader Yigal Allon belligerent leader Levi Eshkol belligerent leader Mordechai Hod belligerent leader Yitzhak Rabin military commander

Hezbollah 3

Ahmed Jibril belligerent leader Mustafa Tlass military commander Imad Mughniyeh belligerent leader

Eastern Bloc 4

Gamal Abdel Nasser belligerent leader Yasser Arafat belligerent leader Hussein I of Jordan belligerent leader Ahmad Ismail Ali belligerent leader

Al-Mourabitoun and allies 5

Hafez al-Assad belligerent leader Yasser Arafat belligerent leader Mustafa Tlass belligerent leader Hikmat al-Shihabi belligerent leader Walid Jumblatt belligerent leader

Kataeb Party and allies 2

Menachem Begin belligerent leader Ariel Sharon belligerent leader

Palestine Liberation Organization 3

Yasser Arafat belligerent leader Essam Sirius belligerent leader Khalil al-Wazir belligerent leader

Jordan 4

Wasfi Tal belligerent leader Zeid bin Shaker belligerent leader Hussein I of Jordan belligerent leader Habis al-Majali belligerent leader