2006 Lebanon War facts for kids

The 2006 Lebanon War was fought between Israel and Hezbollah in 2006.

Images for kids

Smoke over Haifa, Israel, after a rocket launched by Hezbollah hit the city near Bnei-Zion hospital
Lebanese IDPs in south Lebanon, 2006
Image from space showing Jiyyeh oil slick in darkest blue, picture centered on Beirut. The largest oil spill in the history of the Mediterranean, it was caused by an Israeli air strike on Jiyeh power station 10 August 2006
A burnt forest in northern Israel caused by Hezbollah rockets
Israel Solidarity Rally in Los Angeles
A Lebanese protest in Sydney
A sign erected after the 2006 Lebanon war in South Lebanon which displays rockets and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah
George W. Bush declared that Hezbollah lost the war and that "There's going to be a new power in the south of Lebanon".
An infographic produced by the Israel Defence Force criticizing Hezbollah's violations of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701. The resolution calls for Hezbollah to remain disarmed and bans paramilitary activity south of the Litani River.