The
2006 Lebanon War, also called the
2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in
Lebanon as the
July War (,
Ḥarb Tammūz) and in
Israel as the
Second Lebanon War (,
Milhemet Levanon HaShniya), was a 34-day
military conflict in Lebanon, Northern Israel and the
Golan Heights. The principal parties were
Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the
Israel Defense Forces (IDF). The conflict started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered
ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval
blockade of Lebanon. Due to unprecedented Iranian military support to Hezbollah before and during the war, some consider it the first round of the
Iran–Israel proxy conflict, rather than a continuation of the
Arab–Israeli conflict.