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Letter dated 24 July 2000 from UN Secretary-General Letter dated 24 July 2000 from UN Secretary-General addressed to the President of the Security Council 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.

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.

I should be grateful if you would bring this matter to the attention of the members

of the Security Council.

(Signed) Kofi A. Annan


Israel Completes Pull-out from LebanonIsrael Completes Pull-out from LebanonMay 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."


Hizballah attacks along Israel's northern borderHizballah attacks along Israel's northern borderMay 2000 - June 2006

7 Oct 2000 - Kidnapping of

three IDF soldiers: Adi

Avitan, Omer Soued and

Binyamin Avraham were

kidnapped by the Hizballah

from the Mt. Dov sector.



26 Nov 2000 - A charge was

detonated near an IDF

convoy. IDF soldier Khalil

Taher was killed and two

other soldiers were wounded.



1 Apr 2001 - 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.



16 Feb 2001 - Fire at an IDF

convoy on Mt. Dov. IDF

soldier Elad Shneor was

killed, and three other

soldiers were wounded.



28 Apr 2001 - 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.



14 Apr 2001 - Fire at an IDF

post in the Mt. Dov sector.

IDF soldier Elad Litvak was

killed.



12 Mar 2002 - Infiltration:

In a shooting attack on the

Shlomi- Metzuba route. Six

Israelis civilians were

killed, among them IDF

officer Lt. German Rojkov.



29 Aug 2002 - Fire at an IDF

post in the Mt. Dov sector.

IDF soldier Ofer Misali was

killed, and two other soldiers

were lightly wounded.



7 May 2003 - 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.



20 Jul 2003 - Hizballah

snipers fired on an Israeli

outpost near Shtula, killing

two Israeli soldiers.



10 Aug 2003 - 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.



6 Oct 2003 - 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.



19 Jan 2004 - 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.



7 May 2004 - Fire in the Mt.

Dov sector. IDF soldier

Dennis Leminov was killed,

and two other soldiers were

severely wounded. The IDF

returned fire.



20 July 2004 - Hizballah

sniper fired at an IDF post in

the western sector of the

Israeli-Lebanese border. Two

IDF soldiers were killed.



9 Jan 2005 - An explosive

device was detonated against

an IDF patrol at Nahal Sion.

One Israeli soldier was

killed, and a UN officer was

killed.



7 Apr 2005 - 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.



29 June 2005 - 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.



21 Nov 2005 - 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.



27 Dec 2005 - 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.



27 May 2006 - An IDF soldier

was wounded when

Katyushas were fired at an

army base at Mt. Meron in

the upper Galilee.


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


Hizballah attacksHizballah attacks civilian targets in northern civilian targets in northern Israel with rockets 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.


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