23 May 2000

●Lahd's militia collapses

PartiesHezbollahLebanese ArmySLA (Haddad / Lahad)

On 23 May 2000, with the collapse of the strip, thousands of Lahd's army men and their families fled to Israel through the Fatima crossing, while others gave themselves up to the Lebanese army through Wadi al-Hujeir and the Nabatieh area; those who surrendered were tried before the military court.

▲ Fall of Taibeh and the start of the strip's collapse Liberation ▼

Cause

Assassination of Aql Hashem (context)Fall of Taibeh and the start of the strip's collapse Nasrallah to Lahad's men on the eve of the withdrawal: "in their homes and in their beds" (context)

Leads to

Liberation

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