11 August 2006

✍UNSC resolution 1701

PartiesUnited Nations / UNIFILHezbollahIsrael / IDF

On 11 August 2006 the Security Council adopted Resolution 1701: a cessation of hostilities from 14 August, the deployment of the Lebanese army and 15,000 UNIFIL troops south of the Litani, and a ban on weapons outside the state.

▲ The July 2006 war Wadi al-Hujeir: the "Merkava massacre" and the biggest airlift since 1973 ▼

Cause

The July 2006 war The Rome conference and Siniora's seven points Nasrallah: if you bomb Beirut we bomb Tel Aviv (context)Siniora's tears before the Arab foreign ministers in Beirut Message on the seven points and the draft UN resolution (context)Strike on the Marjayoun evacuation convoy: seven killed (context)

Leads to

Wadi al-Hujeir: the "Merkava massacre" and the biggest airlift since 1973 The "strategic and historic victory" speech and the reconstruction pledge (context)"Divine Victory" rally

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