⚔Strike on a Syrian radar at Dahr al-Baidar, first on Syrian forces in Lebanon since 1996

On 16 April 2001 Israeli aircraft bombed a Syrian radar position at Dahr al-Baidar, killing three Syrian soldiers, in reply to the killing of an Israeli soldier in the Shebaa Farms two days earlier; the first strike on Syrian forces in Lebanon since 1996, and the new Sharon's message holding Damascus responsible for the party's operations.