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26 April 1996

✍The April Understanding

PartiesHezbollahRafik Hariri / Future MovementGovernment

On 26 April 1996 the "April Understanding" was announced under American–French sponsorship: both sides to refrain from targeting civilians, and a five-party monitoring committee formed; it implicitly recognised the right of resistance and fixed the deterrence equation until 2000.

▲ Qana massacreNasrallah on the April Understanding ▼
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