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Showing posts with label Israel Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Israel Wars. Show all posts

December 28, 2015

Modern History - Israel vs. Palestine List

History
Israel vs. Palestine


Israel War of Independence (1947-1949)
Jewish militias vs. Arab militias
turns to war on declaration of independence of Israel
& intervention of several Arab armies
settlement:  1949 Armistice Agreements
signed by Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
armistice lines:  the Green Line

Reprisal Ops (1950s-1960s)
IDF military ops
response to Arab guerilla incursions
from Syria, Egypt & Jordan
Israel declares:  high 'blood cost' to enemy side
as deterrence from future attacks

Suez Crisis (1956)
Egypt attacked by:  Israel, Britain & France
intention to occupy Sinai Peninsula
& take over Suez Canal
response to Egypt decision to nationalise Suez Canal
(following US-Anglo withdrawal of offer to fund Aswan Dam)


Conclusion:
US & USSR (Soviet Russia) forced Israeli invasion to retreat
Israel reopened Straits of Tiran & pacified southern border

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Six Day War (1967)
Israel vs Egypt, Jordan & Syria

(contributors:  Iraq, Saudi Arab, Kuwait & Algeria)

Conclusion:  territory held by Israel expanded significantly
-->  The Purpose Line
  • West Bank (incl. East Jerusalem) - taken from Jordan
  • Golan Heights - taken from Syria
  • Sinai & Gaza - taken from Egypt
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War of Attrition (1967-1970)
Egyptians seek to recapture Sinai from Israel
  • Egypt
  • Jordan
  • Syria
  • PLO
  • USSR
ceasefire 1970 - frontiers remain same

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Operation Gift (1968)
29 Dec. 1968
Israeli IDF commandos destroy
  • 12 passenger aircraft
  • 2 cargo planes
at Beirut International Airport
response to attack on:  Israeli Airliner El Al Flight 253
by Palestinian Lebanon-based
militant org:  Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)

29 Dec. 1968
Israeli commandos destroy 14 aircraft #Lebanon
12 passenger aircraft +
2 cargo planes
@ $43.8 million - British insurers would not cover all
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Israeli_raid_on_Lebanon
 
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Yom kuppur War (1973)
20-days
  • Arab states coalition
  • led by Egypt & Syria
  • seek to recapture territories
  • seized by Israel 6-Day War (1967)
  • surprise attack
  • Arab forces defeated
  • no significant territorial changes
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    Palestinian Insurgency
     - South Lebanon (1971-1982)
    PLO relocated from Jordan to South Lebanon
    base for international ops
    attacks on Galilee, northern Israel
    Galilee
    1948 Arab–Israeli war outcome:
    nearly the whole of Galilee came under Israel control

    large portion of the population fled or was forced to leave
    leaving dozens of entire villages empty

    large Israeli-Arab community remained based in and near the cities:
    Nazareth, Acre, Tamra, Sakhnin, & Shefa-'Amr
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    Israel response:  Op Litani (1978)
    first Israel large-scale invasion of Lebanon
    • IDF seek to expel PLO from Lebanon
    • ground & rocket attacks from Lebanon
    • Israel retaliation
    escalation --> leads to:  Lebanon War (1982)
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    Lebanon War (1982)
    • IDF invade southern Lebanon to expel PLO
    Israeli response to:

    1.  terror attacks on northern Israel

    2.  assassination attempt
    against Shlomo Argov, Israel to UK ambassador
    assassination attempt by:   Abu Nidal org
    Result:

    1) exclusion of PLO from southern Lebanon

    2) 'Israeli Security Zone' in southern Lebanon
        (ie Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon)

    •     IDF was allied with Christian militias
        Israel eventually withdrew troops, May 2000
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    South Lebanon Conflict (1982-2000)
    20 years of warfare

    Israel IDF
    • + Israel proxy (Lebanese Christian militias)
    • vs. Muslim guerrillas (led by Iran-backed Hezbollah)
    in Israeli occupied southern Lebanon, claimed as 'security zone'
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    First Intifada (1987-1993)
    6 years
    large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel
    West Bank & Gaza Strip

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    Second Intifada (2000-2005)
    large-scale Palestinian uprising against Israel

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    Lebanon War (2006)
    Israeli military op
    • response to abduction x2 Israeli reservists by Hezbollah
    led to wider confrontation

    Hezbollah vs IDF

    UN brokered ceasefire

    thereafter, Israel lifted naval blockade of Lebanon

    result:
    1)  pacification of southern Lebanon
    2)  weakness of Hezbollah (serious casualties)
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    Gaza War (2008-2009)
    Dec-Jan - 3-week armed conflict

    Israel vs Hamas

    escalation of Israel-Palestine conflict

    rocket fire from Gaza Strip
    Israel response:  Op Cast Lead
    Op Cast Lead:  surprise Israel air-strike on Gaza Strip
    Israel attacked:
    • military targets
    • civilian targets
    • police stations
    • government buildings
    in opening assault
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    2013 - Peaceful Period
    • x50 rockets by Palestine
    • x10 Israel air-strikes
    • x44 Palestinians killed
    • 100 plus Palestinians injured
    • x6  Israel fatalities (x5 West Bank)
    • x44 Israel injuries 
    Israel | Palestine
    6 / 44 deaths
    44 / 100 injuries
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      Operation Pillar of Defence (2012)
      Israel military offensive on Gaza Strip
      8-day IDF op
      • killing of Ahmed Jabari, chief Hamas
      • launch of large numbers of Hamas rockets
      • IED explosion on Israeli side of tunnel under Israeli Est Bank barrier
      Hamas alleges: 
      • IDF attacks on Gaza civilians in lead-up to op
      Hamas cites: 
      blockade of Gaza Strip & Occupation West Bank & East Jerusalem as reason for rocket attacks

      Hamas fired:
      • over 1,456 rockets into Israel

      Op Pillar of Defence:
      • IDF struck over 1,500 sites in Gaza Strip

      result:
       Israel
      • rockets killed x3 Israeli civilians
      • a home in Kiryat Malachi received a direct hit
      Palestine
      UNHCR report:
      • 174 Palestinians were killed
      • 100s wounded
      • large number of families displaced

      Israeli operation condemned by:
      • Iran
      • Russia
      • Egypt
      • Turkey
      • + several other Arab & Muslim countries
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      Operation Brother's Keeper
      IDF initiated 11-day op

      in search of x3 kidnapped Israeli teenagers
      • 350 Palestinians arrested
      • arrest of nearly all Hamas West Bank leaders
      • x5 Palestinians killed
      • Hamas denied responsibility for kidnapping
      • suspect confessed
      under Israel Shin Bet (internal security) heavy torture
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      Gaza War (2014)
      Operation Protective Edge (2014)
      Miv'tza Tzuk Eitan
      (lit. Operation Strong Cliff)

      50-day war


      Israel military offensive on Gaza Strip

      lead-up:
      • kidnap & murder x3 Israeli teenagers
      • kidnap & murder of Palestinian teenager
      • increased rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas
      J. J. Goldberg, editor Forward: 
      • Israel military indictment contains no evidence of orders from Hamas
        --> kidnapping organised by lone actors
        assumed that kidnappers planned prisoner swap
        • Israel kills x2 suspects in shoot-out
          • first suspect (lone-acting, member of Hamas)
          • imprisoned - x3 life terms (+ compensation)

            Israel
            targeted destruction of homes
            of Hamas and other militia members
            violates international humanitarian law
            -- > constitute war crimes    [wikipedia]
            ** this is not full extent of the alleged war crimes

            3,700 rockets fired towards Israel

            32 Hamas tunnels destroyed by Israel

            750 Palestinians - alleged Hamas militants & commanders killed by Israel

            2014 Gaza War - COSTS
            • Palestinians killed: 2,139
            • Palestinian children killed: 490
            • Israeli soldiers killed: 64
            • Israeli civilians killed: 6
            • Israeli children killed: 1
            • Palestinians wounded: 11,000
            • Palestinian children wounded: 3,000
            • Gaza residents displaced: Up to 500,000
            • Homes destroyed in Gaza: 20,000
            Source: UN
            via Independent:  Independent
            Other cost:  international aid


            Israel  |  Palestine

            71 dead / 2,193 dead

            ? wounded  / 11,000 wounded

            ? displaced / 500,000 displaced



            https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_Israel



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            COMMENT

            Most of the above info is as per the Wikipedia entries.

            It's just my summary, in the hope of remembering some of this.

            Figures haven't been double-checked and I've not looked further  into the war crimes issue.