Israeli cabinet offers conditional acceptance of Resolution 425

Israeli artillery struck a UNIFIL compound sheltering hundreds of displaced Lebanese civilians. A UN investigation estimated about 100 civilians killed, with many wounded. It also documented Hezbollah...

The Security Council called for an immediate cessation of hostilities by all parties and for protection of civilians and UNIFIL. The resolution formed part of international diplomatic pressure to stop...

A US-mediated understanding prohibited armed groups in Lebanon from attacking Israel and prohibited Israeli and allied forces from firing at civilians or civilian targets in Lebanon. It established...

The understanding announced the previous day entered into force at 04:00. Its restrictions on attacks on civilians and civilian areas and the planned monitoring mechanism marked a negotiated pause,...

The Secretary-General transmitted the report of his military adviser on the 18 April shelling. The report recorded the civilians sheltering in the compound, Hezbollah firing nearby before the strike...

The Israeli-allied South Lebanon Army began withdrawing from the Jezzine area. Local populations faced uncertainty about security and governance. Resistance pressure was a factor in the wider...

Contemporary chronologies date the SLA departure from Jezzine to early June. The withdrawal reduced the extent of the Israeli-allied security apparatus and was interpreted by resistance supporters...

Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy informed the UN Secretary-General that Israeli forces would leave Lebanon by July 2000. The announcement was a diplomatic milestone following years of armed...

According to the UN Secretary-General, Israeli forces and the de facto forces began vacating positions on 16 May, earlier than anticipated, amid exchanges of fire. Lebanese resistance groups viewed...

UN reporting describes large crowds of Lebanese, some accompanied by armed elements, entering villages from 21 May as Israeli and allied forces abandoned positions rapidly. The events involved...