On Thursday morning, Israeli planes bombed southern Lebanon sites for the first time since 2006, and Lebanese President Michel Aoun said that Israel had escalatory intentions.

The new bombing came - early Thursday morning - on what the Israeli army said were missile launch sites in southern Lebanon, in response to the launch of two missiles from Lebanese territory towards Israel.

In this report, we review the timeline of the clashes between Israel and Hezbollah since the end of the war between them in 2006:

  • August 14, 2006: The

    end of the July war and the establishment of rules of engagement between Israel and Hezbollah.

  • September 5, 2014:

    Two Hezbollah members were killed in the bombing of an Israeli spy agency in southern Lebanon.

  • October 8, 2014:

    Hezbollah responded by detonating an explosive device at an Israeli patrol in the Shebaa Farms.

  • January 18, 2015:

    Six members of Hezbollah, including Jihad Mughniyeh and an Iranian military leader, were killed in an Israeli raid on the Syrian Golan.

  • January 28, 2015:

    Hezbollah responded by targeting an Israeli patrol in the Shebaa Farms, killing and wounding a number of Israeli soldiers.

  • December 19, 2015: An

    Israeli bombardment of a building in the Syrian town of Jaramana led to the killing of Hezbollah leader Samir Kuntar.

  • January 4, 2016:

    Hezbollah responded with an operation targeting an Israeli vehicle on a road in the Shebaa Farms.

  • May 13, 2016: The

    leader of Hezbollah, Mustafa Badreddine, was killed in Damascus, and Hezbollah says he was killed by artillery shelling of the Syrian opposition.

  • August 25, 2019:

     Two Israeli drones crashed in the southern suburb of Beirut.

  • September 1, 2019:

    Hezbollah responded with a military operation targeting a military vehicle in the Afimim settlement, followed by Israeli shelling of border areas.

  • July 27, 2020:

    The Israeli army announces the downing of its drone in southern Lebanon, and the Israeli artillery fires several shells at Lebanese border areas under the pretext of security work.

  • February 1, 2021:

    Hezbollah shoots down an Israeli drone over the town of Blida in the south.

  • May 2021:

    The month of May witnessed the firing of rockets from Lebanon towards northern Israel three times and the Israeli forces responded by bombing Lebanese border areas.

  • August 5, 2021:

    Israeli planes bombed sites in southern Lebanon, "in response to the firing of two missiles from Lebanese territory towards Israel," according to the Israeli army.