Operation Accountability

Operation Accountability
Part of the Israeli-Lebanese conflict and the South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
Date25–31 July 1993 (1993-07-25 – 1993-07-31)
Location
Lebanon, northern Israel
Result Ceasefire on civilian targets; much of Lebanese infrastructure destroyed.
Belligerents
Israel Israel
SLA
Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Hassan Nasrallah
Casualties and losses
  • 1 killed
  • 3 wounded
  • 2 Israeli civilians killed
  • 24 Israeli civilians wounded
  • 140 Lebanese civilians killed[1]
  • 500 Lebanese civilians wounded[1]
  • 300,000 Lebanese civilians displaced[2]
  • 6 Syrian soldiers

On July 25, 1993, Israeli forces launched a week-long attack against Lebanon named Operation Accountability (Hebrew: מבצע דין וחשבון, romanizedMivtza Din VeHeshbon) in Israel and the Seven-Day War in Lebanon. Israel specified three purposes to the operation, to strike directly at Hezbollah, to make it difficult for Hezbollah to use southern Lebanon as a base for striking Israel, and to displace refugees in the hopes of pressuring the Lebanese government to intervene against Hezbollah.[3] The affected civilian population included both Lebanese and Palestinian refugees.

  1. ^ a b c Bregman (2016), p. 272
  2. ^ Human Rights Watch/Middle East (1996). Civilian Pawns: Laws of War Violations and the Use of Weapons on the Israel-Lebanon Border. Human Rights Watch. p. 8. ISBN 1564321673.
  3. ^ "ISRAEL/LEBANON". www.hrw.org.