2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid

The 2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid was a cross-border attack carried out by <a href="/facts/Lebanon/2dReTXyp">Lebanon</a>-based <a href="/facts/Hezbollah/HRhTo2rI">Hezbollah</a> militants on an <a href="/facts/Israeli_military/9hPaqcAM">Israeli military</a> patrol on 12 July 2006 on <a href="/facts/Israel/dEe3IcaY">Israeli territory</a>.
Using rockets fired on several Israeli towns as a diversion, Hezbollah militants crossed from Lebanon into Israel and ambushed two <a href="/facts/Israeli_Army/SP511FYt">Israeli Army</a> vehicles, killing three soldiers and capturing two other soldiers. Another five soldiers were killed inside Lebanese territory in a failed rescue attempt. Hezbollah demanded the release of Lebanese prisoners held by Israel in exchange for the release of the captured soldiers. Israel refused and launched a large-scale ground and air campaign across Lebanon in response to the Hezbollah raid. This marked the start of the <a href="/facts/2006_Lebanon_War/fBLLu3GN">2006 Lebanon War</a> and the end of the <a href="/facts/2000%25E2%2580%25932006_Shebaa_Farms_conflict/omVDn17l">2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict</a>. Two years later, on 16 July 2008, the bodies of the two captured soldiers were returned to Israel by Hezbollah in exchange for <a href="/facts/Samir_Kuntar/gJUCAdVz">Samir Kuntar</a> and four Hezbollah prisoners.
Hezbollah originally named the cross-border operation "Freedom for Samir Al-Quntar and his brothers", but eventually shortened it to "Operation Truthful Promise" .

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2006 Hezbollah cross-border raid