Israel has long attempted to dominate Lebanon, attempts that have mostly ended in failure:
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I've updated the title to better reflect the history: Israel has long attempted to dominate Lebanon, attempts that have mostly ended in failure:
1950s & 1960s: Israel imagined taking over south Lebanon and installing a subservient Maronite regime in the north. That failed.
1970s: Israel repeatedly tried to occupy Lebanese territory in the 1970s to uproot Palestinian armed resistence, failing every time.
1982: Israel succeeded in uprooting Palestinian armed resistence, but in the process created Lebanese armed resistence -- Hezbollah.
1990s: Israel tried and failed multiple times (1993 & 1996) to uproot Hezbollah from the area south of the Litani River.
2006: Israel tried and failed to occupy Lebanon's south. The Pentagon described the war as "a disaster" for the Israeli military.
2024: Israeli forces invaded Lebanon, but failed to occupy & hold much territory due to heavy resistance by Hezbollah forces.
2026: Israeli forces are invading Lebanon, but failing to occupy & hold much territory due to heavy resistance by Hezbollah forces.
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