What is happening between Israel and Lebanon? If they entered the networks or kept an eye on international news portals, they surely found out about this new chapter that is being written between these two neighbors in the Middle East, following an operation that the Israeli army organized in the Al Aqsa mosque. .
And that in reality it is a super complicated conflictof which if we are not experts, it is certain that we will get lost among the background, the time that the conflict has lasted, the warlike responses and the lack of dialogue that has prevailed in this area of the world.
Operation in Al Aqsa: What is happening between Israel and Lebanon?
How to start?… Let’s go with the confrontations registered the week of April 3 to 7, 2023, when amid the usual tensions between the Israeli government and Palestinian militiasthe Israeli army and police carried out an operation in the Al Aqsa Mosque.
As you know, we are in special days not only for the Catholic community. In addition to Holy Week, around the Al Aqsa Mosque celebrate Jewish Passover and Muslim Ramadan.
(We open this parenthesis just to tell you that the Al Aqsa Mosque is located in Jerusalem and is part of the religious complex of the Esplanade of the Mosques of this holy city).
The anger is that in amidst the classic tensions and in the context of religious celebrationsthe rumor spread that a group of Jews was going to desecrate this mosque with the sacrifice of some goats and another group of Palestinians rushed to Al Aqsa to prevent it.
That was it? No. For their part, the police of Israel carried out an operation —during 2 consecutive nights— in the Al Aqsa mosqueconsidered as the third most important site of the holy places for Islam, after Mecca and Medina.
al final, this operation lit the fuse in the Palestinian Muslim communityespecially due to the images that were disseminated on the networks and that show the violent eviction of the Palestinians —on this, Israel says that the police had to enter by force after unsuccessfully requesting that they vacate this compound.
And this is where Lebanon and the Gaza Strip come in.because Palestinian militias responded with attacks—in the case of Lebanon, nothing like this had been seen since 2006—and in turn, Israel responded with more bombings.
Because?
Although this is not the first time that a confrontation between Palestinians and the Israeli police has occurred around the Al Aqsa Mosque, the difference in this case from 2023 is that the Israeli territory ended up being attacked by rockets from Palestinian militias from the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
In fact, since 2006 something like this has not been seen, which an attack against Israel will be coordinated from Lebanon.
Who are responsible? The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas (Islamic Resistance Movement) of the shelling of Israeli land.
Hamas is a military and political organization that seeks the formation and recognition of the Palestinian State. In fact, it governs the autonomous areas —not occupied by Israel— of Palestine since 2006.
Besides Hamas, Netanyahu also mentioned the Lebanese government as responsible for the operation of the Palestinian militias. in their territory.
And the answers do not end here because… Hamas replied to Israel that these attacks were the consequence of its actions.
What about the Lebanese and Israeli conflict?
Israel has been in conflict with Lebanon for 45 yearsespecially due to the interference of other countries that have occupied this nation as a platform for attacks against Israeli territory.
And that’s how the people in Lebanon have seen a couple of wars with Israel go by in the middle of their own civil war. Yes, the Lebanese civil war that happened from 1975 to 1990.
In this period, Lebanon went to war with Israel in 1978, 1982 and a couple of years later in 2006. —goes again, because in part Lebanon served as a staging ground for the Palestine Liberation Organization in the 1970s and 1980s, Hezbollah—an Iranian-backed Lebanese resistance movement—and Hamas.
