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1997 · Lebanon History

• 31 January 1997Shumariya bomb: three killed by Israeli admission
• 4 February 1997The helicopter disaster: 73 Israeli soldiers killedOn the night of 4 February 1997 two Israeli transport helicopters collided over She'ar Yashuv on their way to the…
• 11 May 1997Capture of the Sojod positionOn 11 May 1997 the Islamic Resistance carried out one of its boldest operations, occupying the fortified Sojod…
• 18 May 1997Jabal al-Dahr ambush after the Sojod raid
• 4 July 1997The hunger revoltSheikh Sobhi Tufayli's declaration of civil disobedience and the launch of the "revolt of the hungry", and the decision…
• 3 August 1997Golani raid on al-Kfour
• 18 August 1997Sidon massacre: Israeli shells on a residential quarter
• 19 August 1997Katyushas on Kiryat Shmona in reply to the Sidon massacre
• 28 August 1997Wadi Saluki: Israeli friendly fire
• 5 September 1997The Ansariyeh ambushOn the night of 4–5 September 1997 an Israeli naval commando force fell into a Hezbollah and Amal ambush near…
• 12 September 1997Jabal al-Rafi clashesOn the night of 12–13 September 1997 the resistance clashed with an Israeli force at Jabal al-Rafi near Iqlim…
• 13 September 1997Nasrallah on his son Hadi's deathOn 13 September 1997, the day after his son Hadi's martyrdom at Jabal al-Rafi, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah spoke to the…
• 13 September 1997The raids after Jabal al-Rafi: six Lebanese soldiers killed
• 8 October 1997Attacks on Israeli command convoys
• 18 October 1997A Sagger missile hits a second tank
• 3 November 1997The Lebanese Brigades founded
• 4 December 1997Day of the Wounded: "no remains-for-bodies swap, the prisoners come first"
• December 1997Lira pegged at 1,507.5 to the dollar