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2002 · Lebanon History

• 24 January 2002Assassination of Elie HobeikaOn 24 January 2002 the former minister and deputy Elie Hobeika, the former Lebanese Forces commander accused over Sabra…
• 21 February 2002Hezbollah members detained in Jordan over arms smuggling to the intifada
• 28 March 2002The Arab summit in BeirutThe "Arab Peace Initiative" for normalisation with Israel in exchange for its withdrawal from the occupied Arab…
• 5 April 2002Shelling of a patrol and four Shebaa Farms posts as the West Bank invasion begins
• 8 April 2002Tank destroyed at Ruwaisat al-Qarn by a direct missile hit
• 10 April 2002Storming of the Ruwaisat al-Alam post during the West Bank invasionOn 10 April 2002, at the height of the invasion of the West Bank and the battle of Jenin, the Islamic Resistance…
• 1 October 2002Rustom Ghazaleh succeeds Ghazi Kanaan at AnjarIn October 2002 Ghazi Kanaan took his leave of Rafik Hariri, and Brigadier Rustom Ghazaleh succeeded him as head of…
• 16 October 2002The Wazzani water crisis
• 23 November 2002The Paris II conferenceOn 23 November 2002 Chirac and Hariri gathered the donor states and financing funds in Paris, which pledged some 4.4…