2000 · Lebanon History
- 30 January 2000Assassination of Aql HashemOn 30 January 2000 the resistance killed Colonel Aql Hashem, the second man in Lahd's army and commander of its western…
- 1 February 2000Two missiles on an Israeli convoy: three killed
- 4 February 2000Apache strike on Ibrahim Aqil's car in Barish
- 8 February 2000Air strikes on the Baalbek, Deir Nbouh and Jamhour power stations
- 3 March 2000Operation kills five Israeli soldiers
- 19 April 2000Thirteen prisoners released from Ayalon prison
- 28 April 2000The Aramta operationOn 28 April 2000 the mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance stormed the fortified Aramta position in the Jezzine…
- 5 May 2000Katyushas on Kiryat Shmona: the fiercest salvo in a year
- 5 May 2000Israeli shelling kills two Lebanese women
- 5 May 2000Strikes on the Bsalim power station: Lebanon in the dark three weeks before the withdrawalOn the night of 5 May 2000 Israeli aircraft answered the Katyushas on Kiryat Shmona with raids across Lebanon that…
- 18 May 2000Storming of the Bayyada position 72 hours before the withdrawal
- 21 May 2000Fall of Taibeh and the start of the strip's collapseOn 21 May 2000 the people of Taibeh, Qana and the surrounding villages flooded into the town of Taibeh after its…
- 23 May 2000Lahd's militia collapses
- 23 May 2000Khiyam prison freedOn 23 May 2000 the townspeople stormed the Khiyam prison as Lahd's army withdrew and freed some 145 detainees held…
- 23 May 2000Nasrallah to Lahad's men on the eve of the withdrawal: "in their homes and in their beds"On the eve of the Israeli withdrawal, in a live call to al-Manar television, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned the men of…
- 25 May 2000LiberationAt dawn on 25 May 2000 Israel completed its withdrawal from South Lebanon after 22 years of occupation, following the…
- 25 May 2000The Hoss cabinet declares 25 May "Resistance and Liberation Day" a public holidayAs soon as Israel withdrew from the South in May 2000, Salim al-Hoss's government declared 25 May "Resistance and…
- 26 May 2000The "spider's web" speechOn 26 May 2000, at the victory rally in Bint Jbeil, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah presented the Israeli withdrawal as "the…
- 10 June 2000Death of Hafez al-Assad
- 16 June 2000The UN certifies the withdrawal and draws the Blue LineOn 16 June 2000 Kofi Annan informed the Security Council that Israel had completed its withdrawal under 425 to the…
- 27 August 20002000 parliamentary elections
- 20 September 2000The Maronite bishops' appealOn 20 September 2000 the Council of Maronite Bishops, headed by Patriarch Sfeir, issued an appeal demanding the…
- 28 September 2000The second intifadaOn 28 September 2000 the al-Aqsa intifada broke out after Sharon's visit to the Haram al-Sharif; it went on for years…
- 7 October 2000The Shebaa Farms capture operationOn 7 October 2000 the resistance captured three Israeli soldiers (Adi Avitan, Benny Avraham and Omar Sawaid) in an…
- 12 October 2000al-Rai al-Aam interview on the second intifada
- 15 October 2000Capture of Israeli colonel Elhanan TannenbaumOn 15 October 2000 Hezbollah announced the capture of the Israeli reserve colonel Elhanan Tannenbaum, who had been…