{
  "id": "ACM-LBN-ISR",
  "slug": "lebanon-israel-conflict",
  "title": "The Lebanon–Israel Conflict",
  "url": "https://armedconflicts.org/lebanon-israel-conflict.html",
  "status": "Active",
  "intensity": "High",
  "region": "Middle East",
  "type": "Interstate / non-state",
  "tracked_since": "2023",
  "revision": "2026-08-05",
  "sources": [
    "ACLED",
    "UCDP",
    "CFR Global Conflict Tracker"
  ],
  "locations": [
    {
      "name": "Beirut",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 33.8938,
      "lon": 35.5018,
      "description": "Capital of Lebanon and seat of the Lebanese government."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dahiyeh",
      "type": "region",
      "lat": 33.8558,
      "lon": 35.5253,
      "description": "Hezbollah's traditional political and military stronghold in southern Beirut, repeatedly targeted by Israeli airstrikes during the war."
    },
    {
      "name": "Tyre",
      "type": "port",
      "lat": 33.2704,
      "lon": 35.2038,
      "description": "Ancient port city in the heart of Hezbollah's south Lebanon base of support."
    },
    {
      "name": "Nabatieh",
      "type": "city",
      "lat": 33.3789,
      "lon": 35.4839,
      "description": "South Lebanon provincial city struck repeatedly during the conflict, including reported strikes in July 2026.",
      "control": "Outside formal Israeli-held zones but within range of continued Israeli strikes on Hezbollah-linked targets",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/political-instability-lebanon",
      "as_of": "2026-08-03"
    },
    {
      "name": "Naqoura",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 33.1281,
      "lon": 35.1075,
      "description": "Coastal town hosting the headquarters of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), near the Israel-Lebanon border."
    },
    {
      "name": "Kfar Kila",
      "type": "border",
      "lat": 33.0917,
      "lon": 35.5628,
      "description": "Border village directly on the Blue Line demarcation, among the areas hit hardest when the March 2026 ground invasion began."
    },
    {
      "name": "Litani River",
      "type": "region",
      "lat": 33.35,
      "lon": 35.45,
      "description": "River roughly 30 kilometers north of the border that UN Security Council Resolution 1701 designates as the line behind which Hezbollah forces are meant to withdraw."
    },
    {
      "name": "Southern Lebanon buffer area",
      "type": "region",
      "lat": 33.15,
      "lon": 35.35,
      "description": "Zone south of the Litani River where Israeli ground forces have operated since the March 2026 invasion.",
      "control": "Israeli forces remain entrenched across roughly 20 percent of Lebanese territory, pending Hezbollah's disarmament under a June 2026 U.S.-brokered framework",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker",
      "source_url": "https://www.cfr.org/global-conflict-tracker/conflict/political-instability-lebanon",
      "as_of": "2026-08-03"
    }
  ],
  "revision_history": [
    {
      "date": "2026-08-05",
      "change": "Headlines refreshed",
      "source": "News feed"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-03",
      "change": "Nabatieh control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-08-03",
      "change": "Southern Lebanon buffer area control updated",
      "source": "Council on Foreign Relations, Global Conflict Tracker"
    }
  ]
}