Israel’s Thirty-Three Days War Killed Nearly 1,200 in Lebanon, Displacing Over a Million

In July 2006, after Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers, Israel launched a very large-scale operation in Lebanon known as the Thirty-Three Days War (July 12–August 14, 2006).

“Toggle Play Nabatieh recovery begins amid ongoing southern Lebanon tensions In the city of Nabatieh, ambulance teams, civil defense units, scouts, municipal workers, and residents joined forces in a large cleanup campaign to remove rubble and reopen streets following extensive destruction caused by the Israeli war on Lebanon”

Al Jazeera

The OpenEdition Books postface says the human toll of the war waged by Israel in Lebanon stands at nearly 1,200 dead and 4,400 wounded, and that more than a million people were displaced.

Al Jazeera

It adds that in early 2007 the country counted 100,000 homeless because of housing destruction, while more than 100,000 people who had urgently emigrated abroad seemed likely to remain there for good.

The same source estimates direct economic losses due to destruction at $2.8 billion, including $1.7 billion for the destruction of residential buildings.

It also frames the conflict as a renewed confrontation between Israel, Hezbollah, and, by collateral effect, Lebanon, with its immediate pretext tied to the fate of Lebanese prisoners held in Israel and the still pending question of the Chebaa Farms.

In 2026, the Lebanese Electricity Corporation said repeated Israeli attacks left the 220 kV main transmission substation in Tyre out of service on June 19, 2026, after the failure of the main Zahrani–Tyre 220 kV transmission line in the Tebna area.

The corporation said that, thanks to continuous efforts and maintenance work carried out by its maintenance teams since yesterday morning, it restored power around 6:00 PM on Thursday, June 25, 2026.

El-Nashra

It confirmed it was taking all necessary steps to complete remaining repairs on all high-, medium-, and low-voltage networks in the South and Nabatieh Governorates and the Western Beqaa District, within available capabilities.

The statement also said it would inform residents of any updates as soon as new data becomes available.

The outage and restoration were tied in the corporation’s account to the June 23, 2026 statement and the ongoing impact of Israeli attacks on Lebanon’s transmission infrastructure.

In the city of Nabatieh, Al Jazeera reported that ambulance teams, civil defense units, scouts, municipal workers, and residents joined forces in a large cleanup campaign to remove rubble and reopen streets.

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OpenEdition Books

The cleanup followed extensive destruction caused by the Israeli war on Lebanon, with the report describing ongoing southern Lebanon tensions alongside the recovery effort.

Al Jazeera’s framing placed the recovery in Nabatieh within a broader context of continued instability in southern Lebanon.

The OpenEdition Books postface had earlier described the war’s damage as very substantial, with heavy economic losses distributed in a way that was highly differentiated to the detriment of the Shiite population of the South and the southern suburbs of Beirut.

Together, the sources depict a Lebanon that, after the 2006 war’s displacement and housing destruction, continued to face destruction and repair needs in the years that followed, including power restoration and local rebuilding work in southern areas.