Rapid Fire
Blue Line
- 11 Mar 2024
- 1 min read
Recently, the borders between Israel and Lebanon have been under intensified attack by Hezbollah.
- The border between Israel and Lebanon, known as the "Blue Line," was set by the United Nations in 2000 after Israel withdrew its military from southern Lebanon.
- It's not an official international border but a demarcation line.
- Originally, it was the boundary established by Britain and France in the 1920s, between Lebanon, Syria and Palestine.
- Hezbollah is a Shia Islamist political party and militant group based in Lebanon. It emerged in the 1980s as a response to the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. It is also designated as a terrorist organisation by several countries, including the United States and Israel.
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