2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict

2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict
	Part of the Israeli–Lebanese conflict and the Iran–Israel proxy conflict
	; Minefields at Tel Faher in the Golan Heights, with Shebaa Farms in the background (2009)
Date	7 October 2000 – 12 July 2006
Location	Shebaa Farms, Golan Heights–Lebanon border
Result	Beginning of the 2006 Lebanon War
Belligerents
Israel	Hezbollah
Commanders and leaders
Moshe Katsav; Ehud Barak; Ariel Sharon; Ehud Olmert	Hassan Nasrallah; Imad Mughniyah
Casualties and losses
16 killed; 37 wounded; 2 captured	13 killed (lowest estimate) and 2 officials assassinated; 1 killed and 7 wounded
	9 Israeli civilians killed and 8 wounded; Unknown Lebanese civilian casualties; 1 French UNIFIL soldier killed; 1 Lebanese soldier wounded

The 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict was a low-level border conflict between Israel and Hezbollah for control of Shebaa Farms, a disputed territory located on the Golan Heights–Lebanon border. Fighting between the two sides primarily consisted of Hezbollah rocket and mortar attacks on Israel and Israeli artillery barrages and airstrikes on Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. Clashes began a few months after the 2000 Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, which Hezbollah viewed as incomplete due to the presence of the Israel Defense Forces in Shebaa Farms. The conflict culminated in the 2006 Lebanon War; Israel retains control over the territory.

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