1996 - 1998

1996, April 11 - The start of "Operation Grapes of Wrath" in which the Israelis bomb Hezbollah bases in southern Lebanon, the southern district of Beirut and the Biqa.

1996, April 18 - An Israeli attack on a UN base at Qana results in the death of over 100 Lebanese refugees sheltering there.

1996, April 26 - The United States negotiates a truce and an "understanding", under which Hezbollah and Palestinian guerrillas agree not to attack civilians in northern Israel, and which recognizes Israel's right to self-defence, but also Hezbollah's right to resist the Israeli occupation of southern Lebanon. Lebanon and Syria do not sign the "understanding", but the Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group (ILMG), with representatives from the United States, France, Israel, Lebanon and Syria, is established to monitor the truce.

1998, April 1 - Israel's inner cabinet votes to accept United Nations Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 425 of 1978, if Lebanon guarantees the security of Israel's northern border. Both Lebanon and Syria reject this condition.