Israel News Images Israel News Pictures and Israel News Photos of Israel 2nd Lebanon War or 2006 Lebanon War. The 2006 Lebanon War, known in Lebanon as the July War and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War Milkhemet Levanon Ha-Shniya. It was a 33-day military conflict in Lebanon and northern Israel. The principal parties were Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the Israeli military. The conflict started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect on 14 August 2006, though it formally ended on 8 September 2006 when Israel lifted its naval blockade of Lebanon. All photos by Rafael Ben-Ari/Chameleons Eye