In 1956, Israel attacks Egypt alongside Britain and France, which are seeking to overturn the nationalisation of the strategic Suez Canal. They are signed in 1979 by Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who is assassinated two years later by militants opposed to the deal. In 1978 and again in 1982, Israel invades civil war-wracked Lebanon in a bid to halt cross-border attacks by Palestinian militants. In 2006, after the abduction of Israeli soldiers by militant group Hezbollah, Israel launches a devastating offensive in Lebanon. In 2014, Israel launches a new operation against Gaza, in which 2,251 Palestinians and 74 Israelis are killed.

Source: The Express Tribune April 07, 2019 07:07 UTC