Editing Lebanese Armed Forces (section)

===2006 Lebanon War===
{{Main|2006 Lebanon War}}
In the 2006 Lebanon War, the LAF did not engage in a direct conflict with the [[Israel Defense Forces|Israeli Army]], despite its threat of retaliation if the IDF pushed too far northward into Lebanon. However, Israel did bomb several Lebanese military bases.<ref name="2006warlafmagatimeline">{{cite web |author=الجيش اللبناني |url=http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/article.asp?ln=ar&id=11546 |title=الموقع الرسمي للجيش اللبناني &#124; شرف، تضحية، وفاء |language=ar |website=Lebarmy.gov.lb |access-date=2016-01-08 |archive-date=2015-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403135540/http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/article.asp?ln=ar&id=11546 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,19828653-5005962,00.html|title=Israel bombs Lebanese army barracks|date=July 18, 2006|publisher=News.com.au|access-date=2009-05-19|archive-date=2009-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620145421/http://www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/story/0,22606,19828653-5005962,00.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=IAF strikes Lebanese Air Force base |date=2006-07-13 |access-date=2006-07-13 |newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]] |url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885985413&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916122533/http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1150885985413&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull |archive-date=2011-09-16 }}</ref> While providing aid to civilians, Lebanese troops helped to uphold order in city streets, directed refugees to safer areas, and assisted with overlooking damage done by Israeli attacks.<ref name="2006warlafmagatimeline"/> On several occasions, Lebanese troops fired anti-air weapons at Israeli aircraft,<ref>{{cite news| title=Lebanese army stops Israeli helicopters landing| date=2006-07-30| agency=Reuters| url=http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30832182.htm| access-date=2009-05-19| archive-date=2006-09-28| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060928204912/http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30832182.htm| url-status=dead}}</ref> but no damage was documented. Overall, 49 Lebanese soldiers were killed.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/martyrs.asp?ln=ar&id=12397|script-title=ar:شهداء حرب تموز|publisher=Lebanese Armed Forces|language=ar|access-date=2009-05-19|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090620022304/http://www.lebarmy.gov.lb/martyrs.asp?ln=ar&id=12397|archive-date=2009-06-20}}</ref>

After the 2006 Lebanon War, the LAF deployed south of the [[Litani River]] for the first time since 1968 to enforce [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701|Security Council Resolution 1701]]. The LAF says it will not, and cannot, disarm [[Hezbollah]] by force. On August 3, 2010, the Lebanese army [[2010 Israel–Lebanon border clash|fired at Israeli soldiers]] whose crane lifted a soldier across the border to remove a tree off the fence; Israeli troops returned fire. Three LAF soldiers, one Israeli officer and one Lebanese journalist were killed in the incident (after Israeli artillery & aircraft bombing). According to UN reports, there was no evidence that an Israeli soldier had entered Lebanese territory.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10851692|title=BBC News - Israel-Lebanon border clash kills five people|work=BBC News|date=3 August 2010|access-date=30 October 2014|archive-date=15 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190915034050/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-10851692|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon|UNIFIL]] force stationed in the south described the shootout as a "serious incident".