Page "Hezbollah" Paragraph 61

* In April 1996, after continued Hezbollah rocket attacks on Israeli civilians, the Israeli armed forces launched Operation Grapes of Wrath, which was intended to wipe out Hezbollah's base in southern Lebanon.

Over 100 Lebanese refugees were killed by the shelling of a UN base at Qana, in what the Israeli military said was a mistake.

Finally, following several days of negotiations, the two sides signed the Grapes of Wrath Understandings on April 26, 1996.

A cease-fire was agreed upon between Israel and Hezbollah, which would be effective on April 27, 1996.

Both sides agreed that civilians should not be targeted, which meant that Hezbollah would be allowed to continue its military activities against IDF forces inside Lebanon.