This is a list of conflicts in the southern Levant arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times. This region has also been referred to historically as the Land of Canaan, the Land of Israel, the Holy Land, the Promised Land, and Palestine. This region has been ruled over by many nations, including the Canaanites, Israelites, Judeans, Romans, Rashidun Caliphates, Crusaders, Ottoman Empire, British Empire, and today, Israel and Palestine. In addition to wars and battles, there may also be periods of violent, civil unrest included in this list, such as: massacres, riots, rebellions, and revolutions.
Started | Ended | Name of conflict | Belligerents | |
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Victorious party (if applicable) | Defeated party (if applicable) | |||
c. 1025 BCE | c. 1025 BCE | |||
c. 1010 BCE | c. 1010 BCE | Siege of Jebus | ||
Early 9th century BC | Early 9th century BC | Battle of Zephath | ||
c. 874 BCE | c. 874 BCE | |||
736 BCE | 732 BCE | |||
701 BCE | 701 BCE | Supported by | ||
701 BCE | 701 BCE | |||
701 BCE | 701 BCE | Siege of Lachish | Neo-Assyrian Empire | Kingdom of Judah |
701 BC | 701 BC | |||
c. 655 BC | c. 655 BC | Fall of Ashdod Part of the Wars of Neo-Assyria | ||
609 BC | 609 BC | Battle of Megiddo (609 BC) Part of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire | ||
601 BCE | 586 BCE | Neo-Babylonian Empire | Kingdom of Judah | |
c. 597 BC | c. 597 BC | Siege of Jerusalem (597 BCE) Part of Judah's revolts against Babylon (601–586 BC) | ||
589 BC | 587 BC | Siege of Jerusalem (587 BC) Part of the Jewish–Babylonian War |
Started | Ended | Name of conflict | Belligerents | |
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Victorious party (if applicable) | Defeated party (if applicable) | |||
336 BC | 323 BC | India:
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332 BC | 332 BC | Siege of Gaza | Achaemenid Empire | |
322 BC | 281 BC | First War (321–319 BC): Second War (318–316 BC): Third War (315-311BC): Babylonian War (311–309 BC): Fourth War (307–301 BC): | First War (321–319 BC):
Second War (318–316 BC):
Third War (315-311 BC): Babylonian War (311–309 BC): Fourth War (307–301 BC): | |
312 BC | 312 BC | Battle of Gaza (312 BCE) Part of the Wars of the Diadochi | ||
167 BCE | 141 BCE | |||
167 or 166 BCE | 167 or 166 BCE | Battle of the Ascent of Lebonah Part of the Maccabean Revolt | ||
166 BC or 165 BC | 166 BC or 165 BC | Battle of Beth Horon (166 BCE) Part of the Maccabean Revolt | ||
165 BC | 165 BC | Battle of Emmaus Part of the Maccabean Revolt | ||
164 BC | 164 BC | Battle of Beth Zur Part of the Maccabean Revolt | ||
163 BCE | 163 BCE | Maccabee campaigns of 163 BC Part of the Maccabean Revolt | ||
163 BCE | 163 BCE | Battle of Dathema Part of the Maccabean Revolt | ||
162 BC | 162 BC | Battle of Beth Zechariah Part of the Maccabean Revolt | ||
161 BC | 161 BC | Battle of Adasa Part of the Maccabean Revolt | ||
160 BCE | 160 BCE | Battle of Elasa Part of the Maccabean Revolt | Maccabean rebels | |
107 BCE | 88 BCE | Civil War of Ptolemy Lathyros | Egypt (Ptolemy IX Soter) | Egypt (Cleopatra III) |
93 BC | 93 BC | |||
93 BCE | 87 BCE | Judean Civil War Part of the Pharisee-Sadducee conflict | Pharisees : | |
67 BCE | 63 BCE | Hasmonean Civil War Part of the Pharisee-Sadducee conflict Part of the Third Mithridatic War | Hyrcanus supporters: | Aristobulus supporters: |
63 BC | 63 BC | Siege of Jerusalem (63 BCE) Part of the Hasmonean civil war | ||
37 or 36 BC [i] | 37 or 36 BC | Siege of Jerusalem (37 BCE) Part of the Antony's Parthian War |
Started | Ended | Name of conflict | Belligerents | |
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Victorious party (if applicable) | Defeated party (if applicable) | |||
1516 | 1517 | Second Ottoman–Mamluk War | ||
1658 | 1667 |
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1798 | 1801 | French campaign in Egypt and Syria Part of the War of the Second Coalition |
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1799 | 1799 | 1799 Siege of Jaffa | ||
1799 | 1799 | 1799 Siege of Acre | ||
1799 | 1799 | 1799 Battle of Mount Tabor | ||
1831 | 1833 | First Egyptian–Ottoman War |
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1834 | 1835 | Syrian Peasant Revolt | Alawite clans | |
1838 | 1838 | 1838 Druze revolt |
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1839 | 1841 | Second Egyptian–Ottoman War | | |
1860 | 1860 | Rural Druze clans
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Iran's annual financial aid to Hamas is believed to be around $20 million, which helps the group run its government in the Gaza Strip. Both parties enjoyed warm ties since 2006 when Hamas won an election against the Western-backed Fatah movement. But the crisis in Syria has led to problems between them.
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Members of Iran's so-called "Axis of Resistance" appear to have conducted attacks targeting Israel simultaneously with Iran's first wave of attacks. Lebanese Hezbollah claimed it fired "dozens" of Katyusha rockets targeting an Israeli missile and artillery base in the Golan Heights at 1800 ET.