Published on:
13/08/2006
Type:
Article
On August 12, 2006, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 1701, which calls for the end of the fighting between Israel and Hezbollah, nicknamed “the second Lebanon War” in Israel (For the full text of the resolution, see Appendix B). A ceasefire began on Monday, August 14, at 8 a.m. The government of Israel, which met on the morning of August 13, unanimously approved the decision (with the abstention of Minister Shaul Mofaz).