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Israel withdraws from Lebanon

24/05/2013 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Israel withdraws from Lebanon

A senior UN official recalls Israel's hasty withdrawl from southern Lebanon in 2000.

In 2000, Israel caught the world by surprise when virtually overnight it withdrew from the territory it controlled in southern Lebanon. A senior United Nations official recalls the chaotic last 24 hours of Israel's presence on land it had occupied for nearly two decades.

(Image: Lebanese celebrating Israel's withdrawal. Credit: Associated Press)

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