The Lebanese infrastructure has been badly scarred by the 1975-90 Civil War.

Unlike Hezbollah, he said, Israel did not target the civilian population, nor did it indiscriminately target Lebanese civilian infrastructure.

The campaign started by destroying Lebanese infrastructure and Hezbollah targets.

The damage to the Lebanese infrastructure was significant as major bridges and power stations were destroyed.

It severely damaged Lebanese civil infrastructure, and displaced approximately one million Lebanese and 300,000-500,000 Israelis.

Amnesty International later accused Israel of war crimes due to its assault on Lebanese civilian infrastructure.

Hizbollah has a lot of explaining to do as to why its deliberate provocation has caused so much damage to Lebanese infrastructure, with the deaths of so many Lebanese civilians.

At the recent International Donor Conference in Paris (January 25, 2007), Greece announced further assistance funds for the construction of Lebanese infrastructure, worth € 5 million.

Much Lebanese infrastructure was destroyed during the operation, which Israel claimed was successful.

The military operation was intended to increase pressure steadily by sending 400,000 refugees fleeing the south and by selectively shelling the Lebanese civil infrastructure.