🇱🇧 Is there a war in Lebanon?Yes. UCDP lists 4 active armed conflicts with fighting recorded in Lebanon.
4 of them at war level (1,000+ deaths in a year). Largest: Israel: Palestine (mainly in Israel), 14,434 deaths in 2025.
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Deaths recorded in Lebanon in 2025 347 in state-based fighting
0 in fighting between armed groups
0 in attacks on civilians (one-sided violence)
UCDP GED Global 26.1: best estimates for events located in Lebanon (as UCDP places them), by type of violence. The three are shown separately, as UCDP counts them, and are not added together here.
The conflicts
Each conflict as UCDP defines it: a dispute with at least 25 battle-related deaths in a year. Figures are UCDP best estimates; the newest months are preliminary and can change.
UCDP does not record who started each clash.
War level State-based conflict · UCDP start year 1948
Israel: Palestine 14,434 deaths in 2025 UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
1,155 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
70,125 total 1989–2025 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (29 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of Israel vs Hamas, Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, PIJ, PRC
1989: 54 1990: 29 1991: 28 1992: 33 1993: 47 1994: 44 1995: 34 1996: 66 1997: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1998: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1999: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2000: 77 2001: 244 2002: 613 2003: 308 2004: 386 2005: 123 2006: 407 2007: 276 2008: 668 2009: 696 2010: 27 2011: 78 2012: 235 2013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2014: 2,378 2015: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2016: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2018: 53 2019: 50 2020: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2021: 269 2022: 84 2023: 26,789 2024: 21,595 2025: 14,434 2026: 1,155 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 1989 highest: 26,789 2026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: September 2026
Conflict-wide figures (not only Lebanon). Also recorded in: Israel , Qatar .
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 1,155 2025 14,434 2024 21,595 2023 26,789 2022 84 2021 269 2019 50 2018 53 2014 2,378 2012 235 2011 78 2010 27 2009 696 2008 668 2007 276 2006 407 2005 123 2004 386 2003 308 2002 613 2001 244 2000 77 1996 66 1995 34 1994 44 1993 47 1992 33 1991 28 1990 29 1989 54
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War level State-based conflict · UCDP start year 2017
Iran - Israel 1,222 deaths in 2025 UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
3 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
2,863 total 2018–2025 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (8 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of Iran vs Government of Israel
2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2018: 111 2019: 138 2020: 461 2021: 166 2022: 56 2023: 160 2024: 549 2025: 1,222 2026: 3 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 2017 highest: 1,222 2026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: May 2026
Conflict-wide figures (not only Lebanon). Also recorded in: Iran , Israel .
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 3 2025 1,222 2024 549 2023 160 2022 56 2021 166 2020 461 2019 138 2018 111
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War level State-based conflict · UCDP start year 1986
Israel: Southern Lebanon 337 deaths in 2025 UCDP Battle-Related Deaths Dataset 26.1 (conflict level)
4,593 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
6,823 total 1990–2025 sum of the UCDP yearly figures below (15 years listed)
Who is fighting: Government of Israel vs Hezbollah
1989: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1990: 42 1991: 28 1992: 87 1993: 124 1994: 82 1995: 74 1996: 96 1997: 88 1998: 54 1999: 41 2000: 27 2001: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2002: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2003: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2004: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2005: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2006: 1,242 2007: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2008: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2009: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2010: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2011: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2012: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2014: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2015: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2016: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2018: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2019: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2020: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2021: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2022: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2023: 139 2024: 4,362 2025: 337 2026: 4,593 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 1989 highest: 4,593 2026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: September 2026
Conflict-wide figures (not only Lebanon). Also recorded in: Israel .
Figures by year Year Deaths (best estimate) Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary 4,593 2025 337 2024 4,362 2023 139 2006 1,242 2000 27 1999 41 1998 54 1997 88 1996 96 1995 74 1994 82 1993 124 1992 87 1991 28 1990 42
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War level State-based conflict
Iran - Israel, United States of America – 2025: not in the dataset below 25 deaths or no data
3,859 deaths in Jan–Sep 2026 preliminary · UCDP Candidate Events Dataset 26.01.26.09
Who is fighting: Government of Iran vs Government of Israel, Government of United States of America
1989: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1990: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1991: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1992: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1993: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1994: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1995: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1996: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1997: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1998: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 1999: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2000: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2001: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2002: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2003: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2004: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2005: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2006: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2007: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2008: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2009: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2010: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2011: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2012: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2013: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2014: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2015: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2016: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2017: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2018: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2019: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2020: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2021: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2022: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2023: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2024: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2025: not in the dataset (below 25 deaths or no data) 2026: 3,859 (Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary) 1989 highest: 3,859 2026*
* Jan–Sep 2026, preliminary (hatched). Grey: year not in the dataset (UCDP lists a conflict-year only with at least 25 deaths).
Latest recorded fighting: September 2026
Conflict-wide figures (not only Lebanon). Also recorded in: Iran , United Arab Emirates , Israel , Kuwait , Iraq , Bahrain , Saudi Arabia , Jordan , Oman , Sri Lanka , Syria .
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