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Clashes began a few months after the 2000 Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon, which Hezbollah viewed as incomplete due to the presence of the Israel Defense Forces in Shebaa Farms.
The conflict culminated in the 2006 Lebanon War; Israel retains control over the territory.
Walid Jumblatt, a Lebanese Druze politician and leader of the Progressive Socialist Party, stated that Lebanon has no claims to the Shebaa Farms.
"[18] On 28 August 2006, Hezbollah fighters withdrew from positions near the Shebaa Farms area.