2006: War in Lebanon

Northern Israel, July 12 2006: Israeli soldiers stand next to a mobile artillery unit firing shells towards a Hizbullah target in southern Lebanon Photograph: Menahem Kahana /AFP

Beirut, July 14 2006: Fuel storage tanks burn at Rafik Hariri International airport following an Israeli strike Photograph: Hussein Malla/AP

Beirut, July 16 2006: The Srour family, who fled their home in the southern surburbs and lived as refugees in a school Photograph: Sean Smith /Guardian

Kiryat Shmona, Israel, July 17 2006: Israeli girls write messages on shells at a heavy artillery position near the Lebanese border Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP

Nahariya, Israel, July 21 2006: An Israeli woman sunbathes on a beach. Nahariya was hit by Hizbullah rockets several times during the fighting Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty

Tyre, Lebanon, July 23 2006: Ali Sha'ita, 12, (left) tries to comfort his mother after the three vans in which his family were travelling were hit by an Israeli missile. This picture won Photographer of the Year 2007 for Sean Smith Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

Tyre, Lebanon, July 26 2006: Hosh, a suburb of Tyre where UN personnel lived in a block of flats destroyed by Israeli fire Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

Beirut, July 29 2006: Men smoke water pipes on a beach polluted with oil. The Israeli bombing of a power plant in Lebanon sent thousands of tons of oil into the Mediterranean Photograph: Rex Features

Tyre, Lebanon, August 2 2006: Hizbullah missiles are launched at Israeli targets Photograph: Hassan Amar /AFP

Kfar Giladi, Israel, August 6 2006: A boot is seen lying on the ground as smoke rises from destroyed cars hit by a Katyusha missile fired from Lebanon Photograph: Yoav Lemmer/AFP

Akko, Israel, August 9 2006: An Israeli youth rushes into a shelter as a rocket warning siren sounds Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Tyre, Lebanon, August 10 2006: A starving horse searches for food in front of buildings damaged by Israeli airstrikes Photograph: Samuel Aranda/AFP

Northern Israel, August 10 2006: An Israeli soldier sleeps next to his armoured personnel carrier near the Lebanon border Photograph: Jacob Silberberg/AP

Beirut, Lebanon, August 15 2006: Lebanese people look at a destroyed neighbourhood on the first day of the ceasefire Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty

Tyre, Lebanon, August 15 2006: A boy waving a Hizbullah flag travels in a convoy of refugees crossing the Litani river on their way back to Tyre after the start of the ceasefire Photograph: Sean Smith /Guardian

Tyre, Lebanon, August 16 2006: The coffins of people killed in Israeli airstrikes are lined up for burial in a mass grave Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

Beirut, August 20 2006: The rubble of buildings destroyed in the Israeli bombardment Photograph: Sean Smith /Guardian

Jerusalem, Israel, June 24 2007: A demonstrator wears photos of the three captured Israeli soldiers Gilad Shalit (left), Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser (right) during a protest outside the Knesset Photograph: Getty