Original sentence: Citing Israeli control of the Shebaa farms territory and the incarceration of Lebanese prisoners in Israel, Hezbollah continued cross border attacks, and successfully used the tactic of capturing soldiers from Israel as leverage for a prisoner exchange in 2004, though it also continues to call for Israel's destruction.Lebanon has long failed to control militancy within its borders, and Israel has had a history of using force in Lebanon in response to militant attacks.The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was committing cross border attacks from Southern Lebanon into Israel as far back as 1968, but the area became a significant base following the arrival of the PLO leadership and its Fatah brigade after their 1971 expulsion from Jordan.This situation exacerbated  demographic tensions over the Lebanese National Pact which divided governmental powers among religious groups, leading in part to the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)
Edited sentence: Citing Israeli control of the Shebaa farms territory and the incarceration of Lebanese prisoners in Israel, Hezbollah continued cross border attacks and Israel continued strikes in Lebanese territory intermittently over the next six years, and successfully used the tactic of capturing soldiers from Israel as leverage for a prisoner exchange in 2004, though it also continues to call for Israel's destruction.Lebanon has long suffered from militancy within its borders, and Israel has had a history of using force in Lebanon in response to militant attacks.Palestinian refugees who lost their homes when the state of Israel was founded have for many years resided in southern Lebanon, which thus became the base for Palestinian militant atacks on Israel.The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was committing cross border attacks from Southern Lebanon into Israel as far back as 1968, but the area became a significant base following the arrival of the PLO leadership and its Fatah brigade after the 1970 expulsion of Palestinians from Jordan.This situation exacerbated tensions over the Lebanese National Pact which divided governmental powers among religious groups, leading in part to the Lebanese Civil War (1975-1990)