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Unlike Amal, whose support is predominantly in Lebanon's south, Hezbollah maintains broad-based support in all three areas of Lebanon with a majority Shia Muslim population: in the south, in Beirut and its surrounding area, and in the northern Beqaa valley and Hirmil region. [172]
Under control of Lebanese Communist Party or Fatah or Syrian rebels in Lebanon; Under control of Hezbollah, PFLP-GC and allies; Under control of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; Under control of Sunni militants and Tahrir al-Sham; Under control of Israel; Rural presence: Contested:
The ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hezbollah is a major diplomatic breakthrough that follows 13 months of escalating conflict, upheaval and displacement in Lebanon.. It starts a 60-day ...
A visual guide to the latest developments in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
The IDF struck 15 Radwan targets in al-Lwaiza, southern Lebanon, [311] and a Hezbollah compound in Sefri, near Baalbek. Lebanese media said that the strike destroyed a factory and injured three people. [312] [313] On 8 May, Israeli airstrikes in southern Lebanon killed two Hezbollah and three PIJ members. [314]
Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since 8 October 2023. Hezbollah has fired rockets at targets in Israel, while the IDF has struck targets in Lebanon with artillery and drones. [61] On 17 and 18 September 2024, Israel attacked Hezbollah members with bombs concealed inside pagers and other small electronic ...
A map of Hezbollah's defensive system in southern Lebanon. In 2006, Hezbollah ambushed an Israeli border patrol inside Israel, killing eight Israeli soldiers and taking prisoner two Israeli soldiers in an unsuccessful attempt to bargain for the release of incarcerated Hezbollah hostages.
Dahieh is the Beirut stronghold of Lebanese political party and paramilitary group Hezbollah, and it had large auditoria in Haret Hreik, Hadath and Bourj el-Barajneh, where Hezbollah followers gathered on special occasions. [3] The area was severely bombed by Israel in the 2006 Lebanon War and in the Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–present).