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After Israeli forces left Southern Lebanon in 2000, Hezbollah provided military defense of the area. It is suggested by some that the Lebanese Government has at times viewed Hezbollah as the army of South Lebanon. [citation needed] Since summer 2006, though, foreign peacekeepers and Lebanese army troops have also been stationed in the South.
The Israeli–Lebanese conflict, or the South Lebanon conflict, [4] is a series of military clashes involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria, the Palestine Liberation Organization, as well as various militias and militants acting from within Lebanon. The conflict peaked in the 1980s, during the Lebanese Civil War. Israel occupied Southern Lebanon ...
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. [179]
Hezbollah, or “the Party of God,” arose during Lebanon’s civil war in the late 1970s, when tensions between the country’s leading religious groups were at an all-time high.
Hezbollah declared its existence on 16 February 1985 in "The Hizballah Program". This document [7] was read by spokesman Sheikh Ibrahim al-Amin at the al-Ouzai Mosque in west Beirut and simultaneously published in al-Safir as "The Hizballah Program, an open letter to all the Oppressed in Lebanon and the World", and a separate pamphlet that was first published in full in English in 1987.
September 25, 2024 at 11:33 AM. Israel's military hinted for the first time Wednesday of possible ground operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon, with a top commander stressing the need to be ...
The Security Zone covered about 800 square kilometres (310 sq mi), [5] roughly 10% of Lebanon's land area. It ran the length of the Israel-Lebanon border and reached between 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) to 20 kilometres (12 mi) deep into Lebanon. [5] It was home to about 180,000 people – 6% of Lebanon's population – living in around a hundred ...
Engagements between Israel and Hezbollah are a part of the wider Iran–Israel proxy conflict, including: South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000), in which Hezbollah was the primary force opposing Israel and the South Lebanon Army. 2000–2006 Shebaa Farms conflict, a low-level border conflict between Hezbollah and Israel.