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t. e. Hezbollah, a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militia group, [1][2] has an exceptionally strong military wing, thought to be stronger than the Lebanese Army [3][4] and equivalent to the armed strength of a medium-sized army. [5][a] A hybrid force, the group maintains "robust conventional and unconventional military capabilities ...
Danny Danon, Israel's permanent representative to the United Nations, told ABC News on Thursday that his nation is ready to intensify military action against Iran-aligned Hezbollah in Lebanon amid ...
Hezbollah (/ ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː /; [44] Arabic: حزب الله, romanized: Ḥizbu 'llāh, pronounced [ħizbu‿lːaːh], lit. 'Party of God') [a] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party, military - resistance organization, that also provides social welfare and religious education services. [45] Hezbollah is a key player in the Lebanese ...
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.
The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War (Arabic: حرب تموز, romanized: Ḥarb Tammūz) and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War (Hebrew: מלחמת לבנון השנייה, romanized: Milhemet Levanon HaShniya), was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon, northern Israel and the ...
The Iran-backed militant group said the wireless devices began to explode around 3:30 p.m. local time in a targeted Israeli attack on Hezbollah operatives. CNN learned that Israel was behind the ...
A sign commemorating Hezbollah in South Lebanon. Hezbollah has not revealed its armed strength. It has been estimated by Mustafa Alani, security director at the Dubai-based Gulf Research Centre, that Hezbollah's military force is made up of about 1,000 full-time Hezbollah members, along with a further 6,000-10,000 volunteers. [57]
Hezbollah is one of the most heavily-armed, non-state military forces in the world. It is funded and equipped by Iran. Hassan Nasrallah has claimed that it has 100,000 fighters, although ...