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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.
As part of a surge of intersectarian support for Hezbollah during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's deputy leader, called for Muslims to rise up in a holy war against Zionists and join the fighting in Lebanon. [8] [46] Hezbollah is also fighting against the Al-Qaeda affiliated Al-Nusra Front, later became Tahrir al ...
A 2003 American court decision found IJO was the name used by Hezbollah for its attacks in Lebanon, parts of the Middle East and Europe. [108] The US, [ 109 ] Israel [ 110 ] and Canada [ 86 ] consider the names "Islamic Jihad Organization", "Organization of the Oppressed on Earth" and the "Revolutionary Justice Organization" to be synonymous ...
Still, for Hezbollah, which has been the dominant force in southern Lebanon for decades, the violence was an opportunity to project strength, after being battered in the conflict with Israel.
The Israeli army is stretched after a nearly 9-month war in Gaza, and Hezbollah holds an estimated arsenal of some 150,000 rockets and missiles capable of striking anywhere in Israel. Israeli leaders, meanwhile, have pledged to unleash Gaza-like scenes of devastation on Lebanon if a full-blown war erupts.
Islamist groups expelled from Lebanon; Israel–Hezbollah conflict (2023–ongoing) Hezbollah Hamas [4] PIJ [5] PFLP Israel: Ceasefire. Elimination of much of Hezbollah's leadership and military capabilities; IDF withdraws south of the Blue Line and Hezbollah withdraws north of the Litani River; LAF becomes sole army in Southern Lebanon
Lebanon's Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israeli forces across the border since its Palestinian ally Hamas in Gaza and Israel went to war on Oct. 7. The violence on the frontier between ...
Netanyahu warns of possible Lebanon war. Beginning the day after Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks on Israel triggered the war in Gaza, Hezbollah has launched rockets into northern Israel and vowed to ...