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  2. History of Hezbollah - Wikipedia

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    Lebanon gained its independence on November 22, 1943, with the French army withdrawing its soldiers from Lebanon in 1946. The Lebanese National Pact became the framework for governance, leading to the allocation of political privileges, such as membership in parliament as well as senior bureaucratic and political appointments, to each of the 17 recognized sectarian communities based roughly on ...

  3. History of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Lebanon's crisis has been so severe that more than 80 percent of the population is now considered poor by the United Nations. In the election Iran-backed Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement and its allies lost their parliamentary majority. Hezbollah did not lose any of its seats, but its allies lost seats.

  4. Hezbollah - Wikipedia

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    As of October 2020, Hezbollah or its military wing are considered terrorist organizations by at least 26 countries, as well as by the European Union and since 2017 by most member states of the Arab League, with the exception of Iraq and Lebanon, where Hezbollah is the most powerful political party. [393]

  5. Explainer-What is Hezbollah? The Lebanese group backing Hamas ...

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    Hezbollah fired thousands of rockets into Israel during the conflict, in which 1,200 people were killed in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 158 Israelis were killed, most of them soldiers.

  6. Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    Lebanon's crisis has been so severe that more than 80 percent of the population is now considered poor by the United Nations. [160] In the election the Shia Muslim Hezbollah movement (and its allies) lost their parliamentary majority.

  7. What is Hezbollah, the group battling Israel in Lebanon?

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    Hezbollah is the Arab world’s most significant paramilitary force with a robust organizational structure as well as a sizeable arsenal. It claims to have some 100,000 fighters Hezbollah’s military capabilities have surged over the years, and it has played a key role in the Syrian civil war, helping keep President Bashar Assad in power there.

  8. Israel's clash with Hezbollah may be shaped by its past ...

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    This history may have lulled Hezbollah — as well as the rest of the world — into believing that Israel would never dare invade Lebanon, and would suffer a bloody nose if it did.

  9. Israel-Hezbollah conflict: Why is Lebanon being attacked and ...

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    Hezbollah, a proscribed terrorist group in the UK, was formed in 1982 but gained significant military power in the 2006 Lebanon War against Israel. Its stated objective is to drive Israeli forces ...