Oct 10, 2023 · Hezbollah (Party of God in Arabic) is an Iran-backed group that formed in 1982 to fight Israel’s occupation of southern Lebanon. The group, which finds most of its support among Shia...

Oct 17, 2023 · In 2006, Hezbollah engaged in a five-week war with Israel in an attempt to settle scores rather than with an aim to liberate Palestine. That conflict killed over 158 Israelis and over 1,200 ...

Oct 17, 2023 · Following the October assault on Israel by Hamas, the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group that governs the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah has fired shells across the Israel-Lebanon border in a show of...

Subhi al-Tufayli, Hezbollah's former leader, said, "Hezbollah should not be defending the criminal regime that kills its own people and that has never fired a shot in defense of the Palestinians." He said, "those Hezbollah fighters who are killing children and terrorizing people and destroying houses in Syria will go to hell."

Jun 6, 2024 · Hezbollah says it is fighting Israel in support of Palestinians, while its critics claim the strikes serve Iran’s interests. “In recent years, Hezbollah has become an expeditionary force for...

Sep 18, 2024 · Thousands of people were injured and at least nine killed in Lebanon and Syria on Sept. 17 when pagers held by members of the Iran-backed group Hezbollah, a powerful ally of Hamas, exploded...

Oct 19, 2023 · Hezbollah is an Iran-backed Islamist movement with one of the most powerful paramilitary forces in the Middle East. The group, which has its main base on the Israel-Lebanon border, could...

4 days ago · Hezbollah stepped up its cross-border attacks after Hamas, an allied Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip, attacked southern Israel on October 7 and Israel launched the Israel-Hamas War in response. Hezbollah pledged to continue firing into Israel until the fighting in the Gaza Strip came to an end.

Oct 16, 2023 · Lebanon's Hezbollah has been exchanging fire with Israel across the border for days in the deadliest escalation since they fought a major war in 2006, threatening to expand a conflict between...

4 days ago · The deadline for the withdrawal of Israeli troops and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon comes at a politically precarious time for Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group and political party that was ...