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Hezbollah ( / ˌhɛzbəˈlɑː /; [ 43] Arabic: حزب الله, romanized : Ḥizbu 'llāh, lit. 'Party of God') [ a] is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group, [ 44][ 45] led since 1992 by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, [ 46] and its political wing is the ...
Hezbollah originated within the Shiite block of Lebanese society. According to the CIA World Factbook estimate in 2022, Shiites comprise 31.2 percent of Lebanon's population, [ 1] predominating in three areas of Lebanon: Southern Lebanon, Beirut and its environs ( Dahieh ), and the northern Beqaa valley region. [ 2]
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.
Hezbollah–Israel conflict. Hezbollah, a Shia Islamist political party and militant organization that was established in Lebanon in 1985, has been involved in a long-running conflict with Israel as part of the Iran–Israel proxy conflict and the Israeli–Lebanese conflict .
Hezbollah is widely described as comparable to or stronger than the Lebanese Armed Forces in military power. Reasons cited are Hezbollah's better discipline, [ 75] better experience, [ 119] and better weaponry, [ 107][ 119] which give Hezbollah "clearly" [ 120] better military and combat capacity than the LAF. [ 75]
On 11 March 2016, the Arab League designated Hezbollah a terrorist organization during a meeting of Arab League foreign ministers at the organization's headquarters in Egypt 's capital Cairo. Nearly all 22 Arab League members supported the decision, except Lebanon, Syria, Algeria and Iraq which expressed "reservations" about the decision. [ 89]
The funding of Hezbollah comes from Lebanese business groups, private persons, businessmen, the Lebanese diaspora involved in African diamond exploration, other Islamic groups and countries, and the taxes paid by the Shia Lebanese. [ 1] Hezbollah says that the main source of its income comes from its own investment portfolios and donations by ...
The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day military conflict in Lebanon and northern Israel. The principal parties were Hezbollah paramilitary forces and the Israeli military. The conflict started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations -brokered ceasefire went into effect on 14 August 2006.