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Latest news on Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Shia group in Lebanon, covering the Israel-Lebanon conflict, ceasefire, Naim Qassem, Beirut, and the wider Middle East.
Hezbollah — Arabic for "Party of God" — is a Lebanese Shia political party and armed group founded in 1982 with Iranian support during Israel's invasion of Lebanon. Designated a terrorist organisation by the United States, the United Kingdom, and numerous other countries, Hezbollah has grown into one of the most heavily armed non-state actors in the world, with an arsenal that has included tens of thousands of rockets and missiles. The group is a central pillar of Iran's "Axis of Resistance", a network of allied armed groups across the Middle East, and receives funding, weapons, and training from Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Hezbollah's long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike on Beirut in September 2024, after more than 30 years at the helm. His presumed successor, Hashem Safieddine, was also killed shortly after. In October 2024, the group's Shura Council elected Naim Qassem — a founding member and long-serving deputy — as secretary-general. A US-brokered ceasefire took effect in November 2024, requiring Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon and Hezbollah's retreat north of the Litani River under UN Resolution 1701. However, the ceasefire period was marked by repeated violations on both sides, with Israel continuing strikes and maintaining positions in the south, and Hezbollah accused of rearming.
In March 2026, Hezbollah renewed attacks on Israel following the outbreak of a joint US-Israeli military campaign against Iran. The group launched rockets and missiles into northern Israel and, for the first time since the ceasefire, into central Israel. Israel responded with extensive air strikes across Lebanon — targeting Beirut's southern suburbs (Dahiyeh), the Bekaa Valley, and areas south of the Litani River — and expanded ground operations. More than one million people have been displaced within Lebanon, and the humanitarian toll has been severe, with hundreds killed and thousands wounded since fighting resumed. Western governments have called for restraint and a diplomatic resolution.
Beyond its military activities, Hezbollah operates an extensive social services network across Lebanon's Shia-majority areas, running hospitals, schools, and charitable organisations. This infrastructure has earned the group deep loyalty among parts of the population, particularly those historically neglected by the Lebanese state. However, many Lebanese — across the Christian, Druze, and Sunni communities — accuse the group of operating outside state authority and dragging the country into regional conflicts. The Lebanese government voted in 2025 to pursue the disarmament of all militias, and the Lebanese Armed Forces were tasked with a plan to assert a state monopoly on weapons, a move Hezbollah has resisted.
Hezbollah's roots lie in the upheaval of the Lebanese civil war and the Israeli invasions of 1978 and 1982, which displaced large numbers of Shia civilians in the south. Iran dispatched approximately 1,500 IRGC trainers to Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, helping to forge what would become the dominant Shia armed movement. The group's 1985 manifesto called for the expulsion of Western influence, the destruction of Israel, and allegiance to Iran's supreme leader. Its guerrilla campaign contributed to Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000, and its performance in the 2006 war — a 34-day conflict that ended inconclusively — cemented its reputation as a formidable military force. The fall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, a long-time ally, has since disrupted a key supply corridor between Iran and Hezbollah.
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