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| + | '''Hezbollah''' is a Shia Islam militant group and political party based in [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/HG20Ak02.html |title=Hezbollah's transformation |first=Dahr |last=Jamail |work=Asia Times |date=July 20, 2006 |accessdate=October 23, 2007}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cfr.org/publication/9155/hezbollah.html?breadcrumb=%2F |title=Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu'llah)|publisher=Council on Foreign Relations|date=September 13, 2008|accessdate=September 15, 2008}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Jihad Council== | ||
| + | Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council,<ref>{{cite book |last=Levitt |first=Matthew |authorlink=Matthew Levitt |year=2013 |title=Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God |page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yTJeAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=jihad+council+hezbollah&source=bl&ots=E3d3bqd3hl&sig=AS2lOKxtmfDw1m0QidTwm4j8oXU&hl=en&sa=X&ei=5SiLU-GbM8OtPNXqgagP&ved=0CDcQ6AEwBg|quote= "... the Jihad Council coordinates 'resistance activity'."}}</ref> and its political wing is ''Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc'' party in the Lebanese parliament.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/Lebanon-News/2014/May-15/256484-hezbollah-cutting-costs-as-iranian-aid-dries-up.ashx |title=Hezbollah cutting costs as Iranian aid dries up|first=Antoine |last=Ghattas Saab |work=The Daily Star|quote="... Hezbollah's military wing ... Known as the "Jihad Council""|date=May 15, 2014|accessdate=June 1, 2014}}</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Leadership== | ||
| + | After the death of [[Abbas al-Musawi]] in 1992, the group was headed by its Secretary-General, [[Hassan Nasrallah]]. On 13 May 2016, [[Mustafa Badreddine]], the second-in-command of Hezbollah, was reported to have been killed in an [[Israel]]i air strike near the airport in the Syrian capital [[Damascus]].<ref>[http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/israeli-air-strike-kills-top-hezbollah-commander-syria-1559819 "Israeli air strike kills top Hezbollah commander in Syria"]</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Funeral== | ||
| + | Thousands of people attended the funeral in [[Lebanon]]'s capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine. He died in an explosion near Damascus airport, the Lebanon-based group said, adding it would announce "within hours" its report into the killing. Hezbollah has sent thousands of troops to support [[Syria]]'s President [[Bashar al-Assad]]. In 2015, the US said that Badreddine was behind all Hezbollah's military operations in Syria since 2011. He was also said to have been involved with the assassination of former Lebanese PM [[Rafik Hariri]] in Beirut in 2005.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-36289403 "Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral"]</ref> | ||
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Hezbollah is a Shia Islam militant group and political party based in Lebanon.[1][2]
Contents
Jihad Council
Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council,[3] and its political wing is Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese parliament.[4]
Leadership
After the death of Abbas al-Musawi in 1992, the group was headed by its Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah. On 13 May 2016, Mustafa Badreddine, the second-in-command of Hezbollah, was reported to have been killed in an Israeli air strike near the airport in the Syrian capital Damascus.[5]
Funeral
Thousands of people attended the funeral in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, of top Hezbollah military commander Mustafa Badreddine. He died in an explosion near Damascus airport, the Lebanon-based group said, adding it would announce "within hours" its report into the killing. Hezbollah has sent thousands of troops to support Syria's President Bashar al-Assad. In 2015, the US said that Badreddine was behind all Hezbollah's military operations in Syria since 2011. He was also said to have been involved with the assassination of former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in Beirut in 2005.[6]
Related Quotation
| Page | Quote | Author | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ziad Abdelnour | “The Lebanese cannot have their cake and eat it, too...Let’s get rid of this cancer [Hezbollah]... Let’s finish the job.” | Ziad Abdelnour | 1 August 2006 |
Party Member
| Politician | Born | Died | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hassan Nasrallah | 31 August 1960 | 27 September 2024 | Leader of Hezbollah |
Events Participated in
| Event | Start | End | Location(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War | 7 October 2023 | Gaza Israel Iraq Egypt Syria Palestine Lebanon Indian Ocean Golan Heights | Hamas attack on dozens of illegal Israeli settlements in Southern Israel provoking mass retaliatory killings by Israel. Corporate media call it the Israeli "9-11", while critics of Israel refer to "10-7" as a staged, military operation in order to manufacture consent for a disproportionate response. | |
| 2023-2024 Israel-Hamas War/October 7 | 7 October 2023 | 8 October 2023 | Gaza Israel Palestine Lebanon Golan Heights | Hamas attacks Israeli settlements in Southern Israel, mass raping and abducting, which get called an Israeli "9-11" by CCM. The NYT and Al Jazeera claimed the Israeli government knew of the impending attack, ignored warnings, shot some of their own civilians, made up several stories and used the resulting increased death toll to go on a revenge killing spree in the 2023 Israeli invasion of Gaza. |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Has the Elite’s Slavish pro-Israel Agenda Finally Gone Too Far | Blog post | 25 February 2019 | Craig Murray | Israeli destruction of Palestinian olive trees in the occupied territories is almost as heinous as the continuing killing and imprisonment of Palestinian children. Every morning ask yourself this question: "How many children has the Israeli “Defence” Force killed since the MSM last reported one?" |
| Document:Netanyahu Plays Chicken | blog post | 21 September 2024 | Craig Murray | Netanyahu’s strategy of assassinations and deadly stunts appears to be an attempt to goad Hezbollah out of their own territory into a suicidal advance into Israel. But Nasrullah is not falling for it. It is worth stressing that, contrary to the propaganda, in the last year Israel has hit Lebanon with five missiles for every one sent by Hezbollah. |
| Document:Speech by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on 20 August 2017 to the Syrian Diplomatic Corps | Speech | 31 August 2017 | Bashar al Assad | The US President is not the maker of policies, but the executor. Therefore, the “Deep State” in the United States does not govern in partnership with the President, but leaves him a small margin. |
| Document:The BBC is weaponising its Lebanon reporting to help disguise Israel's crimes | Article | 27 September 2024 | Jonathan Cook | By the third week of September, Israel had killed more than 750 Lebanese, compared to 33 Israeli deaths. The differential is even starker now. And yet the western media has not framed Hezbollah’s attacks as its "right to defend itself" – a right we are continuously reminded Israel has. |
| Document:The Israeli Terrorist State | blog post | 31 July 2024 | Craig Murray | "For me it is now axiomatic that there is no two state solution and that apartheid Israel must be completely dismantled as an entity. I believe that more and more people around the entire globe believe that now. "And if we have to dismantle our own political and media classes to get there, so be it." |
| Document:The Relative Value of Life and Death | blog post | 29 July 2024 | Craig Murray | Israel has been bombarding Syria relentlessly from long before October 2023 and has continued unabated – and unreported by western media. Israel’s attacks on civilian areas of Damascus this last few weeks have been devastating. It is pretty obvious that any loose missile that dropped on Majdal Shams is likely to have come from Israel, which is slinging huge quantities of munitions into Syria and Lebanon with wild abandon. |
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References
- ↑ Jamail, Dahr (July 20, 2006). "Hezbollah's transformation". Asia Times. Retrieved October 23, 2007.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ "Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu'llah)". Council on Foreign Relations. September 13, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2008.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
- ↑ Levitt, Matthew (2013). Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God. p. 15.
... the Jihad Council coordinates 'resistance activity'.
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{{URL|example.com|optional display text}} - ↑ "Israeli air strike kills top Hezbollah commander in Syria"
- ↑ "Hezbollah killing: Thousands mourn Badreddine at Beirut funeral"
