Some have said Hezbollah is a terror group, only because they have successfully protected their country from US backed-Israeli invasion and actual terrorism.. this has been planned for a long time: "an opportunity that must not be missed," says
former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, who believes that "this is an opportunity to reshape the Middle East."
Israel invaded Lebanon in June 1982, ostensibly in response to attacks launched on it by the Palestine Liberation Organization from southern Lebanon.
After an agreement, the PLO left for Tunisia but Israel’s military stayed in Lebanon, supporting local proxies in the civil war and contributing to the Sabra and Shatila massacre. Right-wing Lebanese militia, in coordination with the Israeli army, killed between 2,000 and 3,500 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians in two days.
Several Lebanese groups formed to repel the invasion, one was from the Shia Muslim community, traditionally a quiet demographic.
Hezbollah was the brainchild of Muslim leaders, reportedly supported by Iran, and
given the mandate of repelling Israel.
By 1985, Hezbollah’s fighting power grew to the point that it, along with allied groups, was able to force the Israeli army to withdraw to the Litani River in south Lebanon.
Israel declared what it called a “security zone” along swaths of the Lebanese-Israeli border.
Policing that security zone was the Christian-dominated South Lebanon Army (SLA), typically reported as an Israeli proxy force, which continued to support the occupation of south Lebanon until Israel’s withdrawal in 2000.
Killing of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah is the latest salvo in a decades-long battle.
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The whole situation is dire and inhumane. Disgraceful the USA is
funding it all.
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