Hezbollah Archives

February 21, 2025 2:50 PM

Lebanon’s Hezbollah to bury Nasrallah in mass funeral

Lebanon's Hezbollah will bury its former leader Hassan Nasrallah on Sunday nearly five months after he was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in a mass funeral aimed at showing political strength after the group emerged badly weakened from last year's w...

February 19, 2025 2:26 PM

Lebanese search for dead in devastated villages as Israel withdraws

Residents of south Lebanon returned to devastated villages on Tuesday, searching for the bodies of relatives killed in last year's war between Israel and Hezbollah, as Israeli troops withdrew from most of the territory. Israeli Foreign Minister Gide...

January 31, 2025 2:58 PM

Israel targets Hezbollah sites in Lebanon, accuses group of ceasefire breach

The Israeli military said on Friday it struck several Hezbollah targets overnight in the Bekaa Valley and along the Syrian-Lebanese border. The army said the targets include a facility used for underground weapons development and another associated ...

January 13, 2025 10:43 PM

Lebanon’s Nawaf Salam to be designated PM, angering Hezbollah

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun summoned Nawaf Salam, the head of the International Court of Justice, to designate him prime minister after most lawmakers nominated him on Monday, a big blow to Hezbollah, which accused opponents of seeking to exclude ...

January 10, 2025 11:18 AM

Lebanon’s army chief elected president, showing weakened Hezbollah

Lebanon's parliament elected army chief Joseph Aoun head of state on Thursday, filling the vacant presidency with a general who has U.S. support and showing the weakened sway of the Iran-backed Hezbollah group after its devastating war with Israe...

December 31, 2024 10:49 AM

Israel, at UN, warns Houthis risk sharing same fate as Hamas, Hezbollah

Israel's ambassador to the United Nations issued on Monday what he called a final warning to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants to halt their missile attacks on Israel, saying they risked the same "miserable fate" as Hamas, Hezbollah and Syria's Ba...

November 29, 2024 12:28 PM

Israeli military says Lebanese residents are prohibited to move south to several villages

Lebanese residents are prohibited from moving south to a line of villages and their surroundings until further notice, Israeli military spokesperson Avichay Adraee said on X on Friday. Israel said it opened fire on Thursday towards what it called "s...

November 28, 2024 10:42 PM

Israel says ceasefire with Hezbollah violated, fires on south Lebanon

Israeli tank fire hit six areas in southern Lebanon on Thursday and the Israeli military said its ceasefire with Hezbollah was breached after what it called suspects, some in vehicles, arrived at several areas in the southern zone. A ceasefire betwe...

November 27, 2024 11:29 PM

Israel-Hezbollah truce holds, Israel sets south Lebanon curfew

A ceasefire between Israel and Lebanese armed group Hezbollah held on Wednesday after the two sides struck a deal brokered by the U.S. and France, but Israel warned local residents not to return to the border area yet or approach its troops. The agr...

November 26, 2024 5:13 PM

Israel expected to approve ceasefire with Hezbollah, Israeli official says

Israel looks set to approve a U.S. plan for a ceasefire with Lebanon's Hezbollah on Tuesday, a senior Israeli official said, clearing the way for an end to the conflict that has killed thousands of people since it was ignited by the Gaza war 14 month...