1982: Israel occupies Lebanon, Hezbollah is born
Hezbollah was born after Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon in the eastern Bekaa region. By 1985, Hezbollah had established the Lebanese Islamic Resistance as the spearhead of the war against Israel.
Iraqi Shiite people hold a symbolic funeral for Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. Photo: AP
The group carries out suicide car bombings and attacks in the south targeting Israeli forces and their ally the South Lebanon Army (SLA), a predominantly Christian militia.
1992: Nasrallah becomes leader of Hezbollah
In February 1992, an Israeli helicopter gunship attack killed Hezbollah's then-Secretary-General, Sheikh Abbas al-Musawi.
At just 32 years old, Hassan Nasrallah was elected as his successor. A year later, Hezbollah fought a massive seven-day Israeli attack on Lebanon, dubbed “Operation Impeachment,” with three goals: to defeat Hezbollah, destroy its safe havens, and expel Palestinian refugees to pressure Lebanon to punish Hezbollah.
Hezbollah was the only group that refused to give up its weapons after Lebanon's 15-year civil war ended in 1990.
1996: Operation "Grapes of Wrath"
On April 11, 1996, Israel launched Operation Grapes of Wrath, an attack intended to disrupt Hezbollah's military capabilities and stop rocket fire into northern Israel.
Over 17 days, Israeli forces conducted 600 raids and fired 23,000 artillery shells, killing 175 people in Lebanon, mostly civilians. More than 300,000 refugees were forced to flee their homes.
International calls for a ceasefire have intensified after shelling hit a UN refugee camp where civilians had fled for shelter. More than 100 people have been killed.
On April 26, an agreement was signed ending Israel's operations.
2000: Israel withdraws from Lebanon
Israeli troops withdrew in May 2000 after years of occupation aimed at ending unrest that had left them with 1,000 casualties.
Nasrallah is seen as the man behind this de-escalation, after the war of attrition unleashed by Hezbollah caused Israel to change its stance.
This pressure also led Israel to accept a 1998 United Nations Security Council resolution demanding an immediate Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon.
2006: Israel-Hezbollah War
In 2006, Hezbollah captured two Israeli soldiers on the Israel-Lebanon border. Hezbollah said it wanted to exchange the two for prisoners held inside Israel, but the result was war.
The conflict lasted from July to August and left 1,200 people dead in Lebanon, mostly civilians, and 160 in Israel, mostly military personnel.
Israel could not defeat Hezbollah, which viewed the conflict as a victory.
2023 - 2024: New conflict unfolds
When the Israel-Hamas conflict broke out in the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, Hezbollah forces in southern Lebanon opened fire on Israel in support of Hamas.
After nearly a year of cross-border fighting, Israel on September 23 severely escalated deadly airstrikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon under the pretext of ending attacks on Israel from southern Lebanon.
The Israeli military says it has killed most of Hezbollah's senior leadership. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an air strike on the group's southern Beirut stronghold.
Ngoc Anh (according to AFP)
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