Since a new war broke out between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas on Oct 7, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah has expressed solidarity with Hamas through military action.
Mourners gather during the funeral of Hezbollah senior commander Fuad Shukr, who was killed in an Israeli strike, in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon Aug 1, 2024.
Hezbollah has said in the past that all of its resources come from Iran, and it has repeatedly denied involvement in drug trafficking.Hezbollah has grown to become the Middle East’s most powerful militia and Iran’s most important ally, its leaders helping to maintain Iran’s network of aligned militant groups, which includes Yemen’s Houthi rebels.
Hezbollah’s arsenal contains more than 70,000 rockets and missiles, including long-range and precision-guided missiles, according to Israeli intelligence. It’s also politically active, holding, along with its allies, a majority in Lebanon’s parliament from 2018 until 2022. Israeli officials called the operation pre-emptive and said it was based on intelligence that Hezbollah was about to launch a significant attack to retaliate for Israel killing itsAfterward, Hezbollah fired 320 rockets and drones in what it said was the initial response to the assassination and said its stock of ballistic missiles remained safe despite Israel’s air strike.Hezbollah and Israel, as well as Iran, have incentives to avoid such a scenario.
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