BIG STORY – Even weakened, this large Lebanese Islamist party remains one of the most powerful armed militias in the world. In the exclusive service of Iran, its main military and financial sponsor. Ready for total war against Israel, on orders from Tehran.
This article is taken from Figaro History “Israel, birth of a nation”. Find in this issue a special report on the history of a political project that became reality, but challenged by permanent conflict.
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Black September and October! In two months, Hezbollah suffered the most devastating blows in its history. Its military apparatus was severely degraded by an intense Israeli bombing campaign, as powerful as it was remarkably targeted. Its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, was pulverized in his underground headquarters in Beirut on September 27, after more than thirty years of tracking by the Mossad. Part of its staff was decimated by repeated strikes, in its strongholds in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Baalbek and South Lebanon.
Israel had prepared this methodical campaign of attrition through extensive intelligence and infiltration work, intended to map Hezbollah's operational organization and its weapons caches…
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