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The 146th Division of the Israel Defense Forces advances into southwestern Lebanon, opening up another front against Hezbollah. The Israeli Navy also announces a naval blockade extending for 60 km along the Lebanese coast.
2024-10-8

Hezbollah launches over 100 rocket strikes on Israel Defense Forces targets in Mount Meron and Al-Malkiyya that were intercepted by Iron Dome and caused wildfires.
2024-08-23

Israel launches a missile attack on southern Beirut, Lebanon, killing at least four civilians and injuring 80 others. Senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr is claimed by Israel to be the main target. He was in the area at the time of the attack, but his status is currently unknown.
2024-07-30

Clashes between anti-government protestors, and Hezbollah and Amal Movement supporters break out when the former group blocked a main bridge in downtown Beirut. At least five people are injured.
2019-11-24

The Saudi-owned news channel Al Arabiya shuts its offices in Beirut, Lebanon and dismisses 27 employees in a sudden move reflecting tensions between Saudi Arabia and Lebanon-based Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran. Saudi Arabia interpreted Lebanon's lack of public solidarity as a sign that it had become beholden to Hezbollah.
2016-04-2

The Arab League declares the Lebanon-based Shiite group Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
2016-03-11

Lebanese Interior Minister Nouhad Machnouk reports at least 43 people were killed and more than 239 wounded as two, simultaneous suicide bomb blasts hit a Shi'ite community center and a nearby bakery in the Beirut suburb of Bourj el-Barajneh, a section of the Lebanese capital controlled by Hezbollah. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. Machnouk said a third suicide bomber had been killed by one of the explosions before he could detonate his own bomb. The bombers struck as Lebanese lawmakers held a legislative session for the first time in over a year.
2015-11-12

A bomb detonates at a Hezbollah building in Beirut, Lebanon killing four people and wounding 35.
2014-01-21

The Special Tribunal for Lebanon publishes an indictment against Hezbollah members accused in the 2005 assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.
2011-08-17

Lebanon's Government led by Prime Minister Saad Hariri collapses following the withdrawal of Hezbollah.
2011-01-12