INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES au NEWSLETTER SIGNUP My account Log Out Sep 28, 9:57 PM AEST Business News Sports Technology Entertainment NEWSLETTER My account Log Out Australia edition Business News Sports Technology Entertainment Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States NEWSLETTER Follow Us Editions Australia India International Singapore United Kingdom United States Hezbollah: Powerful Lebanese Armed Group With Regional Role By AFP news Published 09/28/24 AT 9:57 PM AEST Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on LinkedIn Share on Reddit Share on Flipboard Share on Pocket A picture of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah reads in Farsi, 'Hezbollah is alive', in northern Tehran before the Lebanese movement confirmed his death, which Israel said occurred in a strike on Beirut AFP Lebanon's Hezbollah movement has been a powerful domestic and regional force, politically and militarily, but the group's confirmation on Saturday of its leader's killing marks an unprecedented blow. Financed and armed by Iran, Hezbollah is the most prominent actor in the Axis of Resistance -- regional pro-Tehran armed groups opposed to Israel. They also include Palestinian militants Hamas, Iraqi movements and Yemen's Huthi rebels.
Since the day after Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel that triggered war in the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah launched cross-border rocket attacks from Lebanon seeking to tie up Israeli military resources in what it calls "support" for Hamas. The.