The 1982 Lebanon War, also called the Second Israeli invasion of Lebanon, began on 6 June 1982, when Israel invaded southern Lebanon. The invasion followed a series of attacks and counter-attacks betw
Israeli troops invading Lebanon, 1982
An Israeli armored personnel carrier in south Lebanon
Israeli troops driving towards Beaufort Castle, 1982
Israeli armored vehicles disembark from a landing craft during an amphibious landing
Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary wing whose military and security activities have been prohibited by the Lebanese government since March 2026, amid the
1982 Lebanon War
…the Israeli military undertook a phased withdrawal to its "South Lebanon security zone" along the border. The Israeli occupation saw the emergence of Hezbollah, an Iranian-backed Shia Islamist group. It waged a guerrilla war against the Israeli occupation until the IDF's final withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000…
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini
Hassan Nasrallah, the third Secretary General of Hezbollah
Nasrallah visiting Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, August 2005