Trending News:Woman is found dead at Mona Vale beachJOHN MACLEOD: What Pizza Hut’s soggy collapse tells us about the nation’s junk food habitsRepublican ex-first lady staff ‘stunned’ as Trump’s wrecking crews tear down East WingWhite House admits East Wing will be TOTALLY demolished as Trump goes for cheaper optionFamily seeks £180k tutor to help boy, 1, become ‘English gentleman’ destined for ‘Eton or Harrow’Heartbroken dad speaks out about the moment his daughter was killed just weeks before starting her dream jobAnthony Albanese under pressure as new home builds fall woefully short of targetSteve Bannon reveals plan for Trump to subvert Constitution and remain president in 2028I was almost killed in Australia’s tobacco wars, ex-criminal turned journalist Ryan Naumenko revealsTrump abruptly terminates all trade negotiations with Canada over ‘fraudulent’ Ronald Reagan attack adBlow for Starmer as sacked Cabinet minister Lucy Powell wins Labour deputy leader contestUrgent Halloween warning issued to parents after toys fail safety testsPutin is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as Russia prepares for war with Nato, Norway saysTragic twist after ‘low tox’ nutritionist died just hours after giving birth to her newborn sonDonald Trump unveils shameless name for new ballroom amid outrage over East Wing demolitionTwo workers killed in explosion at Cobar mine‘Monster’ woman, 34, gets maximum prison sentence for knifing stranger’s son, 3, to death in grocery store parking lotKing Charles is heckled by Andrew protester shouting ‘how long have you known’Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson wins legal victory.. as he’s allowed to avoid showing his face in hearingsMoment ‘selfish’ mums with their buggies refuse to move for wheelchair user and stop her from getting on busFury at Reeves’s mansion tax raid on homes: Chancellor is accused of ‘incoherent’ class war Our courageous paramedic son was killed by a single punch. This is how forgiving the man who did it has saved us allEpping sex offender migrant will be forced on a plane this week for deportation after being recaptured, as Lammy shamelessly tries to blame Tories from 16 months agoChicago locals up in arms after Border Patrol deploy tear gas on street just minutes before kids’ Halloween paradeFour people, including two kids, are killed in South Carolina house fire as they tried to escape through windowTrump admits he’s ‘not allowed to run’ for third term ahead of high stakes meeting in South KoreaMan dies amid Sydney hospital chaos after woman allegedly cut vital gas lines in late night rampageKevin Rudd finally addresses THAT moment with Donald Trump during surprise appearance in CanberraYoung mum’s mortifying find on her newborn after shocking baby bungle at Maitland HospitalPolice officer is mowed down and killed in Australia after highlighting driver’s huge mistakeNew Yorkers predict city will become a cesspit of violence, vacant stores and antisemitism under Mamdani in disturbing new poll… but this is why they’ll give him a landslide victory anywayBOM’s new radar CRASHES as millions are smashed by dangerous thunderstorms in latest critique of the ‘confusing’ $4million redesignSkiving police officer key-jammed his laptop to make it look like he was working from home so he could go to the gym and play golfWrongly released Epping sex attack migrant claims he tried to hand himself in to policeMan United and England legend Paul Scholes QUITS television punditry work to care for his non-verbal autistic son, 20, as he confirms he’s split from wife Claire after years of silenceAndrew could get £500k payout and stay in Royal Lodge ‘for months’ to avoid awkward Christmas run-in at Sandringham‘Mythical’ Iberian lynx with ultra-rare all-white fur is captured on video for the first time ever in Spain US plans to BOMB Venezuela as Trump’s war hawks brand Maduro ‘al-Qaeda of the West’Chelsea football star Wesley Fofana is hit with another driver ban after speeding in his Lamborghini on the hard shoulder while already banned from the roadsAndrew’s humiliation complete as royal titles stripped to cap off former prince’s downfall: All the latest updates and reactionHelicopter crash victim, 70, is named as family pay tribute to grandfather with ‘real passion for aviation’Kentucky’s first female Governor Martha Layne Collins dead at 88Diddy seen in prison for first time as he walks through yard with gray beard after starting new job behind barsTeenage nursery worker is convicted of raping and sexually abusing children as young as threeMy girlfriend claimed our daughter was her lover’s child and secretly ran away to Latvia… but now a DNA test proves I AM the fatherFather reveals ‘radical faith’ spiral of American son killed in hail of arrows by reclusive tribe… as new believers consider following him to isolated islandHuge blow for Aussies as interest rates are kept on HOLD: RBA makes unanimous decisionDramatic new update on racing’s famous ‘Fairy Floss Girl’It’s beached Wales! Prince William has a ball on Rio’s Copacabana as he goes barefoot for a sunset game of volleyballTop chef unloads at vegans in foul-mouthed rant after ‘fussy eaters’ force him to take a very fair stance -star reviewsMajor win for man who triggered all-out island property war after ‘cutting down his neighbor’s trees to give himself an ocean view’Experts reveal the eight signs a stock market crash is about to startSex drugs ‘found at party’ disgraced Andrew hosted for Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in Sandringham, new Royal book claimsNeighbours are fined £600 EACH by ‘over the top’ council after officers insist their recycling is fly-tipping… despite it being picked up in same place for yearsPrince William and Princess Kate say they are thinking of the Huntingdon victims after Saturday night’s ‘horrific events’US Steel details plans to invest $11B by 2028 across all business segmentsAppeals judges react skeptically to Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to overturn fraud convictionChrysler recalls 320K Jeep plug-in hybrids due to faulty battery that can catch firePizza Hut’s parent company says it’s considering selling the chainUN report: Climate-fighting efforts show slight gain but still fall far shortKimberly-Clark buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in $48.7 billion dealWall Street futures march higher as deal making takes spotlight from corporate earningsA major question for the Supreme Court: Will it treat Trump as it did Biden?NATO member Romania signs agreement with Germany’s Rheinmetall to build a gunpowder plantFrance threatens to block Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls ahead of Paris store openingBerkshire Hathaway’s profits rise 17% as Buffett prepares to step downBlack vultures attack and kill cattle. Climate change is one reason they’re spreadingPfizer sues to stop rival bid for drugmaker Metsera by Denmark’s Novo NordiskSuper greens powder supplements sold at Sam’s Club linked to salmonella outbreakTurkish court sentences hotel owner and 10 others to life for deadly fire that killed 78Instacart, DoorDash among companies offering discounts to SNAP recipientsXi and Carney, meeting in South Korea, try to rebuild China-Canada relationsExxon posts strong quarterly earnings with production in Guyana and the Permian Basin picking upOrbán to press Trump for Hungary’s exemption from new US sanctions on Russian oilAmazon reports higher sales and earnings for 3Q, helped by strong customer spendingAmerican farmers welcome China’s promise to buy soybeans4 Republicans back Senate resolution to undo Trump’s tariffs around the globeAverage long-term US mortgage rate dips to 6.17%, its lowest level in more than a yearThe average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell to 6.17% this week, Freddie Mac says, its lowest level in more than a yearBudweiser brewer AB InBev set to replace Heineken as Champions League beer sponsorHow major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 10/29/2025Starbucks sales improve but store closures and layoffs take a bite out of profitsWhat a Federal Reserve rate cut means for your financesBoeing pushes 777X jet deliveries to 2027 amid certification delaysChampions League winner PSG made nearly $1 billion in club-record revenue last seasonIndia conducts cloud-seeding trial to clear New Delhi’s smogGermany’s Rheinmetall will build a gunpowder and ammunition plant in BulgariaFederal Reserve to cut key rate Wednesday, may signal another cut to followUkraine’s long-range strikes cut Russia’s oil refining capacity by 20%: ZelenskyyChina’s C919 jet faces turbulent skies amid US-China trade tensionsJPMorgan Chase wants out of paying $115M legal tab for convicted fraudstersLula is optimistic there will be a US-Brazil trade deal after meeting with Trump in MalaysiaAsian shares gain Japan’s Nikkei tops 50,000 level, as Trump seeks trade dealsBrazilian farmers beef up soybean production as China halts business with US during trade fightWhy the time difference between the US and Europe will be one hour shorter this weekHow major US stock indexes fared Friday, 10/24/20252,000 mink released from Iowa farm in what trade group calls ‘terrorist act’State utility says private firm set to restart abandoned $9 billion nuclear projectOntario premier doesn’t back down against TrumpGovernment shutdown continues to add to stress on air traffic controllers and disrupt flights
Trending News:Woman is found dead at Mona Vale beachJOHN MACLEOD: What Pizza Hut’s soggy collapse tells us about the nation’s junk food habitsRepublican ex-first lady staff ‘stunned’ as Trump’s wrecking crews tear down East WingWhite House admits East Wing will be TOTALLY demolished as Trump goes for cheaper optionFamily seeks £180k tutor to help boy, 1, become ‘English gentleman’ destined for ‘Eton or Harrow’Heartbroken dad speaks out about the moment his daughter was killed just weeks before starting her dream jobAnthony Albanese under pressure as new home builds fall woefully short of targetSteve Bannon reveals plan for Trump to subvert Constitution and remain president in 2028I was almost killed in Australia’s tobacco wars, ex-criminal turned journalist Ryan Naumenko revealsTrump abruptly terminates all trade negotiations with Canada over ‘fraudulent’ Ronald Reagan attack adBlow for Starmer as sacked Cabinet minister Lucy Powell wins Labour deputy leader contestUrgent Halloween warning issued to parents after toys fail safety testsPutin is amassing nuclear weapons and attack submarines in the Arctic Circle as Russia prepares for war with Nato, Norway saysTragic twist after ‘low tox’ nutritionist died just hours after giving birth to her newborn sonDonald Trump unveils shameless name for new ballroom amid outrage over East Wing demolitionTwo workers killed in explosion at Cobar mine‘Monster’ woman, 34, gets maximum prison sentence for knifing stranger’s son, 3, to death in grocery store parking lotKing Charles is heckled by Andrew protester shouting ‘how long have you known’Charlie Kirk shooting suspect Tyler Robinson wins legal victory.. as he’s allowed to avoid showing his face in hearingsMoment ‘selfish’ mums with their buggies refuse to move for wheelchair user and stop her from getting on busFury at Reeves’s mansion tax raid on homes: Chancellor is accused of ‘incoherent’ class war Our courageous paramedic son was killed by a single punch. This is how forgiving the man who did it has saved us allEpping sex offender migrant will be forced on a plane this week for deportation after being recaptured, as Lammy shamelessly tries to blame Tories from 16 months agoChicago locals up in arms after Border Patrol deploy tear gas on street just minutes before kids’ Halloween paradeFour people, including two kids, are killed in South Carolina house fire as they tried to escape through windowTrump admits he’s ‘not allowed to run’ for third term ahead of high stakes meeting in South KoreaMan dies amid Sydney hospital chaos after woman allegedly cut vital gas lines in late night rampageKevin Rudd finally addresses THAT moment with Donald Trump during surprise appearance in CanberraYoung mum’s mortifying find on her newborn after shocking baby bungle at Maitland HospitalPolice officer is mowed down and killed in Australia after highlighting driver’s huge mistakeNew Yorkers predict city will become a cesspit of violence, vacant stores and antisemitism under Mamdani in disturbing new poll… but this is why they’ll give him a landslide victory anywayBOM’s new radar CRASHES as millions are smashed by dangerous thunderstorms in latest critique of the ‘confusing’ $4million redesignSkiving police officer key-jammed his laptop to make it look like he was working from home so he could go to the gym and play golfWrongly released Epping sex attack migrant claims he tried to hand himself in to policeMan United and England legend Paul Scholes QUITS television punditry work to care for his non-verbal autistic son, 20, as he confirms he’s split from wife Claire after years of silenceAndrew could get £500k payout and stay in Royal Lodge ‘for months’ to avoid awkward Christmas run-in at Sandringham‘Mythical’ Iberian lynx with ultra-rare all-white fur is captured on video for the first time ever in Spain US plans to BOMB Venezuela as Trump’s war hawks brand Maduro ‘al-Qaeda of the West’Chelsea football star Wesley Fofana is hit with another driver ban after speeding in his Lamborghini on the hard shoulder while already banned from the roadsAndrew’s humiliation complete as royal titles stripped to cap off former prince’s downfall: All the latest updates and reactionHelicopter crash victim, 70, is named as family pay tribute to grandfather with ‘real passion for aviation’Kentucky’s first female Governor Martha Layne Collins dead at 88Diddy seen in prison for first time as he walks through yard with gray beard after starting new job behind barsTeenage nursery worker is convicted of raping and sexually abusing children as young as threeMy girlfriend claimed our daughter was her lover’s child and secretly ran away to Latvia… but now a DNA test proves I AM the fatherFather reveals ‘radical faith’ spiral of American son killed in hail of arrows by reclusive tribe… as new believers consider following him to isolated islandHuge blow for Aussies as interest rates are kept on HOLD: RBA makes unanimous decisionDramatic new update on racing’s famous ‘Fairy Floss Girl’It’s beached Wales! Prince William has a ball on Rio’s Copacabana as he goes barefoot for a sunset game of volleyballTop chef unloads at vegans in foul-mouthed rant after ‘fussy eaters’ force him to take a very fair stance -star reviewsMajor win for man who triggered all-out island property war after ‘cutting down his neighbor’s trees to give himself an ocean view’Experts reveal the eight signs a stock market crash is about to startSex drugs ‘found at party’ disgraced Andrew hosted for Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in Sandringham, new Royal book claimsNeighbours are fined £600 EACH by ‘over the top’ council after officers insist their recycling is fly-tipping… despite it being picked up in same place for yearsPrince William and Princess Kate say they are thinking of the Huntingdon victims after Saturday night’s ‘horrific events’US Steel details plans to invest $11B by 2028 across all business segmentsAppeals judges react skeptically to Sam Bankman-Fried’s bid to overturn fraud convictionChrysler recalls 320K Jeep plug-in hybrids due to faulty battery that can catch firePizza Hut’s parent company says it’s considering selling the chainUN report: Climate-fighting efforts show slight gain but still fall far shortKimberly-Clark buying Tylenol maker Kenvue in $48.7 billion dealWall Street futures march higher as deal making takes spotlight from corporate earningsA major question for the Supreme Court: Will it treat Trump as it did Biden?NATO member Romania signs agreement with Germany’s Rheinmetall to build a gunpowder plantFrance threatens to block Shein over sale of childlike sex dolls ahead of Paris store openingBerkshire Hathaway’s profits rise 17% as Buffett prepares to step downBlack vultures attack and kill cattle. Climate change is one reason they’re spreadingPfizer sues to stop rival bid for drugmaker Metsera by Denmark’s Novo NordiskSuper greens powder supplements sold at Sam’s Club linked to salmonella outbreakTurkish court sentences hotel owner and 10 others to life for deadly fire that killed 78Instacart, DoorDash among companies offering discounts to SNAP recipientsXi and Carney, meeting in South Korea, try to rebuild China-Canada relationsExxon posts strong quarterly earnings with production in Guyana and the Permian Basin picking upOrbán to press Trump for Hungary’s exemption from new US sanctions on Russian oilAmazon reports higher sales and earnings for 3Q, helped by strong customer spendingAmerican farmers welcome China’s promise to buy soybeans4 Republicans back Senate resolution to undo Trump’s tariffs around the globeAverage long-term US mortgage rate dips to 6.17%, its lowest level in more than a yearThe average rate on a 30-year mortgage fell to 6.17% this week, Freddie Mac says, its lowest level in more than a yearBudweiser brewer AB InBev set to replace Heineken as Champions League beer sponsorHow major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 10/29/2025Starbucks sales improve but store closures and layoffs take a bite out of profitsWhat a Federal Reserve rate cut means for your financesBoeing pushes 777X jet deliveries to 2027 amid certification delaysChampions League winner PSG made nearly $1 billion in club-record revenue last seasonIndia conducts cloud-seeding trial to clear New Delhi’s smogGermany’s Rheinmetall will build a gunpowder and ammunition plant in BulgariaFederal Reserve to cut key rate Wednesday, may signal another cut to followUkraine’s long-range strikes cut Russia’s oil refining capacity by 20%: ZelenskyyChina’s C919 jet faces turbulent skies amid US-China trade tensionsJPMorgan Chase wants out of paying $115M legal tab for convicted fraudstersLula is optimistic there will be a US-Brazil trade deal after meeting with Trump in MalaysiaAsian shares gain Japan’s Nikkei tops 50,000 level, as Trump seeks trade dealsBrazilian farmers beef up soybean production as China halts business with US during trade fightWhy the time difference between the US and Europe will be one hour shorter this weekHow major US stock indexes fared Friday, 10/24/20252,000 mink released from Iowa farm in what trade group calls ‘terrorist act’State utility says private firm set to restart abandoned $9 billion nuclear projectOntario premier doesn’t back down against TrumpGovernment shutdown continues to add to stress on air traffic controllers and disrupt flights
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Hezbollah was born of war, the seeds of which were sown in June 1982 when Israel invaded Lebanon, saying it had to get rid of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
As the Lebanese civil war raged in the background, the Israeli military in August 1982 forced the PLO to relocate to Tunisia, but stayed on in Lebanon to support its proxies in the civil war.
In mid-September 1982, a Lebanese militia, in coordination with the Israeli army, carried out the Sabra and Shatila massacre, killing up to 3,500 Palestinian refugees and Lebanese civilians.
Outraged by Israel’s role in the mass killing, Shia Muslims, reportedly backed by Iran, organised an armed resistance against Israel and its allies in the West that came to be known as Hezbollah.
The armed group quickly grew in strength, drawing support from young people and other residents in the Bekaa Valley and the southern suburbs of Beirut – areas with a large population of Shia Muslims.
By 1985, Hezbollah had forced Israel to withdraw to the south of Lebanon, ending this first Israel-Lebanon war, but the group maintained a low-intensity conflict until Israel withdrew from the country entirely in 2000.
In 2006, Hezbollah killed three Israeli soldiers in Israeli territory and captured two others, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, leading to the second Israel-Lebanon war (the July war), which lasted 34 days.
Since October 2023, Hezbollah has been firing rockets into Israel, to force a ceasefire in Gaza. But on September 17, 2024 Hezbollah members were targeted when 5,000 pagers exploded, maiming hundreds of people in an attack blamed on Israel.
As of September 23, Israel has ramped up its attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon, with aerial bombings that have killed hundreds and caused a panicked exodus from southern Lebanon. Which, many observers say, has all the makings of a third Lebanon-Israel war.
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