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|goals = Take control of Lebanon (ongoing) | |goals = Take control of Lebanon (ongoing) | ||
|crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Holocaust denial]]<br>[[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug smuggling]]<br>Propaganda | |crimes = [[War crimes]]<br>[[Terrorism]]<br>Mass [[murder]]<br>[[Anti-Semitism]]<br>[[Holocaust denial]]<br>[[Illegal Drug Trade|Drug smuggling]]<br>Propaganda | ||
|type of villains = Fanatical Terrorists}}{{Quote|We take up arms and fight against the occupation of our land.|[[Hassan Nasrallah]]}}'''Hezbollah '''is a violent radical Shi'ite [[Militant Islam]]ic organization and political party based in Lebanon. Hezbollah is well known for launching dozens of terrorist attacks against the State of Israel and is backed by Iran, having been given dozens of rockets and funding from the Iranian Government. | |type of villains = Fanatical Terrorists}} | ||
{{Quote|We take up arms and fight against the occupation of our land.|[[Hassan Nasrallah]]}} | |||
'''Hezbollah '''is a violent radical Shi'ite [[Militant Islam]]ic organization and political party based in Lebanon. Hezbollah is well known for launching dozens of terrorist attacks against the State of Israel and is backed by Iran, having been given dozens of rockets and funding from the Iranian Government. | |||
The group, along with its military wing is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, Israel, Canada, the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Argentina, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia and the European Union. | The group, along with its military wing is considered a terrorist organization by the United States, Israel, Canada, the Arab League, the Gulf Cooperation Council, Argentina, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Australia and the European Union. | ||
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Hezbollah is rumored to have around 65,000 Active Fighters and is considered to be more powerful than the Lebanese Military as a whole. Hezbollah has over 33,000 Rockets and many of them are powerful enough to reach the city of Tel Aviv. | Hezbollah is rumored to have around 65,000 Active Fighters and is considered to be more powerful than the Lebanese Military as a whole. Hezbollah has over 33,000 Rockets and many of them are powerful enough to reach the city of Tel Aviv. | ||
== | == History == | ||
Hezbollah was founded in the early 1980s as part of an Iranian effort to aggregate a variety of militant Lebanese Shia groups into a unified organization. Hezbollah acts as a proxy for Iran in the ongoing Iran–Israel proxy conflict. Hezbollah was conceived by Muslim clerics and funded by Iran primarily to harass Israel. Its leaders were followers of Ayatollah Khomeini, and its forces were trained and organized by a contingent of 1,500 Revolutionary Guards that arrived from Iran with permission from the Syrian government, which was in occupation of Lebanon at the time. Hezbollah's 1985 manifesto listed its objectives as the expulsion of "the Americans, the French and their allies definitely from Lebanon, putting an end to any colonialist entity on our land", submission of the Phalangists to "just power" and bringing them to justice "for the crimes they have perpetrated against Muslims and Christians", and permitting "all the sons of our people" to choose the form of government they want, while calling on them to "pick the option of Islamic government". | Hezbollah was founded in the early 1980s as part of an Iranian effort to aggregate a variety of militant Lebanese Shia groups into a unified organization. Hezbollah acts as a proxy for Iran in the ongoing Iran–Israel proxy conflict. Hezbollah was conceived by Muslim clerics and funded by Iran primarily to harass Israel. Its leaders were followers of Ayatollah Khomeini, and its forces were trained and organized by a contingent of 1,500 Revolutionary Guards that arrived from Iran with permission from the Syrian government, which was in occupation of Lebanon at the time. Hezbollah's 1985 manifesto listed its objectives as the expulsion of "the Americans, the French and their allies definitely from Lebanon, putting an end to any colonialist entity on our land", submission of the Phalangists to "just power" and bringing them to justice "for the crimes they have perpetrated against Muslims and Christians", and permitting "all the sons of our people" to choose the form of government they want, while calling on them to "pick the option of Islamic government". | ||