| Hezbollah–Israel conflict | |||||||
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| Part of theIsraeli–Lebanese conflict and theIran–Israel proxy conflict | |||||||
 Map ofSouthern Lebanon, where most of the fighting between the two belligerents took place | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 HezbollahSupported by:  Iran |  IsraelSupported by:  United States Lebanon | ||||||
Hezbollah, aShia Islamist political party and militant organization that was established inLebanon in 1985, has been involved in a long-running conflict withIsrael as part of theIran–Israel proxy war and theIsraeli–Lebanese conflict.
The two sides' first engagement occurred during theLebanese Civil War, asIran became increasingly involved in Lebanon's internal affairs. With funding from the Iranian government and training and supervision from Iran'sIslamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hezbollah was built up inSyrian-occupied Lebanon by various religious clerics amidst the1982 Lebanon War, primarily as aKhomeinist force opposed to theFree Lebanon State and theIsraeli occupation of southern Lebanon.
Hezbollah controls southern Lebanon and is supported and funded by Iran and serves as their proxy in regional wars.[1] From the inception of Hezbollah to the present[2][3][4][5] the establishment of a Palestinian state and the return of Palestinian refugees to what became Israel has been a primary goal for Hezbollah. Hezbollah not only opposes the government and policies of the State of Israel, but also each and every Jewish civilian who lives in Israel.[6] Its 1985 manifesto reportedly states "our struggle will end only when this entity [Israel] is obliterated. We recognize no treaty with it, no ceasefire, and no peace agreements."[7]
Engagements between Israel and Hezbollah are a part of the widerIran–Israel proxy war, including:
