Resistance against Israel
162 events
- 21 June 1982Hussein al-Musawi breaks from Amal and founds Islamic AmalIn June 1982, in protest at Nabih Berri's joining the National Salvation Committee alongside Bachir Gemayel and his…
- 16 September 1982Launch of the Lebanese National Resistance Front (Jammoul)On 16 September 1982, the day the Israeli army entered West Beirut, the Communist Party's secretary-general George…
- 24 September 1982The Wimpy operation: Khaled Alwan shoots Israeli officers in HamraOn 24 September 1982 Khaled Alwan (19), of the SSNP, opened fire on Israeli soldiers at the Wimpy café on Hamra Street,…
- 11 November 1982The Ahmad Qassir operationOn 11 November 1982 Ahmad Qassir (19) blew up his car at the Israeli military governor's headquarters in Tyre,…
- 13 April 1983Ali Safieddine suicide operation at Deir Qanoun al-Nahr
- 17 October 1983Ashura uprising in NabatiehOn 17 October 1983 (the tenth of Muharram) an Israeli patrol drove into the Ashura procession in Nabatieh; the…
- 4 November 1983Second Tyre suicide operation on the Israeli intelligence HQ
- 18 January 1984Fourteen-year-old Nazih Qubrusli attacks an Israeli patrol in Sidon
- 16 February 1984Assassination of Sheikh Ragheb HarbOn 16 February 1984 Sheikh Ragheb Harb, the imam of Jibsheet and the symbol of the resistance in the South, who had…
- 16 February 1985Hezbollah's open letterOn 16 February 1985, on the anniversary of the assassination of Sheikh Ragheb Harb, Sayyed Ibrahim Amin al-Sayyed read…
- 4 March 1985The Maarake mosque bombing and the killing of Mohammad Saad
- 10 March 1985Abu Zeinab (Amer Kalakesh) operation near Metula
- 9 April 1985The Sanaa Mehaidli operation
- 15 July 1985The Kfar Tibnit crossing operation
- 17 February 1986Two Israeli soldiers capturedOn 17 February 1986 the Islamic Resistance captured the two soldiers Yosef Fink and Rahamim Alsheikh in an ambush near…
- 11 March 1986Nasrallah to al-Khaleej: civil war and resistance
- 18 September 1986Storming of the Sojod and Bir Kallab positions on Jabal al-RihanOn 18 September 1986 the mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance held for six hours the fortified Sojod and Bir Kallab…
- 26 November 1986Jabal Safi engagement
- 3 December 1986Dallafeh operation and the first captured APC
- 2 January 1987Capture of the Barachit and Beit Yahoun positions and an M113
- 6 February 1987Storming of the Ali al-Taher positionOn 6 February 1987 the mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance stormed the Ali al-Taher position, destroyed it completely…
- 18 April 1987Shumariya and Alman battles: 19 resistance fighters killed
- 30 May 1987Operation "Badr al-Kubra" on Jabal Safi and JezzineOn 30 May 1987 the Islamic Resistance launched its widest attacks up to then: hundreds of resistance fighters took four…
- 2 May 1988The Maydoun battle
- 13 July 1988Zillaya–Didbeh hills clash; commander Mohammad Bjeiji killed
- 19 August 1988The Haitham Dabbouq martyrdom operation
- 24 August 1988Libbaya–Bir al-Dahr clash; commander Abu Ali Shahla killed
- 19 October 1988Abdallah Atwi suicide operation at the Fatima Gate
- 9 August 1989The Sheikh Asaad Berro operation
- 5 November 1989Election of Sheikh Sobhi TufayliIn November 1989 Hezbollah's Shura Council elected Sheikh Sobhi Tufayli as the party's first secretary-general, after…
- 27 November 1989Khiam prison uprising
- 3 February 1990Double attack on the Jisr al-Hamra and Bayyada positions
- 4 February 1990Barghouz–Ahmadiyeh bomb destroys an APC and a jeep
- 7 March 1990Storming of the Zimriya position and a twelve-hour battle in the Western Beqaa
- 7 March 1991First Merkava tank destroyed near al-Ahmadiya
- 28 March 1991Decision to disarm the militiasThe Lebanese Forces, the Amal Movement, the Progressive Socialist Party, with Hezbollah excepted, and Lahd's army…
- 25 April 1991Ambush of an SLA patrol in the Western Beqaa
- 22 May 1991Election of Sayyed Abbas al-MusawiIn May 1991 Hezbollah's Shura Council elected Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi secretary-general in succession to Sheikh Sobhi…
- 1 July 1991Blida ambush: deputy commander of the western sector killed
- 16 July 1991Kfar Houna ambush
- 26 November 1991Two bombs on the Tallouseh–Markaba road
- 29 December 1991Storming of the Rshaf position
- 16 February 1992Assassination of Sayyed Abbas al-MusawiOn 16 February 1992 Israeli helicopters assassinated Hezbollah's secretary-general Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi with his wife…
- 17 February 1992First use of Katyusha rockets
- 18 February 1992Nasrallah's first speech as secretary-generalOn 18 February 1992, at the funeral of Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi in Nabi Sheet, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gave his first…
- 21 February 1992Kafra–Yater clashes: the Katyusha enters the equation
- 27 February 1992As-Safir interview after Musawi's assassination
- 22 May 1992Attack on twelve positions and capture of four SLA men at Alman
- November 1992Hezbollah volunteers in Bosnia
- 25 July 1993The July aggression (Operation Accountability)For seven days; it ended with an understanding that neither side would shell civilians (because of the Katyusha…
- 19 August 1993Shihine bombs: nine soldiers killed a week after the July Understanding
- 27 August 1993Nasrallah on the "first understanding" after Operation Accountability
- 16 November 1993Tallousa attack and capture of twelve SLA militiamen
- 7 February 1994Ambush kills four Israeli soldiers
- 27 February 1994Rihan ambush and the destruction of a Merkava
- 2 June 1994Twenty Katyushas on the Galilee in reply to the Ain Kawkab massacre
- 11 November 1994Attack deep inside the Marjayoun sector
- 27 January 1995Nasrallah honouring journalists: "the only organisation with deposits in America is Fatah"
- 31 March 1995Thirty Katyushas on the Galilee after the killing of Rida Yassin: "the July understanding no longer binds"
- 26 April 1995Press conference naming Salah Ghandour: "the initiative is in the resistance's hands"
- 2 May 1995Nasrallah's eulogy for Salah Ghandour
- 17 May 1995Second attack on the Dabsheh position
- 18 June 1995Attack on the Barachit position
- 1995Israel breaches the understanding
- 26 April 1996The April Understanding
- 30 April 1996Nasrallah on the April UnderstandingOn 30 April 1996, the day after the announcement of the April Understanding following the Qana massacre, Sayyed Hassan…
- 10 June 1996Attack on the Dabsheh position: five killed including two officers
- 25 October 1996The Jarmaq plain–Aishiyeh operation
- 14 December 1996Ambush of General Amitai's convoy
- 24 December 1996The Markaba–Adaisseh road operation
- 31 January 1997Shumariya bomb: three killed by Israeli admission
- 18 May 1997Jabal al-Dahr ambush after the Sojod raid
- 19 August 1997Katyushas on Kiryat Shmona in reply to the Sidon massacre
- 28 August 1997Wadi Saluki: Israeli friendly fire
- 13 September 1997Nasrallah on his son Hadi's deathOn 13 September 1997, the day after his son Hadi's martyrdom at Jabal al-Rafi, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah spoke to the…
- 8 October 1997Attacks on Israeli command convoys
- 18 October 1997A Sagger missile hits a second tank
- 3 November 1997The Lebanese Brigades founded
- 4 December 1997Day of the Wounded: "no remains-for-bodies swap, the prisoners come first"
- 24 January 1998Support Committee iftar: 1997 in review, "the resistance needs money, not men"
- 27 February 1998Attack on the Blat position in the western sector
- 29 March 1998Nasrallah on "conditional withdrawal": no negotiation over 425
- 26 May 1998Bomb seventy-five metres from the border
- 2 July 1998Simultaneous attack on eighteen positions and the storming of Haddatha
- 12 August 1998"Serious failure" at Sojod: hand-to-hand fight and the flag raised
- 1998Honouring martyrs' families: "we faced the myth of the invincible army; now they face the invincible martyr"
- 26 November 1998Bomb at the border fence kills two soldiers and cuts short Netanyahu's European tour
- 1 January 1999Support Committee iftar: 1,352 operations in 1998 and an outstretched hand to the Lahoud era
- 9 February 1999Ambush of a Givati unit
- 26 April 1999Ashura 1999: "wait for the resistance at the doors of your houses and your bedrooms"On 26 April 1999 (the tenth of Muharram 1420, coinciding with the anniversary of Grapes of Wrath) Sayyed Hassan…
- 27 April 1999Twenty attacks along the front and Sojod stormed again
- 17 May 1999Beit Yahoun reception speech: "Barak is weaker than a spider's web"On 17 May 1999, the day of the Israeli elections, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah received in the southern suburbs the men who…
- 21 June 1999"Towards liberation": no trust in Barak's pledge
- 24 June 1999Katyushas on Kiryat Shmona: first Israeli civilian deaths since 1995
- 24 June 1999SLA shelling kills a civilian in the south
- 16 August 1999Assassination of commander Ali Hassan Deeb "Abu Hassan Salameh" in SidonOn 16 August 1999 Ali Hassan Deeb, commander of the Islamic Resistance in the Sidon area, was martyred by two bombs…
- 31 December 1999Quds Day 1999: "the enemy before you is weaker than a spider's web", to the Palestinians before the liberationOn 31 December 1999, the last day of the century, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah opened the Quds Day speech with the verse…
- 1 February 2000Two missiles on an Israeli convoy: three killed
- 8 February 2000Air strikes on the Baalbek, Deir Nbouh and Jamhour power stations
- 3 March 2000Operation kills five Israeli soldiers
- 5 May 2000Katyushas on Kiryat Shmona: the fiercest salvo in a year
- 5 May 2000Israeli shelling kills two Lebanese women
- 5 May 2000Strikes on the Bsalim power station: Lebanon in the dark three weeks before the withdrawalOn the night of 5 May 2000 Israeli aircraft answered the Katyushas on Kiryat Shmona with raids across Lebanon that…
- 18 May 2000Storming of the Bayyada position 72 hours before the withdrawal
- 21 May 2000Fall of Taibeh and the start of the strip's collapseOn 21 May 2000 the people of Taibeh, Qana and the surrounding villages flooded into the town of Taibeh after its…
- 23 May 2000Nasrallah to Lahad's men on the eve of the withdrawal: "in their homes and in their beds"On the eve of the Israeli withdrawal, in a live call to al-Manar television, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned the men of…
- 25 May 2000The Hoss cabinet declares 25 May "Resistance and Liberation Day" a public holidayAs soon as Israel withdrew from the South in May 2000, Salim al-Hoss's government declared 25 May "Resistance and…
- 26 May 2000The "spider's web" speechOn 26 May 2000, at the victory rally in Bint Jbeil, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah presented the Israeli withdrawal as "the…
- 7 October 2000The Shebaa Farms capture operationOn 7 October 2000 the resistance captured three Israeli soldiers (Adi Avitan, Benny Avraham and Omar Sawaid) in an…
- 12 October 2000al-Rai al-Aam interview on the second intifada
- 14 April 2001Shebaa Farms attack: one soldier killed
- 3 October 2001Hezbollah answers overflights with anti-aircraft fire
- 5 April 2002Shelling of a patrol and four Shebaa Farms posts as the West Bank invasion begins
- 8 April 2002Tank destroyed at Ruwaisat al-Qarn by a direct missile hit
- 10 April 2002Storming of the Ruwaisat al-Alam post during the West Bank invasionOn 10 April 2002, at the height of the invasion of the West Bank and the battle of Jenin, the Islamic Resistance…
- 19 January 2004Israeli bulldozer destroyed after crossing into Lebanon
- 20 July 2004Two Israeli soldiers sniped near Zarit in reply to the Awali assassination
- 9 January 2005Israeli officer killed in Shebaa Farms
- 17 January 2005Israeli bulldozer destroyed at Zabdine hill
- 11 April 2005Second Mirsad-1 flight over the Galilee
- 21 November 2005The Ghajar confrontation: attempt to capture Israeli soldiersOn 21 November 2005 the Islamic Resistance attacked Israeli positions in the divided village of Ghajar under wide…
- 10 June 2006The Mahmoud Rafeh network exposed: a Mossad cell behind assassinations since 1999On 10 June 2006, after the assassination of the Majzoub brothers, the Lebanese army arrested Mahmoud Rafeh and members…
- 12 July 2006Operation "Truthful Promise"
- 12 July 2006The July 2006 warFrom 12 July to 14 August 2006 Israel waged an air and ground war on Lebanon after the capture of the two soldiers:…
- 14 July 2006The corvette Hanit hit off BeirutOn the evening of 14 July 2006 a C-802 naval missile hit the Israeli corvette "Hanit" off the Beirut shore, killing…
- 16 July 2006First rocket barrage on Haifa: eight killed at the train depotOn the morning of 16 July 2006 the Islamic Resistance fired Iranian-made "Raad" rockets at Haifa for the first time,…
- 20 July 2006Battle of Maroun al-Ras: the first ground engagementFrom 20 to 23 July 2006 Israeli forces tried to advance on the Maroun al-Ras axis near Avivim; the resistance fighters…
- 20 July 2006Nasrallah: "if the whole universe came it could not recover the two prisoners without negotiations"
- 24 July 2006Apache downed, raid into AvivimOn 24 July 2006, after 4,500 raids and with the war entering its third week, Israel pushed special units and…
- 26 July 2006The Bint Jbeil epic: the Saff al-Hawa ambushesOn 26 July 2006 Israel announced the occupation of Bint Jbeil overnight, and its soldiers woke to tight ambushes at the…
- 28 July 2006First Khaibar-1 rocket on Afula: "beyond Haifa" beginsOn 28 July 2006 the Islamic Resistance fired a "Khaibar 1" rocket for the first time, at Afula, 47 kilometres from the…
- 28 July 2006The fighters' letter from the border: "we are your truthful promise"
- 31 July 2006Second Saar corvette hit off Bayyada, five tanks destroyed
- 1 August 2006Aita al-Shaab school ambush: 15 Golani casualties
- 2 August 2006Three hundred rockets in a day, Beit Shean at 70 kilometres
- 3 August 2006150 rockets in an hour: eight killed in Acre and the north
- 4 August 2006Khaibar on Hadera: 75 kilometres, the Ramat David and Yoav bases
- 6 August 2006Kfar Giladi: 12 reservists killed by two rockets, and Haifa's "hardest day"On 6 August 2006 two rockets hit a gathering of a command platoon of paratroop brigade reservists at kibbutz Kfar…
- 9 August 2006The day of fifteen: Debel and Taibeh, and the push to the Litani approvedOn 9 August 2006 the enemy admitted 15 soldiers killed and 38 wounded in Aita al-Shaab, Debel and Taibeh (nine of them…
- 10 August 2006The Markaba and Khiam plain battles: 18 killed and 15 tanksOn 10 August 2006 the enemy lost 18 dead, officers and men, and 15 Merkava tanks were destroyed on the axes, the…
- 12 August 2006Wadi al-Hujeir: the "Merkava massacre" and the biggest airlift since 1973On 12 August 2006, the day after Resolution 1701, Israel threw some 130,000 troops into the largest airborne operation…
- 22 September 2006"Divine Victory" rallyOn 22 September 2006 hundreds of thousands gathered in the southern suburbs for the "Divine Victory rally", and Sayyed…
- 12 February 2008Assassination of commander Imad MughniyehOn 12 February 2008 commander Imad Mughniyeh, "Hajj Radwan", Hezbollah's military commander and the man most wanted by…
- 1 August 2008Assassination of Brig. Gen. Mohammad Suleiman, Bashar's aide and Hezbollah liaison
- 28 August 2008Army helicopter brought down at Sujud, pilot Samer Hanna killedOn 28 August 2008 a Lebanese army helicopter approached a Hezbollah training camp over the Sujud hills in Iqlim…
- 21 May 2010Opening of the Mleeta resistance museum
- 13 October 2010Ahmadinejad's visit to Beirut and Bint Jbeil
- 24 June 2011Nasrallah: two members recruited by the CIA; the embassy a "den of spies"On 24 June 2011 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced the uncovering of three spies inside the party, two of them recruited…
- 11 October 2012Nasrallah claims the "Ayoub" drone
- 7 October 2014Shebaa Farms bomb wounds two Israeli soldiers
- 28 January 2015Shebaa Farms ambush in reply to the Quneitra strikeOn 28 January 2015 Hezbollah hit an Israeli military convoy with Kornet missiles in the Shebaa Farms, killing an…
- 4 January 2016Shebaa Farms bomb in reply to Kuntar's killing
- 16 February 2016The "Haifa ammonia" speech
- 13 May 2016Death of Sayyed Zulfiqar (Mustafa Badreddine)On 13 May 2016 Hezbollah announced the death of its military commander Mustafa Badreddine (Zulfiqar) in an explosion…
- 24 August 2019Strike near Damascus kills two Hezbollah members
- 1 September 2019The Avivim reply: guided missiles on an Israeli vehicleOn 1 September 2019 the "group of the two martyrs Hassan Zbeeb and Yasser Daher" hit an Israeli military vehicle with…
- 5 August 2021Israeli air strikes on Jarmaq and Shawakir: first on the south since 2006
- 6 August 2021Rockets on Shebaa Farms in reply to the Jarmaq air strikes
- 16 September 2021The Iranian fuel shipsHezbollah's bringing in of the Iranian ships (diesel) in defiance of the American embassy and Israel. On 13 September…
- 2 July 2022Drones over the Karish fieldOn 2 July 2022 Hezbollah launched three unarmed drones towards the gas platform in the Karish field, and Israel shot…
- 24 August 2022"Alphabet of victory": Hezbollah's 40th anniversary speechOn 24 August 2022 Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah spoke at the celebration of the party's fortieth anniversary (1982–2022),…
- 8 October 2023Hezbollah opens the "support front" from the southOn 8 October 2023, the day after the al-Aqsa Flood, the Islamic Resistance shelled Israeli positions in the Shebaa…