Hezbollah leaders have also made numerous statements calling for the destruction of the state of Israel, which they refer to as the " Zionist entity ".

Hezbollah also used anti-Semitic educational materials designed for 5-year-old scouts.

Hezbollah has relied also on funding from the Shi ' ite Lebanese Diaspora in West Africa, the United States and, most importantly, the Triple Frontier, or tri-border area, along the junction of Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil.

An IRIN news report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs noted: " Hezbollah not only has armed and political wings – it also boasts an extensive social development program.

Medical care is also cheaper than in most of the country's private hospitals and free for Hezbollah members.

" Hezbollah also rewards its guerilla members who have been wounded in battle by taking them to Hezbollah-run amusement parks.

The army also pledged to resolve the dispute and has reversed the decisions of the government by letting Hezbollah preserve its telecoms network and re-instating the airport's security chief.

Hezbollah also possesses about 100 long-range missiles.

Hezbollah also denounced the massacres in Algeria by Armed Islamic Group, Al-Gama ’ a al-Islamiyya attacks on tourists in Egypt, and the murder of Nick Berg.

Hezbollah has also been the target of bomb attacks and kidnappings.

The Islamic Republic has also maintained its hold on power in Iran in spite of the US economic sanctions, and has created or assisted like-minded Shia Islamist groups in Iraq ( SCIRI ) and Lebanon ( Hezbollah ), ( two Muslim countries that also have large Shiite populations ).

The Irish government followed a similar line to other EU governments during the 2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict, with the Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, condemning the actions of Israel as " reckless and disproportionate " and calling for an immediate ceasefire on both sides, while also condemning the actions of Hezbollah.

However, as the character Wigand enters the airport, shortly before receiving his subpoena, a woman in the background is seen smoking a cigarette, also, a Lebanese soldier seen smoking briefly while Bergman is being transported to the Hezbollah meeting site.

CAIR also says that accusations against it have their roots in its refusal to endorse the U. S .' s blanket condemnation of Hezbollah and Hamas, though it says it did criticize Hamas for civilian deaths.

Senior Lebanese officials also linked the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Shebaa to Hezbollah ’ s disarmament.

He subsequently left the post in 2004 to become President of the International Peace Academy, a NYC-based think tank, and was also designated as UN Special Representative ( Date of Appointment: 3 / 1 / 2005 ) for the implementation of Security Council Resolution 1559, which calls for Syrian withdrawal of Lebanon and the disarmament of Hezbollah.

It was also during this period that MacKay made a controversial statement in which he referred to Hezbollah as a " cancer " in Lebanon.

It is also used by groups such as Hezbollah, al-Quds Brigades, Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, and the Palestine Liberation Organization ( PLO ).

Nasrallah also played a major role in a complex prisoner exchange deal between Israel and Hezbollah in 2004, resulting in hundreds of Palestinian and Lebanese prisoners being freed and many bodies, including that of his son, being returned to Lebanon.

" Glass also wrote that a Hezbollah spokeswoman, Wafa Hoteit, denied that Nasrallah made the statement.

Buckley was successfully rebuilding the network of agents lost in and due to the bombing of the U. S. Embassy ; after the October 23, 1983 Marine Corps barracks bombing, the Islamist group Hezbollah wrongly announced that they had also killed the CIA station chief ( they didn't yet know the station chief was Buckley ) in the blast ; their announcement was the first real indication that he was on a Hezbollah " hit list.

also address the role of Syria and Iran in arming Hezbollah.

Hezbollah turned into a paramilitary organization and used missiles, Katyusha, and other type of rocket launchers and detonations of explosive charges instead of capturing, murders, and hijackings.

Whether the Islamic Jihad Organization ( IJO ) was a nom de guerre used by Hezbollah or a separate organization, is disputed.

Hezbollah leaders reportedly admitted their involvement in IJO's attacks and the nominal nature of " Islamic Jihad " – that it was merely a " telephone organization ," and whose name was " used by those involved to disguise their true identity.

A 2003 decision by an American court found IJO was the name used by Hezbollah for its attacks in Lebanon, and parts of the Middle East, and Europe.

Israel responded with airstrikes and artillery fire on targets in Lebanon that damaged Lebanese civilian infrastructure, including Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport ( which Israel said that Hezbollah used to import weapons and supplies ), an air and naval blockade, and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon.

They refer to the " psychological " mechanisms used by forces such as Hezbollah and Hamas in being willing to exploit their own civilians as well as enemy civilians towards obtaining tactical gains, in part by using the media to influence the course of war.

The tactic was widely used in the Lebanese Civil War by the Islamic fundamentalist group Hezbollah.

Israel says the land was Syrian when it was captured during the Six Day War, and the dispute is being used by Hezbollah to continue its attacks on Israel.

Hezbollah frequently used IEDs to attack Israeli vehicles in this area up until the Israeli withdrawal in May 2000.

A group calling itself " Islamic Jihad ," a widely used name for Hezbollah, claims responsibility.

The Python-5 was first used in combat during the 2006 Lebanon War, when it was used by F-16 Fighting Falcons to destroy two Iranian-made Ababil UAVs used by the Hezbollah.

A 2003 decision by an American court named Islamic Jihad as the name used by Hezbollah for its attacks in Lebanon, and parts of the Middle East, and Europe.

Just as Hezbollah used another name Islamic Resistance, or al-Muqawama al-Islamiyya, for its attacks against Israel.

The U-2s of the 9th Reconnaissance Wing were been used in Operation Cedar Sweep to fly surveillance over Lebanon, relaying information about Hezbollah militants to Lebanese authorities, and in Operation Highland Warrior to fly surveillance over Turkey and northern Iraq to relay information to Turkish authorities.

Shortly after the hijacking, the pro-Iranian group " Islamic Jihad " ( a widely used name for Hezbollah ) claimed responsibility.

Israel responded with massive airstrikes and artillery fire on targets in Lebanon that damaged Lebanese civilian infrastructure ( including Beirut's Rafic Hariri International Airport which Israel alleged that Hezbollah used to import weapons ), an air and naval blockade, and a ground invasion of southern Lebanon.

A Waad is the reported name of a missile used by Hezbollah during the 2006 Lebanon War.

During the war, combat engineers used bulldozers and explosives to destroy Hezbollah outposts, bunkers, warehouses and HQs — mainly along the border.

According to the U. S. Department of the Treasury, Bank Saderat is used by the Government of Iran to transfer money to what the US considers to be terrorist organizations, including Hezbollah, Hamas, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command and Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

Israel's military has revealed that Hezbollah used 9M113 Konkurs in the 2006 Lebanon War.