Iranians rally in solidarity with Hezbollah

Huge crowds have gathered in main streets and squares in Tehran to express solidarity with the resistance movement in Lebanon.
Demonstrators waved Iranian and Hezbollah flags and condemned Israeli atrocities, while declaring their unwavering support for the resistance front. Gisoo Misha Ahmadi tells us more. (video)
Post Author: /u/Complete-Definition4
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Is the Lebanese Army really mostly Shia / close to Hezbollah?

I’m Lebanese. But since I’ve never lived in Lebanon, my perception might be limited.

I’ve seen comments here saying a few times that the Lebanese Army is mostly Shia or basically close to Hezbollah. But that’s honestly not the impression I’ve had from what I’ve seen in Lebanon or from my own interactions with military there.

To me, the army always felt more like a national institution that’s trying to do what it can with what little it has, especially given the state Lebanon has been in.

So I’m genuinely curious: is there any actual basis for that claim? Are there reliable numbers on the sectarian makeup of the army, especially between regular personnel, officers & senior command?

Not trying to start sectarian drama. I’m just trying to understand if this is true, exaggerated or just one of those things people repeat online.
Post Author: /u/MadMChicken
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Clarification regarding misrepresentation of our sub

It has come to our attention that an SSNP idiot who was temporarily banned yesterday from r/lebanon has posted elsewhere claiming that they were banned for "criticizing the Prime Minister of Lebanon."

That is false.

The ban was not issued because this tool criticized the Prime Minister or any public official. Criticism of politicians happens daily on this subreddit, and this is what the essence of most posts are. Disagreement is not an exception, it is the norm.

The actual reason for the ban was a specific comment in which this buffoon explicitly argued that “the only solution is for the Lebanese state to dissolve,” described Lebanese as being self-hating, described our identity as being a "zionist colonial anti-self identity," whatever the fuck that word salad means, and called for a political project aimed at completely dissolving Lebanon and for us to be ruled by a broader Arab imperially ideological project.

That is not ordinary political criticism. That is advocacy for the erasure of our country as a sovereign entity and the delegitimization of our Lebanese identity itself.

Our subreddit is called r/lebanon. Heated debating is baked in our DNA. We allow harsh criticisms, unpopular opinions, and attacks on our political class. But we draw the line at calling for Lebanon to stop existing. We will never allow anyone to use this subreddit to disrespect us as people, dismiss us as a nation, or deny our proudly distinct identity, our rich history, our culture or our right to exist.

- r/Lebanon mod team
Post Author: /u/TheBroken0ne
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Interesting Editorial from WSJ: Iran Gets Trump to Rescue Hezbollah

Post Author: /u/Standard_Ad7704
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The Lebanese presidency said that Israel agreed not to bomb Beirut in exchange for HA not striking them. Do you think the presidency is lying?

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Post Author: /u/kyuri0us
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Drama in the Hezb closeted subreddit....

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Post Author: /u/Hefty_Patience_8486
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Teb what’s the solution?

Honest question, the more I think about it, the more it appears we are doomed for a very long time with no way out. We all know there’s no way hezb will give up their weapons. Israel internal politics shows theres no sign of them slowing down or stopping and a huge animosity is growing between pro-peace and anti-peace Lebanese.
The south is gone and we don’t have money to rebuild and people are dying everyday.

It’s a horrible tragedy unfolding and I’m struggling to figure out how it can get better.

What do you think is a realistic solution?
Post Author: /u/Tgoc
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lsraeI asserted its war is with hezboIIah only, not with us, yet it targets mostly us; civilians & paramedics, this necessitates a collective punishing response of us joining the war against the lsraeIi invasion in south.

lsraeI always claimed it is fighting only hezboIIah, not us, that is we are not an enemy or party in this war, which is what many of us find acceptable as a fuckin colonial entity fights an lranian proxy, let them fuck each others to death.

Yet the main lsraeIi target is not hezb, it is us; civilians, paramedics, journalists, and even army soldiers. We should realize They made us a party and enemy by targeting and killing our families, we cant just sit idle and pretend it is not happening or they cant be lying.

The most proper punishing retaliation is us volunteering to join the fight against the lsraeIi invasion in south (intentionally) along side hezboIIah, the point isnt military effectiveness — obviously we are not militarily match to either hezboIIah or lsraeI, the point is invalidating the lsraeIi belief and terror doctrine of “we kill more lebanese families = they turn more against HezboIIah & shias” until the ultimate goal of erupting civil war where lebanese people kill each others & lsraeI get a chance for a free resistanceless land grab like syria.

The worst decision we ever made was rewarding this policy — many of us (including myself) wasnt aware of this b/c of how much we hate hezboIIah, i (and many others) unintentionally incentivized lsraeI to keep murdering more of our families. despite how much we hate hezboIIah, we should have demonstrated that this policy would only result in the opposite of their desired outcome and break it for good.
Post Author: /u/zoratosthenes
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Only a matter of time now before Israel resumes bombing Dahieh/Beirut

The general understanding was that as long as their towns and cities weren't hit, they would stop bombing Beirut/Dahieh.

They're "allowed" to attack Israeli soldiers in Lebanon.

But now, with Hezbollah launching barrages of rockets on Israeli towns and villages "unexpectedly" and Bibi getting political backlash in Israel for it, they'll respond as we expect:

1. Bomb Dahieh
2. Double down on their land invasion throughout the south to "stop the rockets"

Not a matter of what's right or wrong, but that's the same pattern/story every time.
Post Author: /u/Michel-Hayek
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Civilians in Lebanon hit hardest as Israel targets Hezbollah

Civilians in Lebanon hit hardest as Israel targets Hezbollah

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/civilians-lebanon-hit-hardest-israel-052900981.html
Post Author: /u/newsspotter
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US sanctions just targeted Hezbollah’s real shield — the Lebanese state itself

The U.S. Treasury didn’t sanction a militia last week. It sanctioned a system.

Nine people were designated last Thursday — Hezbollah parliamentarians Hassan Fadlallah, Ibrahim al-Mousawi, Hussein al-Hajj Hassan, and Mohammed Fneish, but also Amal Movement security figures Ahmad Baalbaki and Ahmad Safawi, and an Iranian diplomat accused of coordinating Hezbollah’s regional support networks.

But what is most significant is the designation of Colonel Samer Hamadi, who heads Lebanese Army Intelligence in the southern suburbs of Beirut — Hezbollah’s urban stronghold — and Brigadier General Khattar Nasser al-Din, who directs the Analysis Department at Lebanese General Security, the agency that controls passports and border movement. Neither commands combat troops. Both commanded information.

For years, Washington sanctioned Hezbollah as though the group were a militia operating at Lebanon’s margins. It is not. Hezbollah survives because the Lebanese state — parts of its parliament, its security services, its administrative apparatus — has sheltered it, laundered its influence, and normalized its parallel authority. This is the architecture Qassem Soleimani built: militia fused with mafia, weapons protected by patronage, coercion normalized through institutional complicity.

Sanctioning Hezbollah members of parliament is not new. Sanctioning Lebanese Army Intelligence officers is.
Post Author: /u/Complete-Definition4
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Rant: We are cooked and I see no possible way for Lebanon to recover in our lifetime..

1- We are cooked i honestly lost hope and I don't think we will ever recover i believe we lost the chance to recover and rebuild our society... our society is deeply divided in every single thing we don't even agree that we should be loyal to Lebanon.

2- Israel is a terrorist genocidal state and we should know better than always giving the benefit of the doubt whenever they kill civilians.

3- Hezbollah is also a terrorist group that is the biggest traitor to Lebanon ever they allied with assad who occupied us longer than Israel and brutalized us more than Israel and they have Lebanese syrian and Iranian blood in their hands.
Post Author: /u/Velvetcrow666
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Sour Airstrike

Post Author: /u/Own-Philosophy-5356
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Does anyone else feel ashamed that their english is better than their arabic?

I write everything in english, I even think in english, Ive always studied both in school and even talk to everyone around me in regular fos7a but I cant really formulate thoughts in arabic because i just dont know the words for it. (its ironic considering arabic has millions of words over english)

While i understand english is the lingua franca, I just wish I was able to think and “live” in our mother tongue.

Does anyone else feel this way?
Post Author: /u/Nader_OwO
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Reminder that Hezbollah holds as much blame as Israel for our destruction

This is beyond religions and sects. Mafi ana sunni w shi3i w marouni in this. We were all dragged into this, & it's our duty to speak up & end Hezbollah's influence for good before we turn into Gaza 2.0

Hezb's explosive drones don't mean shit when theyre only causing us more death & annihilation. There's no victory to be celebrated here. Thousands are dying or losing their homes every moment, & there's no force in the world to save them from Israel's genocidal wrath. Hezbollah knows this yet still chooses to continue fighting a losing war - 3a 7seb 7ayetna w 2ahelna w watanna

Hezb needs to fall, or we'll fall with it eventually. Hezb supporters are too high on captagon to be reasoned with, or to believe in a strong Lebanese state. They only want to fight, until 5 ni2at mo7talle become 60 diya3, & 60 diya3 become khat asfar, & who knows what else will come next

There's no nuance here, no national dialog to be had or "selm ahli" to "preserve." Either we cut this Iranian parasite from our country or we lose jnoub & our "selm ahli" with it too

The one who instigates needless wars & labels us as "zios" IS the threat to jnoub & our unity, not just Israel
Post Author: /u/FrostedBlade711
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