{"slug": "hezbollah", "label": "Hezbollah", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41053", "qid": "Q41053", "description": "Iranian-backed Shia Islamist political party and terrorist organization in Lebanon", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [1984, 2024], "span_label": ["1984 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 7}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 4}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Climate & Environment", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Hizbullah"], "related": [{"slug": "lebanon", "label": "Lebanon", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "israel-defense-forces", "label": "Israel Defense Forces", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "beirut", "label": "Beirut", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaza-strip", "label": "Gaza Strip", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hamas", "label": "Hamas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-nations-security-council", "label": "United Nations Security Council", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states-marine-corps", "label": "United States Marine Corps", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "tripoli-lebanon", "label": "Tripoli, Lebanon", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Hezbollah car-bombs the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#September", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane and kill 4 passengers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#December", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – TWA Flight 847, carrying 153 passengers from Athens to Rome, is hijacked by a Hezbollah fringe group. One passenger, U.S. Navy Petty Officer Robert Stethem, is killed. Greek police arrest a 65-year-old Lebanese suspect on September 21, 2019.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#June", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1988, "year_label": "1988 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "April 5", "text": "5 April – Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacked by Lebanese guerillas (suspected Hezbollah) after departing from Bangkok. During the incident the flight, initially forced to land in Iran, travelled 3,200 miles from Mashhad in northeastern Iran to Larnaca, Cyprus, and finally to Algiers. Two hostages were killed, prior to the crisis ending on 20 April.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1324042093#April", "title": "1988 in Thailand", "revid": 1324042093, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – In Lebanon, Hezbollah announces that it has hanged U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins in retaliation for Israel's July 28 kidnapping of Hezbollah leader Abdel Karim Obeid. The same day, the United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 638, condemning the taking of hostages by both sides in the conflict.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#July", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – In Lebanon, Israeli helicopter gunships assassinate Abbas al-Musawi, the leader of Hezbollah, and his son, in retaliation for a February 14 raid that killed three Israeli soldiers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#February", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 6", "text": "October 6 – Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces engage in hostilities in the Shebaa Farms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#October", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – 2006 Lebanon War: Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others. Hezbollah declares open war against Israel two days later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373069605#July", "title": "2006", "revid": 1373069605, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2008, "year_label": "2008 CE", "section": "Climate & Environment", "date": "May 8", "text": "May 8 - 2008 conflict in Lebanon: Fighting erupts after an 18 month political crisis between pro-government and opposition militias across in Beirut after the government shuts down Hezbollah's telecommunication network. Fighting soon spread to other areas of the country, including Tripoli and Aley.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372096051#May", "title": "2008 in Lebanon", "revid": 1372096051, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2009, "year_label": "2009 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "In the 2009 Lebanese general election, the American-backed party March 14 Alliance defeated Hezbollah in the polls.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1251948482#Events", "title": "2009 in Lebanon", "revid": 1251948482, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2019, "year_label": "2019 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "August 25", "text": "August 25 - 2019 Beirut drone crash: two drones, alleged to be from Israel by Lebanese authorities, crashed in the Dahieh district of Beirut. The first drone crashed into Hezbollah's Media Center, and the second drone exploded mid-air 45 minutes later. This was the first such incident between Lebanon and Israel since the 2006 war between them.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1343797781#August", "title": "2019 in Lebanon", "revid": 1343797781, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon convicts in absentia Salim Ayyash, a senior member of Hezbollah, for the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#August", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Gaza war: Hamas launches an incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and taking about 240 hostages, prompting a military response from the Israel Defense Forces. Israel launches numerous air strikes on Lebanon after rockets are fired by Hezbollah and further attempts are made to penetrate Israel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#October", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17–18 – Thirty-two people are killed and more than 3,200 are injured after pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah militants and medics explode in two massive cyberattacks. Israel is the presumed perpetrator.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#September", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › September"}}]}