Is Israel reshaping Lebanon, trying to separate Hezbollah from its people? | US-Israel war on Iran | Al Jazeera
Navigation menu US-Israel war on Iran Beirut, Lebanon – In the past week, the Israeli military has created a mass displacement crisis, killed around 400 people, rained bombs down across Lebanon, including the capital Beirut, and pushed its troops even further into the southern part of the embattled country. Israel is defining a new reality in Lebanon, analysts told Al Jazeera, with potential long-term consequences that could reshape the country in ways unlike the 2024 war, and the 2006 conflict before that, which also featured forced mass exoduses and displacement, widespread killing, and what experts called the urbicide of Beirut’s southern suburbs. Israel may “redraw the demographic map” of Lebanon to try and pressure Hezbollah and sever the connection between the group and its support base, according to Michael Young, a Lebanese analyst and writer. On February 28, Israel and the United States assassinated Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, launching a sustained war on Iran, now in its second week. Two days later, Hezbollah fired attacks at Israeli military sites for the first time in more than a year as retaliation for Khamenei’s killing.
Published: March 8, 2026 5:27 pm
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