What does Hezbollah want?

Israel has turned its fire on Hezbollah, the enemy across its northern border in Lebanon that it has been fighting for 40 years

Fighters stand to attention at the funeral of Hezbollah commanders Ibrahim Aqil and Mahmoud Hamad, killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Beirut
Fighters stand to attention at the funeral of Hezbollah commanders Ibrahim Aqil and Mahmoud Hamad, killed in an Israeli airstrike on a residential building in Beirut
(Image credit: Oliver Marsden / Middle East Images / Middle East Images / AFP / Getty Images)

A radical Islamist Shia political party and militant group based in Lebanon, Hezbollah has been designated a terrorist organisation by the UK, the US and other Western nations. But the Iran-backed group functions more like a state within the Lebanese state than a traditional terrorist outfit.

How does Hezbollah operate in Lebanon?

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