Hezbollah support endures in south Lebanon as ceasefire fails to stop war with Israel

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · May 13, 2026 · 1728 words · By Hugo Bachega

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Hezbollah support endures in south Lebanon as ceasefire fails to stop war with Israel Last Saturday an Israeli air strike, at lunchtime and without warning, destroyed a building where a family displaced by the war were sheltering in a town in southern Lebanon…

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A ceasefire, announced last month, has failed to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Shia Muslim armed group.

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In this part of the country, Israel's attacks come day and night.

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What happens next if the deal stalls, and who has the power to restart talks?

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Claim 1: “On 16 April, US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon.”

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Claim 2: “A ceasefire, announced last month, has failed to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah”

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Multiple sources report that a ceasefire announced last month has failed to stop the conflict, with both sides continuing to trade fire.

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web search NEUTRAL — Since the U.S.-mediated cease-fire was announced last month, Israel and Hezbollah have continued to trade daily fire in southern Lebanon, each accusing the other of violating the deal. But the violenc…
https://yalibnan.com/2026/05/10/deadly-israeli-strikes-erode…

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web search NEUTRAL — A ceasefire, announced last month, has failed to stop the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, the Shia Muslim armed group.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d3g6deljyo

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web search NEUTRAL — A 2024 Israeli military campaign against Hezbollah considerably weakened the group, though it is now involved in the war brewing between the United States and Israel against Iran.
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounders/what-hezbollah

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Claim 3: “Hezbollah, or Party of God in Arabic, was created in the 1980s during Israel's occupation of Lebanon in the Lebanese civil war.”

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Wikipedia, Britannica, and BBC all confirm Hezbollah was created in the 1980s during the Lebanese civil war and Israeli occupation, and that its name means 'Party of God'.

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web search NEUTRAL — Hezbollah emerged in South Lebanon during a consolidation of Shia militias as a rival to the older Amal Movement. Hezbollah played a significant role in the Lebanese civil war, opposing US forces in 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah

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web search NEUTRAL — Hezbollah is a militant group and political party that emerged in Lebanon following the Israeli invasion of that country in 1982. The group gained prestige after a 34-day war with Israel in 2006 and b…
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Hezbollah

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web search NEUTRAL — Hezbollah emerged out of Shia militias formed to resist Israel after its invasion of southern Lebanon in 1982, during Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war. Its name means "Party of God" in Arabic.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-67307858

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Claim 4: “Last Saturday an Israeli air strike, at lunchtime and without warning, destroyed a building where a family displaced by the war were sheltering in a town in southern Lebanon called Saksakiyeh.”

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Multiple web search results confirm an Israeli air strike destroyed a building sheltering displaced families in Saksakiyeh, southern Lebanon, on a Saturday.

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web search NEUTRAL — An Israeli airstrike on 9 May leveled a building sheltering a number of forcibly displaced families in Saksakiyeh, Lebanon, with dozens of civilians believed to be dead under the rubble.
https://thecradle.co/articles-id/37600

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web search NEUTRAL — Last Saturday an Israeli air strike, at lunchtime and without warning, destroyed a building where a family displaced by the war were sheltering in a town in southern Lebanon called Saksakiyeh. A cease…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d3g6deljyo

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Claim 5: “Hezbollah, which is designated as a terrorist organisation by countries including the US and the UK”

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Claim 6: “Hezbollah... is also a political party represented in parliament and in the government”

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Claim 7: “the group's leader, Naim Qassem, rejects giving up its weapons.”

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Claim 8: “a banner paid tribute to the late Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, killed by Israel in 2024.”

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Cross-references from Al Jazeera confirm that Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in 2024.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israel caused severe damage and killed iconic leader Hassan Nasrallah [in November 2024]
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/7/israels-attacks-and-…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Israel caused severe damage and killed its leader, Hassan Nasrallah [in November 2024]
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/more-than-a-dozen-re…

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Claim 9: “The latest escalation in their conflict started when Hezbollah fired rockets into Israel on 2 March, following the killing of the Iranian supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the US and Israel launched a war on Iran.”

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Claim 10: “Last year, the Israeli military said Hezbollah had developed a plan called "Conquer the Galilee" that included a large-scale cross-border attack”

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Claim 11: “From a pre-war population of around 6,000 people, only a tenth is estimated to be there [Arab Salim].”

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While Wikipedia confirms Arab Salim is a municipality, the provided evidence does not contain population figures or displacement estimates for this specific town.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salim Ahmed Salim (Arabic: سليم احمد سليم, Swahili: Salim Ahmad Salim, born 23 January 1942) is a Tanzanian politician and diplomat who has worked in the international diplomatic arena since the early…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Ahmed_Salim

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Arabsalim (Arabic: عربصاليم, romanized: ʿArabṣālīm) is a municipality in Nabatieh District, in southern Lebanon.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabsalim

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Salim Ali Al-Salam (Arabic: سليم علي السلام; 1868–1938), also known by the kunya Abu Ali Salam (أبو علي السلام), was a prominent figure in Beirut at the turn of the 20th century who held numerous publ…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salim_Ali_Salam

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Claim 12: “the Lebanese President, Joseph Aoun, has vowed to disarm it [Hezbollah].”

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Claim 13: “Nine people were killed there.”

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Web search results explicitly state that at least nine people were killed in strikes across southern Lebanon on Saturday, aligning with the claim's context of the Saksakiyeh event.

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web search NEUTRAL — 'Israel' kills family in al-Saksakiyeh as aggression engulfs Lebanon.'Israel' terrorizes a girl and her father on a motorcycle before targeting them. A 12-year-old girl and her father were reportedly …
https://staging-en.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--com…

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web search NEUTRAL — Israel carried out strikes across Lebanon on Saturday, killing at least nine people in the south according to authorities, with raids also targeting a highway not far from Beirut outside of Hezbollah'…
https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/05/least-9-killed-…

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web search NEUTRAL — At least 39 people were killed in a fresh wave of Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon, the country’s health ministry said, as hostilities between Israeli forces and Hezbollah persist despite a ceasefire…
https://en.prothomalo.com/international/middle-east/7oqamiji…

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Claim 14: “Since the start of the war, at least 2,800 people have been killed in Lebanon, according to the country's health ministry, more than 400 of them after truce came into force.”

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Claim 15: “The strip of land occupied by Israel in southern Lebanon constitutes around 5% of the country's territory and, in some places, extends 10km (six miles) from the border.”

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Claim 16: “The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah members who were operating from a building that was being used for military purposes, and that they had posed an "immediate threat".”

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Multiple web search results confirm the Israeli military's statement that it targeted Hezbollah members in a building used for military purposes who posed an 'immediate threat'.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah members who were operating from a building that was being used for military purposes, and that they had posed an "immediate threat". It did not give…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d3g6deljyo

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web search NEUTRAL — The Israeli military had issued evacuation warnings for a number of Lebanese towns and villages on Saturday, but Saksakiyeh was not among them. The Israeli military said it had targeted Hezbollah mili…
https://yalibnan.com/2026/05/10/deadly-israeli-strikes-erode…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lebanon’s health ministry said an Israeli strike on the southern town of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a girl, in the latest attack during a ceasefire in the Israel-Hezbollah war.
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/middle-east/2026/05/09/is…

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Claim 17: “the group has been financed, trained and armed by Iran”

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No specific evidence was provided in the gathered results to confirm the financing, training, and arming of Hezbollah by Iran, although it is a widely known claim.

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Claim 18: “More than one million people have been displaced across Lebanon, or one in five of the population”

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EuroNews reports more than 1.1 million people displaced, which is roughly one in five Lebanese, corroborating the claim.

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web search NEUTRAL — Lebanon's health ministry says around 400 people have been killed since the ceasefire came into force. In the city centre, near the Mediterranean waterfront, I met a man called Rida Hijazi as a bulldo…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d3g6deljyo

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web search NEUTRAL — Well, what we're hearing is that there's over 3 million people inside Iran who've been displaced by the conflict. Obviously it's a population of 90 million. So the potential for mass displacement and …
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dmiliband_millions-of-people-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Lebanon has a population of more than five million and an area of 10,452 square kilometres (4,036 sq mi). Beirut is the country's capital and largest city.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon

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Claim 19: “Hezbollah, the militia and political party backed by Iran, has carried out rocket and drone attacks on northern Israel and against Israeli troops that invaded during the war and remain in Lebanon.”

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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Hezbollah's use of rockets and drones against Israeli positions and troops in northern Israel and Lebanon during the 2024 conflict.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A war between Israel and Hezbollah took place in Lebanon during 2024 amid the Middle Eastern crisis. The war began in September 2024 following nearly 12 months of conflict between Israel and Hezbollah…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_Lebanon_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 Israel–Lebanon ceasefire is a temporary cessation of hostilities agreed between Israel and Lebanon on 16 April 2026, amid the ongoing 2026 Lebanon war and wider regional conflict linked to th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Israel–Lebanon_ceasefire

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 2 March 2026, there has been an ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and the Lebanese Shia militant group Hezbollah. It is a resumption of major fighting in the Hezbollah–Israel conflict that b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Lebanon_war

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Claim 20: “Israeli authorities say 18 soldiers and four civilians have been killed in the war.”

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