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| Hezbollah’s post-war popularity is tested as southern Lebanon holds local elections |
| 2025-05-25 |
| [IsraelTimes] Residents of southern Lebanon voted Saturday in the country’s municipal elections that will test support for Hezbollah in the predominantly Shiite areas, nearly six months after the ceasefire that ended Israel’s war with the Iran-backed terror group, whose leadership was decimated. Hezbollah is running in an alliance with the Amal group of Lebanon’s powerful Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri. Both are expected to win mayoral races and the majority of seats in municipal councils, and have already won many municipalities uncontested. South Lebanon is the fourth and last district to vote in the elections since May 4. Among those who voted Saturday were Hezbollah members wounded on September 17, 2024, when Israel blew up thousands of booby-trapped pagers it had covertly sold to the terror group. The attack, which Israel claimed in November, killed at least a dozen people, including at least two children, and wounded some 3,000 people, crippling Hezbollah’s fighting force ahead of an Israeli invasion some two weeks, which sought to end the terror group’s near-daily rocket fire. “The will of life is stronger than death and the will of construction is stronger than destruction,” Lebanese President Joseph Aoun said during a tour of southern Lebanon on Saturday. He told reporters in his hometown of Aaishiyah that he voted for the first time in 40 years. Related: Hezbollah: 2025-05-23 Good Morning Hezbollah: 2025-05-23 Israeli drone strikes kill two in Ain Baal, Yater Hezbollah: 2025-05-23 Irish rappers Kneecap deny Hezbollah support after terror charge Related: Amal: 2025-05-21 Ex-Mustaqbal official clenches Beirut municipal seat from rival, broad coalition Amal: 2025-05-21 Palestinian official says Lebanon camps to keep light weapons Amal: 2025-05-20 Muslim-Christian parity preserved in Beirut Municipality as list backed by main political parties wins Related: Nabih Berri 05/21/2025 Palestinian official says Lebanon camps to keep light weapons Nabih Berri 05/17/2025 Ortagus to visit Beirut in a week, says occupation doesn't justify Hezbollah arms Nabih Berri 05/05/2025 Berri reportedly warns that ''residents'' may act to liberate 5 points — Naharnet Related: Joseph Aoun 05/23/2025 Report: Hamas and Islamist leaders to leave Lebanon for Qatar and Turkey Joseph Aoun 05/23/2025 Geagea says govt must set timeframe for disarming Palestinian camps Joseph Aoun 05/21/2025 Ortagus says Lebanon has ''more'' to do on Hezbollah disarming |
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