Hezbollah plans to contribute to project to house thousands of Lebanese displaced, chief says — SkimNews
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- Naim Qassem announced Hezbollah will contribute to a housing project for displaced Lebanese during a speech marking the second anniversary of Hassan Nasrallah's killing by Israel in 2024
- Hezbollah pledged shelter, restoration, and reconstruction using available resources and donations, with details of a project targeting completely destroyed villages to be announced 'very soon'
- Qassem said the Lebanese state should have borne responsibility for sheltering and compensating the displaced, calling it 'still their duty'
- More than 1 million people, nearly a quarter of Lebanon's population, were displaced after war erupted between Israel and Hezbollah in early March
- More than 340,000 remain displaced because their towns were destroyed or fall within Israeli-occupied territory
- Since March 2, Israeli strikes have killed more than 4,300 people in Lebanon, including over 250 children, and wounded more than 12,000, including 1,000 children
Why it matters: With 340,000+ Lebanese still unable to return home due to destroyed towns or ongoing Israeli occupation, Hezbollah's direct entry into reconstruction shifts the burden from a Lebanese government Qassem publicly criticized onto the Iran-backed group itself, deepening its role as a parallel welfare provider in areas the state is accused of neglecting.
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