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| Hezbollah marks Lebanon war's end | Hezbollah marks Lebanon war's end |
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| The Lebanese Shia Muslim group Hezbollah is to hold a mass rally in Beirut to mark the anniversary of the end of its war last year with Israel. | The Lebanese Shia Muslim group Hezbollah is to hold a mass rally in Beirut to mark the anniversary of the end of its war last year with Israel. |
| Hezbollah regards the 34-day war as a great victory for its forces. | |
| Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, will deliver a televised address on Tuesday evening to mark the anniversary. | Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, will deliver a televised address on Tuesday evening to mark the anniversary. |
| More than 1,000 Lebanese, mostly civilians, died in the war as well as 116 Israeli soldiers and 43 civilians. | More than 1,000 Lebanese, mostly civilians, died in the war as well as 116 Israeli soldiers and 43 civilians. |
| Much of Lebanon's infrastructure was damaged by an intense Israeli bombardment after Hezbollah forces seized two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. | Much of Lebanon's infrastructure was damaged by an intense Israeli bombardment after Hezbollah forces seized two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border raid. |
| Bridges, roads and thousands of homes were destroyed in the Israeli bombardment and a major ground assault across the border. | Bridges, roads and thousands of homes were destroyed in the Israeli bombardment and a major ground assault across the border. |
| Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has faced repeated calls to resign over his handling of the war. | Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has faced repeated calls to resign over his handling of the war. |
| One of Israel's stated aims was to eliminate Hezbollah's ability to fire rockets, thousands of which were launched into northern Israel. | One of Israel's stated aims was to eliminate Hezbollah's ability to fire rockets, thousands of which were launched into northern Israel. |
| Political crisis | Political crisis |
| Despite its military weight, Israel was unable to crush Hezbollah, allowing the group to claim victory. | |
| The two Israeli soldiers remain captive. | The two Israeli soldiers remain captive. |
| UN Security Council resolution 1701 halted the war, allowing for the deployment of Lebanese soldiers and a beefed-up UN peacekeeping force to the battle zone along the southern border with Israel - Hezbollah's stronghold. | UN Security Council resolution 1701 halted the war, allowing for the deployment of Lebanese soldiers and a beefed-up UN peacekeeping force to the battle zone along the southern border with Israel - Hezbollah's stronghold. |
| An uneasy peace has existed in the last year but Hezbollah has not disarmed - one of the conditions of the UN Security Council resolution. | An uneasy peace has existed in the last year but Hezbollah has not disarmed - one of the conditions of the UN Security Council resolution. |
| Hezbollah says it will keep its weapons as long as "we have an enemy that is always ready to carry out aggression", a spokesman for the group, Hussein Rahhal, told the French news agency AFP. | |
| Lebanon is now facing its biggest political crisis since the end of its long civil war in 1990. | Lebanon is now facing its biggest political crisis since the end of its long civil war in 1990. |
| It is trapped between those in the government who look to the West and those in the opposition who look to Syria, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Beirut. | It is trapped between those in the government who look to the West and those in the opposition who look to Syria, says the BBC's Christian Fraser in Beirut. |
| The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, is attempting to mediate between the two sides. | The French foreign minister, Bernard Kouchner, is attempting to mediate between the two sides. |