Word: hizballah
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...home was on top of the rubble, "That's my yellow pot, and that heap used to be my stove," said the retired shopkeeper, who is now living in a school building in East Beirut. On this the first day of the cease-fire between Israel and Hizballah, he had returned to collect his possessions, though what remained barely filled the trunk of his car. "Money doesn't matter," he said. "What matters is dignity. I made a home once; I can make it again. We defeated Israel once; we can do it again...
...Hizballah fighters and supporters were out in force, passing out flags and posters of Hassan Nasrallah, their leader. A new billboard played on the Arabic meaning of his name, declaring "Victory from God, Nasrallah is Back." That evening, as the terrace cafes of East Beirut filled with the first decent sized crowds since the war began, the southern suburbs erupted in fireworks and celebratory gunfire. Divided in war, the city is still divided in peace...
...after 34 days of warfare, returning to villages in the south. Many wore expressions of determination, joy or simply weariness, but none wore the scared expression that had been all too common since July 12. They were happy, both to be returning home and at what they perceived as Hizballah's victory over the Israeli military. One man, Hussein Suleiman of Jawayya, a village in the south, joyfully yelled "Hizballah!" when asked who won the war. He then held up a bumper-sticker that read, "Victory from...
...Israel may still harbor hopes that the war would turn Lebanon's civilians against Hizballah, but all the evidence from the refugees returning home pointed to the contrary. Adorning many of the cars were brand new posters of Hizballah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah, his cherubic face twice its normal size on the flyers. "A Divine Victory," they said. Refugees said they had received them from Hizballah-run schools where many of them stayed, after having received money from Hizballah's social services arm to help them rebuild in the south...
...That kind of social welfare helps explain much of the support that Hizballah still commands in Lebanon, where a war sparked by its capturing of two Israeli soldiers has left more than 1,000 dead and billions of dollars in damage to Lebanese homes and infrastructure. By most accounts, the schools run by Hizballah were clean and well-prepared. Volunteers made sure hot meals and blankets were available to all who came, and when it came time to leave, they provided the refugees with pocket money...