{"slug": "hezbollah", "label": "Hezbollah", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41053", "qid": "Q41053", "description": "Iranian-backed Shia Islamist political party and terrorist organization in Lebanon", "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [1984, 2024], "span_label": ["1984 CE", "2024 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "lebanon", "label": "Lebanon", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "athens", "label": "Athens", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "gaza-strip", "label": "Gaza Strip", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hamas", "label": "Hamas", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-nations-security-council", "label": "United Nations Security Council", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "December 4", "text": "December 4 – Hezbollah militants hijack a Kuwait Airlines plane and kill 4 passengers.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#December", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › December"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 20", "text": "September 20 – Hezbollah car-bombs the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24 people.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371242779#September", "title": "1984", "revid": 1371242779, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 1985, "year_label": "1985 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "June 14", "text": "June 14 – TWA Flight 847, carrying 153 passengers from Athens to Rome, is hijacked by a Hezbollah fringe group. One passenger, U.S. Navy Petty Officer Robert Stethem, is killed. Greek police arrest a 65-year-old Lebanese suspect on September 21, 2019.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369963057#June", "title": "1985", "revid": 1369963057, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1989, "year_label": "1989 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "July 31", "text": "July 31 – In Lebanon, Hezbollah announces that it has hanged U.S. Marine Lt. Col. William R. Higgins in retaliation for Israel's July 28 kidnapping of Hezbollah leader Abdel Karim Obeid. The same day, the United Nations Security Council passes United Nations Security Council Resolution 638, condemning the taking of hostages by both sides in the conflict.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369557705#July", "title": "1989", "revid": 1369557705, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2003, "year_label": "2003 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 6", "text": "October 6 – Hezbollah and the Israel Defense Forces engage in hostilities in the Shebaa Farms.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371470479#October", "title": "2003", "revid": 1371470479, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2006, "year_label": "2006 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 12", "text": "July 12 – 2006 Lebanon War: Israeli troops invade Lebanon in response to Hezbollah kidnapping two Israeli soldiers and killing three others. Hezbollah declares open war against Israel two days later.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373069605#July", "title": "2006", "revid": 1373069605, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "August 19", "text": "August 19 – The Special Tribunal for Lebanon convicts in absentia Salim Ayyash, a senior member of Hezbollah, for the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafic Hariri.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#August", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › August"}}, {"year": 2023, "year_label": "2023 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – Gaza war: Hamas launches an incursion into southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, killing more than 1,100 Israelis and taking about 240 hostages, prompting a military response from the Israel Defense Forces. Israel launches numerous air strikes on Lebanon after rockets are fired by Hezbollah and further attempts are made to penetrate Israel.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372811827#October", "title": "2023", "revid": 1372811827, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 2024, "year_label": "2024 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 17", "text": "September 17–18 – Thirty-two people are killed and more than 3,200 are injured after pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah militants and medics explode in two massive cyberattacks. Israel is the presumed perpetrator.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371869228#September", "title": "2024", "revid": 1371869228, "section": "Events › September"}}]}