Hezbollah defeated Israel in 2000 by taking South Lebanon.
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The Pete Quiñones ShowOct 1, 2026
Sources support that Israel withdrew from south Lebanon in May 2000 after a Hezbollah guerrilla campaign, and that Hezbollah claimed and was widely credited with victory (AP, Wikipedia infobox 'Hezbollah-led victory').
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… Is completely bereft of military equipment, they're sending what they have left to the Israelis, and their performance, even in the Israeli side, has been pretty poor, uh, compared to their opposition. Ah, the Houthis, the, well, the, you know, Hezbollah has defeated Israel in the past. In 2000, they took South Lebanon. And worse, as far as the Western world is concerned, any Islamic state run by moderates who wants who wants to actually talk to Tel-Aviv are going to be overthrown. So you're radicalizing people who may not have been radical before. …
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Contradicts. Wilson Center describes Israel as voluntarily withdrawing in 2000, and the Hezbollah-published account concedes Barak's decision was based more on domestic considerations than Hezbollah's military successes, though it says the optics created the impression of a military defeat.[2][3]
Supports. AP reports Hezbollah was credited with leading the war of attrition that led to Israel's withdrawal from south Lebanon in 2000 after an 18-year occupation.[1][6]
Supports. Wikipedia's infobox for the South Lebanon conflict lists the result as a Hezbollah-led victory, with Israeli withdrawal and end of occupation.[4]
Supports. LA Times (May 2000) reports Hezbollah guerrillas filled the military vacuum as Israeli troops pulled out, and celebrated what they called a 'glorious victory'.[5]
Context. A 2015 History News Network piece disputes the official 'liberation of the south by Hezbollah' narrative, arguing the withdrawal's circumstances were more complicated.[7]
Context. Hezbollah's own 2000 victory rally and BBC coverage show Hezbollah claimed victory, but the sources do not describe Hezbollah seizing territory by force.[8]
Sources
8 sources: 1 fact-checker, 6 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Who was longtime Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?apnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports
- 2Hezbollah's Record on War & Politics - Wilson Centerwilsoncenter.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 3Barak's Error - Hezbollahhezbollah.org · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) - Wikipediaen.wikipedia.org · not rated · cited for: supports
- 5Israel Leaves South Lebanon After 22 Yearslatimes.com · not rated · cited for: supports
- 6Lebanon's Nasarallah - who Israel says it has killed - led Hezbollah ...businessday.ng · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: supports
- 7The Unknown and suppressed story of the last days of South ...historynewsnetwork.org · not rated · cited for: context
- 82000: Hezbollah celebrates Israeli retreatnews.bbc.co.uk · not rated · cited for: context
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