Hezbollah came into being as a reponse the the Israeli invasion of the Lebanon in 1982.That invasion pulverised the country and left tens of thousands of civilians dead or injured.

It is widely reported as conducting its own resistance actions against the Israeli from inside the Lebanese borders.

Of course for 18 years it slugged it out with Israel and was widely given the credit for Israel's military withdrawal from southern Lebanon three years ago.

Hezbollah is a mainly shiite organisation while Hamas in Palestine is sunni.What attracts support for both organisations is a willingness to stand up to the mighty Israeli war machine.

The real terrorist group in all this is Israel.It has waged endless war with civilians for decades and sad to say shows no path of changing its policies of attacking civilians be they in Gaza,the West Bank or the Lebanon.
Jon