One estimate puts Hizbullah losses at 3,000 fighters in the latest war, while the Shia community in Lebanon that backs it is almost completely displaced
Posters commemorate Hizbullah members and others who are buried at a Shia cemetery in Beirut's southern suburbs. Photograph: Sally Hayden, the area known as Dahiyeh, a civil defence ambulance drives up to a cemetery and a body is taken out. The men gathered to meet it began to shout, in Arabic.flag covers the fighter’s coffin, which is carried to an empty grave surrounded by women, holding each other, crying. They read prayers before the coffin is lowered in.
In one photograph, he smiled with a group of women holding certificates – they had attended a workshop he held. Beside the picture he wrote: “Young people, we must understand the importance of science and action in building our future and the future of our nation. We have to work hard, strive and always strive for the best ... The future is in our hands, let’s be responsible and seize every opportunity to learn and develop.
“Most of them will have alternative employment, but many of them are full time ... Others could work as a mechanic or whatever. And then, you know, when they get called up to go and do a tour of duty, then off they go.” Hizbullah built a lot of loyalty during the Israeli occupation of Lebanon, which lasted from 1982 to 2000, Salem says.
“When you go back to the 1990s when they were a much smaller organisation, their sense of internal security was absolutely airtight ... But after 2006, because they did expand the numbers so quickly, those gaps began to appear,” says Blanford. “Suddenly, if you have a friend of a friend of a friend who could introduce you to a Hizbullah guy, you can begin to cultivate a relationship.”
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