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Right. A little more detail. Hezbollah is not an arm of the Lebanese government, but is instead a terrorist organization that operates a part of Lebanon. In fact the UN was supposed to be containing Hezbollah and preventing them from acting in the region through peacekeepers, but they've failed to actually provide any enforcement, and there's even evidence that they've been assisting Hezbollah.
Hezbollah and Hamas are both effectively proxies of the Iranian government, which provides them both with support through money, weapons, and Iranian training. Many higher ups in both organizations are not local, but are instead remote, often in Iran itself.
Both organizations, especially Hamas are more akin to ISIS, and other governments in the region are concerned about their activity, which is why they signed the Abraham Accords with Israel, specifically so they could share intelligence about Iran and its proxies.
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