Beginning of the 2026 Lebanon War

Date: March 2, 2026 • Location: Yeroẖam, Israel

This milestone marked the outbreak and beginning of this historic period, which spanned 2026–2026.

The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah launches several projectiles into northern Israel as a response to the assassination of Ali Khamenei, formally initiating the 2026 Lebanon War.

Hezbollah is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party with an active paramilitary wing. Its military and security activities have been prohibited by the Lebanese government since March 2026, amid the 2026 Lebanon war. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. Its armed strength was assessed to be equivalent to that of a medium-sized army in 2016.