Lebanon · 24 August, 2026 · 2 min read
Rezaei Tells Al-Manar Lebanon’s Resistance Will Be Rebuilt, If U.S. Honors Commitments
Rezaei vows Lebanon's resistance will be rebuilt if the United States honors commitments. He says he is a servant of Islam and takes pride in Lebanese people's resistance.
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Al-Manar TV Lebanon
“As a servant of Islam, I take great pride in the Lebanese people’s resistance”Read the original ↗
Britannica
“The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day conflict between Israel and Hezbollah”
Translated from the original.
Read the original ↗Al-Manar frames the conflict as resistance; Britannica gives a neutral war summary.
Resistance and reconstruction
Rezaei told Al-Manar, "As a servant of Islam, I take great pride in the Lebanese people’s resistance, bow before them in respect, and fully understand the hardships you are enduring."
“As a servant of Islam, I take great pride in the Lebanese people’s resistance”
In the same Al-Manar item, Rezaei said, "The destroyed homes will be rebuilt, God willing" in the context of reconstruction in Lebanon.
Rezaei also linked the Strait of Hormuz to regional wars, saying, "if the Americans want the strait reopened, they must honor their commitments."
The Al-Manar post frames Lebanon’s resistance and reconstruction as part of a broader regional dispute that includes the Strait of Hormuz and U.S. commitments.
2006 war timeline
The Britannica summary describes the 2006 Lebanon War as a 34-day conflict between Israel and Hezbollah, starting July 12, 2006, and ending August 14.B
It says the war began when Hezbollah fighters attacked across the border, abducting two Israeli soldiers and killing others, and that Israel responded with a military offensive in southern Lebanon.
Britannica adds that hostilities ended when UN Resolution 1701 was accepted by Israel, Hezbollah, and the Lebanese government.B
The resolution, as described by Britannica, called for a ceasefire, deployment of Lebanese troops and UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon, and withdrawal of the IDF and Hezbollah from the area.B
Casualties and displacement
Britannica reports that over 1,000 Lebanese and about 160 Israelis died in the 2006 Lebanon War, and that approximately one million Lebanese were displaced.B
“Over 1,000 Lebanese and about 160 Israelis died”
It also describes that the abducted soldiers were not immediately released, with Hezbollah’s ability to stand against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) portrayed as a victory in the Arab world.
Britannica states that the conflict resulted in deaths of over 1,000 Lebanese and displaced about 1,000,000 people in Lebanon, along with extensive infrastructure damage, especially in the south.
In the Al-Manar item, Rezaei’s reconstruction message—"The destroyed homes will be rebuilt, God willing"—sits alongside the broader framing of Lebanon’s resistance and the regional stakes he ties to the Strait of Hormuz.