The Resistance Movement Hezbollah unveiled a housing assistance program on Tuesday to help Lebanese families left homeless or with severely damaged residences by Israeli military strikes, offering subsidies of up to $14,000 for those in Beirut and its southern suburbs.

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The Lebanese resistance movement formally presented the project under the name “Promise and Commitment,” known in Arabic as Wa’ad wa Iltizam.

Officials described it as comprehensive, direct and urgent aid for households whose homes were destroyed or badly damaged during the Israeli aggression.

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The program sets a ceiling of $14,000 for affected families in Beirut and its southern suburb of Dahiye. Of that sum, $8,000 will go toward replacing furniture and household goods, while $6,000 will cover rental costs. In the rest of Lebanon’s affected regions, the maximum assistance reaches $12,000, with rent capped at $4,000.

The payments will be made in four installments over one year, starting with an initial payment of $3,500 for the capital and its suburbs and $3,000 for the rest of the country.

The program covers owners of homes destroyed either fully or partially, as well as displaced people from border zones and areas that remain inaccessible.

The head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, Sheikh Ali Daamoush, announced the resistance’s new “Promise and Commitment” housing assistance program for forcibly displaced families whose homes were damaged by Israeli aggression across Lebanon.

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Damage by the Numbers

A joint report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Lebanese National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS-L), published in June, assessed the damage from Israeli attacks up to that date. It found that 11,095 buildings were completely destroyed, affecting 17,891 housing units.

Another 2,242 buildings suffered partial damage, affecting 5,219 units, and 9,311 buildings sustained minor damage, affecting 18,282 units. Damage was estimated at $1.38 billion.

Lebanese authorities have also reported the return of 400,000 displaced people to the south of the country following the Israeli aggression. That return adds urgency to the housing effort, as many families come back to neighborhoods where their homes no longer stand.

The aid program is structured around that reality. By splitting payments across a full year, the initiative aims to cover both immediate needs and the longer process of rebuilding lives and households.

For the poorest households, the initial installments provide a bridge while more durable reconstruction gets underway. The program’s architects say the subsidies address both the loss of possessions and the cost of temporary shelter.

The presentation of the housing project carries political weight beyond its material value. Hezbollah has positioned reconstruction as central to its post-war standing, presenting the rebuilding effort as a form of resilience against what it describes as foreign aggression.

كشف حزب الله عن تفاصيل برنامج الإيواء الجديد، محدّدًا التعويضات بين 12 و14 ألف دولار للوحدة السكنية، بحسب المنطقة، مع دفعة أولى تتراوح بين 3000 و3500 دولار

فكيف ستُصرف المبالغ المتبقية، وما شروط الاستفادة من البرنامج؟

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Text reads: “Hezbollah has revealed the details of its new housing assistance program, setting compensation at between $12,000 and $14,000 per residential unit, depending on the area, with an initial payment ranging from $3,000 to $3,500.”

Presenting the initiative, Hezbollah Executive Council head Sheikh Ali Damoush said its implementation would show the victory of reconstruction over destruction and of resistance over what he called foreign barbarity. Damoush sharply criticized the Lebanese government, affirming that authorities have not presented any effective plan to help the hundreds of thousands of displaced people and have not taken responsibility for assessing damage and rebuilding.

The program’s rollout now begins with registration and verification of affected families, followed by the first disbursements.

Israel’s forces and settlers carried out a wave of overnight raids, detentions, home demolitions and a settler incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem on Monday.

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Israeli forces and settlers escalated violence across the occupied West Bank and occupied East Jerusalem on Monday, with overnight raids, dozens of detentions, the demolition of homes belonging to 80 families and a settler incursion into Al-Aqsa Mosque, according to Palestinian and regional media reports.

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In a pre-dawn operation, Israeli troops entered towns including Tulkarem, Jenin, Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus, Tubas and Ramallah, according to the reports. Dozens of Palestinians were detained and civilians were wounded by gunfire in Qabatiya.

Israeli authorities have demolished 80 structures in Al-Dahiya village in Israel’s Negev Desert, claiming they were built without permits. Rahat’s mayor says the demolitions have displaced around 400 Palestinians, leaving families facing uncertainty over where to find shelter. pic.twitter.com/q1Xj1lgWBW

— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) October 12, 2026

Under Article 53 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, destruction of property by an occupying power is prohibited except where absolutely necessary for military operations. Israel generally maintains that demolitions target structures built without permits or linked to security concerns.

In occupied East Jerusalem, a large group of settlers entered the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, reportedly under the protection of Israeli police and soldiers, carrying out provocative tours and religious rituals on the esplanade. Palestinian sources describe the move as a desecration and a breach of the historic status quo at the holy site.

Israeli colonial settlers stormed the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem, performing Talmudic rituals and dances, singing collectively and raising Israeli flags under heavy protection from Israeli police. pic.twitter.com/tZYxnLhT47

— The Times of Palestine (@PalTimesNews) October 12, 2026

Family Under Siege

In the southern Hebron hills, the Shinaran family, made up of five adults and five children, has been besieged by armed settlers in the village of Wadi al-Rahim, according to the reports. The attackers allegedly blocked the exits of the home, threw stones, destroyed the water pump, burned vehicles and tried to set fire to the garage door with the family inside. The family was reportedly trapped for more than a week.

Residents cannot reach their drinking water or food without coordinating through Israeli forces, the reports say. Footage cited by the newspaper Haaretz reportedly shows soldiers praying alongside the settlers and allowing them to play loud music in front of the besieged house. Although the area has been declared a closed military zone, troops are reported not to have stopped the attackers.

The accounts say this is not an isolated case. They cite attacks on the Tubasi family in Jalud, whose home was allegedly attacked by a mob of more than 100 settlers who set property on fire, and on the Ridi family in Qusra.

The seventh day of the siege in Wadi Rakhim: Settlers pursued journalists who tried to reach the Shinaran family home, which is under siege by settlers. soldiers arrived and told the journalists they are not allowed to be there

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The reports link the pressure on Palestinian communities to the expansion of unauthorized outposts on Palestinian-owned land. Under Article 49 of the Fourth Geneva Convention, an occupying power may not transfer parts of its civilian population into occupied territory. The international community, including the UN, widely considers Israeli settlements illegal under international law, a position Israel disputes.

Press reports cited in the source claim the campaign enjoys the explicit backing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government amid the race toward Knesset elections. Settler groups and the government have rejected similar accusations in the past, and no response was included in the reports.