Hezbollah will pay up to $14,000 to families in Lebanon whose homes were destroyed or made uninhabitable during the war with Israel, Ali Daamoush, head of Hezbollah’s Executive Council, said at a news conference in Beirut on October 13, 2026. More than 300,000 people remain displaced, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Families who lost homes in Beirut and its southern suburbs will receive $14,000 each. The article describes the area as a Hezbollah stronghold. Families elsewhere in Lebanon will receive $12,000. Each payment includes $8,000 for furniture; the rest is meant to cover rent.
Daamoush didn’t say how many families would receive payments or how much the plan would cost in total. He accused the Lebanese state of failing to carry out its duties to help displaced people.
Homes and displacement
About 1.2 million people were displaced in Lebanon at the height of the most recent Israel-Hezbollah conflict. Most have returned home since the ceasefire, but more than 300,000 remain displaced, the International Organization for Migration said.
The news conference marked Hezbollah’s first announcement on such payments since its latest two conflicts with Israel. Those conflicts killed more than 8,000 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Lebanon.
Funding and sanctions
Iran would most likely supply the money for the payments. It has provided Hezbollah with billions of dollars and weapons over decades, but Daamoush didn’t name a funding source at the news conference.
The initiative appeared aimed at bolstering support among Hezbollah’s base and signaling defiance to the Lebanese government and the United States, which has sought to cut off Hezbollah’s funding. The United States has increased sanctions on individuals and institutions it said Hezbollah used to funnel money into Lebanon. Authorities have also banned flights from Iran to Lebanon as part of efforts to pressure the group.
Reconstruction restrictions
A framework agreement signed by Lebanon, Israel and the United States in Washington on June 26 commits Lebanon and the United States to preventing reconstruction funds from reaching entities or individuals affiliated with non-state armed groups. The agreement also requires them to take available legal measures to prohibit those groups’ activities.
Hezbollah has rejected the agreement. The compensation announcement sets out payments for families whose homes were destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, while the agreement restricts where reconstruction funds can go. Daamoush gave no figure for the number of affected families and no total for the proposed payments.