Hezbollah will pay up to $14,000 to families whose homes in Lebanon 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. The payments come as a framework agreement signed by Lebanon, Israel and the United States bars reconstruction funds from reaching entities or individuals affiliated with non-state armed groups. Hezbollah has rejected that agreement.
Hezbollah's Compensation Plan
Families who lost homes in Beirut and its southern suburbs, a Hezbollah stronghold, will receive $14,000 each, Daamoush said. Families elsewhere in Lebanon will receive $12,000. Each payment includes $8,000 for furniture; the remainder is intended to cover rent.
Daamoush didn't say how many families would qualify or what the payments would cost in total. So the announcement gives amounts and categories of assistance, but no overall figure for the program's scale. Hezbollah held its first news conference on such payments since it instigated its latest two conflicts with Israel.
Those conflicts killed more than 8,000 people and destroyed tens of thousands of homes in Lebanon, according to the base article. At the height of the most recent Israel-Hezbollah conflict, about 1.2 million people were displaced. Most have returned home since the ceasefire, but more than 300,000 remained displaced, according to the International Organization for Migration.
Iranian Support and Funding Pressure
Iran would most likely provide the money for the initiative; it has supplied Hezbollah with billions of dollars and weapons over decades. The source describes the likely origin of the funds, not a confirmed financing announcement from Daamoush. He didn't identify the source of the compensation money 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. The United States has sought to cut off Hezbollah's funding and increased sanctions on individuals and institutions it said Hezbollah used to funnel money into Lebanon. Flights from Iran to Lebanon had also been banned as part of efforts to pressure the group; the base article gives no further details about the restriction in Daamoush's remarks.
Reconstruction Rules and Displacement
The framework agreement, signed 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. It also commits the two countries to taking available legal measures to prohibit their activities. Hezbollah has rejected the agreement, while Daamoush accused the Lebanese state of failing to carry out its duties to help displaced people.
The compensation plan and the agreement address competing questions about who will provide aid and who may receive reconstruction funds. Hezbollah announced set amounts for families but gave no beneficiary count or total budget. The agreement restricts reconstruction money linked to non-state armed groups. More than 300,000 people remained displaced, according to the International Organization for Migration.