Hezbollah 1985–88 War of the Camps. However, Hezbollah's early primary focus was ending Israel's occupation of southern Lebanon following Israel's 1982 invasion and siege of Beirut. Amal, the main Lebanese Shia political group, initiated guerrilla warfare. In 2006, former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak stated, "When we entered Lebanon … there was no Hezbollah. We were accepted with perfumed rice and flowers by the Shia in the south. It was our presence there that created Hezbollah". Hezbollah waged an asymmetric war using suicide attacks against the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli targets outside of Lebanon. Hezbollah is reputed to have
Flag of Hezbollah Flag of Hezbollah The flag of Hezbollah, while sometimes found in different colours, is usually composed of the green logo of the Shi'a political/military organization Hezbollah, upon a yellow background with text above and below the logo in red (or sometimes green). The logo itself is a stylized representation of the Arabic words "ḥizbu-llāh" (meaning "Party of God") in Kufic script. The first letter of "Allah" reaches up to grasp a stylized assault rifle, which combines elements of the H&K G3 battle rifle and the AK-47 assault rifle. The logo also incorporates several other objects, namely a globe, a book,