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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 784 

Deterring Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran for their repeated 

and continued acts of terrorism against the State of Israel and the 

United States and urging the United States to use all diplomatic tools 

available to hold them accountable for such actions. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 31, 2024 

Mr. GRAHAM submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

RESOLUTION 

Deterring Hezbollah and the Islamic Republic of Iran for 

their repeated and continued acts of terrorism against 

the State of Israel and the United States and urging 

the United States to use all diplomatic tools available 

to hold them accountable for such actions. 

Whereas, in 1982, the Lebanon-based, radical-Shia terrorist 

group Hizballah (referred to in this preamble as 

‘‘Hezbollah’’), which translates to ‘‘The Party of God’’, 

was founded to violently advocate for global Shia empowerment through acts of terror; 

Whereas Hezbollah’s founding manifesto states, ‘‘The American threat is not local or restricted to a particular region, and as such, confrontation of such a threat must 

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nization conducting numerous attacks against Israeli and 

Western targets; 

Whereas, since its inception, Hezbollah has received significant support from the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is 

the largest state sponsor of terrorism in the world; 

Whereas, on April 18, 1983, Hezbollah attacked the United 

States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 63 American 

and Lebanese employees and citizens; 

Whereas, on October 23, 1983, Hezbollah attacked the Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 241 

United States military personnel, including 220 United 

States Marines, 18 United States Navy sailors, and 3 

United States Army soldiers, resulting in the single deadliest day for the United States Marine Corps since the 

Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II; 

Whereas, on September 20, 1984, Hezbollah attacked the 

United States Embassy Annex in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 23 American and Lebanese employees and citizens; 

Whereas, on February 16, 1985, Hezbollah stated that their 

violent actions would only cease when Israel is ‘‘obliterated’’ and that Hezbollah ‘‘vigorously condemns all plans 

for negotiation with Israel’’; 

Whereas, on June 14, 1985, Hezbollah hijacked Trans World 

Airlines (TWA) Flight 847 and immediately demanded to 

know the identity of ‘‘those with Jewish-sounding 

names’’, holding hostage the plane and many TWA employees and passengers for 17 days; 

Whereas, in 1992, Hassan Nasrallah assumed the position of 

Secretary-General of Hezbollah and has overseen their regime of terror ever since; 


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Whereas, on March 17, 1992, with the backing of the Islamic 

Republic of Iran, Hezbollah detonated a truck bomb at 

the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 

29 people and wounding more than 240 other people; 

Whereas, on July 18, 1994, with the backing of the Islamic 

Republic of Iran, Hezbollah attacked the Buenos Aires, 

Argentina, headquarters of the Argentine-Israelite Mutual Association, a Jewish community center, killing 85 

people and wounding more than 300 other people, which 

is the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of Argentina; 

Whereas, on October 8, 1997, Hezbollah was designated as 

a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to section 

219(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

1189(a)); 

Whereas, before September 11, 2001, Hezbollah was responsible for more deaths of United States citizens than any 

other terrorist organization; 

Whereas, on September 23, 2001, Hezbollah was designated 

a ‘‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’’ entity pursuant to Executive Order 13224 (50 U.S.C. 1701 note; relating to blocking property and prohibiting transactions 

with persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support 

terrorism); 

Whereas, on July 12, 2006, Hezbollah abducted 2 Israeli soldiers, which resulted in a 34-day war between Israel and 

Hezbollah; 

Whereas, according to the Department of State’s Country 

Reports on Terrorism 2021: Iran, ‘‘Since the end of the 

2006 Israeli-Hizballah conflict, Iran has supplied 


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Hizballah in Lebanon with thousands of rockets, missiles, 

and small arms in violation of UNSCR 1701’’; 

Whereas, in 2010, the Department of State labeled Hezbollah 

as ‘‘the most technically capable terrorist group in the 

world and a continued security threat to the United 

States’’; 

Whereas, on July 18, 2012, Hezbollah detonated a bus bomb 

in Burgas, Bulgaria, killing 5 Israeli citizens and 1 Bulgarian citizen; 

Whereas, since October 7, 2023, Hezbollah has increased its 

attacks against northern Israel, resulting in the deaths of 

Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and Israeli civilians 

and the displacement of tens of thousands of residents in 

northern Israel; 

Whereas, since October 8, 2023, Hezbollah has increased the 

number of rockets launched into Israel, resulting in the 

deaths of at least 22 IDF soldiers and 24 Israeli civilians; 

Whereas, on November 15, 2023, the Director of the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation, Christopher Wray, testified before the Committee on Homeland Security of the House 

of Representatives that ‘‘FBI arrests in recent years also 

indicate that Hizballah has tried to seed operatives, establish infrastructure, and engage in spying here domestically—raising our concern that they may be contingency 

planning for future operations in the United States’’; 

Whereas, on February 5, 2024, the Office of the Director of 

National Intelligence submitted its annual report pursuant to section 108B of the National Security Act of 1947 

(commonly known as the ‘‘Annual Threat Assessment’’), 

which concluded ‘‘Hizballah will continue to develop its 


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global terrorist capabilities as a complement to the 

group’s growing conventional military capabilities in the 

region. . .[and] Hizballah probably will continue to conduct provocative actions such as rocket launches against 

Israel’’; 

Whereas, on June 19, 2024, Hassan Nasrallah threatened 

European Union member Cyprus, stating ‘‘The Cypriot 

Government must be warned that opening Cypriot airports and bases for the Israeli enemy to target Lebanon 

means that the Cypriot Government has become part of 

the war and the resistance (Hezbollah) will deal with it 

as part of the war’’; 

Whereas, on July 27, 2024, Hezbollah launched a rocket at 

the town of Majdal Shams in northern Israel, killing at 

least 12 children and teenagers, and wounding dozens 

more, resulting in the single deadliest Hezbollah attack 

on northern Israel since fighting began there in October; 

Whereas Hezbollah has been deeply involved in training and 

continuously providing weapons to Houthi militants in 

Yemen and has reportedly assisted the Houthi campaign 

against international shipping in the Red Sea; 

Whereas Hassan Nasrallah has repeatedly vowed to destroy 

Israel, stating ‘‘[Israel] is an aggressive, illegal and illegitimate entity, which has no future in our land. Its destination is manifested in our motto, ‘Death to Israel’ ’’; 

Whereas the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Mission to the United 

Nations has echoed the statements of Hassan Nasrallah, 

stating, ‘‘[S]hould [Israel] embark on full-scale military 

aggression, an obliterating war will ensue. All options, 

[including] the full involvement of all Resistance Fronts, 

are on the table.’’; 


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Whereas it has been reported that Hezbollah is using Beirut 

Rafic Hariri International Airport in Beirut, Lebanon, to 

store ballistic missiles, unguided artillery rockets, laserguided anti-tank guided missiles, and a highly explosive 

and toxic white powder known as ‘‘RDX’’; 

Whereas Hezbollah reportedly has at least 150,000 missiles 

in its arsenal, some of which are precision-guided, which 

could be launched at Israel without warning and would 

overwhelm the Iron Dome air defense system and greatly 

expand the current regional conflict; 

Whereas Israel’s Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant, previously stated the Islamic Republic of Iran provides 

Hezbollah $700,000,000 a year in funding and ‘‘knowledge and strategic weaponry’’; 

Whereas former Special Representative for Iran, Brian Hook, 

previously stated, ‘‘Hezbollah has been Iran’s favorite 

child. Their favorite son from the beginning. And it’s a 

model that they try to replicate around the Middle East 

. . . Seventy percent of Hezbollah’s budget comes from 

Iran and that comes to about $700,000,000 per year’’; 

Whereas the Department of the Treasury, in its 2018 report, 

National Strategy for Combating Terrorist and Other Illicit Financing, concluded that— 

(1) ‘‘Hizballah continues to present a significant terrorism threat to . . . U.S., Israeli, and Saudi Arabian interests’’; 

(2) ‘‘Hizballah receives the majority of its funding, 

upwards of $700 million a year, from Iran, which is the 

world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism’’; and 

(3) ‘‘Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods 

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lions of dollars a year to Iran’s terrorist proxies, such as 

Hizballah and the Assad regime in Syria’’; 

Whereas the Department of State, in its 2020 report, Outlaw 

Regime: A Chronicle of Iran’s Destructive Activities, concluded ‘‘In Lebanon, Iranian support has been 

foundational to Hizballah since its emergence in the 

1980s as the first organization to employ the widespread 

and regular use of suicide bombers. In addition to providing as much as $700 million in funds annually, Iran 

has long been one of the primary suppliers of Hizballah’s 

military technology, enabling the group’s transformation 

into a quasi-conventional force.’’; 

Whereas the Department of State, in its annual country reports on terrorism required under section 140 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 

1989 (22 U.S.C. 2656f), concluded that— 

(1) ‘‘Iran’s annual financial backing to Hizballah— 

which has been estimated to be hundreds of millions of 

dollars annually—accounts for the overwhelming majority 

of the group’s annual budget’’; 

(2) ‘‘Iran has provided hundreds of millions of dollars in support of Hizballah and trained thousands of its 

fighters at camps in Iran’’; 

(3) ‘‘Iran continues to provide Hizballah with most 

of its funding, training, weapons, and explosives, as well 

as political, diplomatic, monetary, and organizational 

aid’’; and 

(4) ‘‘Israeli security officials and politicians [have] 

expressed concerns that Iran [is] supplying Hizballah 

with advanced weapons systems and technologies, as well 

as assisting the group in creating infrastructure that 


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would permit it to produce its own rockets and missiles, 

thereby threatening Israel from Lebanon and Syria’’; 

Whereas the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 

in an assessment published in accordance with the Iran 

Nuclear Weapons Capability and Terrorism Monitoring 

Act of 2022 (22 U.S.C. 8701 note; Public Law 117– 

263), concluded, ‘‘Iran provides aid to Lebanese 

Hizballah . . . to build and strengthen a network which 

Tehran intends to leverage to advance its interests’’: 

Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) affirms that any escalation by Hezbollah 

3 against the State of Israel that leads to a major con4 frontation will be viewed as an attack carried out 

5 and executed by the Islamic Republic of Iran; 

6 (2) asserts that efforts to deter Hezbollah and 

7 the Islamic Republic of Iran are most credible when 

8 the President keeps all options on the table, includ9 ing the use of military force, in accordance with con10 stitutional processes; 

11 (3) recognizes that the Islamic Republic of Iran 

12 and Hezbollah will be responsible for any adverse 

13 impacts on the people of Lebanon that result from 

14 an attack on the State of Israel by Hezbollah; 

15 (4) condemns Hezbollah and the Islamic Repub16 lic of Iran for their repeated acts of terrorism and 

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1 matic tools and power projection capabilities to hold 

2 both parties accountable for their actions; 

3 (5) denounces all comments made by Hezbollah 

4 and the Islamic Republic of Iran, including com5 ments by the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Mission to 

6 the United Nations, which call for the obliteration 

7 and destruction of the State of Israel; and 

8 (6) supports the State of Israel as it continues 

9 to defend its sovereignty against attacks from the Is10 lamic Republic of Iran, Hezbollah, and all other Ira11 nian proxies. 

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