Reuters quoted a Hezbollah leader as saying that targeting communications devices, which are widely used among members of the Lebanese group, had rendered around 1,500 of them “unfit to fight” due to serious injuries. .
The director, whose name was not released by Reuters because of the sensitivity of the case, said that “those who have been released from the service have become unfit to fight due to injuries, and many of these resulted in loss of sight or broken hands. “
This represents a strong blow to the group (classified as a terrorist in the United States and other countries), but according to Reuters, it “represents only a small part of Hezbollah’s strength,” a report by the Congress of the SA Friday estimated the number of its strength. fighters at between 40 and 50 thousand fighters.
The Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, previously said that the strength of the group’s fighters “reaches 100,000 fighters.”
The Israeli attacks over the past few days, including the targeting of senior leaders in Hezbollah, and the bombing of pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon, have affected the balance of the group. , according to Reuters.
On Friday, Israel killed the leader Ibrahim Aqeel, who founded and led the Radwan Force, which represents the “elite force” of the group.
Israel’s Army Chief of Staff, Herzi Halevy, said Sunday that Aqeel’s killing caused panic in the organization’s ranks. The Israeli army also said in successive statements that its strikes “destroyed thousands of rockets and missiles” owned by the group.
On Wednesday, the United States, the European Union, and several Western and Arab countries issued a joint statement calling for a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in an attempt to prevent the conflict from ‘ expanded into a full-scale war.
What do we know about the ceasefire proposal between Israel and Hezbollah?
On Wednesday, the United States, the European Union, and several Western and Arab countries issued a joint statement calling for a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon’s Hezbollah, in an effort to prevent the conflict from escalating ‘ expanded into a full-scale war.
The signatories warned that “the situation between Lebanon and Israel from October 8, 2023 is intolerable and an unacceptable threat to a wider regional escalation.”
The statement said, “Diplomacy cannot succeed amid an escalation of the conflict, so we call for an immediate ceasefire for 21 days across the Lebanon-Israel border, to make way for diplomacy to conclude a settlement .”
He also called on “all parties, including the governments of Israel and Lebanon, to immediately support a temporary ceasefire in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1701 and the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 2735 co -related to the cease-fire in Gaza. “
Securing the northern border has been a priority for Israel and has allowed around 70,000 residents to be displaced by the exchange of fire almost every day since the Gaza war began in October.
Hospitals in Lebanon have been overflowing with wounded people since Monday, when Israeli bombing killed more than 550 people in the country’s deadliest day since the end of the civil war in 1990.
2024-09-26 07:09:20
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