Hezbollah establishes a new military command and prepares for a long war

Two sources familiar with the operation said Hezbollah theLebanonHe is preparing for a long fake war in southern Lebanon, after Israel assassinated several of its leaders, by electing a new military leadership to manage the war against Israel.

The devastating Israeli strikes that have been going on for three weeks affected Hezbollah, the most famous of which was the assassination of the group’s Secretary-General. Hassan Nasrallah.

Friends and foes alike are currently monitoring Hezbollah’s level of effectiveness in resisting Israeli forces that have entered Lebanon with the stated goal of pushing it away from the borders. .

Four sources familiar with Hezbollah’s operations told Reuters that the party still has a large stockpile of weapons, including its most powerful precision missiles, which it has yet to use, despite waves of airstrikes that Israel says have greatly reduced Hezbollah’s arsenal.

The two sources, one a field commander in the group and the other close to him, told Reuters that Hezbollah’s leadership was turbulent in the first days after Nasrallah’s assassination on September 27, but that he had created a new “operations room”. 72 hours later.

Nasrallah, other Hezbollah leaders and a top Iranian military commander were killed when Israel bombed the group’s underground headquarters in Beirut.

The two sources, who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter, said the new command center is operating despite ongoing attacks from Israel, which ‘ means that fighters in southern Lebanon will be able to fight and launch missiles according to the orders of the Central Command.

A third source, a senior official close to Hezbollah, said the group was now engaged in a war of hate.

Avraham Levin, an analyst at the Israeli think tank Alma, said that it should be assumed that Hezbollah is “well prepared and waiting” for Israeli forces and is not an easy target.

“The fact that the chain of command was destroyed does not negate the ability to shoot at Israeli population centers or try to hit” Israeli forces, Levin told Reuters, describing Hezbollah as “the only terrorist army powerful we all know”.

Hezbollah’s field commander said the fighters have flexibility in executing orders “according to the capabilities of the opposition,” and described the new leadership as a “narrow circle” in direct contact with the field Hezbollah’s field commander rarely speaks to the international media.

He confirmed that the new leadership is working in total secrecy and did not provide any other details about their communications or structure. Hezbollah did not name a new Secretary-General after Nasrallah, amid Israeli confirmation that his successor had been assassinated.

This week, Naim Qassem, Hezbollah’s Deputy Secretary General, expressed his support for the ceasefire efforts, but said the group’s capabilities were “very good”.