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"as leader nasrallah was killed by the israeli army, the top leadership of hezbollah in lebanon was almost wiped out" - many foreign media wrote on september 28.

reuters pointed out that considering that nasrallah’s whereabouts have been strictly confidential, his killing means that hezbollah is facing a huge challenge, and the depth of israel’s penetration and intelligence work within the organization is surprising.

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how heavy were hezbollah's losses?

the israeli army released such a death list

"the death of hezbollah leader nasrallah is a historical turning point and a necessary step to achieve the goals we have set." on september 28, local time, after the israeli army announced the killing of nasrallah, israeli prime minister neta nyahu said in a statement.

in order to vividly illustrate the heavy losses suffered by hezbollah, israeli officials also released a relationship diagram of hezbollah's dead figures. it is said that at least 18 senior members of hezbollah have been killed.

image source: "russia today" (rt) website

according to foreign media reports, on september 27, hezbollah leader nasrallah was killed in an israeli air strike. also killed was hezbollah’s southern lebanese commander ali karki.

on september 26, hezbollah drone unit commander mohammed hussein saroul was killed in an israeli attack on the southern suburbs of beirut.

on september 24, hezbollah rocket and missile force commander ibrahim mohammed al-kabisi was killed in an israeli air strike on the southern suburbs of beirut.

on september 20, ibrahim aqil, ahmed mahmoud wehbi and many other commanders of the radwan unit of hezbollah's elite force were killed by the israeli army.

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british sky news and "russia today" (rt) also pointed out that according to the israeli army, the only surviving hezbollah commander may be regional commander abu ali rida. this person's current whereabouts are unknown.

image source: screenshot of british sky news report

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years of tracking + real-time intelligence

has hezbollah’s inner circle been infiltrated by the israeli military?

how did israel obtain the whereabouts of so many senior members of hezbollah and kill them in just a few weeks?

many foreign media pointed out that since the military conflict with hezbollah broke out in 2006, israel has been spending money and increasing investment in intelligence and military resources to prepare for the encirclement and suppression of hezbollah.

on the one hand, israel has deployed more drones and advanced satellites over lebanon to continuously capture hezbollah strongholds and record minor changes in buildings to find hezbollah's weapons depots and other facilities.

israel, on the other hand, took advantage of its geographical advantage by sending more undercover commandos deep into lebanon to carry out sensitive intelligence missions.

in addition, the israel defense forces’ main signal intelligence unit, “unit 8200,” continues to strengthen its cyber warfare capabilities to better intercept mobile phone and other communication signals of hezbollah members.

the new york times pointed out that now, the israeli intelligence system has almost penetrated into the inner circle of hezbollah and finally succeeded in locating the location of hezbollah leader nasrallah.

in january 2020, it was revealed that israel had spared nasrallah. at that time, israeli intelligence learned that soleimani, a senior general of iran's islamic revolutionary guard corps, would fly to damascus and drive to beirut to meet with nasrallah. reports suggest that israel may have shared this intelligence with the united states, which launched a drone strike that killed soleimani in baghdad.

as the lebanese-israeli conflict escalates, israel has once again successfully located nasrallah based on years of tracking and real-time intelligence.

on september 28, 2024, the israeli army announced that it had finally killed nasrallah after fighter planes dropped more than 80 bombs on four apartment buildings in lebanon.

israeli army spokesman shoshani said that at the time, nasrallah and senior command members of hezbollah were meeting. "we have been gathering intelligence for decades, knowing that he (nasrallah) would one day try to start a war. after getting real-time intelligence, we thought this was an opportunity, an operation that would allow us to carry out this attack chance."

"this is not a threat that has gone away," shoshani said, adding that it was "safe to assume" that hezbollah would retaliate. he said israel was on high alert for the possibility of a wider conflict.

author: gantian

source: china news network