In a remarkable development on the Lebanese front, testimonies attributed to fighters in Hezbollah’s elite unit revealed a state of internal discontent. This account, provided by Israel, is based on investigations with individuals arrested during recent operations.
According to a report by journalist Itay Blumenthal in the “Israeli Broadcasting Corporation,” two fighters from the “Ridwan Force” unit, during their interrogation by Unit 504 of Israeli Military Intelligence, expressed their disappointment with their leadership, considering that they were sent on a “suicide mission” with no hope of survival.
The report explained that the two fighters arrived in a village in southern Lebanon three weeks ago, after Hezbollah participated in the battle, and hid inside buildings awaiting the arrival of Israeli forces.
Information indicates that members of the “Givati” Brigade arrested them, and found in their possession various weapons and combat equipment, and they surrendered without resistance.
During the investigation, they stated that they received strict instructions not to communicate with any party, “neither with soldiers nor with civilians,” and they added that the commanders informed them of “great anger” against them, which prompted them to move cautiously towards specific locations to avoid clashes with the population or the Lebanese army.
Preliminary investigations revealed, as stated in the report, that the two fighters came from the Bekaa region to southern Lebanon, and were planning to launch anti-tank missiles at Israeli army forces and northern settlements.
For its part, the Israeli army considered this information “evidence of the failure of the Lebanese army” to prevent the transfer of fighters and weapons to the south of the Litani River.
In general, this Israeli narrative reflects an attempt to show the existence of divisions within Hezbollah’s ranks, in conjunction with the ongoing field escalation, which opens the way for a deeper analysis of the nature of the conflict that is no longer limited to direct military confrontations, but also includes psychological and intelligence warfare.
