Report: Hezbollah in Disarray as Thousands of Terrorists Quit After Terror Chief Nasrallah’s Elimination 

Report: Hezbollah in Disarray as Thousands of Terrorists Quit After Terror Chief Nasrallah’s Elimination 

Iran’s proxy terrorist group Hezbollah is in disarray since its leader Hassan Nasrallah was eliminated in an Israeli airstrike nine months ago, Arab media reports say.

At least ten thousand Hezbollah terrorists have been killed, and several thousand have abandoned the Lebanese Shia-Islamist group after Israel targeted thousands of Hezbollah operatives through their boobytrapped pagers and walkie-talkies in September 2024, then followed up with an aerial and ground operation in Lebanon.

“The Saudi channel Al-Hadath reported Thursday, citing its sources, that nearly 10,000 Hezbollah terrorists have been completely decommissioned since the war with Israel,” the Israel Hayom newspaper reported Friday.

Quoting Arab media reports, the Israel Hayom further noted:

According to these sources, the recent conflict cost the terrorist organization over 4,000 fighters, including senior commanders and leaders.

Additionally, the report said that some 2,000 Hezbollah operatives quit the organization following the assassination of former secretary-general Hassan Nasrallah.

Nasrallah. Most of the group’s training camps in the Beqaa Valley and southern Lebanon have reportedly been shut down. The sources also claimed that more than 80% of the area south of the Litani River is now under the control of the Lebanese army. Hezbollah’s heavy weapons have either been confiscated by the military or destroyed by Israel, they added.

Despite these heavy losses, the same sources estimated that Hezbollah’s current fighting force stands at around 60,000 operatives, down from approximately 100,000 before the war. Moreover, recent targeted killings by Israel demonstrate that Hezbollah is still working to rebuild its terrorist infrastructure, smuggle funds into Lebanon, and gather intelligence near the border.

The Saudi report comes amid revelations that Hezbollah is on the verge of bankruptcy after Israel last month carried out devastating strikes against Iran’s military leadership and nuclear weapons program.

The Israeli website Ynetnews reported Wednesday:

According to multiple recent reports in Lebanon, the war between Israel and Iran has triggered an economic earthquake within the ranks of Hezbollah. The terrorist group, already grappling with budgetary pressures, is now reeling from a serious blow to its funding network, straining its military readiness, public standing and ability to retain support.

Months after the round of fighting with Israel, Hezbollah is not only trying to rebuild its forces but also struggling to maintain its image as a “local savior” by delivering financial aid to thousands of Lebanese whose homes were destroyed. Reports indicate some of the funds come from Iran. But that too has been disrupted. A series of airstrikes and targeted assassinations of key figures have severed Hezbollah’s lifeline to hundreds of millions of dollars in support.

Even before the war with Israel, Hezbollah’s financial situation was far from strong. Branches of its financial arm, Al-Qard al-Hasan bank, were struck across Lebanon, weakening its fiscal stability well before the recent killings. Meanwhile, Hezbollah has begun to fault the Lebanese government for not taking responsibility for reconstruction. The criticism appears aimed at retaining internal support among its constituency in a period of increasing dependence.

Israeli strikes target Hezbollah’s money and weapons transfer network in Lebanon

After Israel ended the 12-day ‘Rising Lion’ operation against Iran, the IDF  has intensified its activities against Hezbollah, eliminating key terror commanders in recent weeks.

Last week, the Israeli military eliminated Haytham Bakri, who ran an international money laundering network used for transferring hundreds of millions of dollars each year from the Iranian regime to Hezbollah. The money laundered by Bakri was “used by Hezbollah for military purposes including purchasing weapons, manufacturing means, and providing salaries to operatives, and are diverted for terrorist purposes and to finance the continuation of Hezbollah’s terrorist activities,” the IDF disclosed in a statement last Wednesday.

A recent IDF strike also took out Abbas Al-Hassan Wahbi, commander of Hezbollah’s Radwan Force, who was responsible for regrouping and rearming the terrorist group on Israel’s northern border. He was “involved in efforts to rebuild Hezbollah and weapons transfers,” the military confirmed.

🔴 ELIMINATED: Haytham Abdullah Bakri, the head of the "Al-Sadiq" Currency Exchange who operated with Hezbollah to transfer funds for Hezbollah terrorist activities, was eliminated by the IDF in southern Lebanon.

The "Al-Sadiq" Currency Exchange serves as a funds storage and… pic.twitter.com/OzY8If810G

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