Hezbollah flees without a fight from Israeli ground attacks

A second source from Israeli military intelligence said that the escapees were even in the middle ranks of the group. “Some of the middle ranks are even leaving Lebanon for Syria and Iraq and trying to evacuate their families as well,” he said.

He said it appeared Hezbollah was “finding it very difficult to put up the predicted resistance.”

Although 24 Israeli soldiers and reservists have died since ground operations began, the number of casualties is far lower than expected, he said.

However, he did not rule out a regrouping of the group with Iran’s support.

As the US now pushes the two sides for a ceasefire amid mass displacement and civilian casualties in Lebanon, the Institute of The Study of War said Hezbollah is “falsely portraying Israeli ground operations as a failure in order to weaken Israeli will and undermine the resilience of the Israelis.” “To underline Hezbollah itself.” given Hezbollah’s massive losses since mid-September… and use propaganda images to misrepresent military successes.”

Over 63,000 Israelis have been displaced from northern Israel since Hezbollah began almost daily drone, rocket and aerial fire attacks on behalf of Hamas in Gaza on October 8. Tens of thousands more were subsequently displaced in southern Lebanon, with around 1.4 million Lebanese now displaced as the conflict spread across the country.