Radwan forces

Hezbollah's minimal reaction to Radwan chief's killing highlights Israel's advantages - analysis

Hezbollah took a major hit by Israel and responded with little more than a symbolic whisper in military terms.

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Smoke rises from southern Lebanon during an Israeli military operation, May 7, 2026.
A person riding a scooter carries a flag with an image depicting Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem, as displaced people make their way to return to their homes after a 10-day ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel went into effect, at the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.

After killing Hezbollah Radwan commander, will the terror group weaken? - analysis

The challenge in Lebanon is whether these strikes will have a lasting effect or whether Hezbollah will simply replace the men it has lost.

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted Beirut's southern suburbs neighbourhood of Haret Hreik on May 6, 2026.

IDF confirms killing of Hezbollah Radwan commander in Beirut in first attack on capital in weeks

“No terrorist has immunity,” Netanyahu said. “Anyone who threatens the State of Israel will pay the price.”

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB, TOBIAS SIEGAL
Hezbollah supporters hold images of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, and Palestinian and other flags at a ceremony held by Hezbollah to commemorate the first anniversary of Nasrallah's killing by Israel, on the outskirts of Beirut, Lebanon

Israel cannot settle for another ceasefire with Lebanon, Alma Center head says - interview

Zehavi said the current debate cannot be understood without revisiting what she sees as the central failure of the past two decades.

|ByGABRIEL COLODRO/THE MEDIA LINE

IDF report: Air force crucial in major strikes on key Hezbollah targets

In the past few days, more than 150 fighter jets have participated in various missions, striking missile launchers and military infrastructure in southern Lebanon, the military noted.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A F-15 fighter jet flies during a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots at Hatzerim Airbase, in southern Israel, June 29, 2023.

Hezbollah's Radwan Force chooses its new lead commander - report

Ali Reda Abbas was appointed commander of Hezbollah's Radwan unit following an Israeli airstrike that killed former commander Ibrahim Aqil and 16 other key leaders.

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
People and members of the military inspect the site of an Israeli strike in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon, September 20, 2024.

Sullivan says Israel-Lebanon escalation worrying, justice served in strike on Hezbollah

Sullivan said the Friday strike served justice to Aqil, who was wanted by the US for two 1983 Beirut truck bombings that killed more than 300 people at the American embassy and a US Marines barracks.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024ByREUTERS
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan attends a press conference at the US embassy in Beijing, China August 29, 2024.

Hezbollah reports Ahmad Wahabi among 14 senior Hezbollah terrorists killed in Beirut strike

Hezbollah credited Wahabi as a key member of Hezbollah's training protocol, calling him the head of their "central training unit."

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024ByJOANIE MARGULIES
Mourners carry the coffins of Hezbollah members Fadel Abbas Bazzi and Ahmad Ali Hassan, after hand-held radios and pagers used by armed group Hezbollah detonated across Lebanon, during their funeral in Ghobeiry, Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon September 19, 2024.

Devastating blow to Hezbollah: Killing of Aqil signals shift in war in North - analysis

Aqil was considered the second-in-command in the organization after leader Hassan Nasrallah. If indeed he was eliminated, Hezbollah once again finds itself vulnerable to Israeli intelligence.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024ByAVI ASHKENAZI, SHAKED SADE
An undated photograph of Ibrahim Aqil, who serves on Hezbollah's top military body as a senior commander , appears on a wanted poster circulated by the U.S. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service entity "Rewards for Justice."

IDF officials: Hezbollah commanders killed plotted operation similar to Oct. 7, but in the North

Ibrahim Aqil and the other commanders who were killed planned to invade Israeli territory, capture settlements, and kidnap and murder Israeli civilians.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi addresses top IDF officials after the Israeli military eliminated Hezbollah Operations Division Head and Radwan Force Commander Ibrahim Aqil. September 20, 2024.

Inside Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force: Structure, strategy, and operations - explainer

The Radwan Force is central to Hezbollah’s military doctrine, which emphasizes asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior adversary like Israel.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Members of Hezbollah attend the funeral of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces who according to Lebanese security sources was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, in Khirbet Silem, Lebanon, January 9, 2024.

Biden: Northern Israelis, southern Lebanese must be able to return home safely

"This elimination is intended to protect the citizens of Israel," Biden said in a brief statement to the press, adding that Israel was not seeking regional escalation.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024. 'There is one ‘righteous man in his generation’ – Biden is the Noah of our story, contributing from his experience to our doctrine of poverty, fundamentalism, and terror,”

Hezbollah confirms Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil killed by IDF strike in Beirut

Security sources told Reuters that other members of Hezbollah's Radwan Force were killed when the Israeli strike hit a meeting they were attending.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024BySAM HALPERN, YONAH JEREMY BOB
Plane flies as smoke rises from Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, September 20, 2024 (illustration).

Hezbollah's Radwan Force capable of infiltrating Israeli border - IDF officials

"Anyone who thinks that Hezbollah isn't training to infiltrate a squad of fighters into Israeli territory is mistaken," officers said.

AUGUST 12, 2024ByAMIR BOHBOT
Members of Hezbollah attend the funeral of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces who according to Lebanese security sources was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, in Khirbet Silem, Lebanon, January 9, 2024.