The Israeli military has claimed that the group’s chain of command “has been almost completely dismantled” after it killed a number of people it says were senior officials of the organization this week.
However, the chain of command is not publicly known and to CNN cannot independently verify Israel’s claims.
“Hezbollah has suffered the biggest blow to its military infrastructure since its creation. In addition to losing weapons depots and facilities, the group has lost most of its senior commanders and its communications network is broken,” said Hanin Ghaddar, senior fellow at the Washington Institute and author of “Hezbollahland.”
Despite the losses, the group still maintains skilled commanders and many of its most powerful assets, including precision-guided missiles and long-range missiles that can inflict significant damage on Israel’s military and civilian infrastructure, Ghaddar said. Most of these missiles have not yet been deployed.
Since Israel intensified its campaign, Hezbollah’s military performance “has proven that it was capable of absorbing this shock and recovering, and it has been attacking northern Israel hard for days now,” said Amal Saad, a Hezbollah expert and lecturer on politics and international relations at Cardiff University in Wales.
On Wednesday, Israel intercepted a ballistic missile fired by Hezbollah near Tel Aviv, an unprecedented attack that struck deep into the country’s commercial heartland. Hezbollah said it targeted the headquarters of Israel’s intelligence agency.
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