Tel Aviv: In just 5 days, Israel broke the back of the world’s most powerful non-governmental organization Hezbollah. But it was not so easy to do this. Israel was making a big plan against Hezbollah for the last 11 months.
Israel declared war against Hezbollah on 23 September and killed its leader Hassan Nasrallah on 27 September. Not only this, Israel has also killed many commanders of Hezbollah so far.
The war started from here
On 7 October 2023, Hamas launched a major attack on Israel. In this attack, 1200 Israeli civilians lost their lives and 251 were taken hostage. With this, Israel declared war against Hamas. Meanwhile, in protest against Israeli attacks in Gaza, Hezbollah also started targeting northern Israel. The result was that about 65 thousand Israeli citizens had to leave their homes.
Focused only on Hamas for 11 months
For the last 11 months, Israel worked in a very controlled manner. It put its entire focus on eliminating Hamas in Gaza. The Israeli army on the northern border only defended Hezbollah’s attacks. It knew that if aggression was shown against Hezbollah now, then a war might have to be fought on many fronts.
Mossad did intelligence surveillance of Hezbollah
Meanwhile, Israel continued to break the back of Hamas in Gaza. Its leader Ismail Haniyya was killed in Iran’s capital Tehran. Ismail’s death shattered Hamas’ morale. During the last 11 months of war against Hamas, Mossad started intelligence surveillance of Hezbollah, because it knew that after Hamas, this organization poses the biggest threat to Israel.
Hezbollah detected espionage
In February, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah suspected Israeli espionage. After this, he ordered all his fighters to use pagers and walkie-talkies instead of mobile phones. But Mossad went two steps ahead of him. It had planted explosives on five thousand pagers of Hezbollah in February itself.
Every move was under surveillance
Mossad was under surveillance on every move of Hezbollah. Where are the weapons kept? Where are the anti-ship missiles? Not only this, a complete list of Hezbollah’s commanders was prepared. Where are the hideouts of the major commanders including Hassan Nasrallah? Mossad gathered this information.
Israel started the war on this pretext
On the other hand, when Hamas became very weak in Gaza, Israel decided to open a front against Hezbollah. The reason given by Israel for the attack on Hezbollah was that until it is not eliminated, the safe return of 65 thousand people in North Israel is not possible.
Pager attack created fear
On 17 and 18 October, Mossad blew up pagers, walkie-talkies, laptops and solar panels all over Israel. More than 50 people lost their lives and more than 4000 were injured. The special thing is that 1500 Hamas fighters became disabled. Someone lost his eye and someone lost his hand. This incident created fear among Hezbollah fighters. At the same time, Israel made them realize its power that everything around you is on our target.
Communication network destroyed
Hezbollah’s communication system was completely destroyed by the pager and walkie-talkie explosion. Before Hezbollah could establish communication among its fighters, Israel declared a new phase of war. From 23 September, Israeli fighter planes started targeting Hezbollah’s bases.
Meanwhile, Hezbollah had no means left to communicate and coordinate with the fighters. Israel took advantage of this. In just five days from 23 September to 27 September, Israel destroyed Hezbollah’s top leadership.
First attack on Hezbollah’s weapons
A special pattern is seen in Israel’s attacks. Actually, Israel targeted Hezbollah’s military depots the most. Israel knows that Hezbollah has very deadly weapons. If these are not destroyed before time, Israel may have to suffer huge losses.
Broke the back by killing the commanders
Israel’s second most important strategy was to destroy the morale of the organization by killing the top commanders. Israel first killed Aziz Unit’s commander Mohammad Nassar. After this, Nassar Unit’s commander Sami Taleb Abdullah was killed. Rocket and Missile Division’s commander Ibrahim Kubaisi was killed in Beirut.
Killed commanders as per strategy
By killing commander Ibrahim Muhammad, who fired rockets on Israel, Israel limited Hezbollah’s ability to carry out air strikes. After this, Radwan Force commander Ibrahim Aqeel was killed. Before that, strategic unit chief Fuad Shukar was killed.
Israel was being attacked from Hezbollah’s southern front. First of all, Israel killed Ali Karaki, the head of this front. Due to his death, Hezbollah’s attacks on Israel decreased drastically. After this, commander Wissam al-Tawil was killed. Abu Hasan Samir, who trained the Radwan Force, was killed. By killing Mohammad Hussain, the commander of the aerial unit that monitored Israel, Israel weakened the strength of the organization.
Biggest blow on Hezbollah
On September 27, Israel dealt the biggest blow to Hezbollah. The IDF targeted Hezbollah’s underground headquarters in Lebanon’s capital Beirut. Hezbollah’s leader Hasan Nasallah was killed in this attack. Hasan’s death is definitely a psychological victory for Israel. At the same time, it dealt a big blow to Hezbollah’s morale.
Powerful enemy
The staff itself believes that Hezbollah is a powerful enemy. It has not even used most of its weapons yet. They believe that if the need for a ground attack arises, Hezbollah will pose a greater challenge to Israel than Hamas.
Nasrallah was being spied upon for a year
The Israeli army said in its statement that for the last one year, Hassan Nasrallah’s every move was under surveillance. Where does he stay and where does he go? His hideout was attacked only after receiving accurate intelligence.
Israel suffered less losses than expected
The Israeli army IDF itself estimated that in the event of war, Hezbollah is capable of firing thousands of rockets daily. Hundreds of people can die in these attacks. But it was the result of the plan of Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad that Israel did not have to suffer as much loss as was estimated. 26 Israeli civilians and 22 soldiers have lost their lives in the war with Hezbollah.
Who suffered and how much loss?
More than 500 Hezbollah fighters have lost their lives in the 11-month conflict. From October 7 to September 20, a total of 10,214 attacks have taken place between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel carried out about 81 percent i.e. 8,313 attacks. 752 people lost their lives in Lebanon in these attacks. Hezbollah took responsibility for 1,901 attacks. As a result, 65 thousand Israeli citizens had to leave their homes.
