File Photo: Hezbollah fighters from the al-Hajj Radwan force carry out a training exercise in Aaramta, Lebanon. AFP
The fighters belong to Hezbollah’s Radwan force, a special operations unit tasked with blocking Israeli armored advances in the border region.
Sources familiar with the deployments said the fighters had been ordered to join the battle in several areas where Israeli occupation forces were reportedly pushed forward on Wednesday, including the town of Khiyam.
The deployment came after Israel launched massive strikes on Dahiyeh, the Bekaa Valley, and southern Lebanon in the past four days, killing and wounding hundreds of Lebanese civilians.
Radwan fighters had previously withdrawn from the area between the Litani River and the Israeli border per the terms of a US-brokered ceasefire that ended the 2024 war between Israel and Lebanon.
Israel has violated the ceasefire deal, launching hundreds of airstrikes across the country, killing at least 500 Lebanese, and refusing to withdraw from southern Lebanon.
On Monday, the Lebanese government banned the military activities of Hezbollah after Israel carried out a massive wave of Israeli airstrikes on the country following the launch of three rockets by the Lebanese group against Israel over the killing of Ali Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, on Saturday. The government accused Hezbollah of acting irresponsibly by firing at Israel, thus endangering the lives and welfare of the country through its actions.
However, on Wednesday, in a televised speech, Naim Qassem, the head of the Lebanese group, said Hezbollah, which is allied with Tehran, would not surrender and vowed to continue resisting the "Israeli-American aggression" on Lebanon and in the region.
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