The IDF says it has eliminated over 10 senior Hezbollah field commanders in recent operations, including sector chiefs in Bint Jbeil, Tyre, Hajir, Jebsheet, al-Khiam, and Qana. Several deputies and successors were killed within hours of taking command, as well as three commanders of Hezbollah's Nassr Unit, Israel's military stated Monday evening.
The IDF identified the sector commanders of Bint Jbeil, Tyre, Hajir, Jebsheet, al-Khiam, and Qana by name on Monday evening — a development that comes after the military had previously confirmed more than 10 field commanders eliminated since the ceasefire. In earlier statements at 18:29 Jerusalem on prior dates, the IDF reported over 1,300 Hezbollah operatives killed in Lebanon since the truce took effect, and named senior commanders including the head of the Nassr Unit, Hajj Salameh, and two successors eliminated within months.
The Zioneer first reported at 18:36 on the systematic degradation of Hezbollah's southern command structure, noting that successors were being killed within 12 hours of assuming command. That pattern is now reflected in the IDF's named list: the Shaqif sector commander Nasser Shakir and his replacement Ahmed Sablini were eliminated within 12 hours, the military said. The three Nassr Unit commanders eliminated in succession were previously reported at 18:29, with Monday's announcement adding names and sector assignments to the tally.
As The Zioneer has reported throughout the thread, the IDF's targeted elimination campaign has continued in southern Lebanon since the ceasefire took effect, with at least 11 field commanders killed as of the military's 18:29 Wednesday statement. Monday's update expands the number to over 10 commanders with named sector designations, though the military has not indicated whether the list is exhaustive.
What remains unverified is independent confirmation from Lebanese or other non-IDF sources of the named casualties and their reported chain-of-command roles, as the IDF announcement — now at its fifth iteration in the thread — still relies on the military's own operational reporting alone.
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