Hezbollah has deployed elite fighters to confront Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, sending them back into the border region from which they withdrew after a war in 2024, three Lebanese sources familiar with the deployments says, as the Iran-backed group wades deeper into the conflict in the Middle East.
Members of Hezbollah’s Radwan force had received orders to join the battle and block advances by Israeli tanks, the sources say, citing the town of Khiyam — one of several areas where Israeli troops reportedly advanced on Wednesday — as an example.
The Hezbollah elite fighters deployed to the south after the terror group opened fire with rockets and drones on Monday, according to the sources, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the topic.
They had left that part of Lebanon — specifically the area between the Litani River and the border with Israel — after a US-brokered ceasefire in November, moving north of the river, the sources say.
The sources do not say how many elite forces had been deployed.
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