Hezbollah official: 1,500 fighters out of action due to injuries from communication device blasts

An unnamed Hezbollah official tells Reuters that the recent attack on the terror group’s communication devices — widely blamed on Israel — put 1,500 fighters out of commission because of their injuries, with many having been blinded or had their hands blown off.

While that is a major blow, it represents a small fraction of Hezbollah’s strength, which a report for the US Congress on Friday put at 40,000-50,000 fighters.

The terror group’s chief Hassan Nasrallah has claimed the group has 100,000 fighters.

In an apparently coordinated attack, the Gold Apollo branded devices detonated last week across Hezbollah’s strongholds of south Lebanon, Beirut’s suburbs and the eastern Bekaa valley.

A day later, walkie-talkies carried by members of the terror group also exploded.