Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent
Members of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force who were captured by the military in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on March 23, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
IDF troops captured two armed Hezbollah operatives, members of the terror group’s elite Radwan Force, during operations in southern Lebanon over the weekend, the military says.
According to the IDF, troops of the Givati Brigade spotted the Radwan operatives while they were planning to launch anti-tank missiles at the forces, as well as at Israel.
A short while later, the pair surrendered to the troops, the military says, adding that the forces located weapons and other military equipment alongside the operatives.
Anti-tank missiles captured by IDF troops in southern Lebanon, in a handout photo issued on March 23, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)
Overnight, the IDF says it destroyed the building from which the Radwan fighters had been operating.
The two operatives were taken to Israel and questioned by the Military Intelligence Directorate’s Unit 504, which specializes in human intelligence.
The IDF says that their interrogation revealed that the two Radwan operatives arrived in southern Lebanon from the Beqaa Valley area at the start of the war with Iran.
“This case once again proves that the Lebanese army failed and did not prevent the movement of terrorists and weapons south of the Litani [River],” the military says.
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