Radwan forces

Lebanese Shi’a party Amal competing, coordinating with Hezbollah, experts tell ‘Post’

Amal, while it has a military component, operates far more like a political organization than Hezbollah, Boms noted, and Israel has not targeted the group.

Boys wave flags of Lebanon and Amal Movement in Tyre, Lebanon, November 27, 2024; illustrative.
IDF ground operation in southern Lebanon. Image released April 3, 2026.

'They're sending us to die:' Hezbollah operatives express fear, exasperation with war effort

The IDF Alpinist Unit preventing cross-border terror from the Syrian Hermon to southern Lebanon, March 28, 2026.

IDF Alpinist Unit conducts cross-border operation from Syrian Hermon to southern Lebanon

An Israeli soldier sits on top of a tank that is deployed at a position in the Upper Galilee in northern Israel near the border with Lebanon on March 24, 2026.

Israel kills over 30 Hezbollah terrorists as IDF ramps up southern Lebanon operations


IDF officials: Hezbollah commanders killed plotted operation similar to Oct. 7, but in the North

Ibrahim Aqil and the other commanders who were killed planned to invade Israeli territory, capture settlements, and kidnap and murder Israeli civilians.

  IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi addresses top IDF officials after the Israeli military eliminated Hezbollah Operations Division Head and Radwan Force Commander Ibrahim Aqil. September 20, 2024.

Inside Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force: Structure, strategy, and operations - explainer

The Radwan Force is central to Hezbollah’s military doctrine, which emphasizes asymmetric warfare against a technologically superior adversary like Israel.

 Members of Hezbollah attend the funeral of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces who according to Lebanese security sources was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, in Khirbet Silem, Lebanon, January 9, 2024.

Biden: Northern Israelis, southern Lebanese must be able to return home safely

"This elimination is intended to protect the citizens of Israel," Biden said in a brief statement to the press, adding that Israel was not seeking regional escalation.

 US President Joe Biden looks on during his visit at the Chavis Community Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, US, March 26, 2024. 'There is one ‘righteous man in his generation’ – Biden is the Noah of our story, contributing from his experience to our doctrine of poverty, fundamentalism, and terror,”

Hezbollah confirms Radwan Force chief Ibrahim Aqil killed by IDF strike in Beirut

Security sources told Reuters that other members of Hezbollah's Radwan Force were killed when the Israeli strike hit a meeting they were attending.

Plane flies as smoke rises from Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, September 20, 2024 (illustration).

Hezbollah's Radwan Force capable of infiltrating Israeli border - IDF officials

"Anyone who thinks that Hezbollah isn't training to infiltrate a squad of fighters into Israeli territory is mistaken," officers said.

 Members of Hezbollah attend the funeral of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces who according to Lebanese security sources was killed during an Israeli strike on south Lebanon, in Khirbet Silem, Lebanon, January 9, 2024.

WATCH: IAF strikes Hezbollah Radwan Force Commander Ali Jamal Aldin Jawad

Several suspicious aerial targets were seen crossing from Lebanon into Israeli territory following sirens that sounded between 8:38 p.m. and 8:46 p.m. in the Upper and Western Galilee area.

 Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike in southern Lebanon, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, May 5, 2024.

Two Hezbollah terrorists killed in strike after deadly Majdal Shams attack - report

Earlier on Monday, the Hezbollah-affiliated Al Mayadeen reported that unmanned aerial vehicle struck a vehicle in southern Lebanon between the localities of Meis el-Jabal and Shaqra.

 HEZBOLLAH OPERATIVES salute during the funeral of comrades killed in an Israeli strike, in Shehabiya, south Lebanon, April 17.

Israel-Hamas War: What happened on day 287?

10 injured in alleged drone attack released from hospital • Israeli delegation to US won't attend hostage deal talks • IDF kills Hezbollah Radwan Force commander

A man looks at a building damaged at the site of the Houthi drone attack on Tel Aviv, July 2024

Senior commander of Hezbollah's Radwan force killed in attack in Lebanon

Several other terrorists from the Radwan forces who were operating in the buildings were also killed in the attack.

 Members of Hezbollah attend the funeral of Wissam Tawil, a commander of Hezbollah's elite Radwan forces in Lebanon, January 9, 2024

Even with a ceasefire, war with Hezbollah will happen by 2026, policy experts say

Policy experts explain the looming threat of Hezbollah, from their elite Radwan forces, support from Iran, and arsenal of precision weapons.

 Hezbollah members parade during a rally marking al-Quds Day, (Jerusalem Day) in Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon April 5, 2024.