YONI BEN MENACHEM -- The newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported this morning that Hezbollah is in turmoil following the exposure of an Israeli spy ring that operated from within the organization itself.
According to the report, Lebanon's military judicial system is currently investigating 21 detainees, including former Hezbollah officials, residents from southern Lebanon and Shiite neighborhoods of Beirut, and most notably, Mohammed Saleh—the son of a senior official in Hezbollah’s elite Radwan Force—who is considered the prime suspect in the affair.
Security and legal sources in Lebanon told Asharq Al-Awsat that Saleh, who comes from a highly respected Hezbollah family and whose brother was killed fighting Israel, exploited his access to commanders and their families to pass sensitive intelligence to Israel—including names, locations, and photos of high-ranking Hezbollah officials.
The report claims that the Mossad used this information to assassinate dozens of operatives and commanders, including Hassan Badir, Hezbollah’s Palestinian file chief, and his son Ali, both killed in a drone strike in late March.
