How Iran's IRGC rebuilt Lebanon's Hezbollah to be ready for war
The Times of Israel • • general
Key Points:
- Following heavy losses inflicted by Israel in 2024, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) rebuilt and restructured Hezbollah’s military command, embedding Iranian officers to retrain fighters and oversee rearmament.
- The IRGC replaced Hezbollah’s hierarchical command with a decentralized system of small, independent units to enhance operational secrecy and resilience, a model reminiscent of Hezbollah’s 1980s structure.
- Iranian commanders helped plan coordinated missile attacks launched simultaneously from Iran and Lebanon, demonstrated in an attack on March 11, reflecting Tehran’s strategic involvement in the ongoing Middle East conflict.
- Despite Lebanese government efforts to disarm Hezbollah and expel IRGC-linked personnel, approximately 100-150 Iranians with IRGC ties were asked to leave Lebanon in early
