Two Hezbollah fighters patrol a hill on the Lebanese side of the Qalamun mountains on May 20, 2015 (Credit: Joseph Eid/AFP)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah paid homage to senior commander Mohamad Naame Nasser in a speech on Wednesday, during which he referred directly to three of Hezbollah’s military units operating along the southern front. For a military force that functions under significant secrecy, Nasrallah’s few words offered a rare glimpse into how the party organizes its troops.Nasser, known as Hajj Abu Naame, was the commander of Hezbollah’s “Aziz” military unit and was assassinated by the Israeli army last Wednesday in a drone strike on his vehicle in al-Hosh, in southern Lebanon’s Sour district.Nasser is the third high-ranking Hezbollah commander to be killed since fighting began in October. In June, Taleb Abdallah, commander of the Nasr Unit, was killed in an airstrike on a building in Jwaya, also in Sour district, and in January, Wissam Tawil,...
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah paid homage to senior commander Mohamad Naame Nasser in a speech on Wednesday, during which he referred directly to three of Hezbollah’s military units operating along the southern front. For a military force that functions under significant secrecy, Nasrallah’s few words offered a rare glimpse into how the party organizes its troops.Nasser, known as Hajj Abu Naame, was the commander of Hezbollah’s “Aziz” military unit and was assassinated by the Israeli army last Wednesday in a drone strike on his vehicle in al-Hosh, in southern Lebanon’s Sour district.Nasser is the third high-ranking Hezbollah commander to be killed since fighting began in October. In June, Taleb Abdallah, commander of the Nasr Unit, was killed in an airstrike on a building in Jwaya, also in Sour district, and in January,...