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Facing Israel, increasingly younger Hezbollah fighters?

Many Hezbollah ‘martyrs’ killed in recent months appear to be recent recruits from its youth organizations.

Facing Israel, increasingly younger Hezbollah fighters?

A young Hezbollah fighter in an orange grove near Naqoura in southern Lebanon, not far from the Blue Line, during a press tour organized by Hezbollah on April 20, 2017. (Credit: Joseph Eid/AFP Archives)

The youthful, sometimes beardless faces, armed with a Kalashnikov, falling on the ‘road to Jerusalem’. This kind of image has become common in the statements published by Hezbollah as its ‘martyrs’ have increased since Oct. 8, 2023, during clashes...
The youthful, sometimes beardless faces, armed with a Kalashnikov, falling on the ‘road to Jerusalem’. This kind of image has become common in the statements published by Hezbollah as its ‘martyrs’ have increased since Oct. 8, 2023, during clashes...