Hezbollah admits the double agent working for Israel caused “immeasurable” damage to the Shiite terror organization, forcing a significant overhaul, with many high-ranking operatives removed from their posts or reassigned to less sensitive units.
According to Lebanese reports, the double agent, identified only by the initials M. Sh., was a businessman who was recruited by the Mossad during a trip to western Asia. The agent reportedly relayed information to Israeli intelligence agents about Hezbollah plans to target Israelis or Jews in retribution for the assassination of former military commander Imad Mughnyieh.
Israel has never confirmed having killed Mughniyeh, who died in a car bomb blast in Syria in 2008, but Hezbollah has long accused Israel of being behind the assassination.
According to the Kuwaiti report, once the agent was exposed, the entire organization underwent a significant overhaul, with several high-ranking operatives removed from their posts or reassigned to different, less sensitive units.
The paper asserted that the damage to Hezbollah from the incident was immeasurable.
It was not reported how the double agent was apprehended.
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