Hezbollah fled from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers in southern Lebanon, refusing to confront them in direct combat during the two months in which Israel has been on the ground there, removing terrorist border positions.
A senior military official from the IDF, speaking to Breitbart News on condition that his name not be used, said: “They [Hezbollah] left the battle zone … Unlike their ethos, they didn’t stay and fight. Not in the numbers that they were claiming … Every face-to-face encounter ended with the elimination of the enemy force.”
The official’s claim is corroborated by the relatively low number of combat deaths among IDF soldiers in southern Lebanon. While there have been occasional ambushes or skirmishes, Hezbollah fighters have typically abandoned their positions.
Hezbollah positions had also sustained nearly 11 months of airstrikes by Israel,…
