The IDF revealed on Tuesday that a Hezbollah commander surrendered to Golani forces about two weeks ago and provided valuable intelligence information to his interrogators.

While operating in southern Lebanon two weeks ago, Golani forces found a tunnel inside a Hezbollah command post in Ayta ash-Shab. Several terrorists were cornered in the tunnel, including Hassan Akil Javad, the commander of Hezbollah’s Ayta ash-Shab region.

The forces surrounded the military command post, and after the terrorists surrendered [as seen in the video below], they were captured, detained, and interrogated by field investigators from Unit 504 [IDF intelligence]. They were then taken to the unit’s detention facility for further questioning.

“During the interrogation of the terrorists, they detailed numerous terrorist infrastructures spread throughout the Ayta ash-Shab area,” the IDF stated. “These findings helped the forces on the ground to locate and destroy terrorist infrastructure in a targeted manner and prepare for threats in the area.”

Javad is the highest-ranking Hezbollah official to be captured since the war began in the north, Army Radio reported. As a basis of comparison, no Hamas commander of a similar rank was captured alive in Gaza since the war began there.

According to the report, the fact that the IDF revealed that a senior commander provided sensitive intelligence information is rare and is intended to undermine the terrorists’ trust in its commanders.

(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)