IDF: 800+ Hezbollah operatives killed in Lebanon since Iran war escalation — hundreds Radwan Force

The Israeli military released a cumulative casualty figure of 800+ Hezbollah operatives killed in Lebanon since the conflict with Iran escalated. Hundreds of those killed are members of Hezbollah's elite Radwan Force — the frontline assault unit tasked with cross-border operations. The Lebanese health ministry reported separately that at least 1,189 people in Lebanon have been killed in the fighting, a figure that does not differentiate between combatants and civilians — the gap between 800 military and 1,189 total implies approximately 389 civilian deaths. Over the current weekend operations, the IDF says it struck approximately 170 Hezbollah sites, with ground troops killing dozens of operatives including those who launched rockets at Israel and at IDF forces in southern Lebanon. The 800+ figure is the highest confirmed single-conflict Hezbollah kill count since the 2006 Lebanon War. The sustained attrition of Radwan Force — Hezbollah's most capable offensive unit — represents strategic degradation of the organization's capacity to execute future cross-border operations.