Hey kid, let me educate you a little. If the news is true. It's Lebanese officials on the ground that confirm it and then it gets to international officials and community. IDF itself is not 'assessing' anything.
The thing with militias is they do not need a central command structure. Nasrallah himself was a replacement. Plus Hezbollah soldiers have 1000s of Atgms , mines etc Israelis would be foolish to try and hold territory till the litani
Unfortunately my initial assessment looks increasingly like to be correct.
They are relying on Arab and America intelligence on the ground with ties to Lebanese officials. It would be Hezbollah anyway which informs Lebanese officials which inform international officials. IDF and Jews don't have special powers. They have a lot of dirt on American officials and lots of influence through the Jewish-American community. But their army got stopped on by small Hamas. Though Hamas is a incredible force in sense of its determination, fighting culture, justice culture, etc .... Hamas wiped out the Southern IDF division. In a few hours. That's the IDF. If everyone else in region wasn't scared when Hamas mounted the operation, The IDF would have been crippled by now.
He was nearing retirement. It will be hard because he is public face of organization. And popular figure in region. But he died with honor and dignity if true. May Allah have mercy on his soul. History will be kind to those that stood against the Gaza genocide.
Not "collapse", I think. "In shock", might be a better way to put it.
They might have groups and group leaders but every force needs a command structure and organization to function effectively.
Degrading or eliminating Hezbollah's C2 was a remarkable achievement. Israel failed to do so in 2006.
