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January 26, 2023       Share:    

Source: https://today.lorientlejour.com/article/1324369/foreseeing-regional-upheaval-nasrallah-announced-9000-new-recruits.html

Hizbullah Announces 9,000 New Recruits

(L'Orient Today-Lebanon) Jeanine Jalkh - Hizbullah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah recently announced that more than 9,000 new recruits had joined the "resistance." This number bolsters the 90,000 members of the al-Mahdi scouts. Nasrallah also recalled that the party can count on at least 100,000 experienced fighters, meaning that Hizbullah can mobilize 200,000 men in the event of an armed conflict. Mohanad Hajj Ali, a researcher at the Carnegie Middle East Center, questioned the validity of the figure of 100,000 fully dedicated combatants. He also cautioned that there is a major distinction between those within Hizbullah's ranks who have undergone a few weeks of small-scale military training and those who are fully dedicated to military operations.

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