Over the past year, Lebanese Hezbollah has suffered losses amounting to less than five percent of its original fighting force, according to recent reports. Estimates of Hezbollah’s strength vary widely, with Western sources suggesting between 20,000 and 50,000 fighters, while a 2021 claim by now-deceased Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah put the number at 100,000—an estimate that is likely inflated. Recent tallies by the Critical Threats Project (CTP) and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have documented more than 600 Hezbollah fighter and commander deaths in the past year. Most of the…
