Yeah, Shock: IDF Takes Out Hezbollah Operative Who Was Moonlighting in the Lebanese Army

(photo credit: REUTERS/MOHAMED AZAKIR)

Folks, if you're still buying the line that the Lebanese Army is some pristine, neutral force separate from the Iran-backed terror machine that is Hezbollah, I've got a bridge in Beirut to sell you. The IDF just dropped a bombshell, literally, confirming that a "Lebanese military intelligence official" they smoked in a drone strike was actually pulling double duty as a Hezbollah agent, aka Hezbollonian.

IDF sources told The Jerusalem Post on Wednesday that Ali Abdullah, taken out on Tuesday (strike happened Monday near Sidon), was a full-on Hezbollah operative, even as Lebanese officials scream bloody murder and deny everything. 

Already on Tuesday, the IDF had sent out a photo of Abdullah in a Lebanese Army uniform, and Hezbollah did not deny that the two other individuals he was killed with were connected to the terror organization.

But get this: IDF intel shows they've got piles of evidence tying Abdullah directly to Hezbollah activities. No photo of him in Hezbollah gear, of course, that would have blown his deep cover. Smart terrorists don't pose for those selfies.

The strike hit a car near the coastal city of Sidon, wiping out Abdullah and two other Hezbollah goons. And here's the kicker that really exposes the rot: The Post confirmed the IDF had no idea Abdullah was in Lebanese Army intelligence until after the strike. All their targeting intel was purely on his Hezbollah work—because that's all they knew about the guy.

That means the Lebanese Army-Hezbollah overlap is so deep, even Israel's top-notch intelligence didn't catch his day job until postmortem. There are channels between the IDF and Lebanese military (plus US, French, and international monitors), so who knows when they pieced it together.

Of course, the Lebanese Defense Ministry is in full meltdown mode, calling any suggestion of army ties to "political or armed groups" total nonsense. Defense Minister Michel Menassa labeled it a “malicious attack” on the institution.

Hezbollah, predictably, denied any connection too.

Yeah, right. Admitting a high-level infiltration like this would be humiliating for both—and we all know neither side has any incentive to come clean. This isn't some anomaly; reports of Lebanese Army officials feeding intel to Hezbollah have been circulating for years. The difference here is that this guy wasn't just an outside leaker, he was all-in with the terror group while keeping his army gig.

All this drama unfolds as the debate rages over beefing up the US-French monitoring setup to actually enforce timelines on Hezbollah's rearmament, or just letting the IDF keep pounding the terror infrastructure.

Early 2025 looked promising—the Lebanese Army was finally making moves against Hezbollah, and the terrorists were scrambling after losing their Syrian smuggling routes post-Assad collapse. But lately? Progress has stalled. Hezbollah's found new ways to sneak in weapons, and they're testing the waters with tiny, calculated violations in southern Lebanon to creep back in.

Israel's not playing games anymore, but word is the incoming Trump admin might push back on unlimited strikes in Lebanon—maybe even force a pullback from some IDF outposts. On the flip side, Trump could green-light a sharper escalation if Hezbollah keeps poking the bear.One thing's clear: As long as Hezbollah embeds itself in Lebanon's institutions like a parasite, these "unusual" double agents won't be the last. Nice work, IDF—keep exposing the truth.

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