Hezbollah plans suicide bomber tactics

Hezbollah announced that it has activated martyrdom squads, deploying fighters for hand‑to‑hand engagements throughout Israeli‑occupied areas of southern Lebanon. The units are organized on pre‑planned maps and are intended to block Israeli forces from consolidating control on Lebanese soil. Israel has responded by moving five divisions—the 36th, 91st, 98th, 146th and 162nd—into the region, continuing daily strikes that have raised the casualty toll to 2,491 killed and 7,719 wounded since March 2. Hezbollah dismissed recent cease‑fire extensions as meaningless, citing the intensified Israeli attacks that killed 14 civilians on April 26 alone. The shift marks a return to 1980s‑style tactics, emphasizing ambushes, IEDs and direct combat.