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2025-05-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
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Israel Eliminates Hezbollah Commanders Following Tip From Famous Musician
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Leonid Tsukanov
[REGNUM] A spy scandal with an unexpected creative twist has unfolded in Lebanon. The religious singer Mohammad Hadi Saleh, who is close to Hezbollah, has been arrested.
And although the investigation against him was not initially connected with work for foreign intelligence, the information that came to light during the process caused significant damage to the image of the security structures of the Shiite movement.
MUSICIAN WITH A BIOGRAPHY
Saleh began his career as a religious singer (munshid) and quickly became a well-known performer, part of the Shiite elite of Lebanon. Hezbollah agents played a significant role in his promotion, using munshids as a tool to influence the local population and strengthen the fighting spirit of fighters.
With the funds received from the movement, he organized the recording of patriotic and religious compositions, and also traveled around the country with thematic concerts. The munshid also had access to most of the official Hezbollah ceremonies - both festive and mourning.
Saleh's rise was largely due to his exemplary biography.
His father fought in the ranks of the al-Haj Radwan Forces, an elite Hezbollah unit that specializes in covert operations against Israelis in the West Bank, and was repeatedly commended by the movement's leadership.
In addition, several of Saleh's relatives fought in the ranks of Hezbollah's frontline units and died in battle.
The musician himself actively supported the image of a champion of the “Axis of Resistance”: he not only praised the heroism of Hezbollah fighters, but also praised the Yemeni Houthis for their courage and steadfastness, and also held charity concerts in support of the Palestinian resistance.
To suspect him of working for the enemy - with such a combination of merits - would be akin to madness. However, as often happens, everything was decided by chance.
A SUDDEN CLUE
Saleh came to the attention of law enforcement by accident, after a small businessman accused the musician of fraud.
According to the case materials cited by Lebanese newspapers, the influential munshid participated in the advertising of a number of investment “pyramids” and “stock market bubbles,” thereby causing considerable financial damage to the entrepreneurs who trusted him.
Saleh was arrested by the central authorities "pending clarification of the circumstances," which caused indignation in the ranks of Hezbollah. The movement was even ready to send a lawyer to its protégé, but after receiving the first results of the investigation (in particular, the protocols of the analysis of his personal equipment), it changed its mind.
In the erased correspondence on Saleh's smartphone, police found the coordinates of Hezbollah command centers, the names of some of the dead Shiite security forces, as well as information about the mood in the ranks of the Resistance.
Further investigation of the contacts “on the other side of the line” (carried out not without the participation of Hezbollah counterintelligence) revealed the terrible truth: all this time, the influential musician was working for the Israelis, helping them hunt the movement’s commanders.
GUNNER
It is not known exactly when Saleh was taken into account by Israeli intelligence. However, his cooperation with Tel Aviv Jerusalem clearly began before the Gaza conflict (2023), since after Hezbollah's involvement in the war on the Palestinian side, all public figures were under covert surveillance by Shiite counterintelligence.
However, throughout the conflict, Saleh did not arouse any suspicions among Hezbollah: he did not interact with suspicious individuals and criticized Israel’s raids on Lebanon at every opportunity.
It is also known that after the start of the Israeli operation "Arrows of the North", he repeatedly volunteered to patrol the streets of Beirut (constantly being in sight of other fighters), and also helped clear the rubble after the Israeli air strike on the Hezbollah headquarters in September 2024.
During his time working for Israeli intelligence, Saleh earned about $23,000.
| A piddling amount, except that foreign currency has been worth its weight in gold since Lebanon’s fiscal problems became so much worse.. |
About five times more than from all his concerts combined. He has at least a dozen and a half operations to his credit.
However, the prosecution is convinced that in reality there were more and Tel Aviv simply deposited the funds into a safe account in one of the foreign banks.
Among the most significant operations in which the Lebanese musician was involved was the liquidation of the commander of one of the border units of Hezbollah, Hassan Beir. The Israelis received his coordinates after he attended a charity concert of Saleh.
Together with Hassan, his son Ali, who was also his father's deputy, was also liquidated. The unit entrusted to them lost its combat capability for some time, which was taken advantage of by the Israeli forces advancing in southern Lebanon.
YOU CAN'T TRUST ANYONE
| Not if you’re part of the Axis of Evil, anyway. It’s easier for the good guys. |
Interestingly, the “dual-purpose musician” not only helped identify specific field commanders, but also posted condolences on his social media pages after each strike, thereby providing Israeli intelligence services with objective control over the results of the liquidation operations.
For this, Lebanese loyal to Hezbollah dubbed Saleh “the nightingale of Tel Aviv,” accusing him of cynically profiting from his fellow men and using his talent for evil.
However, there is a high probability that Saleh is not the only public figure close to Hezbollah who has been co-opted by the Israelis to carry out subversive activities in Lebanon.
| Indeed. Hezbollah arrogance — the massive destruction caused by their poorly chemical precursers for their bombs, for instance — has created a tremendous reservoir of anger among those who’ve survived their entitled attitude. |
Moreover, even after the formal completion of the Northern Arrows in January 2025, the Israeli army continues to identify and destroy the movement’s command posts with amazing efficiency.
The musician's arrest (and the charges brought against him) could well trigger a witch hunt within Hezbollah, weakening trust not only among commanders but also among loyalists from business and cultural backgrounds.
The “Saleh precedent” will also become the main argument in favor of the fact that even those whose biography is considered exemplary cannot be trusted.
And such discord plays into the hands of the Israelis even more than the field work of Lebanese agents.
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