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File: French UN peacekeepers inspect a destroyed Hezbollah position in the Saluki Valley, southern Lebanon, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

BEIRUT, Lebanon (Reuters) — The Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group has spent three months preparing for a possible resumption of hostilities with Israel, after receiving an infusion of cash from Iran, according to Lebanese security personnel briefed on its activities.

The group, founded by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in 1982, has been dealt severe blows in two wars with Israel since 2024, with thousands of its operatives and many of its leaders killed, and much of its arsenal destroyed.

Israeli forces now control its heartland of villages in southern Lebanon, and political pressure has mounted in Beirut for its disarmament.

Israel currently maintains a security zone in southern Lebanon, where civilians have been ordered to evacuate and IDF troops are dismantling Hezbollah infrastructure.…