200+ rockets, swarm of drones: Hezbollah avenges cmdr. assassination
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Israeli media say Hezbollah's extensive strikes led to the closure of several roads, the outbreak of fires in open areas, and power outages in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.
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Smoke billows after rockets fired from Lebanon hit the Upper al-Jalil region in occupied Palestine on July 4, 2024. (AFP)
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah confirmed Thursday that its fighters targeted several Israeli military sites with over 200 rockets and a swarm of drones.
Hezbollah announced a series of operations that its Resistance fighters carried out in support of Gaza and the Israeli attacks on Lebanese towns and villages.
It is noteworthy that the Islamic Resistance's operations today targeted new Israeli military sites in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, Upper al-Jalil area, deep inside al-Jalil, Safad, and Nahariya.
The Lebanese group said its fighters bombarded a newly established Israeli position in the settlement of Kfar Blum with Katyusha rockets in response to the Israeli aggression on the town of Shebaa, which resulted in the injury of a civilian woman.
Later, Hezbollah confirmed that it bombarded, with over 200 rockets of various types, the newly-established headquarters of the 91st Division in the Ayelet Barracks, as well as each of the headquarters of the 7th Armored Brigade in Katsavia Barracks, the Armored Battalion of the 7th Brigade in the Gamla Barracks, the 210th Division (Golan Division) in Nafah Base, and the Artillery Regiment of Yarden Barracks' 210th Division.
The Resistance pointed out that this operation comes as part of the response to the attack and assassination carried out by the Israeli occupation force in the al-Haouch area, southwest of the Lebanese city of Tyre.
Hezbollah mourned Wednesday one of its leaders, martyr Mohammad Nehme Nasser, "Hajj Abu Nehme", on the path to al-Quds. Nasser was killed alongside his assistant in an Israeli airstrike that targeted al-Haouch.
Also in response to Hajj Abu Nehme's assassination, Hezbollah announced on Thursday that its fighters launched an aerial attack with a swarm of one-way drones on the newly-established headquarters of the 91st Division in the Ayelet Barracks, as well as each of the headquarters of the 7th Armored Brigade in Katsavia Barracks, the Northern Area Command in Dadu base, the 810th Hermon Brigade in Maale Golani Barracks, and the Golani Brigade and the Egoz Unit in the Shraga Barracks.
Additionally, the aerial attack targeted the Northern Area Mishar intelligence base and the permanent main base of the 146th Ilania Division.
Hezbollah's fighters already launched Wednesday four operations against Israeli military sites and soldiers along the border with occupied Palestine in response to the assassination of Hajj Abu Nehme.
In the same context, the Lebanese Resistance group said its fighters bombarded the Roueissat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Chouba Hills with a heavy Burkan rocket, which hit the Israeli site directly and caused fires, confirming the destruction of parts of the site and inflicting confirmed casualties.
The Resistance fighters of Hezbollah also bombarded the Israeli al-Marj and al-Baghdadi sites with heavy Burkan rockets, hitting them directly.
The Israeli Bayyad Blida site was also targeted with a Burkan rocket.
'We have lost the North': Israeli media
Israeli media reported Thursday a difficult incident in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, where an Israeli soldier was killed and several others were injured in a wide-ranging double attack by Hezbollah targeting the Golan and al-Jalil, commenting, "We have lost the North."
#فيديو لتصاعد الدخان في الجولان السوري المحتل من جراء الصواريخ التي أطلقت من لبنان.#الميادين_لبنان #لبنان pic.twitter.com/iHfhfrQ2sK
— الميادين لبنان (@mayadeenlebanon) July 4, 2024
The media mentioned that the Israeli occupation military evacuated several wounded soldiers from the Golan to Rambam Hospital in Haifa and Ziv Medical Center in Safad via military helicopters.
Israeli media cited a security source as saying that Hezbollah carried out extensive attacks with more than 100 rockets and launched at least 10 drones from Lebanon toward "Israel", causing the sirens to sound continuously for an entire hour.
#بالفيديو | طائرات إجلاء في سماء شمال #فلسطين المحتلة بعد هجوم مركّب قامت به #المقاومة_الإسلامية اليوم.#الميادين_لبنان #لبنان pic.twitter.com/vtm32C4uAN
— الميادين لبنان (@mayadeenlebanon) July 4, 2024
Fires and power outages in Golan Heights
The source mentioned that Hezbollah's extensive strikes led to the closure of several roads, the outbreak of fires in open areas, and power outages in the Golan Heights.
#بالفيديو | حرائق ضخمة بالقرب من منازل المستوطنين في شمال #فلسطين المحتلة بعد سقوط الصواريخ التي أطلقت من لبنان.#الميادين_لبنان #لبنان pic.twitter.com/SBJw6HZiiS
— الميادين لبنان (@mayadeenlebanon) July 4, 2024
Yedioth Ahronoth said that 25 firefighting teams are struggling to extinguish 10 fires that broke out in the Golan Heights and Upper al-Jalil following Hezbollah's attacks.
According to Israeli media, sirens also sounded in several settlements in northern occupied Palestine, such as Kiryat Shmona, Tel Hai, Beit Hillel, and Sde Nehemia fearing drone infiltration from Lebanon, prompting tens of thousands of settlers to rush into shelters and fortified places.
In addition, train services from Haifa to Nahariya have been suspended due to the situation.
Meanwhile, Israeli Army radio announced direct hits on two buildings north of Akka. Israeli media also reported that one person was seriously injured due to a rocket hitting a shopping complex in Akka.
The media reported that Hezbollah has widened its range of fire, causing sirens to sound not only in settlements in northern occupied Palestine but also in the Amakim area near the city of al-Nasirah in the al-Jalil region.
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