4 Hezbollah operations enforce shutdown in northern settlements
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Hezbollah fighters have conducted at least four operations targeting Israeli occupation forces and positions in support of Palestine.
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A Hezbollah fighter fires an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at Israeli targets in the "Avivim" settlement, in occupied Lebanese territories in al-Jalil Panhandle, on December 24, 2023. (Islamic Resistance in Lebanon/Military media)
Mourning two of its fighters, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced four operations, in which Israeli positions were targeted on Monday.
Kicking off with the usual introductory sentence, Hezbollah announced, "In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance," Hezbollah fighters attacked at 10:35 am (local time) Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in the vicinity of the "Mattat" Barracks.
Later in the afternoon, the Lebanese Resistance faction targeted an Israeli base located near Moshav "Beit Hillel" in the center of al-Jalil Panhandle, confirming direct hits.
Simoultensouly, the Resistance launched a rocket attack on Israeli positions in the "Misgav Am" kibbutz, opposite the Lebanese town of Odeisseh. The Resistance said its fighters carried out its operation in response to "Israel's" targeting of civilians in Lebanese territories.
Soon after, the Resistance accurately targeted a grouping of occupation soldiers in the vicinity of the Birket Risha military site.
Concurrently the Resistance mourned two of its fighters who were martyred on the path to al-Quds. Wissam Khalil Hammoud, "Alaa", and martyr Abbas Hassan Hazimeh, "Haidar", joined the more than a hundred Hezbollah fighters who offered their lives for the sake of Palestine.
Hezbollah official statement: martyr Wissam Khalil Hammoud (Alaa)
— aya (@political_aya__) December 25, 2023
{Among the faithful are men who fulfill what they have pledged to Allah: there are some among them who have fulfilled their pledge, & some of them who still wait, and they have not changed in the least} pic.twitter.com/IjerS4tc45
Hezbollah official statement: martyr Abbas Hassan Hazimeh (Haidar)
— aya (@political_aya__) December 25, 2023
{Among the faithful are men who fulfill what they have pledged to Allah: there are some among them who have fulfilled their pledge, & some of them who still wait, and they have not changed in the least} pic.twitter.com/rYJbzpSwIk
Israeli media outlets reported on the firing of an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) toward the "Dovev" settlement in the central district, on Monday.
On his part, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in South Lebanon reported the launch of a salvo of rockets near the central sector in South Lebanon, saying that the rockets targeted positions near Saasaa.
Our correspondent also pointed to Israeli airstrikes targeting the southern town of Mays al-Jabal, as well as a series of strikes targeting the outskirts of Ayta al-Shaab and Ramya.
Hezbollah forces lockdown on northern settlers
The attacks follow a statement released by the "Kiryat Shmona" municipality in which it announced the complete closure of several settlements alongside the Lebanese-Palestinian border.
The municipality's spokesperson told settlers that all entrances toward "Kiryat Shmona" will be closed for the entry of vehicles on Monday, December 25, until further notice.
The spokesperson said the decision comes in light of a recent security assessment "that had just been completed."
The Israeli official said the decision will also encompass settlers in "Snir", "Dan", "Dafna", "Maayan Baruch", "Kfar Yuval", "Kfar Giladi", "Gosherim", "Beit Hillel", and "Metulla" in the occupied al-Jalil Panhandle. Moreover, kibbutzim and moshavs across from the coast of northern occupied Palestine to the furthermost settlement in al-Jalil have also been closed off to Israeli settlers.
This includes, "Margaliot", "Menara", "Yiftah", "Ramot Naftali", "Dishon", and "Avivim", among other settlements and areas.
"Please do not go to these places," the statement concluded.
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