Hezbollah bombs Israeli Golan base with 60 Grad rockets

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
26 Feb 2024 21:41

Lebanon's Hezbollah announces that it bombed an Israeli base in the occupied Syrian Golan with 60 Grad rockets in response to escalation in Lebanon.

An aerial photo of the Israeli Nafah base in the occupied Syrian Golan (Google)

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon announced Monday that it engaged the headquarters of the Israeli occupation forces' Golan Division in Nafah, the occupied Syrian Golan. The momentous attack saw Hezbollah launching 60 Grad rockets toward the Israeli base.

The attack is in support of the Palestinian people and their Resistance in Gaza as well as in response to the Israeli aggression in the vicinity of the northern Lebanese city of Baalbek and its attacks on Lebanon's villages and civilian homes, Hezbollah said in a statement regarding the attack.

فيديو يظهر هروب جنود العدو لحظة استهداف حزب الله لقاعدة اسرائيلية عسكرية في الجولان المحتل اليوم. pic.twitter.com/rhhT9rctgO
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Reports all over Israeli media addressed the event, saying Hezbollah launched several rockets on several occasions toward an Israeli occupation forces base in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights with explosions being heard in the area.

Israeli media reported that air raid sirens were sounded in the Israeli settlements of "Kidmat Tsvi", "Sha'al", and "Ortal" in the occupied Syrian Golan.

What is the Nafah military base?

The Israeli Nafah base in the occupied Syrian Golan includes the headquarters of the 210th Golan regional division and the headquarters of the 474th regional brigade, in addition to the health centre of the 474th regional brigade.

The base also includes the Oz Brigade camp, the headquarters of the 77th Armored Battalion, and part of the 209th artillery regiment in the Israeli occupation forces.

Nafah also houses a forward divisional headquarters, which operates in emergencies, and a forward command for formations operating in the Syrian direction, in addition to ground formations of troops trained in the occupied Golan camps.

On the logistical side, the Israeli military base includes a command and tactical communications station, as well as a maintenance operator affiliated with the Northern Regional Armaments Unit responsible for the maintenance of armored vehicles.

The attack comes in the wake of an Israeli raid on the northeastern city of Baalbek whose casualties remain unknown and is an act of retaliation against the Israeli occupation expanding the circle of fire to include an area this far into the Lebanese border.

The Islamic Resistance in the wake of the attack announced that its fighters successfully shot down a Hermes 450 Israeli drone violating Lebanese airspace over the town of Iqlim al-Tuffah in South Lebanon, using a surface-to-air missile.

The Resistance said in its statement that the downing of the drone "could be seen with the naked eye", and confirmed that "the eyes of its fighters will remain wide awake, will continue repelling the Israeli occupation's drones, and prevent the achievement of its aggressive goals."

Earlier, Israeli media reported that alarm sirens sounded in the Marj Ebn-Amer in the "Afoula" region, noting that anti-air systems repelled the surface-to-air missile launched from Lebanon.

Israeli media initially claimed that the missile launched from Lebanon against the UAV missed. However, Hezbollah's statement confirmed the contrary.