Hezbollah bombs Israeli military sites, assembly points
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The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon bombs several Israeli sites after attacking a vast Israeli air control and surveillance base in a preliminary response to the occupation's violation of Lebanon's sovereignty.
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A screengrab from an Islamic Resistance in Lebanon's video depicting the moment an ATGM was fired at the "Ramim" military barracks on January 2, 2024 (Military Media)
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah said Saturday that its fighters attacked an Israeli assembly point in the northern settlement of "Avivim" with several casualties confirmed.
The Islamic Resistance's fighters also attacked the Israeli military site of Bayad Blida, with several missiles landing and striking the position.
These two operations come on the heels of three other operations that took place earlier in the day.
Firstly, Hezbollah targeted at 7:50 am one of two Israeli occupation forces' Air Traffic Control Base in northern occupied Palestine, with a barrage of 62 rockets, as an initial response to the assassination of Palestinian Resistance leader, martyr Sheikh Saleh al-Arouri, and his brothers in the Southern Suburb of Beirut.
A statement released by the Resistance said its fighters accurately and successfully targeted the air control base located atop Mount Jarmaq ("Meron"), which constitutes the highest peak in the '48 occupied Palestine.
The attack was launched at exactly 7:50 am (local time) on Saturday morning, targeting the sole center for the management and monitoring of air traffic in northern occupied territories, the "Meron" Air Traffic Control Base. Hezbollah added that the occupation possesses no equivalent alternative to the bombarded facility.
Another operation saw the Resistance shelling the Israeli "Metula" military site, which was followed by an attack on an Israeli assembly point in the vicinity of the Hounin military barracks.
Swift, calculated response
The Resistance faction's swift and calculated response to "Israel's" assassination of Hamas' Deputy Political Bureau Chief in the Southern Suburb of Beirut has been anticipated by supporters of the Axis of Resistance. Hezbollah sticks to its pledge promising further operations in a broader response to the horrific Israeli crime.
Speaking on two different occasions, on Wednesday and Friday, the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, reiterated the Resistance's commitment to response to the "flagrant and dangerous violation," which he confirmed "will not go unanswered."
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Indeed, Hezbollah's initial unprecedented attack on the Air Traffic Control Base marks a first, in terms of the Resistance's confrontation with the Israeli occupation, hitting an integral and sensitive site of the Israeli Air Force. The only other Israeli Air Force Traffic Control Base is located around 250 km to the south, in the al-Naqab Desert, dubbed "Mitzpe Ramon" Airbase, as revealed in the statement.
Importantly, Saturday's statement stressed that the operation was only an initial response to the martyr al-Arouri's assassination, promising further actions against the occupation. Sayyed Nasrallah had underlined the impact of the treacherous assassination on the military, security, and political level, stressing the significance of the site of the aggression, the Southern Suburb of Beirut.
In this context, the Lebanese Resistance leader emphasized that an encompassing response would be spurred by the assassination and the flagrant security violation in the Southern Suburb, which had not experienced an Israeli strike since 2006.
