The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah - carried out on Saturday nine operations that came "in support of the steadfast people of Palestine and their brave Resistance", as well as a response to the Israeli aggression that has been targeting Southern Lebanese villages, homes, and civilians, according to a statement by the resistance.

Operations overview

1. At 7:45 a.m., Resistance fighters targeted the al-Baghdadi military site using rocket weapons, achieving a direct hit.

2. Resistance fighters launched a drone attack against the new positioning of the armored faction north of Yiftah Barracks, targeting Israeli occupation forces' positions, confirming casualties. Hezbollah said that the operation came in support of the Palestinian people and their Resistance and as a response to the Israeli aggression targeting a motorbike in the Southern Lebanese village of Majdal Selm. 

3. In response to the Israeli aggression against Gaza and South Lebanon, Resistance fighters targeted a building where Israeli occupation soldiers were stationed in the Shomera settlement. 

4. Resistance fighters targeted a building where Israeli occupation soldiers were stationed in the Netua settlement. 

5. In response to the Israeli aggression against the southern Lebanese village of Ain Qana, which left several civilians injured, Hezbollah destroyed part of the headquarters of the Israeli Brigade 769 in Kiryat Shmona with a rocket salvo, also causing a fire to break out. 

6. Resistance fighters targeted newly deployed espionage equipment in the al-Marj Israeli military base with the appropriate weapons, achieving a direct hit that resulted in their damage. 

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7. At 11:25 a.m., Resistance fighters targeted Israeli artillery positions and an Israeli gathering in Khirbet Maer with a rocket salvo, achieving direct hits. 

8. Resistance fighters shot down an Israeli Hermes 900 drone over southern Lebanon, which has been used to carry out Israeli aggression and assassinations. 

9. Resistance fighters targeted the Hanita settlement with a barrage of rockets, as a response to the Israeli aggression against the Southern Lebanese villages of Sadiqin and Adoun, which killed a Lebanese woman and injured several other civilians. 

What Israeli media had to say

Moreover, the Resistance's military media published footage of its fighters targeting an Israeli Merkava 4 tank, at the Zebdine military site in the occupied Shebaa Farms. 

#الإعلام_الحربي في #المقاومة_الإسلامية ينشر مشاهد من عملية استهداف دبّابة "ميركافا 4" في محيط موقع زبدين التابع لـ"جيش" الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في مزارع شبعا اللبنانية المحتلة.#لبنان #الميادين_لبنان pic.twitter.com/09rPtMnjaK

— الميادين لبنان (@mayadeenlebanon) June 1, 2024

Israeli media confirmed this morning that sirens were sounding in the occupied North amid Hezbollah's operations and launching of rockets, including a Burkan rocket, and several drones. 

In detail, Israeli media reported that sirens followed explosion sounds in Akka after Hezbollah targeted a military base there. A rocket also landed in Bustan al-Jalil. 

Regarding the operation targeting the Hermes 900, the drone was shot down using a surface-to-air missile. The drone was said to have been shot down over the southern Lebanese town of Deir Kifa.

⚡️More footage of the massive Hermes 900 armed drone that was struck by Hezb-Allah air defence over southern Lebanon moments ago pic.twitter.com/QTBpuk3u9E

— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) June 1, 2024

Israeli media described the operation as an "exceptional incident" which shows Hezbollah's ability to shoot down drones from the Israeli Air Force. It further expressed concerns regarding the "Israel army and the Air Force's work in South Lebanon."

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