Hezbollah destroys 39th Merkava, as drones swarm positions of troops
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In 33 operations, Hezbollah ambushed, shelled, and attacked Israeli occupation forces, while targeting groupings behind enemy lines.
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Footage captured by a camera installed on a Hezbollah anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) shows the moment an Israeli Merkava tank came onto the crosshairds of the ATGM operator, opposite the town of Yarine, on July 18, 2024. (Islamic Resistance in Lebanon/Military Media)
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah conducted various operations against invading Israeli occupation forces, as well as attacks on Israeli occupied cities and settlements, on Monday.
Khaibar series of operations
Hezbollah's fighters also conducted two operations, adding to the "Khaibar Series" of operations, which came in response to the Israeli aggression and massacres against civilians in Lebanon.
With the announcemnet of these two operations, the Islamic Resistance has executed 41 operations, attacking similar targets with strategic weapons, in line with the "Khaibar Series".
The first operation saw Hezbollah fighters launch a one-way attack drone at the Yodfat Company, which specializes in weapons production, located to the southeast of occupied Akka. The drone, launched at 7:05 am, dealt a precise hit to the intended target.
The second operation saw Hezbollah fighters fire a salvo of precision-guided rockets at the Stella Maris naval base in western occupied Haifa, at 4:00 pm.
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Direct confrontations
The Resistance also announced two operations on direct confrontations with invading Israeli forces, near the border towns of southern Lebanon.
In Kfar Kila, a Lebanese town opposite the Metulla settlement, located on the tip of the al-Jalil Panhandle, Hezbollah fighters engaged an invading force, dealing heavy casualties among them.
As an Israeli mechanized force, which includes military vehicles and infantry, attempted to infiltrate the town toward higher ground on its northern side, Hezbollah fighters executed a pre-planned ambush at 4:00 am, on Monday dawn.
Resistance fighters armed with light weapons and rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) launchers ambushed the force, setting two military vehicles ablaze and killing and injuring several Israeli soldiers.
On Monday evening, Israeli occupation forces initiated a new infiltration route toward the border town of Khiam, which is located to the northeast of Kfar Kila and the north of Metulla.
After firing several salvos of rocket artillery shells at the positions of Israeli occupation forces in the area, Hezbollah announced that its anti-armor units destroyed an Israeli Mekava tank, at 9:45 pm, in the al-Hamames area, located to the south of Khiam.
The Merkava tank was struck with an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), killing and injuring its crew members. This also marks the 39th Merkava tank destroyed by Hezbollah, during the period of the Israeli ground invasion of southern Lebanon.
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Precision drone strikes pick out Israeli targets
Monday also witnessed heightened activity from Hezbollah's Unmanned Air Force, which launched precision strikes against the groupings and positions of Israeli occupation troops, near the border.
All drones launched on Monday precisely struck their targets.
On the Western Axis
- A one-way attack drone was launched at a grouping of Israeli troops in Zar'it.
- Two one-way attack drones were launched at the Ras al-Naqoura naval base.
- A large FPV drone struck a grouping of Israeli occupation troops, positioned to the east of the border town of Aitaroun, causing confirmed casualties among them.
- A one-way attack drone targeted a grouping of Israeli troops in the Even Menachem settlement, just south of Zar'it.
On the Eastern Axis
- A one-way attack drone struck a grouping of Israeli troops in the Kfar Giladi settlement.
- A swarm of drones targeted a grouping of Israeli occupation troops in a stone crushing plant near the same settlement.
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Rocket, artillery attacks
Hezbollah fired rocket-artillery shells at Israeli targets in 22 of 33 operations executed on Monday, which included fire support and attacks on Israeli military sites.
Here is a list of the operations:
- At 12:20 am, a salvo of rockets was fired at a grouping of Israeli troops, positioned between Manara and Margiliot.
- At 12:50 am, a salvo of rockets was fired for the second at a grouping of Israeli troops in the same area.
- At 6:30 am, Hezbollah fighters shelled a grouping of Israeli troops on the al-Fatima Gate, at the border near the town of Kfar Kila, with artillery weapons.
- At 7:00 am, Hezbollah fighters renewed their attack on forces in the area, this time firing a salvo of rockets at Israeli troops.
- At 7:15 am, Hezbollah artillery units targeted Israeli troops for the third time in the same area.
- At 8:00 am, a second salvo of rockets was fired at Israeli occupation troops near al-Fatima Gate.
- At 8:30 am, a salvo of rockets was fired at the Kiryat Shmona city settlement.
- At 12:06 pm, a salvo of rockets was fired at Israeli occupation forces to the west of al-Wazani village, near the border.
- At 3:15 pm, a second salvo of rockets was fired at a grouping of troops in the same area.
- At 3:00 pm, a salvo of rockets was fired at a grouping of Israeli troops in the Margiliot settlement.
- At 4:00 pm, a large barrage of rockets was fired at the coastal city settlement of Nahariya.
- At 5:00 pm, a salvo of rockets was fired at the Meron Air Traffic Control military site.
- Concurrently, a salvo of rockets was fired at the Shomera settlement.
- Additionally, a salvo of rockets was fired at the Even Menachem settlement.
- At 8:00 pm, a salvo of rockets was fired at the Meron settlement.
- Concurrently, a salvo of rockets was fired at the Rosh Pina settlements, to the east of the occupied city of Safad.
- At 8:30 pm, a salvo of rockets was fired at a grouping of Israeli troops in al-Hamames, to the south of Khiam.
- At 9:40 pm, a second salvo of rockets was fired at a grouping of Israeli troops in al-Hamames.
- At 9:45 pm, a third salvo of rockets was fired at a grouping of Israeli troops in al-Hamames, which coincided with the destruction of the Merkava tank.
- At 9:45 pm, a large barrage of rockets was fired at a grouping of Israeli troops, positioned on the outskirts of the town of Khiam, in al-Y'aqousah.
- At 11:00 pm, a salvo of rockets was fired at the positions of Israeli forces in the city settlement of Kiryat Shmona.
- At 11:20 pm, a salvo of rockets was fired at the positions of Israeli forces in the settlement of Rosh Pina.
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