Hezbollah drones continue to plague Israeli forces, sites

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
26 Apr 2024 00:18
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The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon targeted Israeli sites and artillery positions in response to attacks on civilians and in support of Palestine.

A poster posted by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah showing the moment an anti-tank guided missile hit an Israeli Humvee near the Lebanese-Palestinian border, on April 19, 2024. (Islamic Resistance in Lebanon/ Military Media)

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah conducted a series of operations on Thursday, targeting Israeli occupation soldiers, sites, and artillery positions, using a variety of weapons, including one-way attack drones.

Initially, Hezbollah fighters targeted groupings of Israeli occupation forces in the vicinity of al-Dhayrah military site, at 3:20 pm (local time). The operation, in which unspecified "rocket weapons" were used, achieved direct hits to its targets.

At 5:15 pm, Hezbollah attacked the Israeli Zibdine Barracks in the occupied Shebaa Farms, dealing direct hits to the target.

Most notably, the Resistance's Unmanned Air Force conducted an operation via a one-way attack [suicide] drone, targeting Ein Margaliot artillery headquarters. The drone was able to successfully hit its target, marking yet another successful aerial attack by Hezbollah.

It is worth noting that Margaliot is partially located on the usurped lands of the Hounin village.

Later in the evening, at 23:00, after careful monitoring and follow-up of the movements of the Israeli occupation forces along the border with Lebanon, Hezbollah's artillery directly hit an Israeli force as it entered the al-Malikiyah post.

Following the incident, where the Islamic Resistance had previously prepared a comprehensive ambush involving guided missiles, artillery, and rocket weapons targeting a motorized convoy near the Roueissat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Chouba Hills, Hezbollah launched guided missiles, artillery, and rocket weapons at 23:10, striking an Israeli occupation convoy and resulting in the destruction of two vehicles.

As a result, the enemy created a smokescreen to withdraw the casualties.

Regarding the last two operations the Israeli occupation forces spokesperson announced an exchange of fire between Hezbollah and the IOF in the Shebaa farms where aircraft were deployed to the scene.

As for Israeli media, it revealed that IOF censorship banned all publications related to the incident, however, the Israeli media still reported that two vehicles were directly hit by a guided missile which resulted in casualties.

Israeli IOF spokesperson described the security incident as very difficult.

Ambush was confirmed successful

In turn, Al Mayadeen sources revealed that an Israeli occupation forces truck belonging to the 12th Brigade in the Israeli Golani Division was among the Israeli occupation forces vehicles ambushed by the Resistance near the Roueissat al-Alam site.

These sources emphasized that the Israeli military trucks "were completely destroyed, directly hit by a guided missile near the Roueissat al-Alam site," adding that shells fired by the resistance "fell inside the Israeli site during a gathering of occupation soldiers, resulting in confirmed injuries."

At the time of the incident, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that direct fire was directed towards the Roueissat al-Alam Israeli site in the occupied Kfar Chouba Hills in Lebanon, confirming the continued fire at the Israeli site following the targeting carried out by the resistance fighters.

Our correspondent in the south added that the Israeli military force was monitored until it reached the ambush point and was subjected to various types of fire, stating that the Israeli army worked to comb the area to evacuate the injured among its soldiers. This was simultaneous with infantry forces being ambushed in the vicinity of the military site in occupied al-Malikiyah.

We are at the pre-Haifa stage: Expert

In the context of Hezbollah's continuous operations from South Lebanon, Al Mayadeen's Lebanese affairs expert, Abbass Fneish, said that following the attack conducted by the Resistance on an Israeli site in northern occupied Akka, "Today we have arrived at the before-Haifa stage."

Fneish made the remark in reference to the occupied Palestinian city of Haifa, which hosts the occupation's most important port and hundreds of thousands of settlers. According to Fneish, the Resistance is steadfast in its strategy of matching Israeli escalation by expanding and deepening its scope of confrontation.

The expert also pointed to the possibility of an Israeli invasion of Rafah, underlining the support role of the Northern Front. Fneish said that if an invasion of Rafah is conducted, Hezbollah will escalate its operations as necessary in the face of the attack.

Fneish stressed that the type of attacks utilized by the Resistance in its response to Israeli crimes and assassinations are still in their "first phase".