Hezbollah fires 100+ rockets responding to Israeli assassination

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Military Media
3 Jul 2024 21:15
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Hezbollah's fighters fired a hundred rockets toward two Israeli bases in the occupied Golan and launched three other attacks in response to the assassination of a commander.

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A Burkan rocket artillery shell, reportedly holding a 500 kg warhead, flies toward the Israeli Birannit Barracks, on June 30, 2024. (Islamic Resistance in Lebanon/Military Media)

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah has launched a series of strikes against Israeli targets in occupied territories, in response to the Israeli strike on the coastal city of Tyre in South Lebanon.

The Israeli attack led to the martyrdom of Hezbollah leader, martyr Mohammad Nehme Nasser.

Although the Resistance launched four near-simultaneous attacks on Israeli sites and positions, located near the Israeli line of withdrawal from South Lebanon, these attacks did not come in direct response to the assassination of the Resistance leader.

Instead, the Resistance launched yet another series of attacks that struck positions deeper within Israeli-occupied territories.

Hezbollah fires 100 rocket barrage on Golan sites

The first announced attack saw the Resistance fire 100 Grad-type rockets on Israeli sites in the occupied Golan. The barrage of rocket artillery shells targeted the 210th Bashan Territorial Division's headquarters in the Nafah Barracks and the Israeli Air Defense Command Northern Regiment and Air Force section in the Kela Barracks.

The 210th Territorial Division commands six brigades, a signals battalion, a field intelligence battalion, and a combat engineering company, which are responsible for the front with Syria via the occupied Syrian Golan Heights.

Israeli social media accounts and media outlets captured footage of smoke billowing in the Golan after multiple Hezbollah rockets impacted the area.

It is worth noting that the Nafah and Kela bases are nearly 13 km apart, while the Nafah Barracks is 23.5 km away from the nearest point on the Israeli line of withdrawal from South Lebanon.

Hezbollah fighters also barraged the 769th Hiram Territorial Brigade's headquarters in Kiryat Shomna Barracks, with a barrage of larger caliber Falaq rocket artillery shells.

The Resistance also renewed its rocket attack on the Kela Barracks, this time targeting the nearby infantry section of the base, which faced a barrage of dozens of Grad-type rockets at 6:43 pm (local time).

Simultaneously, the Resistance fired heavy-caliber Burkan rockets, which can carry warheads that weigh up to 500 kg, at the Israeli Zar'it Barracks.

Warning sirens rang across settlements from the Western Upper al-Jalil to the al-Jalili Pandhandle and in the occupied Golan on several occasions on Wednesday.

Hezbollah also executed several other attacks, in line with its continued support to the Palestinian people.

This includes shelling al-Raheb military site with artillery shells and the destruction of Israeli hardware installed in the Birket Risha military site.

The attack on the Nafah base is among the deepest attacks conducted by the Resistance since October 8, 2023. The attack also marks one of seven rocket barrages fired at the base, the first of which was launched on February 26.