Hezbollah hits Israeli sites, groupings with swarm of drones, rockets

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon + Israeli media
16 Aug 2024 23:33
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Hezbollah says its Resistance fighters carried out eight operations against Israeli military sites and troops.

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A screen grab from Hezbollah's video "Our Mountains, Our Strongholds," which features the "Imad 4" facility (Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon)

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced on Friday a new series of operations its fighters carried out against Israeli occupation military sites and troops.

Hezbollah said its operations were in support of the "steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and their brave and honorable Resistance," as well as in response to the Israeli attacks "on the steadfast southern villages and safe homes."

The Resistance said its fighters targeted at 1:15 pm a bunker where Israeli soldiers were positioned at the Birket Risha site with guided weapons, hitting it directly and resulting in confirmed casualties.

At 2:40 pm, Hezbollah bombarded a deployment of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Metat barracks with rocket weapons and achieved a precise hit.

The Islamic Resistance confirmed that its fighters also bombarded at 4:30 pm a deployment of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the Jal al-Deir site with Falaq rockets.

Later, Hezbollah targeted the al-Assi site with artillery shells, hitting it directly.

Regarding its operations in response to the Israeli assaults on southern Lebanese towns and villages, the Islamic Resistance said its fighters targeted buildings used by Israeli soldiers in the Netua settlement with unnamed "appropriate weapons".

In addition, Hezbollah confirmed that it launched an aerial attack with a swarm of one-way drones on the headquarters of the armored battalions of the 188th Brigade in the Revaya barracks in the occupied Syrian Golan. It said the attack targeted the positions and groupings of officers and soldiers, striking the intended targets with precision and causing confirmed casualties.

Moreover, the Resistance said it targeted buildings used by Israeli soldiers in the Metulla settlement with unnamed "appropriate weapons" in response to the Israeli attacks on southern villages and safe homes, especially in Kfar Kila.

At 10:50 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Israeli artillery emplacements in al-Zaoura with artillery rockets.

Hezbollah also mourned its Resistance fighter martyr Ibrahim Shawqi Salameh (Alaa), from the southern Lebanese town of Blida, on the path to [liberating occupied] al-Quds.

Hezbollah official statement: martyr Ibrahim Shawki Salameh (Alaa)

{Among the faithful are men who fulfill what they have pledged to Allah: there are some among them who have fulfilled their pledge, & some of them who still wait, & they have not changed in the least} pic.twitter.com/DKVcbkvGAf
— aya (@political_aya__) August 16, 2024

Meanwhile, the Israeli occupation continues its attacks on Lebanon, targeting the towns of Maroun al-Ras, Hanin, Aitaroun, Kfar Kila, and al-Khiyam, according to Al Mayadeen's correspondent.

Firefighting teams worked to extinguish the fires that broke out as a result of the Israeli bombing of Bint Jbeil.

'Israel' failing in dealing with threat of Hezbollah's drones: Israeli media

In a related context, Israeli media touched Friday on what it called a "very tragic and unfortunate" incident that occurred a few days ago in the north of occupied Palestine after Hezbollah launched a one-way drone toward Nahariya.

On August 6, 2024, the Israeli occupation confirmed that several people were injured in Nahariya after one of its interceptor missiles failed to intercept several targets launched from Lebanon and hit the ground.

Or Heller, the military affairs correspondent for the Israeli Channel 13, said an Israeli interceptor missile failed to intercept the drone, killing Mikhail Samara from Kafr Yasif, and injuring 14 others.

The Israeli occupation forces announced today that an interceptor mistakenly fell onto Highway 4 in Nahariya.

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— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) August 6, 2024

Heller pointed out that the air defense unit in the Israeli Air Force, along with Israeli defense industries, have been tirelessly working on how to deal with the threat of Hezbollah's unmanned aircraft, adopting a different approach to intercept the explosive drones and relying each time on a new method, thinking, and technique, "but unfortunately, this has failed."

The correspondent confirmed that they are investigating this "serious failure" and constantly testing other methods and different ways to counter Hezbollah's drone threat.