In response to Israeli aggression, Lebanon’s Islamic Resistance - Hezbollah continued its military operations defending the country and its people, targeting Israeli army positions and gatherings in southern Lebanon and northern occupied Palestine.

Hezbollah announced on Friday that it had carried out a series of operations targeting Israeli settlements, military barracks and troop concentrations in the occupied Palestinian territories.

• At 09:00 AM, Hezbollah fighters targeted the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Shmona
• At 09:30 AM, the Islamic Resistance targeted the settlement of Yiftah
• At 10:00 AM, Hezbollah targeted the settlement of Hanita
• At 11:00 AM, Islamic Resistance targeted the Ya’ara barracks with a swarm of suicide drones
• At 12:00 PM, Hezbollah fighters attacked the Metat barracks with a swarm of suicide drones
• At 12:15 PM, resistance fighters targeted an IOF concentration in the town of Khiam
• At 12:20 PM, Hezbollah targeted the settlement of Ramot Naftali
• At 12: 35 PM, Hezbollah fighters struck the settlement of Shomera with rocket salvos
• At 1:15 PM, resistance fighters targeted the Branit barracks, the headquarters of the 91st Division, with a rocket salvo

Israeli media: gunfire towards the north has not stopped

Israeli Channel 12 said on Friday that “fire towards the North has not stopped across all areas and on different fronts”, adding that Hezbollah had succeeded in launching a greater number of rockets, particularly towards inland areas.

The channel also reported that “the Golan entered Hezbollah’s line of fire this morning”.

Air raid sirens sounded in Ramot Naftali and Yiftah in the Upper al-Jalil, and in Zar’it and Shomera in the Western al-Jalil, as Al Mayadeen’s correspondent in southern Lebanon reported a rocket salvo launched from Lebanon towards the occupied Palestinian territories.

What are Hezbollah’s rockets doing to 'Israel'?

Israeli media outlets have increasingly acknowledged Hezbollah’s strength and the threat its capabilities pose to "Israel’s security". A military analyst for the Walla news website said around 4,000 settlers had been evacuated amid falling rockets and shells.

The day before yesterday, Israeli media reported that a rocket fired from Lebanon had struck the Askalan area in the south of the occupied Palestinian territories, at a range of more than 200km from the Lebanese border, describing it as “the longest-range launch operation in Hezbollah’s history”.

Other outlets have also acknowledged that the group is capable of launching hundreds of rockets, while reports speak of growing anxiety among Israeli settlers, some of whom are calling for evacuation because of the continued bombardment.

After Israeli media reported the start of a “ground manoeuvre” in Lebanon, they acknowledged a day later that Hezbollah still retained a large number of fighters in southern Lebanon, keeping the threat alive against any potential ground incursion.

Life in northern occupied Palestine appears to be “all but non-existent”, after the head of an Israeli regional council, Moshe Davidovich, expressed sorrow over what was happening in the north, saying it was “a feeling we have experienced before and had hoped to be rid of”, amid government inaction.

Operations by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon against the occupied territories have not let up, according to Israeli officials who said that “things here are not going smoothly”. The operations come as a defensive response to the intensified aggression on Lebanon since 2 March, which has resulted in civilian casualties and extensive damage to buildings and infrastructure. The report notes that this broad escalation was preceded by repeated violations of the ceasefire over roughly a year and a half, also causing civilian casualties and major damage to civilian infrastructure.

Resistance confronts IOF: what were its latest operations yesterday?

At dawn yesterday, the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) attempted for the third time in a week to advance towards the al-Baydar al-Fawqani area north of Taybeh. After tracking the IOF, Hezbollah responded by setting up a well-planned ambush, targeting the Israeli force with guided missiles and destroying a number of Israeli tanks.

The fighters targeted the settlements of al-Manara and Margaliot with two rocket salvos, as well as an Israeli troop concentration in the park of the border town of Maroun al-Ras, another concentration in Baydar al-Fawqani in Taybeh, and a third on al-Mhaisibat hill south of the Taybeh project.

The resistance also continued to target Israeli army concentrations in Khirbet al-Kseif, south-west of Taybeh, with artillery shells. It then shelled the Yodfat military industries company east of Haifa, as well as the settlements of Shtula and Kiryat Shmona and the area north of Kfar Yuval.