Al Mayadeen English

  • Ar
  • Es
  • x
Al Mayadeen English

Slogan

  • News
    • Politics
    • Economy
    • Sports
    • Arts&Culture
    • Health
    • Miscellaneous
    • Technology
    • Environment
  • Articles
    • Opinion
    • Analysis
    • Blog
    • Features
  • Videos
    • NewsFeed
    • Video Features
    • Explainers
    • TV
    • Digital Series
  • Infographs
  • In Pictures
  • • LIVE
News
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Sports
  • Arts&Culture
  • Health
  • Miscellaneous
  • Technology
  • Environment
Articles
  • Opinion
  • Analysis
  • Blog
  • Features
Videos
  • NewsFeed
  • Video Features
  • Explainers
  • TV
  • Digital Series
Infographs
In Pictures
  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Asia-Pacific
  • Europe
  • Latin America
  • MENA
  • Palestine
  • US & Canada
BREAKING
Israeli media: Reports of two IOF soldiers killed in military vehicle explosion in Rafah.
Israeli media: Israeli soldier killed, another wounded in explosion in Rafah.
Medical sources in West Bank: Palestinian killed by occupation fire; wounded and left to bleed while ambulance crews were barred from reaching him in Al-Ain refugee camp, west of Nablus.
Hamas: Facts on ground reveal opposite of claims, as occupation authorities were ones who armed criminal gangs that practiced murder and kidnapping against people of Gaza.
Hamas: US Department of State's false claims fully in line with Israeli disinformation.
Hamas responds to US claims in statement, fully rejects US claims of "imminent attack" or violation of ceasefire.
Field sources in West Bank: Israeli bulldozers vandalize Palestinian lands northwest of Nablus.
Field sources in West Bank: Settlers attack Palestinian farmers harvesting olives in Nablus.
Field sources in West Bank: Armed Israeli settlers torch Palestinian vehicles near olive groves in Turmus Ayya north of Ramallah.
Israeli PM Office: Netanyahu has ordered that the Rafah crossing will not open until further notice.

Hezbollah's Burkan, Falaq pound Israeli sites along border

  • By Al Mayadeen English
  • Source: Al Mayadeen
  • 29 Jan 2024 10:54
  • 3 Shares
3 Min Read

After using ATGMs as sniper weapons, the Resistance today employs the 500kg Burkan rockets as the to-go-to artillery shells.

  • x
  • Hezbollah fighters manning RPGS astride bikes manning RPG behind them sits rocket launchers during military drills (social media)
    Hezbollah fighters manning RPGS astride bikes, with rocket launchers behind them during military drills, on May 24, 2022 (Social media)

Starting today's operations 20 minutes after midnight, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced targeting a number of Israeli military sites using the Resistance's trademark Burkan rockets.

The Military Media released three statements thus far, detailing the operations. 

  • At 12:20 am, the Resistance fighters targeted the Birket Risha military site using Burkan rockets resulting in a direct hit. 
  • Concurrently, at 12:20 am, the Resistance targeted the Hadab al-Bustan military site using Burkan rockets resulting in a direct hit. 
  • At 8:00 am, the Resistance targeted the "Biranit" Barracks also using Burkan rockets and resulting in a direct hit.
  • At 10:00 am, the Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers stationed behind the Jal al-Allam site with a Falaq missile, achieving a direct hit.
  • Later at 11:15 am, the group launched an attack on a grouping of Israeli occupation soldiers in the "Mitat" Barracks.
  • Just half an hour later, Hezbollah fighters attacked the "Metula" military site with the appropriate weapons, confirming direct hits to the intended targets.

After using ATGMs as sniper weapons, the Resistance today employed a number of the 500kg Burkan rockets as the to-go-to artillery shells.

Following the operations, the IOF announced that two Israeli soldiers were injured and transferred to the hospital for treatment. 

Burkan: Pride and joy of the Lebanese resistance

Related News

Netanyahu reveals details on Sayyed Nasrallah strike, pagers attack

Israeli forces carry out new incursion in Syria’s Quneitra

On November 4 last year, the Israel-Alma research center reported that Hezbollah had used the Burkan rocket for the first time.

"Burkan rockets are cheap, effective, and numerous within the Hezbollah arsenal, having a few thousand that carry up to 500 kg of explosives each. Hezbollah has the ability to produce them domestically since Syria's CERS center passed them the knowledge," they wrote. 

The Burkan is a short-range "heavyweight" rocket domestically developed by Hezbollah with each rocket estimated to cost $300-$400 and holding from 100kg to 500kg of explosives. 

The Lebanese Islamic Resistance has lately deployed new weapons and tactics in its latest round of confrontations with “Israel” in response to the Israeli massacres against civilians in #Gaza and the killing of Lebanese civilians.

One of them is the Burkan rockets. Here's what… pic.twitter.com/FJkO5lfPv2

— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 22, 2023

The Resistance's utilization of Burkan rockets quickly raised concerns in the Israeli settler community. Israel-Alma reported that the domestically developed Lebanese rockets pose a serious threat to the stability in the north as they're capable of dodging the Iron Dome anti-air system and have a destruction radius of 250 meters.

Falaq-1: Another Hezbollah flagship

Hezbollah officially debuted the Falaq-1 system for the first time in this round of confrontations on January 26. The weapon, developed by Iran's Aerospace Industries Organization, has a range of 10km and carries a high explosive warhead, weighing 50kg.

The surface-to-surface rocket can be launched from a multiple rocket launcher system installed on a light vehicle's cargo bed or from simple launch pads. Falaq-1 rockets have a 240 mm caliber and can be spin-stabilized if launched from the appropriate canisters, awarding them a maximum range of 10 km.

A new version of the system had been recently released, marking improvements to the caliber and warhead of the system. The Falaq-2 is a 333 mm caliber rocket that carries a 120 kg improved warhead. 

Al Mayadeen's sources confirmed that Hezbollah has owned the Falaq-1 system since the 1990s and has used it in operations leading up to South Lebanon's liberation in 2000.

  • Israel
  • Hezbollah
  • Lebanon
  • Burkan
  • Lebanese resistance
War on Gaza

War on Gaza

Most Read

Iran strikes secret Israeli-US bunker under Tel Aviv high-rise

Tel Aviv high-rise struck by Iran hid Site 81, secret US-Israeli base

  • Politics
  • 14 Oct 2025
Palestinian journalist Saleh al-Jaafarawi in an undated image in Gaza, occupied Palestine (Social media)

Gaza Palestinian journalist Saleh al-Jafarawi killed by collaborators

  • Politics
  • 12 Oct 2025
drop site

New report details extensive Israeli arson in Gaza after ceasefire

  • Politics
  • 13 Oct 2025
Illustration of fists breaking shackles, representing the liberation of Palestinian detainees from Israeli prisons. (Illustrated by: AL Mayadeen English/Batoul Chamas)

4 prominent Palestinian detainees to be freed: Who are they?

  • Palestine
  • 13 Oct 2025

Coverage

All
War on Gaza

Read Next

All
Iraqi religious leader Sheikh Jawad al-Khalisi on Al Mayadeen Plus, October 18, 2025 (Screengrab)
Politics

Most powerful decision-maker in Iraq is US: Sheikh Al-Khalisi

Flags of Iran, Russia, and China (IRNA)
Politics

Iran, Russia, China confirm: Iran nuclear issue out of UNSC

Member of the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc Ali Fayyad speaks to Al Mayadeen, October 18, 2025 (Screengrab)
Politics

Hezbollah, allies will reject direct talks with 'Israel': MP Fayyad

The bodies of killed Palestinians held by "Israel" during the war are downloaded from Red Cross vehicles after their release, at the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2025. (AP)
Politics

From rubble to graveyards, Gaza continues recovering its martyrs

Al Mayadeen English

Al Mayadeen is an Arab Independent Media Satellite Channel.

All Rights Reserved

  • x
  • Privacy Policy
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Authors
Android
iOS