Hezbollah neither defeated nor broken, inflicting losses, casualties

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Israeli media
10 Oct 2024 17:36

Israeli media say 22 Israeli soldiers were injured in the past 24 hours, 20 of them on the Lebanese border and two in the Gaza Strip.

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A portrait of assassinated Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah sits amid debris in Beirut's Southern Suburb Rouweiss neighborhood on October 10, 2024, following overnight Israeli strikes. (AFP)

Hezbollah has neither been defeated nor broken following the recent assassinations against its members, Israeli media indicated on Thursday, adding that the Lebanese group remains capable of dealing casualties and damage to "Israel."

This comes amid an ongoing Israeli aggression across Lebanon, especially the country's southern and eastern regions, as well as Beirut's Southern Suburb, which has so far killed 2,141 people and injured 10,099 others, according to the latest statistics from the Lebanese Ministry of Health.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah's fighters continue to inflict heavy losses and casualties on Israeli troops attempting to infiltrate Lebanese towns from occupied Palestinian territories since "Israel" announced a "limited ground incursion" over a week ago, despite Israeli officials claiming that the group's capabilities have been reduced during this round of confrontation.

The media noted that two Israelis were killed by rocket fire from Lebanon toward Kiryat Shmona.

Yoav Limor, a military affairs commentator for the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom, mentioned that Hezbollah has intensified its rocket attacks toward "Israel" over the past few days.

He pointed out that despite the interception of some rockets from Lebanon, Israeli defense systems were unable to intercept all of them, resulting in serious damage to the Israeli "home front" and its military.

Limor suggested that "Israel" is not thinking "strategically" about Iranian threats, adding that the political-security cabinet, which will meet Thursday to decide on a response to Iran's Operation True Promise II and its timing, must avoid dragging "Israel" into a war of attrition, as "Israeli society and even the army are not prepared" for a such one.

The commentator further urged the Israeli government to reconsider its broad international relations, particularly with the United States, to transition from war to diplomacy, as well as to focus on rearmament.

He also emphasized that US support for "Israel" is also crucial in facing any potential Iranian response, which became evident after Operation True Promise I and II.

Limor noted that the intense fighting on the northern front with Lebanon and a potential Iranian attack are diverting attention from Israeli operations in Gaza and the West Bank.

The Israeli newspaper Maariv pointed out that evacuating the wounded in the northern arena is complicated, adding that the evacuation process involves transporting medical personnel and the injured to landing zones within "Israel".

20 Israeli soldiers injured within 24 hours on border with Lebanon

In a related context, Israeli media reported that 22 Israeli soldiers were injured in 24 hours, 20 of them on the Lebanese border and two in the Gaza Strip.

The Ziv Medical Center in occupied Safad confirmed that it had received seven injured soldiers from battles with Hezbollah at the northern border with Lebanon.

Israeli media mentioned that four injuries were reported following the shelling that targeted the Karmiel area in Central al-Jalil, while an Israeli helicopter was directly hit in the Mays al-Jabal area while attempting to evacuate injuries, forcing Israeli ambulances to flee the scene of the incident.

Early Thursday morning, the Israeli occupation military admitted to the killing of one of its soldiers and the injury of another in ongoing battles at the Lebanese border.

The military announced that the soldier was from the 228th Brigade and that another soldier from the 5030th Battalion was seriously wounded in the same incident and was transferred to the hospital.

This brings the Israeli military's acknowledged death toll to 12 soldiers since the start of its announced ground incursion in southern Lebanon, although the Islamic Resistance's Operations Room confirmed that the occupation forces have suffered at least 35 fatalities and 200 injuries, including elite officers and soldiers.

On Wednesday, the Israeli Channel 12 reported that the senior advisor to Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich was injured during battles at the Lebanon border.

The Israeli military also confirmed that two soldiers from Unit 504 and another from Battalion 8207 were seriously injured in the battle in southern Lebanon.