Hezbollah operation kills 3 Israeli soldiers, injures 4: Source

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
21 Oct 2023 00:24
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The Israeli "Branit" Barracks has been targeted with guided missiles leaving at least seven casualties behind according to Israeli media.

Israeli occupation forces inspect a site where a rocket launched from Lebanon hit the northern settlement of "Kiryat Shmona" near the Palestinian-Lebanese border, occupied Palestine, on October 19, 2023 (AFP)

Three Israeli soldiers were killed while four others were injured in Hezbollah's attack on an infantry force positioned near the "Branit" Barracks, sources told Al Mayadeen.

The Lebanese Resistance party announced that it had targeted an infantry force near the barracks after Israeli occupation forces (IOF) assaulted journalists in South Lebanon near the al-Aabad military site on Thursday.

The IOF also prevented emergency services and UN peacekeeping forces from assisting an injured civilian in the area. Abdullah Rabih al-Bekaai died as a result of the IOF's blatant crime as he was left to bleed out for several hours before emergency services were able to rescue him.

Hezbollah said that it targeted the occupation force with guided missiles, confirming that several members of the force were injured and killed as a result of the attack.

An Israeli Apache attack helicopter combed nearby areas in Lebanese territories, while gunfire and heavy artillery shelling were heard in the area, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.

Israeli military sites were targeted via guided missiles in the occupied Shebaa Farms as well as two Israeli sites in the occupied Kfar Chouba Hills, according to our correspondent.

He added that the Ruwaisat al-Alam came under the Resistance's fire, adding that this is the third time that the sites in occupied Lebanese territories have been attacked in response to Israeli aggression on Lebanese territories.

The Dahr al-Aassi site near the border town of Meis al-Jabal was also targeted while Israeli occupation forces shelled the outskirts of the town.

Following the events, Hezbollah announced its responsibility for the coordinated attack on several Israeli occupation military sites in the afternoon.

"The fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted in the afternoon on Friday corresponding to 20-10-2023 sites of the Israeli enemy in the occupied Shebaa Farms and Kfar Chouba Hills which are: al-Ramha, Zebdine, ar-Radar, and Ruwaisat al-Qaren and Ruwaisat al-Alam with guided missiles and appropriate weapons."

Moreover, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in southern Lebanon reported that the Israeli occupation forces are implementing exceptional measures in the border areas while warning sirens sounded at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, southern Lebanon.

Al Mayadeen correspondent reported that Israeli forces have been shelling the outskirts of Kafr Chouba, the Shebaa farms, and around the barbed wire fence in Wadi Hunin.

Skirmishes have intensified in occupied Lebanese territories and at the Lebanese-Palestinian border. Hezbollah has launched several attacks alongside other resistance factions targeting Israeli military and intelligence sites. Most of the attacks focused on targeting Israeli intelligence and surveillance equipment while others targeted infantry forces and armored vehicles.