Hezbollah pressures 'Israel' in north, escalates operations' intensity
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon maintains an increased number of operations against Israeli military bases and soldiers as the occupation continues its genocidal war on Gaza.
In a series of operations on Saturday, May 18, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah said it targeted various Israeli military bases and forces' positions located in northern-occupied Palestine.
Announcing the operations, Hezbollah confirmed, yet again, that they are in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza and their brave and honorable Resistance and in response to the Israeli aggression on the steadfast southern Lebanese villages and civilian homes.
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The Islamic Resistance's operations were as follows:
- At 9:45 am, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers near the Biranit military barracks with rocket weaponry, confirming direct hits.
- At 1:30 pm, the Islamic Resistance struck a room in the Ramim barracks where Israeli soldiers were stationed using a one-way drone, announcing that the target was directly hit.
- At 2:45 pm, Hezbollah attacked spy hardware in the al-Ramtha base with appropriate weapons, confirming direct hits.
- At 2:30 pm, the Resistance targeted the coastal Ras al-Nakoura military base with artillery shells.
- At 3:25 pm, Hezbollah targeted and destroyed technical and spy hardware of the Raheb military base using appropriate weapons.
- At 4:00 pm, the command center of the Liman Battalion was targeted with artillery shells by the Resistance, receiving direct hits.
- At 4:10 pm, Hezbollah struck a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the Baghdadi base using a one-way drone.
- At 4:45 pm, Resistance fighters targeted and destroyed newly installed spy equipment raised on a crane in the Hadab Yaroun base.
- At 5:20 pm, Hezbollah attacked with rocket weaponry the Samaqa military base, achieving direct hits.
- At 6:00 pm, the Resistance targeted a deployment of Israeli soldiers west of the Raheb military base with rocket weaponry.
- At 6:15 pm, Hezbollah destroyed, with appropriate weapons, newly installed spy equipment at the Biranit military barracks.
- At 6:50, Hezbollah struck the Baghdadi military base with artillery shells, confirming direct impacts.
Moreover, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah released footage of several operations conducted on May 16, 2024, whereby the Resistance fighters targeted surveillance Israeli sites and equipment on the southern Lebanese border, including the Jal al-Allam site, Zar'it Barrack, the Har Addir site, the Ramya site, al-Tayhat Hill.
'At the mercy' of Sayyed Nasrallah
In the north, Hezbollah has escalated its operations dramatically in the past few weeks and conducted multiple landmark operations, including the introduction of a one-way drone that is capable of launching two S5 missiles before attacking its target, disabling the entity's largest spy balloon in a drone strike almost 35km away from the Lebanese border, and destroying a spy balloon deployed a few months ago in the north to fill the gap caused by the Resistance's destruction of Israeli spy and surveillance hardware across the borders.
Additionally, Hezbollah has recently increased its operations to unprecedented levels since the war began, with red alerts becoming almost an hourly occurrence in settlements in northern occupied Palestine.
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Commenting on the situation, former Security Minister and ex-deputy to the Prime Minister in two separate governments, Avigdor Lieberman, said in a post on X on Thursday that "Netanyahu has succeeded in shrinking the [geography] State of Israel to the dimensions of a small room."
"What's happening in the north is simply a huge disgrace. It's impossible to count anymore the number of launches that have occurred in the last day towards the north, which has become deserted and abandoned to the mercy of [Sayyed] Nasrallah."
"Anyone who thought that the old and defeatist policy ended on October 7 was mistaken."