Hezbollah strikes Israeli bases, introduces new IRAM
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Hezbollah responded to the Israeli aggression on civilians in southern Lebanon with four operations targeting multiple new Israeli settlements as pledged by Sayyed Nasrallah earlier.
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A screengrab from a video published by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon in January 2024 (Hezbollah military media)
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced a series of operations on Friday, targeting Israeli military sites and forces in northern occupied Palestine in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza and their Resistance.
The Resistance group also introduced the Wabel IRAM (improvised rocket-assisted munition), which was used to target an Israeli military base near the Lebanese-Palestinian border.
Following repeated Israeli killings of civilians in southern Lebanon, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah announced on Wednesday that for every attack on civilians, Hezbollah would strike new Israeli settlements not yet attacked.
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One day after Sayyed Nasrallah's pledge, the occupation bombed three villages in southern Lebanon: Safad al-Batikh, Majdal Selm, and Shaqra, resulting in over a dozen civilian casualties.
In response to the aggression, the Resistance announced shortly after midnight striking the Abirim settlement in northern occupied Palestine for the first time with a salvo of Katyusha rockets.
At 9:30 AM, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Ruweisat al-Qarn military base in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms. Using the locally-produced Wabel heavy rocket for the first time, the strike resulted in a direct hit, causing partial destruction and igniting a fire at the site.
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Islamic Resistance fighters also targeted Israeli soldiers stationed around the Ramim barracks with a Burkan rocket and the Metula site with artillery shells at noon, achieving a direct hit in both.
At 12:13 PM, the Islamic Resistance targeted Israeli artillery positions in Khirbet Ma'ar and nearby Israeli soldiers with dozens of Katyusha and Falaq heavy rockets, achieving direct hits.
In two other operations in response to the civilian casualties in Safad al-Batikh, Majdal Selm, and Shaqra, Hezbollah announced striking the Neveh Ziv and Manot settlements for the first time with a Katyusha barrage, in addition to targeting Abirim again.
The Resistance also announced today targeting buildings used by Israeli soldiers in the al-Manara settlement with appropriate weapons, achieving a direct hit.
The al-Marj military base was struck with artillery shells at 4:10 pm, Hezbollah stated, confirming direct hits achieved.
Using a one-way drone, the Resistance said it targeted and destroyed technical equipment installed at the Al-Abad site.
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At 5:23 PM, Hezbollah announced targeting for the second time today striking the Ruweisat al-Qarn site in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with rocket weapons. The Resistance confirmed direct hits to the base.
Separately, the Resistance said its fighters attacked and hit at nearly 6:00 pm the al-Samaqa site in the occupied Kfar Chouba hills with rocket weapons.
In a qualitative operation, Hezbollah's field artillery units targeted Israeli artillery positions north of the Ein Yaakov settlement in northern occupied Palestine.
The Israeli al-Malikiya military site was then struck with artillery shells at 6:50 pm, achieving a direct hit.
In response to the Israeli aggression on Safad al-Batikh, the Islamic Resistance announced carrying out two operations.
The first operation targeted the Yiftah barracks with the newly-introduced Jihad heavy rocket, achieving a direct hit.
The second consisted of attacking using one-way drones the positions of Israeli officers and soldiers in the newly established 91st Division Command in Ayelet. Hezbollah confirmed strikes were accurate.
