Israeli sites, settlements under Hezbollah fire in response to attacks

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
6 Mar 2024 04:17

Hezbollah says the operations were in support of the Palestinian people in Gaza and in response to Israeli attacks on Southern Lebanese villages and civilian homes.

A damage to a house after a rocket fired by Hezbollah hit the northern Israeli settlement of "Kiryat Shmona", on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. (AP Photo)

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah confirmed that its fighters carried out Tuesday 11 operations against positions and deployment of the Israeli occupation forces on the border with occupied Palestine.

The operations are as follows:

Eastern Sector:

At 2:20 pm, Hezbollah Resistance fighters targeted the "Kiryat Shmona" settlement with appropriate weapons in response to the Israeli attacks on the Southern Lebanese villages and civilian homes, especially the aggression on the city of Bint Jbeil.
At 2:30 pm, Hezbollah Resistance fighters engaged a gathering of Israeli occupation soldiers on al-Tayhat Hill with missiles, achieving a direct hit.
At 2:30 pm, Hezbollah Resistance fighters targeted the headquarters of the 769th Eastern Brigade in "Kiryat Shmona" Barracks with appropriate weapons, achieving a direct hit.
At 2:25 pm, Hezbollah Resistance fighters hit and destroyed an Israeli Merkava tank on al-Tayhat Hill with appropriate weapons.
At 5:00 pm, Hezbollah Resistance fighters targeted the Roueissat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba Hills with missiles, achieving a direct hit.
At 6:30 pm, Hezbollah Resistance fighters engaged a deployment of Israeli occupation soldiers behind the al-Baghdadi site with appropriate weapons, achieving a direct hit.
At 8:10 pm, Hezbollah Resistance fighters showered the "Kfar Blum" settlement with dozens of Katyusha rockets in response to the Israeli attacks on the Southern Lebanese villages and civilian homes, especially the targeting of a civilian home that resulted in the martyrdom of a Lebanese woman, her husband, and their son in the town of Houla.
At 8:10 pm, Hezbollah Resistance fighters hit a building in the "Kiryat Shmona" settlement, causing confirmed casualties.

Western Sector:

At 01:00 AM, Hezbollah Resistance fighters engaged an Israeli military force moving in the vicinity of the al-Raheb site with artillery shells, causing direct hits.
At 12:05 PM, Hezbollah Resistance fighters hit an Israeli mechanized military force at the Birket Risha site with rockets, which caused the destruction and the burning of the force's equipment.
At 2:15 PM, Hezbollah Resistance fighters hit an Israeli Merkava tank with a guided missile in the "Netuva" settlement while it was bombing and attacking villages and civilians, causing casualties among its crew.

Later, the Resistance issued another statement saying that on Tuesday, at 10:45 pm, it directly hit a building in the “Avivim" settlement with appropriate weapons. Hezbollah said the operation was in support of the steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in support of their brave and honorable resistance, and in response to the Israeli attacks on the steadfast Southern Lebanese villages and civilian homes.