Special Hoopoe ep.; only Israeli airbase in North under Hezbollah eye

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon
24 Jul 2024 16:55
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Hezbollah provides detailed information about the filmed Ramat David airbase, particularly its aerial specializations and military formations.

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A screen grab showing a Hezbollah Resistance fighter operating the Hoopoe drone (The Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon)

The Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah released on Wednesday aerial footage of the Israeli military airbase captured by its drones north of occupied Palestine on Tuesday, marking the third video of the series that it named, "This is what the Hoopoe came back with."

The special episode showed the Ramat David Airbase, the only Israeli military airbase in northern occupied Palestine, which is 46 kilometers from the Lebanese border.

The video captured by the Hoopoe drone, which successfully evaded Israeli surveillance and interception systems for the third time, showed all the facilities associated with the Ramat David airbase.

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon has released the third episode of the "Hoopoe" series.

A source from #Hezbollah told #AlMayadeen that this footage, in its entirety, was captured yesterday, on Tuesday, July 23.

The source also said that the timing is linked to Israeli Prime… pic.twitter.com/naB2SBpYCu
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) July 24, 2024

According to the Military Media, the airbase includes the Eizar Weissman Base, codenamed "Wing Number 1."

Hezbollah provided detailed information about the airbase, particularly its aerial specializations and military formations; fighter jets and helicopters, transport and rescue helicopters, naval surveillance helicopters, and electronic warfare offensive systems.

Notably, the video exposed the base's command building and its officials, including its current commander, Colonel Asaf Eishd, in addition to officers' residences, the fortified command building, and the command and control center.

An identification card of the current commander of the Ramat David base, Colonel Asaf Eishd. (The Military Media of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon)

Among the most prominent revelations from the Hoopoe footage were the locations of Iron Dome platforms within the base, ammunition storage, squadron command centers and garages, preparation centers and technical sections, air navigation radar domes, maintenance sections, and fuel pods for fighter jets.

Elsewhere, the footage also showed a night scan of the Israeli airbase.

Hezbollah ended the special episode with the phrase "[Israel is] weaker than a spider's web," which the Lebanese Resistance group's Secretary-General, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, said at the celebration of the liberation of southern Lebanon from the Israeli occupation on May 25, 2000.