Hezbollah strikes Israeli bases, kills, wounds troops in rocket ambush

In a series of operations on Friday, February 19, 2024, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah said it targeted various Israeli military positions and sites across the Lebanese-Palestinian border.

Hezbollah also mourned with “utmost pride and honor” one of its fighters, Mohammad Hassan Al-Sayyed Abdul Mohsen Fadlallah, codenamed “Abu Hadi”, who was martyred while carrying out his Resistance duty on the path to al-Quds.

The Resistance group stated that martyr Fadlallah was born in 1969 in the town of Ainata and was a resident of the town of Khirbet Salim in southern Lebanon.

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Hezbollah official statement: martyr Mohammad […] Fadlallah (Abu Hadi)

{Among the faithful are men who fulfill what they have pledged to Allah: there are some among them who have fulfilled their pledge, & some of them who still wait, & they have not changed in the least} pic.twitter.com/TXBlo7TLRT

— aya (@political_aya__) April 19, 2024

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 attacks on the steadfast southern Lebanese villages and civilian homes.

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The operations came as follows:

1. At 1:00 am, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers near the al-Raheb military base with artillery shells, confirming direct hits.
2. At 4:50 pm, the Resistance fighters targeted and hit spy and surveillance hardware in the Bayad Blida military base using appropriate weapons.
3. At 5:10 pm, Hezbollah fighters attacked an assembly of Israeli soldiers at the Roueissat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Chouba Hills with rocket artillery, confirming that the force was dealt a direct hit.
4. At 5:50 pm, the Islamic Resistance shelled and directly hit an Israeli force in the Bayad Blida military base.
5. At 6:50 pm, Hezbollah struck and destroyed using appropriate weapons Israeli spy hardware in the al-Radar base in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms.
6. At 6:50 pm, Hezbollah announced that “after careful monitoring and surveillance of enemy forces,” the Resistance fighters targeted a Hummer vehicle as it arrived at the “Metulla” military base using a guided missile, leading to its destruction and the killing and wounding of its crew.

‘Strategic epic failure’

In a related context, Noam Tibon, the former commander of the Northern Formation in the Israeli occupation military, said on Friday that “Israel” had strategically failed after half a year of war.

Tibon said that “Israel” has been poorly managing wars in Gaza and Lebanon for the past six months, describing the situation as a “strategic epic failure.”

He believed that the Israeli army was too small to carry out “Israel’s” security missions and lacked at least three brigades to manage simultaneous wars.

The former Israeli commander pointed to a “state of fear and panic” prevailing in settlements in northern occupied Palestine along the border with Lebanon.

According to Tibon, the al-Jalil area has become deserted of settlers and has turned into a “ghost town” amid escalating confrontations between Israeli forces and Hezbollah.

He underlined that “everyone responsible for the October 7th failure must go home, starting with Netanyahu,” pointing out that the Israeli occupation army is currently “fighting without clear objectives.”

Similarly, the former commander of the Israeli Navy, Eli Marom, suggested that in the years leading up to the war, the Israeli military did not prepare well for the threat of Hezbollah’s drone attacks, affirming that “there is no effective response to this threat.”

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