Hezbollah Operation Room Statement on Zionist Invasion Failure; Warning Issued to Settlers

Statement Issued by the Operations Room of the Islamic Resistance:

– Following the resounding failures and heroic resistance faced by the “Israeli” enemy army in its attempts to advance towards the southern border villages in the eastern sector, it attempted in the past two days to establish new axes of advance in the western sector from the direction of  Ras Naqoura and Jal al-Alam sites towards the Mshayrfe and Labouna areas, trying to take advantage of the terrain which it believes will assist it.

– Before its attempts to advance on the new axes, the “Israeli” Air Force conducted dozens of airstrikes concurrently with heavy artillery bombardment from land and sea on the towns of Dhaira, Aita-al-Shaab, and Naqoura.

– On Tuesday morning, an “Israeli” army unit attempted to advance from Ras Naqoura towards the Labouna border area aiming to reach the UNIFIL forces center in Labouna and establish a position there, but the fighters of the Islamic Resistance repelled them using appropriate weapons and forced them to retreat.

– The “Israeli” enemy army resumed its attempts on Wednesday through three repeated attempts to advance towards Labouna, with the fighters repelling each attempt using rocket fire, artillery shells, and guided missiles, forcing the enemy to retreat and suffering heavy losses among its soldiers.

– On Wednesday, the resistance fighters observed an infiltration attempt by an “Israeli” army unit from Ras Naqoura towards the Mshayrfe area, targeting it with a precision strike that exploded among the infiltrating forces, resulting in the death and injury of most of its members.

– A group of “Israeli” soldiers attempted on Thursday, accompanied and protected by a Merkava tank, to advance towards Labouna from Ras Naqoura. As soon as the tank was within firing range, the resistance fighters targeted it with a guided missile, hitting it directly, resulting in its destruction and the death of its crew, as well as injuries among the soldiers taking cover behind it. The enemy failed in four attempts over several hours to advance and withdraw the casualties, as the fighters repelled them each time with appropriate weaponry, forcing them to withdraw.

– Concurrently with the heroic confrontations being fought by the Islamic Resistance fighters against the “Israeli” army officers and soldiers, fire support groups continue to target the concentrations, positions, and supply lines of the “Israeli” army at military sites and barracks along the front edge and within the border settlements in the occupied territories, achieving confirmed hits.

– Additionally, the rocket and air forces of the Islamic Resistance continue to target military bases and settlements deep in northern occupied Palestine, with a gradual increase in intensity day by day.

– All of the aforementioned military operations of the Islamic Resistance were conducted with high-level, complete, and real-time coordination between the leadership of the Islamic Resistance and the operations room, reaching the brothers stationed on the front lines.

– It is worth noting that the “Israeli” enemy army, after days of announcing the start of what it calls a ground maneuver in southern Lebanon, is unable to show its tanks and military vehicles to the Lebanese side for fear of being targeted, positioning them in undisclosed locations. Despite this, they are being targeted by rockets and artillery shells, suffering heavy losses.

– As of the preparation of this statement, the “Israeli” enemy has failed to control any of the commanding heights it is attempting to advance towards, only reaching some houses on the outskirts of certain border villages for the purpose of taking photos and organizing media visits.

– The “Israeli” enemy army is using the homes of settlers in some settlements in northern occupied Palestine as gathering points for its officers and soldiers, and its military bases that manage the aggression against Lebanon are located within settlement neighborhoods in major occupied cities such as Haifa, Tabaraya [Tiberias] , and Acre [Akka] .

These homes and military bases are targets for the rocket and air forces of the Islamic Resistance, and we warn settlers against being near these military gatherings for their safety until further notice.

– The Islamic Resistance remains true to its promise to its supreme and sacred martyr, His Eminence the Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (may his soul be sanctified), that the settlements in northern occupied Palestine will remain empty of settlers until the war on Gaza and Lebanon ceases.

Hezbollah Military Media