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| IMPORTANT Statement Issued by Hezbollah’s Operations Room:
Hezbollah continues to confront the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, inflicting significant losses on the Israeli army in terms of personnel and equipment, including both officers and soldiers, across all engagement fronts from the forward lines in southern Lebanon to positions deep within occupied Palestine. Since the start of ground operations near the Lebanese-Palestinian border, the Israeli army has deployed five military divisions comprising more than 70,000 officers and soldiers, along with hundreds of tanks and military vehicles. Meanwhile, hundreds of Islamic Resistance fighters have remained fully prepared and ready to counter any Israeli ground incursions towards the villages of southern Lebanon.
1. Ground Engagements:
At the beginning of this week, the scale of heroic confrontations between the Islamic Resistance fighters and the Israeli forces, advancing from several paths in both eastern and western sectors towards the villages of Al-Adaysah, Rabeh Thalathin, Blida, Markaba, Al-Qouzah, Aita al-Shaab, and Ramiya, intensified. These attacks were accompanied by heavy aerial and artillery bombardment targeting the mentioned villages and their surroundings. In line with pre-prepared field plans, Islamic Resistance fighters repelled the hostile forces in and around some of these villages by targeting their advance routes and luring them into advanced ambushes within the border villages. Fierce clashes erupted at close range, particularly in the towns of Al-Qouzah and Rabeh Thalathin, resulting in the enemy suffering 10 fatalities, over 150 injuries, and the destruction of nine Merkava tanks and four military bulldozers.
2. Missile Force:
The Islamic Resistance’s missile force continues to escalate its attacks, targeting Israeli forces and gatherings at military sites and bases along the Lebanese-Palestinian border, as well as in settlements and cities in the north, reaching deep into occupied Palestine. These attacks employ a variety of missiles, including precision-guided ones that are being used for the first time.
3. Aerospace force:
The Islamic Resistance’s air force continues to escalate its operations, targeting Israeli military bases from the Lebanese-Palestinian border deep into occupied Palestine with various types of attacking drones, including advanced models used for the first time. In addition to these offensives, the air force conducts reconnaissance and intelligence-gathering missions.
4. Air Defense Unit:
Hezbollah fighters in the air defense unit continue to engage Israeli military aircraft, both reconnaissance and combat types, that are attacking Lebanon. They successfully shot down two Hermes 450 reconnaissance drones.
Summary of Enemy Losses:
According to data collected by Islamic Resistance fighters, the Israeli army has suffered approximately 55 fatalities and over 500 injuries among its officers and soldiers. Additionally, they have lost 20 Merkava tanks, four military bulldozers, an armored vehicle, and a troop carrier. Two Hermes 450 drones were also downed. These numbers do not include losses incurred by the Israeli forces at bases and military camps stretching from the Lebanese-Palestinian border to deep within occupied Palestine.
Based on directives from the Resistance leadership, Hezbollah Operations Room announces the transition to a new, escalated phase in its confrontation with the Israeli enemy, details of which will unfold in the coming days.
