TEHRAN – Hezbollah has stepped up its attacks against the Zionist regime, launching non-stop rocket attacks and long-range missiles.
A number of well-documented and well-documented operations by the Lebanese resistance movement highlight how its continued prowess challenges the military balance with the Israeli regime.
Hezbollah stressed that its operation was “in defense of Lebanon and its people and in response to violations of the ceasefire agreement by the enemy, as the resistance complied with the ceasefire while the enemy did not.”
The Lebanese resistance movement announced 72 operations on Thursday. This is the largest retaliatory attack on Zionist regime military bases, troops, and settlements since March 2, when the regime escalated its offensive in Lebanon.
Hezbollah’s series of operations on Friday marks a similar number, if not more, of attacks by the resistance in the face of the Zionist regime’s aggression, even though Lebanon was included in the cease-fire agreement between Iran and the United States, a key provision that Tehran added on Tuesday.
Among the notable operations by Hezbollah are targeting 31 settlements and cities, one military base, one military barracks, three border points, and 36 operations confronting the advancing Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF).
Additionally, the weapons used by Hezbollah in these operations included 61 rockets, three artillery shells, two guided and direct missiles, six drones and gliders, one qualitative weapon, and light and medium weapons.
Additionally, the Lebanese resistance recorded losses for the Zionist regime, including two trenches and fortifications, 29 settlement units, two bulldozers, one tank, one armored personnel carrier, and three rallies of Israeli occupation forces.
Following these announcements on Friday, Hezbollah continued its resistance operations by firing rockets targeting IOF soldiers gathered at Al-Khiam detention center.
Other gathering areas for IOF soldiers in the courtyard of the al-Marji compound and the courtyard of Branit Barracks were also targeted by loitering drones. In another operation, IOF soldiers east of Al-Khiam detention center and east of Khirbet Yaroun compound were hit with qualitative missiles.
Hezbollah fighters targeted the regime’s naval base in the port of Ashdod with qualitative missiles. A long-range missile was also reportedly launched, disrupting operations at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport. Hebrew media also reported that a long-range missile was detected being fired from Lebanon toward the coastal area of Ashdod.
IOF infrastructure in the city of Safed was damaged by a barrage of rocket fire.
An IOF Merkava tank was targeted by a loitering drone southeast of Al-Khiam detention center and received a direct hit. An IOF artillery bunker in the Neot Mordechai settlement is attacked by a swarm of roaming drones. An IOF Humvee vehicle was attacked by a loitering glider and received a direct hit in Al Taybeh town.
Hezbollah further announced that IOF soldiers’ assembly points in the town of Rashaf and Wata al-Khiam area were targeted with rocket fire. IOF’s Yaara barracks was attacked by a swarm of roaming drones.
Settlements such as Kiryat Shmona (several times), Metula (multiple times), Misghab Am (several times), Dabeb, and Avivim were attacked with rockets. The settlements of Shlomi, Goreng and Margaliot were attacked by a barrage of rockets and swarms of loitering drones. On Friday, the Qajar ruins also came under a barrage of rocket fire.
This came as Hezbollah fighters engaged IOF in ongoing clashes on the outskirts of Bint Jubeir, thwarting IOF’s attempt to capture the town, located about four kilometers from the Lebanese border.
As Lebanon’s resistance continues to respond to the US-backed Zionist regime’s invasion and violation of ceasefire agreements, condemnation of the regime’s massacres of Lebanese civilians poured in on Wednesday.
The Lebanese Ministry of Health reported that at least 303 people were killed and 1,150 injured on Wednesday alone in what it described as barbaric Israeli airstrikes across Lebanon on the capital Beirut, south and east.
The indiscriminate attack on civilian buildings in Lebanon reportedly took place within 10 minutes.
The shelling killed 33 children and injured 153 others within minutes, according to the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF. UNICEF said the bloodshed brought the number of children killed or injured in Lebanon since March 2 to a “staggering” 600.
Farhan Haq, deputy spokesperson for U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, said the U.N. strongly condemned the attack on Lebanon that “caused significant casualties among civilians.”
Irish Foreign Secretary Helen McEntee said she was “appalled” by the regime’s “brutal attacks across Lebanon” and called for the country to extend the ceasefire between the United States and Iran.
“Lebanon’s sovereignty and security should not be violated,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said.
The European Union said any “US-Iran ceasefire agreement” should include Lebanon.
Spain’s Foreign Minister echoed these words, saying that any ceasefire agreement must include Lebanon, and French President Emmanuel Macron stressed the need to respect the ceasefire in all areas.
Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said he had met with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun and expressed solidarity with “the unjust and unacceptable attack that Lebanon is suffering from Israel.”
Pakistan said the massacre undermined peace, and Yemen expressed support for Lebanon and its resistance. The Iraqi government condemned the heinous airstrike and called for accountability from the international community, while Oman also condemned the invasion and called for action to stop and hold the Zionist regime accountable.
Qatar’s Foreign Ministry condemned a “series of brutal attacks” by Israel. Egypt’s prestigious Al-Azhar University said the attack was a dangerous escalation and a clear violation of international and humanitarian law.
Hezbollah said: “With blind hatred, habitual criminality, and endless brutality that has now become a deep-seated trait, the enemy has committed a series of prowling massacres against safe civilian populations and conducted dozens of barbaric airstrikes targeting civilian areas.”
The Lebanese resistance added: “This barbaric invasion constitutes a clear war crime and act of genocide at every step, targeting peak population areas, markets and commercial outlets, and is nothing but a desperate attempt to take revenge on civilians after all efforts to crush and pacify this proud people have failed.”
Meanwhile, Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qasem said in a speech on Friday that the Zionist regime “failed to confront the brave heroes of the resistance on the battlefield. It failed to carry out the ground invasions it had repeatedly announced. Soldiers and officers fell into ambushes by militants, vehicles were destroyed at crossroads in towns and villages. The Zionist regime has repeatedly changed its goals, and sometimes even sought to achieve them.” Litani at times limited its advance, then suppressed it with firepower, then resorted again to destruction, but throughout its more than 40-day invasion it was unable to stop rockets, artillery shells, and drones from reaching settlements near and far, from Haifa and beyond. ”
“For 40 days, the enemy has made repeated failures. Settlements are in pain and fear, plans are in disarray, and officials are issuing loud but weak threats every day,” he said.
Hezbollah’s Secretary-General publicly addressed the position of some Lebanese government officials regarding talks with the Zionist regime, saying, “We call on the authorities to stop making free concessions.”
“Together, as a nation, an army, a people and a resistance, we will defend our country, restore sovereignty and oust the occupiers. Their threats and weapons will not intimidate us. We are the owners of the land and have the faith, will and ability to stop them from achieving their goals,” Sheikh Naim Qasem stressed.