Admin I Sunday, August 25, 2024
LEBANON – The Lebanon Islamic Resistant group, Hezbollah says it has kicked off operation to retaliate Israel for assassinating their great jihadist leader Sayyed Fouad Shukr in Beirut, Lebanon.
In the first phase of the operation, Hezbollah said it succeeded in hitting a total of 11 military bases and sites directly in Israel and with suicide drones and over 340 rockets.
“It is the phase of targeting Israeli barracks and sites to facilitate the passage of suicide drones towards their desired target deep inside the entity”, Hezbollah said, adding that the number of Katyusha rockets launched so far into Israel, including occupied territories has exceeded 320 rockets”, Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said.
According to him, the sites it has hit successfully include Meron base, Naveh Ziv barracks, Ja’tun base, Za’oura barrack, Al-Sahl base, Kela barracks in the occupied Syrian Golan, Yoav barracks in the occupied Syrian Golan, Nafah base in the occupied Syrian Golan, Yarden base in the occupied Syrian Golan, Ein Zeitim base and the Ramot Naftali Barracks.
He explained that Israel’s officials’ talk about great military and security achievements is nothing but a lie .
“Our military operation was accurately accomplished despite all the difficult circumstances. The scene of terror inside the entity was best manifested in ‘Tel Aviv’ and at ‘Ben Gurion’ Airport, and this is the scene of balance”, he said, adding “we will follow up on the result of the enemy’s concealment of what happened in these two bases, especially in ‘Glilot’.
“If the result of the initial retaliation operation is satisfactory, the response operation would be complete. If it is not sufficient, we reserve the right to respond. We will not abandon Gaza, its people, or its resistance, no matter the cost”, he noted.
Hezbollah has also announced the destruction of an Israeli technical system at Al-Manara military site with a suicide drone, adding that it has no intention of using strategic missiles for the onslaught but that they may be deployed in the near future.
Meanwhile the attack has created further tension in Israel with the state restricting gathering to 30 people and less.
The Acting Mayor of Acre, near occupied Northern Palestine was quoted as reporting that more than 20 homes were damaged so badly in the area adding that there are no fortified rooms in the entire area. Haifa municipality has announced opening of shelters for residents and cancelled all events scheduled to hold today. The Haifa University is reported to have also cancelled activities scheduled for the day as a result of the attacks from Hezbollah. There are reports that all flights from Israel to Britain has been suspended.
Meanwhile, the Palestinian Liberation Movement, has congratulated Hezbollah for living up to threat to carryout retaliatory strikes against Israel for assassinating their leader, Sayyed Fouad Shukr in Beirut, Lebanon.
“ We congratulate the qualitative and major response carried out by Hezbollah fighters this morning against several vital and strategic targets deep inside the Zionist entity, in response to the crime of assassinating the great jihadist leader Sayyed Fouad Shukr, may Allah have mercy on him, and to its crimes and ongoing aggression in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.
“We emphasize that this strong and focused response, which struck deep inside the Zionist entity, is a slap in the face of the fascist occupation regime, and a message that its terrorism and crimes against the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples will not pass without a response, and will not achieve its goals and aggressive plans”, Hamas said.
The statement added, “at the same time, we in Hamas condemn in the strongest terms the escalation of the Zionist occupation’s brutal aggression against the sisterly Lebanese Republic, and the continuation of its brutal and criminal bombardment of the lands and civilians in Lebanon.
“We consider it a blatant violation of all international conventions and norms, and a Zionist persistence that reveals once again that it is a rogue entity that poses a real danger to the region and threatens international security and stability, which holds the US administration fully responsible for its repercussions, as it supports and partners with this Zionist entity in its ongoing aggression and criminality in Palestine, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq”, Hamas said.
