The Islamic Resistance Operations Room issued a statement which summarizes the latest developments of the battle against the Israeli occupation army, confirming inflicting heavy losses upon the enemy troops in the border villages and within the occupied Palestinian territories.
Regarding that the ground confrontation, the statement indicated that the Israeli occupation forces tried to advance into several positions, yet faced a firm resistance.
The Israeli military units attempted to advance into Shihin and Al-Jebbin villages as well as Wadi Hamoul area as the Resistance fighters repelled them and forced them to withdraw into Labbouneh area, according to the field summary.
The statement added that the Resistance fighters bombed the IOF gatherings in Ramya-Aita Shaab-Aitaroun axis, amid Zionist attempts to advance towards central Aitaroun and Aita Al-Shaab.
The Israeli enemy refrained from advancing in the area between Blida and Houla due to the heavy losses inflicted by the Resistance upon its occupation soldiers last week, according to the statement.
The Islamic Resistance also confronted an Israeli attempt to advance troops from Kfar Kila towards Tal Al-Nahas, killing or injuring a number of Israeli officer and soldiers, the statement read.
The statement pointed out that the resistance fighters confronted Zionist attempts to advance towards the outskirts of Kfarchouba area in order to control the heights, repelling an attempt to advance troops into the southeastern sides of Khiam town.
The rocketry force of the Resistance continued bombarding the Israeli border sites and barracks as well as the bases in the northern cities of occupied Palestine with various types of missiles and ranges which reach Tel Aviv suburbs, carrying out 655 launch operations so far, including 63 during the past 3 days, according to the statement.
The statement noted that the Islamic Resistance has launched more than 170 drones since September 17, 2024, hitting various targets, including the southern suburbs of Tel Aviv.
According to the statement, the Islamic Resistance has fired 20 surface-to-air missiles at Zionist war jets and drones since September 17, 2024.
The statement highlighted that, since the beginning of the “ground maneuver”, has lost 95 soldiers and officers, adding that more than 900 of others were injured.
The Operations Room highlighted that the Islamic Resistance has so far destroyed 42 Merkava tanks, 4 military bulldozers, 2 Hummer vehicles, an armored vehicle, and an armored personnel carrier and downed 3 Hermes 450 and one Hermes 900 drones.
The statement noted that the above-mentioned losses do not include those inflicted upon the Zionist settlements, bases, barracks, and sites within occupied Palestine.
Finally, the statement noted that:
- The enemy forces avoid moving and positioning within the fields of vision of the Resistance fighters for fear of being targeted. They create invisible crossings and paths and rely on infiltrating at night into the border villages and withdrawing from them after destroying civilians’ homes and sabotaging the infrastructure.
- The supply lines to the front and the axes of engagement have not been disrupted since the beginning of the aggression on Lebanon, and the fronts are still being supplied with weapons and the necessary equipment according to the plans prepared in advance.
- Despite the enemy’s full intelligence control of the skies of the south, the resistance fighters are still able to position, arm and launch hundreds of rocket barrages towards enemy soldiers’ positions deep inside the entity on a daily and continuous basis, round the clock. This is confirmed by the videos published by the war media. The enemy has not been able to thwart any launching operation from Lebanese territory.
The Islamic Resistance continued on Thursday heroically fighting the elite units of the Israeli occupation army near Lebanon border, inflicting heavy losses upon the enemy troops.
Source: Al-Manar English Website
