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Operation Eaten Straw: Hezbollah Fighters Relentlessly Hit Key Israeli Sites, Army Gatherings

A screenshot from a video shows Hezbollah fighters targeting Israeli occupation army gatherings in the city of Khiam, southern Lebanon, with artillery shells on March 25, 2026. After positioning the artillery, one fighter can be heard spontaneously declaring, “I am ready.”

Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance in Lebanon launched on Saturday a meticulously coordinated wave of strikes across the occupied territories under the codename “Operation Eaten Straw,” demonstrating unprecedented precision and operational intensity. The attacks targeted Israeli military and strategic sites in response to aggression against Lebanese cities, including Beirut’s southern suburb, Dahiyeh.

The group’s military media issued consecutive statements detailing the attacks and their outcomes.

The first statement reported that Hezbollah fighters targeted at 00:20 a gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers and vehicles at Al-Sidr Hill in the southern town of Ainata with a rocket salvo.

The second statement mentioned that the group’s fighters targeted at 01:05 AM another gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers and vehicles at the Kahil Triangle in the border town of Maroun Al-Ras with a rocket salvo.

Statement three reported that at 1:45 AM on Saturday, Hezbollah fighters targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Houla with a guided missile; it was seen burning.

The fourth statement stated that at 00:50, Hezbollah fighters targeted the Liman barracks north of the Nahariya Israeli settlement with a squadron of attack drones.

According to the fifth statement, at 01:10 AM, Hezbollah fighters targeted the vicinity of a helicopter landing pad established by the Israeli occupation army to evacuate its wounded soldiers in the border town of Maroun Al-Ras with a barrage of rockets.

Between 9:00 and 9:45 AM, the group highlighted that in light of the previously issued warning to several settlements in northern occupied Palestine, Hezbollah fighters targeted the Israeli settlement of Kiryat Shmona twice, as well as the settlement of Metula, with rocket barrages, statements 6 to 8 reported.

Statement 9 reported that at 07:20 on Saturday, Hezbollah fighters targeted the Mount Neria base belonging to the Meron Air Operations Command and Control base in northern occupied Palestine with a missile salvo.

Statement 10 reported that at 10:20 AM Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli occupation army in the settlement of Misgav Am with a rocket salvo.

Simultaneously at 11:00 AM Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the Beit Hillel settlement and another one in the Yiftah barracks with rocket barrages, as per statements 11 and 12.

According to statement 13, Hezbollah fighters targeted newly established Israeli enemy artillery positions in the Avivim settlement with a rocket barrage at 08:30 AM on Saturday.

Statement 14 stated that at 10:00 AM Hezbollah fighters targeted newly established Israeli enemy artillery positions in the settlement of Yir’on with a rocket barrage.

Statement 15 reported that at 03:00 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army at the Friz Hill in the town of Ainata with a rocket salvo.

The group’s 16th statement highlighted that earlier on Friday, 03-04-2026, at 07:30, Hezbollah fighters sniped an Israeli soldier in the vicinity of the Khiam detention center and achieved a confirmed hit.

Statements 17 to 19 confirmed that, at 1:45 PM on Saturday, Hezbollah fighters simultaneously launched rocket barrages targeting the settlement of Kiryat Shmona, a gathering of Israeli occupation army vehicles and soldiers in the town square of Al-Qantara, and another gathering of Israeli vehicles and soldiers in the settlement of Kfar Yuval.

Statement 20 reported that at 2:00 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted the Shraga base—the administrative headquarters of the Golani Brigade Command—north of the occupied city of Acre using a squadron of attack drones.

Earlier on Saturday at 08:20 AM, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers in the vicinity of the Al-Sammaqa site in the occupied hills of Kfarshouba with a squadron of attack drones, statement 21 read.

Simultaneously at 5:00 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted Israeli occupation army infrastructure in the occupied city of Safed, a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the settlement of Metula, and the Meron air operations command and control base in northern occupied Palestine, using a swarm of attack drones and rocket barrages, statements 22 to 24 read.

Statement 25 reported that at 4:00 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in the town of Al-Bayyada with a rocket salvo.

The group’s statement 26 mentioned that at 18:30, the fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in the town of Al-Bayyada with a drone strike and achieved a direct hit.

Statement 27 reported that earlier at 09:00 AM on Saturday, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers and vehicles in the town of Rshaf with artillery shells.

Statement 28 reported that at 5:00 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted another gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers and vehicles on Tal Al-Sal’a Hill in the town of Al-Qantara with artillery fire.

Simultaneously at 5:40 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation army military vehicles in the Jneijel Heights area of ​​Al-Qantara and another one in the Sidr area of ​​Ainata with artillery fire, as per statements 29 and 30.

According to Statement 31, at 6:15 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted the Israeli occupation army’s early warning equipment on Mount Hermon using a squadron of attack drones.

Statement 32 reported that at 21:30 Hezbollah fighters targeted the newly established headquarters of the artillery battalion command of the 146th Division, south of the settlement of Kabri, with a squadron of attack drones.

Statement 33 mentioned that at 17:00, Hezbollah fighters targeted the Israeli settlement of Nahariya with a rocket barrage.

“At 15:30, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles in the town of Al-Bayyada with a rocket salvo,” the group’s 34th statement read.

Statement 35 reported that at 19:20 on Saturday, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers and vehicles in the town of Maroun Al-Ras with a rocket salvo.

Between 18:30 and 19:00 PM on Saturday, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers and vehicles in the Al-Sidr area of ​​Ainata and another one on Ghadmatha Hill in Ainata with rocket barrages, as per statements 36 and 37.

Statement 38 concluded that at 11:20 PM on Saturday, Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli occupation army soldiers in the town of Al-Bayyada using artillery shells.


 

Source: Al-Manar Website