The "Islamic Resistance" targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers at 10:00 AM today, Saturday, in the Shatoula Forest and Khallat Wardah, achieving direct hits, according to the resistance's statement. The statement added: "Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 10:00 AM this Saturday, the Monk site with appropriate weapons, achieving direct hits, in addition to targeting the newly established military command center in Wadi Sa'sa, with rocket fire which resulted in confirmed casualties." It was also reported that they targeted the Ramim barracks (in the occupied Lebanese village of Houla) with rockets and artillery shells achieving direct hits, as well as targeting the Baiyad Bleda site with the appropriate weapons, resulting in confirmed casualties.
For his part, Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee stated that "the army has just struck several targets belonging to Hezbollah in Lebanese territory, including military complexes." He indicated that "air force fighters destroyed an advanced surface-to-air missile system in response to a ground-to-air missile launched at an army aircraft last night, noting that the missile was successfully intercepted."
The Israeli army bombarded the outskirts of Ras al-Naqoura and its surrounding areas and Mount Labouna this morning following a night escalation, with warplanes attacking the outskirts of the towns of Majdal Zoun and Naqoura, accompanied by heavy artillery shelling on the villages of Shama, Tayr Harfa, Naqoura, Majdal Zoun, Al-'Ilm, Aita al-Chaab, Ramiah, and Dablin.
Additionally, Israeli aircraft targeted deep into the Nabatieh region for the first time since the July 2006 war, where a drone launched around a quarter past four in the morning fired two missiles at an aluminum works factory located on the Tull - Kfour road (Nabatieh), completely burning it down.
The bombardment extended to include the outskirts of the town of Al-Mansouri in the western sector. According to the official national agency, the enemy reconnaissance aircraft flew over the villages in the western and middle sectors throughout the past night and into this morning.
The agency noted that the Israeli army dropped flares over the area adjacent to the Blue Line and along the southern coastline of Tyre. "UNIFIL" forces sounded alarms multiple times in their center surrounding the towns of Tayr Harfa, Shama, and Naqoura.
Hezbollah announced early this Saturday morning the downing of an enemy Israeli aircraft, type "Hermes 450." The party clarified that the aircraft, which was shot down with a surface-to-air missile in the early morning, was a "multi-role combat" aircraft, with its wreckage falling over the Osbat Al-Jalil area.
The Israeli army announced early today that it intercepted a surface-to-air missile launched from Lebanese territory, according to an official statement. In a statement released by the Israeli army, it said: "After a state of alert in the northern country, air defense fighters successfully intercepted a surface-to-air missile launched from Lebanese territory towards an Israeli army drone." The army statement added, "An alert was issued following the launch of the intercepting missiles."
