An Israeli artillery shelling targeted the Hassan Valley on the outskirts of the town of Al-Jabain in the western sector. In contrast, the military media of "Hezbollah" announced in a statement that "its members targeted at 7:10 AM on Saturday, December 16, 2023, a bunker fortified by Israeli occupation soldiers at the Barkat Risha site, resulting in casualties among them." Hezbollah stated that its members conducted a "drone strike against an Israeli occupation soldier position outside the Ramim barracks, which resulted in confirmed injuries among its members."
According to Israeli media, the bomb-laden drone launched from Lebanon reportedly hit a newly established gathering of the Israeli army in "Marjeyoun." Hezbollah also targeted an "armored force of the Israeli occupation at the Metula site with appropriate weapons, achieving direct hits." Furthermore, Hezbollah members repelled a group of "enemy soldiers" who entered two houses in the Manara settlement, attacking them with appropriate weapons and causing direct hits, resulting in casualties among the soldiers.
Hezbollah mourned "the element Ridwan Ali Hamoudi 'Baqir' from the city of Tyre in southern Lebanon."
In a statement, they quoted: "In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful {Of the believers are men who have been true to their covenant with Allah. Of them are some who have completed their vow, and some of them are still waiting, and they have not changed in the least} - Allah, the Almighty, has spoken the truth. With great pride and honor, the Islamic resistance announces…"
Israel intensified its attacks last night, which lasted until just before midnight, when warplanes struck the area between the villages of Al-Mansouri and Majdel Zoun, as well as the outskirts of Naqoura and Jabal Al-Labuneh. Additionally, drones launched air-to-ground missiles targeting the vicinity of the town of Aita al-Chaab. The artillery shelling affected the outskirts of most towns in the western and central sectors adjacent to the Blue Line, with enemy flares filling the skies of the villages in these sectors, alongside reconnaissance drones flying in the area.
