[News] Hezbollah's operations room unveils details of Haifa op, Golani ambush

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  Hezbollah's operations room unveils details of Haifa op, Golani ambush

Al Mayadeen English
November 19, 2024
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The Islamic Resistance Operations Room in Lebanon details the recent 
field developments of Operation People of Might, focusing on the complex 
operation carried out against military bases in Haifa and the tight-knit 
ambush it caught enemy forces in South Lebanon.

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  * Hezbollah fighters seen on cross bikes in southern Lebanon in
    footage released by the resistance. (Resistance media/screengrab)

The Operations Room of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-s-operations-room--new-phase-of-escalation--time-w> 
- Hezbollah released a comprehensive statement detailing the recent 
field developments in Operation People of Might, providing details 
regarding the multifaceted Haifa operation and the extensive ambush the 
resistance fighters devised against soldiers of the Golani Brigade.

In its statement, the Islamic Resistance stressed its commitment to 
continue confronting the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, confirming the 
mounting losses its fighters are inflicting among enemy ranks and 
assets, from equipment to vehicles and soldiers to commanders, in the 
various combat axes across the frontlines and positions reaching deep 
occupied territories.


    The Haifa Operation

On November 16, Hezbollah targeted five military bases across occupied 
Haifa and the Karmiel area in a single operation: The Stella Maris base, 
Haifa naval base, Haifa technical base, the Nesher base, and the Tirat 
Carmel base.

The strategic missile operation came as part of the Operations Room's 
vow to intensify and escalate its "Khaybar" series of operations and to 
disprove Israeli claims about destroying the Resistance's rocket 
capabilities.

Through this operation, the Resistance ascertains that it still 
possesses the necessary capabilities to simultaneously target multiple 
enemy military bases, with significant barrages of advanced rockets, 
which poured down on Haifa and successfully hit their targets.

Detailing the success of the operation, the statement revealed that the 
allocated targets were hit across all the announced military bases, 
forcing over 300,000 settlers into shelters. The statement highlighted 
that Israeli settlers are bearing the consequences of the Israeli army's 
military bases being stationed within settlements, occupied towns, and 
near commercial and economic hubs.

The Islamic Resistance has made extensive considerations, fully 
prepared, and completely ensured its ability to carry out similar 
operations in Haifa and beyond, for an extended period that the enemy 
cannot anticipate.


    'Phase two' of the ground operation in South Lebanon

Regarding the Israeli enemy's ground operation 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-still-possesses-capabilities--ground-forces-intact>, 
the statement highlighted that following a 40% reduction in hostile 
aerial and ground operations along the border region, given the 
occupation forces' inability to establish control on Lebanese lands, the 
enemy hastily announced the second phase of its ground invasion in 
Southern Lebanon.

The Operations Room confirmed that the concentrated and strategic 
defensive operations the Resistance carried out during the first phase 
of the Israeli ground invasion forced the enemy's forces to withdraw 
behind the border in certain areas, preventing them from establishing 
control over border towns.

The Israeli Air Force continues its daily attacks on border villages it 
had falsely claimed to acquire, conducting dozens of airstrikes from 
warplanes and drones, as well as artillery shelling and machine-gun 
sweeps from border positions across several villages.

The ongoing attacks highlight the Israeli military's inability to secure 
a foothold in Lebanese territory, the statement said. It added that 
failed advances toward areas south of al-Khiam—where prior infiltration 
attempts were met with swift retreats under Resistance strikes and 
confrontations—underscore the failure of the operation's first phase.

Since the beginning of the ground operation and up until the issuance of 
this statement, the heroic fighters have carried out more than 350 
operations on Lebanese soil 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--has-long-way-to-go-to--defeat-hezbollah---the-jerus> 
and over 600 firepower operations, targeting enemy military units within 
occupied Palestinian territories.

The statement asserted that these have inflicted heavy losses on the 
occupation forces, warning the Israeli army's commanders and soldiers 
that what Battalion 51 of the Golani Brigade suffered on the outskirts 
of the Ainata-Maroun al-Ras-Aitaroun triangle is only the beginning. The 
battlefield will prove this in the coming days and nights.

"As our sacred Martyr [Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah] once said: 'You will 
enter vertically and leave horizontally.'"


    Ground Confrontations


      Western sector

Israeli forces attempted to advance towards the town of Chamaa and seize 
control as part of efforts to pressure second-line towns along the front 
to reduce Resistance rocket fire 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-launches-missiles-toward-tel-aviv--achieving-direc> 
targeting Nahariya and the Haifa region in occupied Palestinian 
territories.

Enemy forces infiltrated through the al-Labbouneh forests, passing 
through Alma al-Shaab and Tayr Harfa, heading towards Chamaa. The 
advancing forces, however, fell victim to a series of pre-planned 
ambushes set by Resistance fighters on the outskirts of the town and 
within its interior.

As an armored company-sized unit advanced towards the area around the 
town’s mosque and municipal building, east of the UNIFIL site, fighters 
targeted it with guided missiles, destroying two Merkava tanks and a 
bulldozer accompanying the unit.

Resistance fighters also targeted an infantry unit near the Prophet 
Shamoun al-Safa shrine in the town center with a guided missile, 
resulting in multiple casualties.

Fighters engaged Israeli forces at close ranges 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-forces-israeli-troops--withdrawal-from-khiam--sout> 
near the shrine, the municipal building, the mosque, and the outskirts 
of the town more than five times, using machine guns, grenades, and 
rocket-propelled grenades, inflicting significant casualties.

As injuries mounted, Israeli medical evacuation forces mobilized, 
deploying two helicopters to rescue and evacuate the wounded. They used 
illumination flares to identify their location near the town’s school.

On the western outskirts of the town of al-Jibbayn, fighters targeted a 
Merkava tank with a guided missile, killing and injuring its crew. They 
also shelled the operation zone with 120mm and 81mm mortar rounds.

The resistance rocket units continue to target Israeli military troop 
movements and positions along this axis with dozens of rocket barrages 
and artillery shells.


      Central sector: Ainata-Maroun al-Ras-Aytaroun triangle

In response to the Israeli occupation's claims about the ambush its 
forces encountered near the Ainata-Maroun al-Ras-Aytaroun triangle and 
to highlight the heroism of the Resistance fighters on the frontlines, 
the Islamic Resistance Operations Room issued the following statement:

Resistance fighters monitored a force from the 51st Battalion of the 
Golani Brigade 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/lebanon-soaked-in-golani-blood--no-israeli-victory--israeli>, 
part of the 36th Division, advancing at dawn on Wednesday, November 13, 
from the border area between the southern towns of Aitaroun and Maroun 
al-Ras towards the southeastern outskirts of Bint Jbeil. The force aimed 
to conduct reconnaissance missions in the Ainata-Maroun al-Ras-Aytaroun 
triangle.

Despite the heavy aerial bombardment carried out by the Israeli air 
force in the area, the force fell into a carefully planned ambush by the 
Islamic Resistance fighters.

The enemy force stepped foot into the ambush zone at 9:50 am on 
Wednesday, where a cadre of fighters was stationed in a house damaged by 
the Israeli aggression, as well as in its surrounding area. As the 
Israeli force approached the kill zone, the fighters opened fire from 
multiple directions using machine guns, forcing the force to spread out 
in the area.

Some members of the Israeli force entered a house in the area to seek 
shelter and hide from the fighters’ fire, while the rest of the soldiers 
were deployed around it.

Once the force took position inside the house, the Resistance fighters, 
rallying to the cry "Labbayk ya Nasrallah" [At your service, O' 
Nasrallah], launched several anti-personnel and anti-armor RPG rounds. 
The attack destroyed parts of the building, causing it to collapse over 
the soldiers inside.

As the house collapsed and panic gripped the remaining Israeli force in 
the area, the Resistance fighters opened fire on them with machine guns. 
The confrontations lasted over three hours, during which Israeli 
casualties were evacuated under the cover of intense smoke and heavy fire.

The Israeli army acknowledged the death of an officer and five soldiers 
from the 51st Battalion, in addition to four injuries.

Since then, no ground activity by enemy forces has been observed in the 
area up to the time of this statement's release.

The Operations Room recalled that a force from the same battalion was 
captured in an ambush on the eastern outskirts of Bint Jbeil during the 
July 2006 aggression, which resulted in the death of eight soldiers and 
injuries to over 25 others.

The 2006 battle was considered one of the most significant in the 
history of the Golani Brigade 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-say-platoon-cmdr--5-golani-soldiers-killed-in-southern-l> 
(which suffered its largest losses since its inception in southern 
Lebanon during that engagement) and one of the most difficult battles of 
the occupation's so-called "Second Lebanon War," according to the statement.


      Eastern sector

The Israeli enemy intensified its aggression on the village of al-Khiam 
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-ambushes-iof-in-chama--repels-advance-attempts-in> 
and its surroundings over the recent days, carrying out over 60 
airstrikes and drone attacks and more than 130 artillery shells as part 
of preparations to advance towards the city again. This follows an 
earlier attempt over ten days ago, which failed due to the heavy blows 
inflicted by Resistance fighters.

Resistance fighters engaged with the advancing forces as soon as they 
reached the Wata al-Khiam area south of the city, using machine guns and 
rocket-propelled grenades. They also targeted two Merkava tanks with 
guided missiles, setting them ablaze and killing and injuring their crews.

Following a series of concentrated missile operations and direct 
confrontations with the advancing forces from the eastern and southern 
directions of al-Khiam, and due to the heavy losses inflicted on the 
enemy army, the forces partially withdrew for the second time from the 
points they had advanced to under the Resistance fighters' fire-strikes.


    Israeli losses in numbers


        Since November 12, 2024

The statement also provided data on the total losses sustained by the 
Israeli military since the launch of the second phase of its ground 
invasion in southern Lebanon on November 12, 2024, as documented by 
Islamic Resistance fighters.

  * 18 soldiers killed
  * 32 wounded, some critically
  * Five Merkava tanks destroyed
  * One military bulldozer destroyed


        Since October 1, 2024

  * Over 110 killed, including officers and soldiers
  * Over 1,050 wounded, including officers and soldiers
  * 48 Mekrava tanks destroyed
  * Nine military bulldozers destroyed
  * Two Humvee vehicles
  * Two armored vehicles
  * Two armored personnel carriers

These figures do not include the enemy’s losses at military bases, 
posts, barracks, settlements, or occupied cities.
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