[News] Hezbollah makes al-Labbouneh the pitfall of Merkava tanks

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Hezbollah makes al-Labbouneh the pitfall of Merkava tanks
Al Mayadeen English
October 17, 2024
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Hezbollah's Resistance fighters have targeted four Israeli Merkava tanks in
one day only, destroying them and killing and injuring their crews.
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   - A Lebanese sets a Lebanese flag under a Israeli Merkava tank in the
   Kfar Shouba hills along the border, in south Lebanon, Friday, June 9, 2023 (
   *AP*)

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah - announced on Thursday that
its fighters directly targeted two Israeli Merkava tanks
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-merkava-tanks-fall-into-hezbollah-death-trap-in-sout>
in the al-Labbouneh heights with guided missiles, resulting in their
destruction and their crew members killed and wounded.

This raises the number of destroyed Merkavas in the same location to four
in a single day. At 12:50 a.m. and 2:00 a.m., two guided missiles launched
by Hezbollah struck two other tanks, causing fires and confirmed casualties
and injuries among Israeli ranks.

Hezbollah's operations and the destruction of Israeli military vehicles
trying to infiltrate Lebanon come in defense of the homeland, as well as
support of the people of Gaza and their Resistance.
Hezbollah destroys 17 Merkavas in 17 days

*Al Mayadeen*'s correspondent in southern Lebanon pointed out that, since
the beginning of "Israel's" announced ground incursion in Lebanon, the
Israeli military has lost 17 Merkavas in 17 days at the hands of
Hezbollah's Resistance fighters.

In an attempt to conceal its losses and salvage what remains of its
equipment, Israeli occupation forces opened heavy fire toward al-Labbouneh
and al-Allam to try and withdraw its vehicles and forces, Lebanon's *National
News Agency* indicated.

The Lebanese Resistance has been relentlessly confronting infantry forces
trying to invade Lebanon on the northern front, trapping them in complex
ambushes
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/major-ambush-in-south-lebanon--lethal-explosion-kills-israel>,
and killing and injuring their units.

*Read more: Hezbollah engages IOF in fierce confrontations, inflicts
casualties
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-engages-iof-in-fierce-confrontations--inflicts-cas>*
Three coordinated operations pound Israeli settlements, soldiers

Hezbollah announced several other operations today, which came as follows:

1. At 11:23 p.m. on Wednesday, Hezbollah pounded Kiryat Shmona with a
barrage of rockets.

2. At 12:50 a.m. on Thursday, the Islamic Resistance targeted the first
Merkava tank in the al-Labbouneh heights with a guided missile, resulting
in its destruction and confirmed casualties among its crew.

3. At 2:00 a.m., the Islamic Resistance targeted the second Merkava tank in
the al-Labbouneh heights with a guided missile, resulting in its
destruction and confirmed casualties among its crew.

4. At 8:30 a.m., the Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of Israeli
soldiers in the al-Saddana area in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with
a rocket salvo.

5. At 8:30 a.m., the Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of Israeli
soldiers in Brakhta Farm in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with a
rocket salvo.

6. At 8:30 a.m., the Islamic Resistance bombarded the Kfar Vradim
settlement with a rocket salvo.

7. At 9:00 a.m., the Islamic Resistance pounded two other Merkava tanks in
al-Labbouneh, resulting in their destruction and confirmed casualties among
their crew.

8. At 9:00 a.m., the Islamic Resistance bombarded a gathering of Israeli
soldiers at the gate of the Misgav Am settlement with a rocket salvo.

9. At 12:00 p.m., the Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of Israeli
soldiers in the area between Kfar Kila and Odaisseh with artillery shells,
confirming direct hits.

*Read more: 'Israel' struggles to anticipate Hezbollah's next move: Israeli
media
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--struggles-to-anticipate-hezbollah-s-next-move--isra>*
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