[News] Resistance ambushes IOF at Ali al-Taher, 15+ casualties

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Exclusive: Resistance ambushes IOF at Ali al-Taher, 15+ casualties
Al Mayadeen English
June 21, 2026
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Resistance fighters ambushed an Israeli commando force at Ali al-Taher Hill
at dawn Saturday, killing and wounding over 15 troops, Al Mayadeen's field
sources say.

   - [image: Smoke rises following multiple Israeli attacks on Ali al-Taher
   heights near Nabatieh in South Lebanon, on May 8, 2025. (Social media)]
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   Smoke rises following multiple Israeli attacks on Ali al-Taher heights near
   Nabatieh in South Lebanon, on May 8, 2025. (Social media)

Resistance fighters in southern Lebanon set up and executed a tight ambush
against an Israeli commando infantry force attempting to infiltrate the Ali
al-Taher Hill at dawn on Saturday, killing and wounding more than 15 Israeli
officers and soldiers
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/like-sitting-ducks--troops-dying-for-nothing-in-lebanon---is>,
according to *Al Mayadeen's* field sources.

The Israeli force had been under close surveillance by Resistance fighters
in the lead-up to the operation. When the troops reached the prepared
ambush site, fighters engaged them at close range in clashes that lasted
more than two hours, the sources said.

The ground engagement was accompanied by missile and attack-drone strikes
targeting the rear of the advancing Israeli force.

As the ambush unfolded, Israeli troops saturated the area with smoke shells
and carried out airstrikes in an attempt to evacuate their dead and wounded
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-attack-kills-israeli-soldier--wounds-13-commando-t>,
according to the same sources.
Operations Room warning 'translated into action'

*Al Mayadeen's* field sources stressed that the operation made clear that
the Resistance's warnings were backed by action on the ground.

Its Operations Room had previously warned
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that the Ali al-Taher Hill would remain beyond the reach of the Israeli
occupation, a warning the sources confirmed was carried out overnight when
fighters struck the advancing Israeli force.

The sources added that the coming days may prove increasingly difficult
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-occupation-army-acknowledges-fifth-soldier-killed-in>
for the occupation as long as it remains on Lebanese land.
Field information contradicts Israeli claims of control

Corroborating what the field sources said, *Al Mayadeen's* correspondent in
South Lebanon explained that over the past four days, the occupation
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has deployed forces from several brigades, including armored, commando, and
Givati brigades, backed by intense air and ground firepower.

The Resistance has repelled every attempt to advance and inflicted heavy
losses on Israeli forces, with more than 10 Israeli officers and soldiers
killed, according to sources cited by our correspondent.

Our correspondent stressed that Israeli forces have also targeted civilians
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/two-martyrs-in-continued-israeli-attacks-on-southern--easter>
in their homes across several towns in southern Lebanon and the Bekaa in an
attempt to obscure the occupation's failure and mounting losses.

Field information confirms that Israeli forces have so far been unable to
advance due to the Resistance's response, he concluded.

*Read more:* IOF 'Hezbollah targets' narrative debunked; Lebanon buries
civilians
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof--hezbollah-targets--narrative-debunked--lebanon-buries-c>
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