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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israeli media: Hezbollah achieving its goals, disrupting Gaza invasion</h1>
<div class="gmail-credits gmail-reader-credits">Al Mayadeen English - October 21, 2023<br></div>
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Israeli occupation underlines that Hezbollah's intensifying operations
are affecting its focus and even its plans to conduct a ground invasion
in Gaza.</p><img src="cid:ii_lo1nuol20" alt="4255ac81-d022-4f4b-a7c1-49d98fcbf6fc.jpg" width="392" height="261"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li><a href="https://media-en.almayadeen.net/archive/image/2023/10/21/4255ac81-d022-4f4b-a7c1-49d98fcbf6fc.jpg" tabindex="0"><img src="https://media-en.almayadeen.net/archive/image/2023/10/21/4255ac81-d022-4f4b-a7c1-49d98fcbf6fc.jpg?preset=w800" alt="Iranian demonstrators wave Iranian, Palestinian, and Hezbollah flags in a pro-Palestinian rally at the Palestine Square in Tehran, Iran, October 20, 2023 (AP)" class="gmail-moz-reader-block-img"></a>
Iranian demonstrators wave Iranian, Palestinian, and
Hezbollah flags in a pro-Palestinian rally at the Palestine Square in
Tehran, Iran, October 20, 2023 (AP)
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<p>Israeli media outlets have been discussing for weeks Hezbollah's
strategy of disruption and keeping the Israeli occupation forces busy at
the Palestinian-Lebanese border area, underlining that it has "achieved
what it wants."</p>
<p>"Hezbollah has achieved what it wanted because it repeatedly targets
Israeli leaders and the army with attacks in the border area, and every
day the intensity increases," <em>Walla!</em> military affairs analyst Amir Bohbot said.</p>
<p>"This distracts the army's focus and forces it to deploy additional
troops," he explained. It also "creates awareness of solidarity with the
Palestinians, conveys a regional message, and perhaps above all,
contributes to preventing or reducing ground maneuvers."</p>
<p>Earlier in the day, three Israeli soldiers were killed while four
others were injured in Hezbollah's attack on an infantry force
positioned near the "Branit" Barracks, sources told<span> </span><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>.</p>
<p>The Lebanese Resistance party announced that it had targeted an
infantry force near the barracks after Israeli occupation forces (IOF)
assaulted journalists in South Lebanon near the al-Aabad military site
on Thursday.</p>
<p>The IOF also prevented emergency services and UN peacekeeping forces
from assisting an injured civilian in the area. Abdullah Rabih al-Bekaai
died as a result of the IOF's blatant crime as he was left to bleed out
for several hours before emergency services were able to rescue him.</p>
<p>Hezbollah said that it targeted the occupation force with<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/resistance-in-lebanon-targets-israeli-outpost-with-atgm">guided missiles</a>, confirming that several members of the force were injured and killed as a result of the attack.</p>
<p>An Israeli Apache attack helicopter combed nearby areas in Lebanese
territories, while gunfire and heavy artillery shelling were heard in
the area,<span> </span><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s correspondent reported.</p>
<p>Israeli military sites were targeted via guided missiles in the
occupied Shebaa Farms as well as two Israeli sites in the occupied Kfar
Chouba Hills, according to our correspondent.</p>
<p><strong>Read more:<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israel-discriminates-between-north-settlements-on-evacuation">'Israel' discriminates between north settlements on evacuation funds</a></strong></p>
<p>Moreover,<span> </span><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'s correspondent
in southern Lebanon reported that the Israeli occupation forces are
implementing exceptional measures in the border areas while warning
sirens sounded at the UNIFIL headquarters in Naqoura, southern Lebanon.</p>
<p><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong><span> </span>correspondent reported that
Israeli forces have been shelling the outskirts of Kafr Chouba, the
Shebaa farms, and around the barbed wire fence in Wadi Hunin. </p>
<p>Skirmishes have intensified in occupied Lebanese territories and at
the Lebanese-Palestinian border. Hezbollah has launched several attacks
alongside other resistance factions targeting Israeli military and
intelligence sites. Most of the attacks focused on targeting Israeli
intelligence and surveillance equipment while others targeted infantry
forces and armored vehicles.</p></div></div></div>
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