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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Resistance flexible to change, can outperform 'Israel': Hezbollah Off.</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">February 27, 2024<br></div>
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officer in Hezbollah's anti-armor unit says the Islamic Resistance's
capabilities are adaptable to change and its behavior is dynamic and
dependable on the Israeli occupation</p><img src="cid:ii_lt51lq2s0" alt="9cde2a47-c9c7-402e-a861-ea75bf8fb94e.jpg" width="408" height="230"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>A screengrab from a video aired for the first time on Al
Mayadeen depicting an Islamic Resistance trial of an extended range
Kornet ATGM (Al Mayadeen)
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<p>Hezbollah has adapted to any changes that the Israeli occupation
could resort to through the Islamic Resistance's knowledge of the
terrain, a commander in the Resistance anti-armor unit told <strong>Al Mayadeen </strong>in an exclusive interview that aired Tuesday.</p>
<p>Yet, the resistance high-ranking officer said, the Israeli occupation
is yet to see even 5% of Hezbollah's capabilities in the cross-border
confrontations that have been taking place for nearly five months.</p>
<p>The system of battle with the Israeli occupation has been tested
throughout Operation al-Aqsa Flood, "and we can say that we outperformed
the enemy's system of battle because the enemy falsely claimed that it
killed 50 Hezbollah anti-armor fighters, while our anti-armor martyrs
who ascended during the confrontation did not exceed five."</p>
<p>Moreover, he noted that the Islamic Resistance had not been using
civilian homes or villages to fire at the Israeli occupation though this
made it more tactically difficult for them.</p>
<p>Lebanese political and Lebanese affairs analyst Abbas Fneish affirmed during an interview for <strong>Al Mayadeen </strong>that
the Resistance has "accumulated knowledge of the land over many years
and anticipates what the enemy will do. It has done what is necessary to
take advantage of this geography."</p>
<p>"The occupation army has a real deficit in eliminating its targets,"
Fneish said, adding: "The Islamic resistance is continuously developing
on the frontline in terms of leadership, information, operations,
execution, and field commanders."</p>
<h2>Anti-armor capabilities</h2>
<p>Fenish touched on the use of anti-armor missiles by Hezbollah,
pointing to the targets that the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon engaged
with the Almas ATGM.</p>
<p>The first target engaged with the Almas ATGM was the Israeli
occupation's military sites, Fneish said, noting that the first strike
was on the Jal al-Alam site and the second was Ras al-Naqoura. "The
second target was tanks and vehicles, and the third was military
barracks and buildings."</p>
<p>The resistance manufactures most of its weapons, Fneish said,
pointing out that this was the result of hard continuous work that is
accompanied by understanding the nature of the developments on the
ground and the nature of the task entrusted to the Islamic Resistance;
"The tactical method adopted by the Resistance refutes the claims of the
occupation during the past weeks."</p>
<p>Talking about the capabilities of the Resistance and its latest
endeavors, the Hezbollah commander noted that while the Resistance only
announced the Tharallah ATGM a year ago, it was first made in 2015.</p>
<p>"What the enemy should expect in the next war is new generations of the Tharallah ATGM," he said.</p>
<p>Speaking further on the Resistance's capabilities, the Hezbollah top
officer underlined that the battlefront was the training ground for the
Islamic Resistance, which reflects the adaptability of its fighters and
their prowess.</p>
<p>He also touched on the Resistance's attacks on the Israeli "Meron"
air control base, stressing that the Resistance engaged it to send a
message to the Israeli occupation that it could destroy it if it so
wished.</p>
<h2>Destruction suffered by 'Israel'</h2>
<p>A tally done by <strong>Al Mayadeen </strong>revealed all the Israeli
losses suffered due to the Resistance's operations using anti-armor
munitions, which included 460 strikes with guided munitions and 105
strikes with unguided munitions.</p>
<p>The strikes in question include 87 that were carried out from weapons
yet to be unveiled by the Resistance, 82 of which used guided weapons,
with the remaining 5 using unguided weapons.</p>
<p>Fneish underlined that the Resistance was adhering to secrecy because
it did not want to put all of its cards on the table, as its
confrontation with the Israeli occupation continues to unfold.</p>
<p>This is a breakdown of all the different weapons used by the Resistance against the Israeli occupation forces.</p>
<h3>Guided munitions</h3>
<p>Kornet: 128</p>
<p>Fagot: 95</p>
<p>TOW: 56</p>
<p>Tharallah: 28</p>
<p>Special system (Almas): 23</p>
<p>Malyutka: 23</p>
<p>Kornet (8-10km): 14</p>
<p>Metis: 8</p>
<p>MILAN: 3</p>
<p>Other: 82</p>
<h3>Unguided munitions</h3>
<p>SPG-9 recoilless rifle: 36</p>
<p>106 recoilless rifle: 24</p>
<p>B-10 recoilless rifle: 22</p>
<p>82mm mortar: 9</p>
<p>RPG-29 : 4</p>
<p>RPG-7: 3</p>
<p>57 recoilless rifle: 2</p>
<p>Other: 5</p>
<h2>'Israel' defeated</h2>
<p>After the group's capabilities were displayed in full by the sheer
number of operations it carried out against the Israeli occupation, the
Hezbollah commander underlined that the Resistance has effectively
defeated the Israeli occupation, but stressed that this was not anything
new.</p>
<p>"We did not defeat the enemy today, we defeated them when we
destroyed the Merkava tank in 1993," he said. "We defeated the enemy
when we turned the entire border area into a ghost town. We defeated the
enemy when one of its experts said we are having sleepless nights; when
we destroyed its reinforcements to pave the way for the entry of our
freedom fighters."</p>
<p>"We defeated the enemy when we surprised them by using the Kornet in
2006, turning the Hujeir Valley into a graveyard of tanks," he said.</p>
<p>Today the Israeli occupation stands bewildered in the face of the
Resistance's anti-armor capabilities, the Hezbollah top commander
stressed.</p>
<p><strong>For more from Monday's interview, read: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-commander-unveils-new-weapon-on-al-mayadeen" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hezbollah commander unveils new weapon on Al Mayadeen</a></strong></p></div></div></div>
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