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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Hezbollah makes al-Labbouneh the pitfall of Merkava tanks</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">October 17, 2024<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><p>Hezbollah's
Resistance fighters have targeted four Israeli Merkava tanks in one day
only, destroying them and killing and injuring their crews. </p><img src="cid:ii_m2dj3k670" alt="1407f510-f72f-486f-9b86-534f5ac047ab.jpg" width="394" height="263"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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 (<em>AP</em>)
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<p>The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah - announced on Thursday that its fighters directly targeted <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-merkava-tanks-fall-into-hezbollah-death-trap-in-sout" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two Israeli Merkava tanks</a> in the al-Labbouneh heights with guided missiles, resulting in their destruction and their crew members killed and wounded.</p>
<p>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. </p>
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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.</p>
<h2>Hezbollah destroys 17 Merkavas in 17 days</h2>
<p><strong>Al Mayadeen</strong>'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.</p>
<p>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 <em>National News Agency</em> indicated.</p>
<p>The Lebanese Resistance has been relentlessly confronting infantry forces trying to invade Lebanon on the northern front, <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/major-ambush-in-south-lebanon--lethal-explosion-kills-israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">trapping them in complex ambushes</a>, and killing and injuring their units. </p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-engages-iof-in-fierce-confrontations--inflicts-cas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hezbollah engages IOF in fierce confrontations, inflicts casualties</a></strong></p>
<h2>Three coordinated operations pound Israeli settlements, soldiers</h2>
<p>Hezbollah announced several other operations today, which came as follows: </p>
<p>1. At 11:23 p.m. on Wednesday, Hezbollah pounded Kiryat Shmona with a barrage of rockets.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>6. At 8:30 a.m., the Islamic Resistance bombarded the Kfar Vradim settlement with a rocket salvo.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--struggles-to-anticipate-hezbollah-s-next-move--isra" target="_blank" rel="noopener">'Israel' struggles to anticipate Hezbollah's next move: Israeli media</a></strong></p></div></div></div>
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