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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Hezbollah shells Haifa, intercepts Israeli Hermes 900 drone</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">October 20, 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
launches over two dozen attacks against Israeli targets in northern
occupied Palestine and troops attempting to advance toward Lebanese
territories.</p><img src="cid:ii_m2i8fztn0" alt="ea1cc108-f63f-4634-a310-7f07775a595a.png" width="464" height="273"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
A rocket is launched from Lebanon toward the Israeli
occupation's Unit 7200's maintenance and rehabilitation base south of
the occupied city of Haifa on October 13, 2024 <em>(Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Military Media)</em>
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<p>The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-batters-israeli-soldier-gatherings--north-settleme" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hezbollah</a>
conducted on Sunday a series of coordinated rocket and artillery
strikes targeting multiple Israeli military positions along the Lebanese
border area with occupied Palestine.</p>
<p>In addition, today witnessed the Islamic Resistance's Air Defense
Unit intercepting an Israeli Hermes 900 drone and forced it to retreat
from Lebanese airspace.</p>
<p>The strikes come amid escalating tensions in the region, with
Hezbollah intensifying its attacks on Israeli military targets in
response to ongoing Israeli aggression on Lebanon and in support of
Gaza.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-barrages-israeli-positions--haifa--unveils-m-80-ro" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Islamic Resistance fighters</a>
targeted an Israeli assembly point in Wadi Hounin, west of the Lebanese
town of Odaisseh, with a barrage of rockets. Shortly before that, they
launched a large barrage of rockets on the Filon military base in Rosh
Pina, east of the occupied city of Safad.</p>
<p>Hezbollah continued its assault throughout the day, striking an
Israeli assembly point on the eastern outskirts of Markaba, followed by
another attack on Israeli forces stationed at the Fatima Gate in Kfar
Kila using artillery shells.</p>
<p>Earlier, Hezbollah fighters targeted an Israeli assembly point at the
Hounin barracks with a barrage of rockets, followed by a strike on
another Israeli assembly point on the eastern perimeter of Markaba.</p>
<p>As the day progressed, the attacks intensified. Hezbollah launched a
barrage of rockets at an Israeli assembly point on the al-Qalaa hill in
Blida, followed by two strikes targeting Israeli forces stationed at
both the school and old municipality of Markaba.</p>
<p>In addition to these targeted strikes, Hezbollah expanded its
offensive with larger-scale rocket attacks on key Israeli military and
civilian locations. Hezbollah launched an advanced rocket barrage on the
city of Haifa, followed shortly by an attack on the Birya air defense
base.</p>
<p>At the same time, Hezbollah targeted the Samson base, a key command
preparation center west of Lake Tabarayya. The Resistance also launched a
strike on the Tirat Carmel base in southern Haifa.</p>
<h2>Operations overview</h2>
<h3>Long-range rocket attacks </h3>
<p>Hezbollah has been expanding the scope of its operations, <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah--keeps-fighting--conducts-complex--deadly--operati" target="_blank" rel="noopener">deploying various weapons</a>, rockets, and missiles against critical settlements in the occupied north, from Kiryat Shmona to Safad.</p>
<p>Today's operations came as follows:</p>
<ul><li>At 12:05 a.m., Hezbollah bombarded occupied Safad with a salvo of rockets.</li><li>At 12:05 a.m., Hezbollah pounded the Rosh Pina settlement southeast of Safad with a salvo of rockets.</li><li>At 5:00 a.m., Hezbollah targeted Kiryat Shmona with a salvo of rockets.</li><li>At 12:30 p.m., Hezbollah targeted the Filon base in Rosh Pina, east of occupied Safed, with a large barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 4:00 p.m., Hezbollah targeted the Tirat Carmel base in southern Haifa with a barrage of advanced rockets.</li><li>At 4:30 p.m., Hezbollah targeted the city of Haifa with a barrage of advanced rockets.</li><li>At 4:30 p.m., Hezbollah targeted the Samson base (a command
preparation center and regional unit) west of Lake Tabarayya with a
barrage of advanced rockets.</li></ul>
<h3>Targeting Israeli assembly points</h3>
<p>The Lebanese Resistance has previously vowed to escalate its operations, evidently seen with the consecutive and simultaneously <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-drones--keep-israeli-air-force-wide-awake---israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">coordinated rocket launches</a> at Israeli soldier positions across the Lebanese-Palestinian border. </p>
<p>This serves as deterrence against the so-called "limited Israeli
ground operation" into Lebanon, as well as in support of Gaza and its
Resistance. </p>
<ul><li>At 1:00 a.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point in the Katzrin settlement with a barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 9:30 a.m., Hezbollah bombarded an Israeli assembly point in the
Saddana area in the occupied Lebanese Shebaa Farms with a rocket
barrage.</li><li>At 11:10 a.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point in the Ya'ara settlement with a large missile salvo.</li><li>At 11:10 a.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point in the Shlomi settlement with a large barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 11:10 a.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point in the Adamit settlement with a large barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 12:30 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point at the Hounin barracks with a barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 12:45 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point on the eastern perimeter of Markaba with a barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 12:55 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point in Ma'ale Golani with a rocket salvo.</li><li>At 1:00 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point on the al-Qalaa hill in Blida with a barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 1:00 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point in Misgav Am with a rocket salvo.</li><li>At 1:05 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point in Wadi Hounin, west of Odaisseh, with a barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 1:15 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point at the school in Markaba with a barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 1:15 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point at the old municipality of Markaba with a barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 3:20 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point on the eastern outskirts of Markaba with a barrage of rockets.</li><li>At 3:45 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point at the Fatima Gate in Kfar Kila with artillery shells.</li><li>At 4:35 p.m., Hezbollah targeted an Israeli assembly point at the Birya air defense base with a barrage of rockets.</li></ul></div></div></div>
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