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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Hezbollah's operations room
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<p>The Islamic Resistance Operations Room in Lebanon
details the recent field developments of Operation
People of Might, focusing on the complex operation
carried out against military bases in Haifa and the
tight-knit ambush it caught enemy forces in South
Lebanon. </p>
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<p>The <a
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Islamic Resistance in Lebanon</a> - Hezbollah
released a comprehensive statement detailing the
recent field developments in Operation People of
Might, providing details regarding the multifaceted
Haifa operation and the extensive ambush the
resistance fighters devised against soldiers of the
Golani Brigade. </p>
<p>In its statement, the Islamic Resistance stressed its
commitment to continue confronting the Israeli
aggression on Lebanon, confirming the mounting losses
its fighters are inflicting among enemy ranks and
assets, from equipment to vehicles and soldiers to
commanders, in the various combat axes across the
frontlines and positions reaching deep occupied
territories. </p>
<h2>The Haifa Operation</h2>
<p>On November 16, Hezbollah targeted five military
bases across occupied Haifa and the Karmiel area in a
single operation: The Stella Maris base, Haifa naval
base, Haifa technical base, the Nesher base, and the
Tirat Carmel base. </p>
<p>The strategic missile operation came as part of the
Operations Room's vow to intensify and escalate its
"Khaybar" series of operations and to disprove Israeli
claims about destroying the Resistance's rocket
capabilities.</p>
<p>Through this operation, the Resistance ascertains
that it still possesses the necessary capabilities to
simultaneously target multiple enemy military bases,
with significant barrages of advanced rockets, which
poured down on Haifa and successfully hit their
targets. </p>
<p>Detailing the success of the operation, the statement
revealed that the allocated targets were hit across
all the announced military bases, forcing over 300,000
settlers into shelters. The statement highlighted that
Israeli settlers are bearing the consequences of the
Israeli army's military bases being stationed within
settlements, occupied towns, and near commercial and
economic hubs.</p>
<p>The Islamic Resistance has made extensive
considerations, fully prepared, and completely ensured
its ability to carry out similar operations in Haifa
and beyond, for an extended period that the enemy
cannot anticipate.</p>
<h2>'Phase two' of the ground operation in South Lebanon</h2>
<p>Regarding the <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-still-possesses-capabilities--ground-forces-intact"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">Israeli enemy's ground
operation</a>, the statement highlighted that
following a 40% reduction in hostile aerial and ground
operations along the border region, given the
occupation forces' inability to establish control on
Lebanese lands, the enemy hastily announced the second
phase of its ground invasion in Southern Lebanon.</p>
<p>The Operations Room confirmed that the concentrated
and strategic defensive operations the Resistance
carried out during the first phase of the Israeli
ground invasion forced the enemy's forces to withdraw
behind the border in certain areas, preventing them
from establishing control over border towns.</p>
<p>The Israeli Air Force continues its daily attacks on
border villages it had falsely claimed to acquire,
conducting dozens of airstrikes from warplanes and
drones, as well as artillery shelling and machine-gun
sweeps from border positions across several villages.</p>
<p>The ongoing attacks highlight the Israeli military's
inability to secure a foothold in Lebanese territory,
the statement said. It added that failed advances
toward areas south of al-Khiam—where prior
infiltration attempts were met with swift retreats
under Resistance strikes and confrontations—underscore
the failure of the operation's first phase.</p>
<p>Since the beginning of the ground operation and up
until the issuance of this statement, the heroic
fighters have carried out <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--has-long-way-to-go-to--defeat-hezbollah---the-jerus"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">more than 350 operations on
Lebanese soil</a> and over 600 firepower operations,
targeting enemy military units within occupied
Palestinian territories.</p>
<p>The statement asserted that these have inflicted
heavy losses on the occupation forces, warning the
Israeli army's commanders and soldiers that what
Battalion 51 of the Golani Brigade suffered on the
outskirts of the Ainata-Maroun al-Ras-Aitaroun
triangle is only the beginning. The battlefield will
prove this in the coming days and nights. </p>
<p>"As our sacred Martyr [Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah] once
said: 'You will enter vertically and leave
horizontally.'"</p>
<h2>Ground Confrontations</h2>
<h3>Western sector</h3>
<p>Israeli forces attempted to advance towards the town
of Chamaa and seize control as part of efforts to
pressure second-line towns along the front to reduce <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-launches-missiles-toward-tel-aviv--achieving-direc"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
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targeting Nahariya and the Haifa region in occupied
Palestinian territories. </p>
<p>Enemy forces infiltrated through the al-Labbouneh
forests, passing through Alma al-Shaab and Tayr Harfa,
heading towards Chamaa. The advancing forces, however,
fell victim to a series of pre-planned ambushes set by
Resistance fighters on the outskirts of the town and
within its interior. </p>
<p>As an armored company-sized unit advanced towards the
area around the town’s mosque and municipal building,
east of the UNIFIL site, fighters targeted it with
guided missiles, destroying two Merkava tanks and a
bulldozer accompanying the unit. </p>
<p>Resistance fighters also targeted an infantry unit
near the Prophet Shamoun al-Safa shrine in the town
center with a guided missile, resulting in multiple
casualties. </p>
<p><a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-forces-israeli-troops--withdrawal-from-khiam--sout"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">Fighters engaged Israeli
forces at close ranges</a> near the shrine, the
municipal building, the mosque, and the outskirts of
the town more than five times, using machine guns,
grenades, and rocket-propelled grenades, inflicting
significant casualties. </p>
<p>As injuries mounted, Israeli medical evacuation
forces mobilized, deploying two helicopters to rescue
and evacuate the wounded. They used illumination
flares to identify their location near the town’s
school. </p>
<p>On the western outskirts of the town of al-Jibbayn,
fighters targeted a Merkava tank with a guided
missile, killing and injuring its crew. They also
shelled the operation zone with 120mm and 81mm mortar
rounds. </p>
<p>The resistance rocket units continue to target
Israeli military troop movements and positions along
this axis with dozens of rocket barrages and artillery
shells. </p>
<h3>Central sector: Ainata-Maroun al-Ras-Aytaroun
triangle</h3>
<p>In response to the Israeli occupation's claims about
the ambush its forces encountered near the
Ainata-Maroun al-Ras-Aytaroun triangle and to
highlight the heroism of the Resistance fighters on
the frontlines, the Islamic Resistance Operations Room
issued the following statement:</p>
<p>Resistance fighters monitored a force from the <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/lebanon-soaked-in-golani-blood--no-israeli-victory--israeli"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
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Brigade</a>, part of the 36th Division, advancing at
dawn on Wednesday, November 13, from the border area
between the southern towns of Aitaroun and Maroun
al-Ras towards the southeastern outskirts of Bint
Jbeil. The force aimed to conduct reconnaissance
missions in the Ainata-Maroun al-Ras-Aytaroun
triangle. </p>
<p>Despite the heavy aerial bombardment carried out by
the Israeli air force in the area, the force fell into
a carefully planned ambush by the Islamic Resistance
fighters. </p>
<p>The enemy force stepped foot into the ambush zone at
9:50 am on Wednesday, where a cadre of fighters was
stationed in a house damaged by the Israeli
aggression, as well as in its surrounding area. As the
Israeli force approached the kill zone, the fighters
opened fire from multiple directions using machine
guns, forcing the force to spread out in the area. </p>
<p>Some members of the Israeli force entered a house in
the area to seek shelter and hide from the fighters’
fire, while the rest of the soldiers were deployed
around it. </p>
<p>Once the force took position inside the house, the
Resistance fighters, rallying to the cry "Labbayk ya
Nasrallah" [At your service, O' Nasrallah], launched
several anti-personnel and anti-armor RPG rounds. The
attack destroyed parts of the building, causing it to
collapse over the soldiers inside.</p>
<p>As the house collapsed and panic gripped the
remaining Israeli force in the area, the Resistance
fighters opened fire on them with machine guns. The
confrontations lasted over three hours, during which
Israeli casualties were evacuated under the cover of
intense smoke and heavy fire.</p>
<p>The Israeli army acknowledged the death of an officer
and five soldiers from the 51st Battalion, in addition
to four injuries. </p>
<p>Since then, no ground activity by enemy forces has
been observed in the area up to the time of this
statement's release.</p>
<p>The Operations Room recalled that a force from the
same battalion was captured in an ambush on the
eastern outskirts of Bint Jbeil during the July 2006
aggression, which resulted in the death of eight
soldiers and injuries to over 25 others. </p>
<p>The 2006 battle was considered one of the <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-say-platoon-cmdr--5-golani-soldiers-killed-in-southern-l"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
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history of the Golani Brigade</a> (which suffered
its largest losses since its inception in southern
Lebanon during that engagement) and one of the most
difficult battles of the occupation's so-called
"Second Lebanon War," according to the statement.</p>
<h3>Eastern sector</h3>
<p>The Israeli enemy intensified its <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/hezbollah-ambushes-iof-in-chama--repels-advance-attempts-in"
target="_blank" rel="noopener"
moz-do-not-send="true">aggression on the village of
al-Khiam</a> and its surroundings over the recent
days, carrying out over 60 airstrikes and drone
attacks and more than 130 artillery shells as part of
preparations to advance towards the city again. This
follows an earlier attempt over ten days ago, which
failed due to the heavy blows inflicted by Resistance
fighters.</p>
<p>Resistance fighters engaged with the advancing forces
as soon as they reached the Wata al-Khiam area south
of the city, using machine guns and rocket-propelled
grenades. They also targeted two Merkava tanks with
guided missiles, setting them ablaze and killing and
injuring their crews. </p>
<p>Following a series of concentrated missile operations
and direct confrontations with the advancing forces
from the eastern and southern directions of al-Khiam,
and due to the heavy losses inflicted on the enemy
army, the forces partially withdrew for the second
time from the points they had advanced to under the
Resistance fighters' fire-strikes. </p>
<h2>Israeli losses in numbers</h2>
<h4>Since November 12, 2024</h4>
<p>The statement also provided data on the total losses
sustained by the Israeli military since the launch of
the second phase of its ground invasion in southern
Lebanon on November 12, 2024, as documented by Islamic
Resistance fighters.</p>
<ul>
<li>18 soldiers killed</li>
<li>32 wounded, some critically</li>
<li>Five Merkava tanks destroyed</li>
<li>One military bulldozer destroyed</li>
</ul>
<h4>Since October 1, 2024</h4>
<ul>
<li>Over 110 killed, including officers and soldiers</li>
<li>Over 1,050 wounded, including officers and
soldiers</li>
<li>48 Mekrava tanks destroyed</li>
<li>Nine military bulldozers destroyed </li>
<li>Two Humvee vehicles</li>
<li>Two armored vehicles</li>
<li>Two armored personnel carriers</li>
</ul>
<p>These figures do not include the enemy’s losses at
military bases, posts, barracks, settlements, or
occupied cities.</p>
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