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<h1 class="gmail-">Hezbollah reveals Israeli army losses in
Lebanon: Over 1,300 casualties, 59 tanks destroyed</h1>
<p class="gmail-">The resistance group declared victory over its
'delusional enemy,' highlighting that the combined power of
Israel and its allies 'could not undermine the resolve' of its
fighters</p>
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<p>Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah issued its
first <a
href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/beacon-of-victory--hezbollah-s-operations-room-issues-statem"
moz-do-not-send="true">statement</a> since the start
of a ceasefire with Israel on 27 November, revealing
that its forces killed at least 130 Israeli soldiers
and injured about 1,250 in under two months of battles
inside Lebanon.</p>
<p>“The Resistance remained steadfast in its pledge and
struggle for more than 13 months and was able to
achieve victory against the delusional enemy,
rendering it incapable of diminishing its
determination or breaking its resolve,” Hezbollah's
4,638th statement since 8 October 2023 reads.</p>
<p>The movement revealed that its troops conducted 1,666
military operations since <a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/hundreds-injured-across-lebanon-after-communication-devices-explode"
moz-do-not-send="true">17 September</a> – the start
of the expanded Israeli aggression against Lebanon –
averaging 23 operations per day.</p>
<p>Parallel to these, Hezbollah also says it launched
105 special ‘<a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/hezbollah-begins-khaybar-operations-against-israel-targeting-key-intel-facilities"
moz-do-not-send="true">Khaybar</a>’ operations,
which started following the assassination of former
leader Hassan Nasrallah. These special operations
targeted sensitive sites as deep as 150 kilometers
inside Israel using advanced ballistic rockets, cruise
missiles, and high-end assault drones.</p>
<p>Inside Lebanon, the resistance says it destroyed 59
Merkava tanks, 11 military bulldozers, two Humvees,
two armored vehicles, and two personnel carriers.
Successful anti-air operations also brought down six
Hermes 450 drones, two Hermes 900 drones, and a
quadcopter.</p>
<p>“Throughout the entirety of the Israeli ground
operation into Lebanese territories … the invading
forces failed to occupy or settle in any of the
frontline towns, which had been under fire since the
start of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood,” Hezbollah says in
its statement, adding that Tel Aviv “failed to
establish an isolated military and security zone, and
was unable to obstruct rocket and drone launches into
occupied territories.”</p>
<p>“This is a direct product of the perseverance of the
fighters on the battlefield, who continued striking
enemy targets deep into occupied [Palestine] from the
frontlines and border villages until the final day of
aggression.”</p>
<p>Hezbollah also calls the <a
href="https://www.aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/israeli-army-begins-2nd-phase-of-ground-operation-in-southern-lebanon-report/3392188"
moz-do-not-send="true">second phase</a> of the
Israeli ground invasion “nothing but a political and
media declaration as the enemy was unable to advance
into second-tier towns on the southern front.”</p>
<p>On 12 November, Israeli media reported that the army
“initiated the second phase of the ground maneuver in
southern Lebanon, with the 36th Division advancing
toward Hezbollah’s second defensive line” in an
attempt to take control of the southern town of Khiam.</p>
<p>“[Israel] suffered significant losses in Khiam, from
which it withdrew three times, as well as in Ainata,
Tallousa, Bint Jbeil, and Al-Qawzah,” Hezbollah
revealed on Wednesday.</p>
<p>“The only attempt to advance was to the towns of
Bayada and Shamaa in the western sector, which became
a graveyard for tanks and elite soldiers of the enemy
army, who withdrew from it under the blows of the
resistance,” the statement reads, highlighting that
over “300 defense lines south of the Litani River”
were established before the ground invasion. “What
happened in Bayada and Khiam is the best evidence.”</p>
<p>As the first day of the US and French-mediated
ceasefire deal comes to a close, the Lebanese
resistance is reminding Israel and its allies that
“fighters from various military specialties will
remain fully prepared to deal with the enemy’s
ambitions and attacks.”</p>
<p>The group also says that it will closely monitor the
withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Lebanese border
region, which needs to be completed within 60 days.
“[Our] hands will remain on the trigger, in defense of
Lebanon’s sovereignty and for the sake of the dignity
and honor of its people,” Hezbollah says.</p>
<p>Finally, the Lebanese resistance confirmed it will
“continue standing by the side of the oppressed, the
weak, and the mujahideen in Palestine with its
capital, Holy Jerusalem, which will remain a title and
a path for generations dreaming of freedom and
liberation.”</p>
<p>Hezbollah opened a support front for the Palestinian
resistance in Gaza against Israel on 8 October 2023,
trading fire across the border for months. The
Lebanese resistance moved from being a support to a
direct front against Israel on <a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/26225"
moz-do-not-send="true">1 August</a> after the
assassination of top war commander Fuad Shukr in
Beirut.</p>
<p>A few weeks later, Israeli intelligence agencies set
off thousands of bombs implanted inside communication
devices all across Lebanon and significantly
intensified airstrikes across the country. On 1
October, Israel officially began what it called a
“limited” <a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles-id/27031"
moz-do-not-send="true">ground invasion</a> of
southern Lebanon to force Hezbollah to withdraw behind
the Litani River and <a
href="https://thecradle.co/articles/tel-aviv-failed-to-achieve-war-goals-outrage-in-north-israel-over-lebanon-ceasefire"
moz-do-not-send="true">guarantee</a> the “safe
return” of settlers to the north.</p>
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