Hezbollah Hits Zionist Targets for First Time

Date: 20 July 2024 - 22:00

News ID: ۱۲۹۵۵۳

BEIRUT (Dispatches) –
Lebanon’s Hezbollah on Saturday fired a barrage of rockets and missiles at Israeli military positions in the northern occupied territories, targeting a kibbutz for the first time in nine months in retaliation for an Israeli drone strike earlier in the day that wounded several people including children.
Israeli media reported that about 55 projectiles were launched from Lebanon, targeting the occupied Golan Heights in Syria.
Reports said that a factory was directly hit near Kiryat Shmona in the northeastern occupied territories.
Al-Mayadeen news channel said Hezbollah rockets set off sirens in the north and the Golan Heights.
Also Saturday, the Palestinian group Hamas said it fired rockets from Lebanon toward an Israeli military post in the northern Israeli village of Shomera in retaliation for the “Zionists massacres” in the Gaza Strip.
Hezbollah’s attack with dozens of Katyusha rockets on the northern Israeli kibbutz of Dafna came few hours after an Israeli drone strike hit a car in the southern Lebanese village of Burj al-Muluk, and shrapnel from the missile wounded several people who were standing nearby. The state-run National News Agency said that the wounded civilians are Syrian citizens and they included children.
On Friday, Hezbollah said that it fired rockets at three settlements in northern occupied territories for the first time in retaliation for a strike that martyred several people the night before.
Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been trading cross-border fire almost on a daily basis since the Zionist regime launched a war on Gaza in October.
On Wednesday, Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned that his group would retaliate against Israeli strikes in Lebanon that inflict civilian casualties “by firing rockets and targeting new villages that were not targeted in the past.”
Off the Yemen coast, a vessel came under attack. Britain’s maritime safety agency UKMTO said the attack was carried out 64 nautical miles northwest of Yemen’s Mokha, near the strategic Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
The agency said the vessel was hit twice by drones. According to UMMTO, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) first hit the vessel, causing minor damage. An unmanned surface vessel exploded near the vessel in the second attack, the agency said. The vessel later reported a missile “splashing in close proximity”.
On Friday, Yemen’s army targeted an Israeli-linked cargo vessel in the Gulf of Aden.
Yemen has been conducting anti-Israel operations since October, in an attempt to bring a halt to the ongoing massacre of Gazans at the hands of the Zionist regime.
The Yemenis have made it clear that they will not hesitate to carry out qualitative operations against all hostile targets in defense of their homeland and reaffirmation of their unwavering support for the Palestinian nation.
The Wall Street Journal said U.S. intelligence agencies have warned that Russia could supply missiles to Yemeni armed forces in retaliation for the United States support for Ukrainian forces fighting Russian troops in Donbas.
The paper said U.S. officials were making efforts to stop Russia from sending arms and ammunition to Yemen.
Citing U.S. officials, the WSJ said Washington is working behind the scenes to stop Russia from providing weapons and munitions, particularly long-range missiles, to the Yemeni armed forces.
Earlier reports said Russia had aimed to provide arms and ammo to Yemen this year. However, Saudi Arabia had persuaded Russia not to provide anti-ship cruise missiles to the Ansurallah fighters opposed to Riyadh.
After the U.S. gave Kiev permission to use the weapons and ammunition provided by the U.S.-led Western countries to

strike targets inside Russia, Moscow renewed its objective to arm the Yemini fighters.
The Journal said the White House is making a diplomatic push through a third country to dissuade Russia from the arms transfer. Which country is being used by the U.S. as leverage against Russia is still unclear.
In Iraq, the leader of Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq anti-terror resistance group warned Israel of “growing costs” of its continuing ground and aerial invasion of the besieged Gaza Strip.
“The Zionist enemy will pay a much greater price in terms of security, economy, and even its existence as long as it continues its aggression,” Qais al-Khazali said in a statement.
He praised all forces of the Axis of Resistance, who are fighting off the Israeli war on Gaza for more than nine months.
“Resistance groups are fighting an honorable battle in defense of the Muslim Ummah’s sanctities, while Arab and Muslim governments are reluctant to take any concrete measure,” Khazali said.
The Asa’ib Ahl al-Haq chief noted that the latest drone strike by Yemeni forces on Tel Aviv, alongside previous operations by regional resistance groups, “clearly shows that Palestinians are not alone in standing up against the Israeli aggression.”
He said Israel’s delusion of grandeur has been shattered and that the continuation of Gaza atrocities will incur dramatic losses on the “Zionist enemy”.
Khazali emphasized that the rules of engagement are constantly changing, but their outcomes always align with justice.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has been launching attacks on Israeli targets ever since Tel Aviv launched its war on Gaza last October.
The resistance has been also hitting American military bases in Iraq and neighboring Syria in retaliation for Washington’s support for the Israeli war.
Israel unleashed its onslaught against the Gaza Strip, targeting hospitals, residences, and houses of worship after Palestinian resistance movements carried out a surprise attack, dubbed Operation Al-Aqsa Storm into the occupied territories on October 7, 2023.