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Israelis Slam Hezbollah Ceasefire

CrossFireArabia
November 27, 2024

Former head of the Israeli military intelligence division, Tamir Hayman, admitted the Israeli army did not achieve any of its goals in its aggression against Lebanon. He noted the goal of returning the settlers quickly and safely to the north was not achieved.

He stressed Hezbollah fighters “embodied, through their bold fighting against the Israeli army, the saying that equations are imposed only on the ground.”

He pointed out “Israel has a problem with ammunition stores after a year of fighting, a problem with the capabilities of reserve soldiers, and a problem with the target, and the army does not choose the target, but rather it is the prime minister who determines it (returning the residents safely).”

Just after the ceasefire agreement between #Lebanon and the Israeli regime took effect on Wednesday at 4:00 am (local time), cars were seen flocking southward, as Lebanese citizens swiftly made their way back to the homes they had been forcibly displaced from by the Israeli… pic.twitter.com/BM6CQbSP9V
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 27, 2024

Hayman said that “the Israelis described the agreement with Lebanon as an agreement of surrender and submission to Hezbollah.”

Further, a recent poll shows that 99% of Israelis believe that “Israel did not win the war against Hezbollah,” which, according to analysts, achieved “absolute victory.”

After the ceasefire agreement between Hezbollah and Israel came into effect, Channel 14 condemned the return of residents of southern Lebanon to their towns, despite the threats of the Israeli army spokesman.

It said: “They do not listen to the Israeli army spokesman but they return to southern Lebanon.”

Mayor of the Kiryat Shmona settlement, Amichai Stern said he is unwilling “for his settlers to return [to the north] like cattle to be slaughtered.”

He continued: “Regardless of being the mayor, I do not feel safe raising my children in Kiryat Shmona, as the homes in the Lebanese villages are advanced sites, and after 7 October we all knew what awaited us in southern Lebanon.”

Head of the Merom Hagalil Regional Council Amit Sofer saw the ceasefire agreement as “providing calm, not security,” and said: “No one wants to live in a place where there is no security.”

For his part, head of the Metula Council David Azoulay blasted that the Israeli government concluded a “shameful agreement with Hezbollah”, considering that it had left the settlers of the north to their fate.

He added in a Hebrew Channel 12 interview that: “The Israeli army says it is on the Litani, but we should not be enthusiastic, as it is only 2 kilometers near Metula and we have not entered tens of kilometers.”

He added he lacked confidence “in the Israeli government, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hezbollah,” as reported in Jo24.

The ceasefire agreement between Lebanon and the Israeli occupation entered into force Wednesday 26, November, 2024 at exactly 4 am Beirut time. From the first minutes, the residents of the south, the Bekaa and the southern suburb began returning to their towns.

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Hezbollah Destroys 8800 Houses in North Israel – Yedioth Ahronoth

CrossFireArabia
November 26, 2024

The Israeli media confirmed that the destruction in the settlement of Kiryat Shmona is unbelievable, and the restoration of the damaged schools alone will take four months to complete.

The Israeli Yedioth Ahronoth said that there is hardly a building in the border towns with Lebanon that is not in ruin and most of the houses there need to be restored and/or demolished.

The newspaper pointed out “the number of destroyed homes in the north exceeded 8,800 homes, and more than 7000 vehicles and about 300 agricultural sites damaged.

Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reports the extensive destruction due to Hezbollah fire through data collected:

○ More than 9,000 buildings and 7,000 vehicles were damaged.

○ Nahariya, Kiryat Shmona, Zar'it, Manara and Shtoula are the settlements most affected by the… pic.twitter.com/UiMdNoE0Q2
— The Cradle (@TheCradleMedia) November 26, 2024

Since 23 September, the Israeli occupation forces expanded the scope of the genocide they have carried out in Gaza since 7 October, 2023 to include most areas of Lebanon, including Beirut, through unprecedentedly violent intense air strikes, and also began a ground incursion into the south, disregarding international warnings and UN resolutions.

The Israeli occupation army, supported by the United States and Europe, continues its aggression on the Gaza Strip for the 415th consecutive day, as its warplanes bomb the vicinity of hospitals, buildings, towers and homes of Palestinian civilians and destroy them over the heads of their residents, and prevents the entry of water, food, medicine and fuel.

The aggression has left more than 148,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 10,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that killed dozens of children and the elderly. In one of the world’s worst humanitarian disasters according to Quds Press.

Israeli media, citing the Israeli tax authority, reported extensive destruction in northern settlements due to Hezbollah fire, with over 9,000 buildings and more than 7,000 vehicles completely damaged.

The settlements most affected are Manara, Shtula, Kiryat Shmona, Zar'it,… pic.twitter.com/wgmw3hp09O
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 26, 2024

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25 Missiles Launched on Israel in 2 Minutes

CrossFireArabia
October 23, 2024

The Israeli army detected the launch of 25 rockets from Lebanon into northern Israel on Wednesday in a matter of two minutes.

A military statement said air-raid sirens sounded in Haifa Bay, Acre, and the settlements of Kiryat Shmona and Metula in northern Israel.

The army said the rocket barrage was fired in just two minutes, with most of the projectiles intercepted while others fell in open areas.

No injuries or damage were reported.

The army said its air defenses also intercepted four combat drones, without mentioning from where they were fired.

Hezbollah, for its part, confirmed that it had fired a barrage of rockets toward the Glilot base of the Israeli army’s military intelligence unit 8200 near Tel Aviv in central Israel.

Israel army says 25 rockets fired from Lebanon in just 2 minutes pic.twitter.com/RBgQiH8omf
— Türkiye Today (@turkiyetodaycom) October 23, 2024

The Israeli army said that it intercepted two long-range rockets fired from Lebanon towards Tel Aviv.

Israel has mounted a huge air campaign in Lebanon since last month against what it claims are Hezbollah targets in an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare between Israel and the group since the start of Israel’s brutal offensive on Gaza according to Anadolu.

At least 2,546 people have been killed and more than 11,860 injured in Israeli attacks since October last year, according to Lebanese health authorities.

Israel expanded the conflict on Oct. 1 this year by launching a ground assault into southern Lebanon.

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Hezbollah: ‘Israel Will Not Rest’

CrossFireArabia
October 21, 2024

Hezbollah said Monday that it downed an Israeli drone and targeted Israeli artillery positions and troop gatherings in nine attacks carried out by its fighters on Sunday night.

In a series of statements, the group reported shooting down an Israeli Hermes 900 drone but did not specify the location of the incident.

Hezbollah also said it launched rocket barrages at Israeli artillery positions in the Beit Hillel and Odem settlements, as well as the Beit Hillel military base in northern Israel.

The group fighters also targeted Israeli troop concentrations in Khillat Warda, the eastern neighborhood of the town of Markaba, and a military movement in Jabal Kehail in the southern Lebanese town of Maroun El Ras.

Additionally, Hezbollah launched missile strikes on Israeli forces at the Al-Malkiyya site and hit the Kiryat Shmona settlement in northern Israel.

Israel has mounted a huge air campaign in Lebanon since Sept. 23 against what it says are Hezbollah targets, killing more than 1,500 people and displacing over 1.34 million.

The aerial campaign is an escalation from a year of cross-border warfare between Israel and the Lebanese group since the start of its offensive on the Gaza Strip, in which Israel has killed more than 42,600 people, most of them women and children, since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last October.

Israel expanded the conflict on Oct. 1 this year by launching an incursion into southern Lebanon according to Anadolu.

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Israel Fears Hezbollah Fighters Infiltrating Its Northern Borders

CrossFireArabia
October 11, 2024

The Jewish army in the northern part of Israel are on high alert because of what appaers to be Hezbollah fighters’ infiltration from southern Lebanon.

According to Israeli media reports the authorities there, have closed main streets in northern Israel, Friday morning, fearing an Hezboallah fighters were infiltrating a number of Israeli towns and settlements next to the border with Lebanon.

These reports have also confirmed that one person was killed and a number of others wounded as a result of an anti-tank missile being fired at the area as reported in Al Jazeera.

The station reported that according to the Israeli Channel 13 there was a suspicion of an infiltration operation in several towns in the Upper Galilee, where residents were asked to stay in their homes and take shelter in shelters.

It stated as well that the Israeli Channel 14 reported that checkpoints were set up in Safed and its surroundings amid fears of an infiltration operation into northern Israel.

The infiltration into norther Israel by Hezbollah fighters is trending on the social media where sirens for people to stay in their home and underground shelters have been ringing all day due as well to incoming rockets and missiles coming from across the border.

On Thursday for example sirens through out north Israel sounded 123 times in the Upper Galilee including in towns like Haifa, Haifa Bay, Acca, Kiryat Shmona, Maragaliot, Nahariya, Afula, Nazareth and Marj Bin Amer.

On Friday morning Israeli media reported that initial estimates indicated that more than 20 rockets were fired towards Haifa Bay, and confirmed that a building in the Kiryat Bialik industrial zone in Haifa Bay was directly hit as a result of the rockets.

As well, Israeli Channel 12 confirmed 30 rockets were fired in another batch targeting the Upper Galilee, and indicated that fires broke out due to those rockets.

Hezbollah announced that it had targeted gatherings of Israeli soldiers in the Zevulun area north of Haifa, and in the Yiftah barracks and its surroundings.

This is while Israeli Channel 14 reported that more than 10,000 rockets and shells have been fired towards Israel since the beginning of the war in the north.

Since 23 September, Israel targeted most areas of Lebanon through intensive airstrikes, and has also begun a ground incursion into the south where they are meeting stiff resistance from Hezbollah fighters.

However the Israeli raids have resulted in 1,351 Lebanese dead and 3,811 wounded, including a large number of women and children with more than 1.2 million displaced as highlighted by Al Jazeera.