By Palestine Chronicle Staff  

The story goes something like this. After repeatedly failing to penetrate the Lebanese border, due to stiff resistance, the Israeli army chose a different route. 

Soldiers simply rushed into Lebanon, stopped only meters away from the border, took a photo at a border village and rushed back. 

The price for this risky move, per a statement issued by a field officer in Hezbollah’s Operations Room, was the killing and wounding of at least 20 Israeli soldiers. 

“To obtain these photos, which (Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu desperately needed due to his political crisis, the price was more than 20 dead and wounded among the elite soldiers, something the Israeli military censor was forced to hide and cover up”.

Hezbollah also said that it had prevented advancements by Israeli troops from two different directions, towards the towns of Maroun Al-Ras and Yaroun.

“Upon reaching the pre-prepared ambush points, (..) the Islamic Resistance fighters detonated several explosive devices (..) and engaged in clashes with the elite officers and soldiers using light and medium weapons and rocket shells,” the officer said.

“The close-range clashes became point-blank range, resulting in several killed and wounded among the infiltrating force. Those not hit carried the dead or wounded and withdrew under artillery cover from positions inside the occupied lands,” the statement added.

Below are the latest statements by the Lebanese Resistance Movement Hezbollah. 

The statements were communicated via its Telegram channels and are published here in their original form. 

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Hezbollah

In support of the steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza and in support of their courageous and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people, the Islamic Resistance carried out several operations to confront the attempts the Israeli enemy to advance at the Lebanese-Palestinian border, as well as several operations against Israeli army positions, bases, and settlements in northern occupied Palestine on Friday, 04-10-2024, as follows:

1. At 07:00, the Krayot settlement north of Haifa was targeted with a barrage of missiles, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
2. Targeting a Merkava tank in the vicinity of the Al-Malikiyah site with a guided missile, which led to the outbreak of fire inside it and the deaths and injuries of its personnel, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
3. At 08:20, the occupied city of Safad was targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
4. At 09:00, a gathering of Israeli enemy vehicles and soldiers in Sasa was targeted with a heavy Burkan missile, in response to the barbaric Israeli assault on cities, villages and civilians.
5. At 09:15, the Israeli enemy artillery positions in southern Kiryat Shmona were targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli assault on cities, villages and civilians.
6. At 10:20, the Ilania base was targeted with a barrage of rockets, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages, and civilians.
7. At 11:00, a force of Israeli enemy vehicles and soldiers in the Maroun Al-Ras plain was targeted with artillery shells, causing confirmed casualties among them, including dead and wounded, in response to the barbaric Israeli assault on cities, villages and civilians.
8. At 11:24, the Ruwaisat al-Alam site in the occupied Lebanese Kfar Shuba hills was targeted with artillery shells, hitting it directly, in response to the barbaric Israeli assault on cities, villages and civilians.
9. At 12:20, Israeli enemy soldiers in Kiryat Shmona were targeted with a barrage of rockets, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
10. At 13:00, the settlement of Karmiel was targeted with a large rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
11. At 14:25, a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the settlement of Karmiel was targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
12. At 14:25, a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers east of Dovev was targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
13. At 14:25, an Israeli enemy force was targeted while advancing towards Bayadir Al-Adas, west of Yaroun, with artillery shells and a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli assault on cities, villages and civilians.
14. At 16:20, when the Israeli enemy forces attempted to infiltrate towards Maroun Al-Ras, the Islamic Resistance fighters detonated three explosive devices at the advancing forces, and then the resistance fighters clashed with them and killed and wounded them, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
15. At 16:30, when the Israeli enemy soldiers attempted to infiltrate the town of Yaroun, the Islamic Resistance fighters clashed with them, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.

16. At 17:50, the Nafah base was targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
17. At 18:05, a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers was targeted in the vicinity of the Al-Baghdadi site with a large rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
18. At 18:10, Israeli enemy forces targeted the Maroun Al-Ras plain with a large rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
19. At 18:15, a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the vicinity of Avivim was targeted with a large rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli assault on cities, villages and civilians.
20. At 18:15, the Katzrin base was targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
21. At 18:20, a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in Kafr Giladi was targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli assault on cities, villages and civilians.
22. At 18:20, the settlement of Hatzor was targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.
23. At 19:15, a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the settlement of Yiron was targeted with a rocket barrage, in response to the barbaric Israeli invasion of cities, villages and civilians.

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(The Palestine Chronicle)