In a swift and calculated response to the assassination of Palestinian Resistance leader Sheikh Saleh al-Arouri, Hezbollah targeted one of the Israeli occupation forces’ Air Traffic Control Bases in northern occupied Palestine. The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon launched a barrage of 62 rockets, aimed at the base located atop Mount Jarmaq (“Meron”), the highest peak in the ’48 occupied Palestine.

The attack, which occurred at 8:10 am (local time) on Saturday morning, specifically targeted the sole center for the management and monitoring of air traffic in the northern occupied territories, known as the “Meron” Air Traffic Control Base. Hezbollah stated that this facility has no equivalent alternative, leaving the Israeli occupation with a significant gap in their operations.

footage showing the moment Islamic Resistance missiles hit Meron Air Base.

Statement issued by the Islamic Resistance:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

“Indeed, We, from the criminals, will take retribution.” (Quran, 32:22)

Firstly, Meron Air Surveillance Base is located on the summit of Mount Jarmaq in northern occupied Palestine. It is the highest peak in occupied Palestine and serves as the sole center for administration, monitoring, and air control in the northern usurping entity. There is no main alternative to Meron Base, which is one of the two main bases in the entire usurping entity. The other base is Mitzpe Ramon in the south.

Secondly, Islamic Resistance fighters carried out an initial response at 08:10 AM on Saturday, January 6, 2024, targeting the Meron Air Surveillance Base with 62 rockets of various types. This was in response to the assassination of the great leader Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri and his martyr brothers in the southern suburb of Beirut.

“And victory is not but from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.”

Hezbollah military media later announced that Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Al-Mutela site at 09:40 on Saturday, January 6, 2024, using appropriate weapons, resulting in a direct hit.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of “Israeli” enemy foot soldiers in the vicinity of Hunin Barracks at 9:55 AM on Saturday, January 6, 2024, using appropriate weapons, resulting in a direct hit, according to a third statement issued by Hezbollah military media.

The fourth statement indicated that the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Bayyad Blida site at 3:40 PM on Saturday, January 6, 2024, with rocketry weapons and hit it directly.

According to the fifth statement, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 4:40 on Saturday, January 6, 2024, a gathering of enemy soldiers in Avivim with appropriate weapons, inflicting a direct hit.

The sixth statement indicated that Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 5:05 PM on Saturday, January 6, 2024, a gathering of enemy soldiers in the vicinity of the Jal Al-Allam site with appropriate weapons, causing casualties including killed and wounded.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 5:15 PM on Saturday, January 6, 2024, a gathering of enemy soldiers in the vicinity of Al-Manara site with appropriate weapons, causing a direct hit, according to the seventh statement.

Meanwhile, Hezbollah military media mourned the Resistance fighters Mustafa Hassan Saad, Khodor Ali Mhanna, Mustafa Mahmoud Jaber, Abbas Hussein Rammal, Abdullah Hasan Al-Asmar, and Hasan Abd Jaafar who embraced martyrdom on the way to Al-Quds.

Source: Hezbollah Military Media