Hezbollah launched attacks on the Zionist entity on Saturday, employing rockets and drones that inflicted damage upon Israeli targets across northern settlements.
The Lebanese resistance group escalated its operations on Saturday, in line with what announced earlier by Hezbollah Secretary General Sheikh Naim Qassem that a new phase of “hurting the enemy” has started.
Saturday attacks targeted Nahariya, Haifa Bay, Acre, Western Galilee and other northern settlements.
Israeli media reported a direct hit in a building in Nahariya with power outage being reported in several areas across the northern occupied city, according to Israeli Channel 12.
Buildings and vehicles in the northern occupied city of Tamra sustained heavy damage, The Times of Israeli reported.
The Israeli media outlet quoted the Israeli occupation army as saying that at least 55 rockets and 4 drones were launched by Hezbollah so far on Saturday.
The Israeli military spokesman acknowledged the death of a new Golani soldier in South Lebanon battles.
Hezbollah Operations
Hezbollah Military Media issued statements that elaborated on operations, saying the strikes have been staged “in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza, and in backing their valiant and honorable resistance, and in defense of Lebanon and its people.”
The first two statements on Saturday mentioned that the Islamic Resistance fighters fired barrages of rockets targeting the headquarters of the infantry battalion of the Israeli Army’s Brigade 769 at Ramim Barracks. The attacks took place at 11:15 PM on Friday and 12:15 AM on Saturday, according to the statements.
At 10:00 AM, Hezbollah fighters fired a barrage of rockets that targeted Shraga Camp, the administrative headquarters of Golani Brigades command, north of Acre city, the third statement mentioned.
Later at 11:00 AM, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli gathering at the newly established headquarters of the Western Brigade at the Ya’ra Barracks, according to the fourth statement.
The strategic naval base of Stella Maris, located 35 km away from the Lebanese border to the northwest of Haifa, was targeted anew, with Hezbollah fighters firing, at 10:55 AM, a barrage of rockets targeting the base, which is used for naval monitoring and surveillance on the northern coast, the fifth statement read.
The sixth statement mentioned that the Islamic Resistance fighters launched an aerial attack by a swarm of drones that precisely targeted the HQ of Israeli Shayetet 13 unit at Atlit naval base south of Haifa, at 8:00 AM on Saturday.
Other aerial attacks employing squadrons of drones targeted two Israeli gatherings, the first near a checkpoint in Avivim settlement while the second in Yir’on, the seventh and eighth statements mentioned, adding that the drones precisely hit their targets and that both of the attacks took place at 10:50 AM.
Between 12:00 and 12:30 PM, Hezbollah fighters fired salvos of rockets targeting Israeli gatherings in Avivim, Menara, Maroun Al-Ras, Dovev ad Markaba according to the ninth, tenth, eleventh, twelfth and fourteenth statements.
The thirteenth statement mentioned that “as part of an earlier warning to evacuate northern settlements, the Islamic Resistance fighters fired a barrage of rockets that targeted an Israeli gathering in Katzrin at 12:30 PM.
At 2:30 PM, Hezbollah fighters launched a salvo of rockets at Kiryat Shmona Israeli settlement, according to the fifteenth statement.
The sixteenth statement affirmed that the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 4:00 pm on Saturday, 16-11-2024, an “Israeli” enemy forces gathering at the eastern outskirts of Markaba, for the second time, with a rocket barrage.
According to the seventeenth statement, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 5:00 pm on Saturday, 16-11-2024, an “Israeli” enemy forces gathering in Sa’sa’ settlement with a rocket barrage.
Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 6:00 pm on Saturday, 16-11-2024, an “Israeli” enemy forces gathering in Kiryat Shmona settlement with a rocket barrage, the eighteenth statement read.
Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 07:30 pm on Saturday, 16-11-2024, a gathering of “Israeli” enemy forces at Ramim barracks with a rocket barrage, according to the nineteenth statement.
The twentieth statement maintained that the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 04:00 pm on Saturday, 16-11-2024, a Merkava tank on the eastern outskirts of Shamaa town with a guided missile, resulting in its burning and the crew being either killed or wounded.
The twenty-first statement mentioned that the Islamic Resistance fighters launched an aerial operation at 04:30 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2024 with a squadron of assault drones targeting a gathering of “Israeli” enemy forces at the Al-Abbad site, hitting their targets precisely.
The twenty-second statement noted that the Islamic Resistance fighters at 08:30 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2024, targeted a gathering of “Israeli” enemy forces in Kfar Giladi settlement with a missile barrage.
According to the twenty-third statement, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 8:300 pm on Saturday, 16-11-2024, an “Israeli” enemy forces gathering at the eastern outskirts of Markaba, for the third time, with a rocket barrage.
The twenty-fourth statement mentioned that the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, with a barrage of qualitative rockets, at 07:45 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2024, a number of military bases in the occupied city of Haifa and the Carmel region as follows:
1. Haifa Technical Base (belonging to the “Israeli” Air Force, housing a training college for preparing air force technicians), located 35 km east of the occupied city of Haifa.
2. Haifa Naval Base (belonging to the “Israeli” Navy, housing a fleet of missile boats and submarines), located 35 km north of the occupied city of Haifa.
3. Stella Maris Base (a strategic base for maritime surveillance and control along the northern coastline), located 35 km northwest of the occupied city of Haifa.
4. Tirat Carmel Base (housing the regiment and battalion of the northern region’s transport and a logistical naval base), located 40 km south of the occupied city of Haifa.
5. For the first time, the Nesher Base (a gas station belonging to the “Israeli” enemy army), located 40 km southeast of the occupied city of Haifa.
Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, at 09:00 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2024, a gathering of “Israeli” enemy forces in the settlement of Margaliot, with a rocket barrage, according to the twenty-fifth statement.
The twenty-sixth statement affirmed that Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Hadbat Al-Ajl site, north of the Kfar Yuval settlement, with a rocket salvo on Saturday at 10:00 p.m.
Meanwhile on Saturday, Hezbollah Military Media published a video showing rocket attack on Tirat Carmel Base. The attack took place on Friday, November 15, and employed Nasr-1 missiles, according to the video.
Source: Hezbollah Military Media and Israeli media (translated and edited by Al-Manar English Website)
