Al Madayan – November 14, 2024
Hezbollah downs Israeli drone, continues to pummel Israeli sites, bases
Today's operations saw Hezbollah launching drone, rocket, and artillery strikes at settlements and groupings of Israeli occupation forces, as well as downing an Israeli Hermes 450 drone.
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah announced Thursday a new series of operations against Israeli military targets and repelling ongoing Israeli attempts to advance into southern Lebanese towns and villages.
Today's operations saw Hezbollah launching rocket and artillery strikes at groupings of Israeli occupation forces in southern Lebanese towns, as well as targeting Israeli settlements in northern occupied Palestine within the framework of the evacuation orders issued to settlers.
The Islamic Resistance also launched two aerial attacks with one-way drones against the Israeli settlements of Yir'on and Ein Yaakov, as well as the Eliakim base, south of the occupied city of Haifa.
In addition, Hezbollah's Resistance fighters shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone in Lebanese airspace
In its statements, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon announced that its operations are carried out in support of our steadfast Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and their valiant and honorable Resistance and in defense of Lebanon and its people.
On Wednesday, at 11:50 pm, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy army forces in the Sa'sa' settlement with a salvo of rockets.
On Thursday, at 9:00 am, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Yesud HaMa'ala settlement with a salvo of rockets, noting that this operation comes within the framework of the warnings issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in the north.
At 10:00 am, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy forces between the towns of Houla and Markaba to the east, with a rocket salvo.
At 10:45 am, Hezbollah's fighters targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy forces on the eastern outskirts of the town of Markaba, with a missile salvo, resulting in confirmed casualties.
At 11:00 am, the Islamic Resistance carried out three simultaneous operations.
With salvoes of rockets, Hezbollah's fighters targeted the Dovev and Dishon settlements, as well as a grouping of Israeli enemy forces in the Manara settlement.
At 11:30 am, the Islamic Resistance carried out two simultaneous operations.
Launching aerial attacks with swarms of drones, Hezbollah's fighters targeted the settlements of Yir'on and Ein Yaakov, dealing direct hits to the intended targets.
At 12:10 pm, Hezbollah's fighters conducted three simultaneous operations.
In the first, they targeted the Jal al-Allam border post with a rocket salvo. In the second, they targeted a logistics base for the 146th Division of the Israeli enemy army, northeast of the Netiv HaShayara settlement, east of the city of Nahariya, with a rocket salvo. In the third, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the city of Nahariya with a missile salvo, noting that this operation comes within the framework of the warnings issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in the north,
At 1:30 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy forces on the outskirts of the town of Odaisseh with artillery shells.
At 3:00 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy forces in the Sa'sa' settlement with a salvo of rockets.
At 3:30 pm, the Islamic Resistance carried out three simultaneous operations, whereby its fighters targeted the settlements of Bar'am, Yir'on, and al-Malikiyah with salvoes of rockets.
At 4:00 pm, as part of the Khaybar series of operations and under the call of Labbayka ya Nasrallah under the call of "Labbayka ya Nasrallah" [Here we respond to your call, O' Nasrallah], the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Stella Maris naval base with a salvo of high-end rockets.
In detail, the Resistance group clarified that the target is a strategic base for naval monitoring and surveillance on the northern coast and is 35 km from the Lebanese-Palestinian border, northwest of Haifa.
Simultaneously, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy forces in the al-Amra area on the southern outskirts of the town of Khiam with a rocket salvo.
At 4:30 pm, the Islamic Resistance carried out two simultaneous operations, whereby its fighters targeted groupings of Israeli enemy forces in the Hanita and Shlomi settlements with salvoes of rockets.
At 4:30 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters in the Air Defense Unit shot down an Israeli Hermes 450 drone in the airspace of the eastern sector with a surface-to-air missile.
At 5:00 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Kfar Yuval settlement with a salvo of rockets.
At 6:00 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy forces at the al-Amra Gate on the southern outskirts of the town of Khiam, for the second time, with a salvo of rockets.
Also at 6:00 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted, for the second time, the Kfar Yuval settlement with a salvo of rockets.
At 6:30 pm, as part of the Khaybar series of operations and under the call of Labbayka ya Nasrallah under the call of "Labbayka ya Nasrallah" [Here we respond to your call, O' Nasrallah], the Islamic Resistance fighters launched an aerial attack with a swarm of one-way assault drones on the Eliakim base, south of the occupied city of Haifa, dealing an accurate hit.
In detail, the Resistance group clarified that the base houses training camps affiliated with the Northern Command of the Israeli enemy army and is 50 km from the Lebanese-Palestinian border.
Following the operation, the Israeli occupation acknowledged that two soldiers were injured in the attack, with earlier reports confirming the explosion of a drone in the Eliakim area.
At 7:30 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy forces on the eastern outskirts of the town of Markaba, for the second time, with a salvo of rockets.
At 7:50 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy forces in the settlement of Yir'on with a rocket salvo.
At 08:00 pm, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a grouping of Israeli enemy forces on the eastern outskirts of the town of Maroun al-Ras with a rocket salvo.
At 10:20 pm, Hezbollah fighters fired a salvo of precision-guided rockets at the Tel Hayem military base, which hosts troops from the Israeli Military Intelligence Directorate, in the city settlement of Tel Aviv, 120 south of the border.
At 11:15, a salvo of rockets was fired at an assembly point of Israeli occupation forces in the city settlement of Kiryat Shmona.
Concurrently, a salvo of rockets was fired at the occupied town of Teir Harfa, targeting another assembly point of Israeli occupation forces.
Israeli Army says platoon Cmdr, 5 Golani soldiers killed in southern Lebanon
The spokesperson for the Israeli occupation forces admitted Wednesday evening to the killing of an officer, a platoon leader in the Golani Brigade's 51st Battalion, along with five other soldiers from the same battalion during battles in southern Lebanon on Wednesday.
Israeli media reported that Golani forces entered a building in southern Lebanon and were met with close-range gunfire.
According to details released by the Israeli Army Radio, the incident occurred in the western sector and began at 10 am on Wednesday. Upon entering, Golani Brigade forces were fired upon by four Hezbollah fighters who emerged from a tunnel opening.
Simultaneously, Hezbollah fighters opened fire from nearby buildings, launching an anti-armor missile at the building.
The Army Radio stated that the incident concluded at 1 pm, leaving six killed soldiers and one injured, with casualties evacuated under the Lebanese group's fire.
The Israeli channel KAN reported that the incident took place in the area where the military expanded its operations a day prior.
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Attempts to dehumanize Hamas resistance movement doomed to fail
By Iqbal Jassat
Eleven years after Gaza-based resistance movement Hamas clinched historic victory in the 2006 Palestinian elections, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a remarkable confession.
In a 2017 interview with Donald Macintyre for The Guardian, Blair unabashedly admitted to thwarting the Palestinians' democratic choice—a transgression of historic proportions at the time.
Blair revealed that he and other global leaders were wrong to bow to the Israeli occupation's pressure, orchestrating an immediate boycott of Hamas after its landslide at the polls.
Though international monitors had declared the elections free and fair, Blair—then at the height of his premiership—was ensnared by Israel’s wicked agenda, fully swallowing its campaign to discredit both the electoral process and its victor, Hamas.
As has been the norm for most American presidents to kowtow to Israel, George W. Bush drove the settler-colonial regime's demands to halt aid to, and cut off relations with, the newly-elected Hamas government.
Blair, often derided as Bush’s loyal “poodle,” a label he earned through his unquestioning support for US policies, also cemented his reputation as a war criminal.
He brazenly demanded that Palestinians abandon their democratic will unless they conformed to conditions set by foreign imperialistic powers.
Typical of Western governments caught up in imperialism and a colonial mindset, Bush and Blair insisted that Hamas recognize Israel, renounce violence, and abide by previous agreements between its Fatah predecessors and the occupying regime.
Austria, then holding the EU’s rotating presidency, echoed this hardline stance on behalf of the 25-nation bloc, declaring, “there is no place in a political process for groups or individuals who advocate violence.”
Vicious efforts to isolate and oust Hamas from political power were spearheaded by Bush and Blair. And as a countermeasure to strengthen the hand of a willing collaborator, they hastily provided diplomatic and financial support to Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.
A futile strategy that clearly failed, with Abbas limping on, linked to a nonexistent "peace process" that delivered zero victories—until now. In fact, to this day, he continues limping on the same track.
Macintyre wrote that Blair, who became envoy of the Middle East Quartet composed of the US, EU, UN, and Russia, "... after leaving Downing Street, now says the international community should have tried to 'pull Hamas into a dialogue.'"
Within a year following Hamas's stunning victory, the Zionist settler-colonial regime imposed a stifling boycott as well as an economic blockade of Gaza.
An unending 17-year blockade since 2007 that has seen relentless bombings, assassinations, detentions, and denial of basic supplies, which, as my colleague Dr. Firoz Osman correctly described, is a policy of "extermination." This is what the world witnesses in Gaza today, after 43,700 fatalities in over one year.
This exposes the Zionist narrative—shamelessly promoted by Western leaders and mainstream media—that October 7 happened in a "vacuum" as a blatant falsehood.
The hypocrisy and double standards of the West, which shocked much of the world in the aftermath of October 7, are far from new. Their roots lie in the illegal establishment of Israel as a colonial project on Palestinian land in 1948.
But for the generation that witnessed Hamas's outstanding 2006 election victory, it was more shocking to discover Western powers warning that they would not deal with a Palestinian government led by Hamas.
NBC News reported at the time that Hamas had won so overwhelmingly and fairly—former US President Jimmy Carter said the elections in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip were “completely honest.”
That Carter endorsed the election as free and fair compounded the dilemma for pro-apartheid Israel Western governments. After all, the decisive victory saw Hamas take nearly two-thirds of the 132 parliament seats.
The profiling of Hamas as a "terrorist" organization is not only a ruse but deliberately manufactured by the Israeli regime and latched onto by its Western lackeys to demonize and criminalize resistance, including armed struggle, against the occupation.
Not to be outdone by governments linked to the settler-colonial regime are Zionist pressure groups who work in tandem with right-wing allies across a range of so-called "think tanks," NGOs, and Israeli-funded "research bodies."
The Zionist playing field in South Africa has been no exception. Pro-apartheid Israel lobbies ranging from the SA Zionist Federation to the SA Jewish Board have hysterically been profiling Hamas as a "terror" group.
A tactic doomed to fail, both at the national and international levels, if they are wise enough to heed the lessons of South Africa's liberation movements.
Palestine’s freedom movement, notwithstanding Israel’s slaughter of innocent civilians in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the occupied West Bank, and Lebanon, is recorded as an epic struggle destined to overcome Zionism.
Iqbal Jassat is an executive member of Media Review Network, Johannesburg, South Africa.
