Lebanese National Resistance: 100 Israeli soldiers and officers killed, 43 Merkava tanks destroyed since the beginning of Israeli aggression on Lebanon

The Lebanese National Resistance announced that the cumulative toll of the Israeli enemy’s losses since the start of what it called the “land maneuver in south Lebanon” has reached more than 100 dead and 1,000 injured officers and soldiers.

It referred to the destruction of 43 Merkava tanks, 8 military bulldozers, 2 Hummer vehicles, 2 armored vehicles, 2 personnel carriers, and the downing of 4 “Hermes 450” drones and 2 “Hermes 900” drones.

The Lebanese Resistance Operations Room confirmed in a statement issued on Tuesday  regarding the developments of the “Uli al-Baas” battle that the fate of the Israeli enemy forces’ decision to move to the second phase of the “land maneuver” in south Lebanon will be disappointment, and its inevitable harvest will be more losses and failures.

 The statement added that resistance has taken, within its defensive plans, all measures that enable it to fight a long battle to prevent the enemy from achieving its goals in defense of Lebanon’s freedom and sovereignty, and the dignity and honor of its proud people.

The statement said  that the number of operations of the resistance’s missile force during the “First Battle of Valor” since September the 17th  until today exceeded 1,020 various launches, including 125 operations during the past week alone.

In a related context , the statement pointed out, the resistance’s missile force launched, for the first time in its history, on the sixth of this month,  a Fateh 110 missile, which targeted the Tsrifin base, 130 km from the nearest point on the Lebanese-Palestinian border.

The statement pointed out that the air force of the Lebanese resistance continues to target the enemy’s military sites and bases, and the gathering and positioning points of its officers and soldiers, amidst the mobilization of all Israeli air defense systems at all levels and classes.

The resistance indicated that the total number of air force operations in the Lebanese resistance since the start of the Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood until today has reached more than 315 operations, during which more than 1,000 drones of various sizes and missions were launched.

The statement revealed that the number of operations carried out by the Lebanese resistance within the framework of the Khaybar series of operations since its launch has reached 70 operations, targeting 33 strategic targets such as military, logistical, air and naval bases, air and missile defense bases, military factories, command headquarters, communications and intelligence bases, and training camps with a depth of up to 145 km south of Tel Aviv.

The resistance’s air force participated in 22 operations, according to the statement,  within the Khaybar series of operations, during which it launched more than 60 drones from the resistance’s arsenal of qualitative drones, reaching 145 km far, even to the southern suburbs of “Tel Aviv.”

The statement made it clear  that the Israeli enemy forces withdrew due to the heavy and concentrated resistance strikes, from most of the towns they had advanced to beyond the border,  announcing that no infiltration attempts or advances in the border towns in the western sector have been recorded since October the 28th.

On the Maroun al-Ras axis, the statement confirmed that the resistance fighters carried out more than 24 operations with missiles and suicide drones that targeted the positions and gathering points of the Israeli enemy army forces and vehicles participating in the advance inside Lebanese territory.

The resistance fighters  also carried out 26 targeting operations with missiles and artillery shells on the settlements of: Avivim, Dovev, Saasa, Baram, Yaron, Dishon, and Malkiyeh Baryohai, which include air and missile bases and command headquarters for the battalions participating in the attack, weapons depots, and vehicle assembly areas, belonging to the 36th Division in the Israeli enemy army.

The statement indicated that the resistance fighters ambushed the Israeli enemy force when it tried to infiltrate from the town of Yaroun towards the western neighborhoods of the town of Maroun al-Ras, and clashed with it with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades, killing and wounding its members.

It  also confirmed that as a result of the resistance strikes, the enemy forces withdrew from the towns of Mays al-Jabal, Markaba, Rab Thalatheen, Adaisseh and Khiyam to beyond the border.