— 🇱🇧/🇮🇱 NEW: It has now been confirmed that five Israeli soldiers were killed and 20 wounded after at least eight Medevac helicopters were seen yesterday.

Today, Israeli media reported two more 'serious security incidents' on the Lebanese front. Hezbollah, after destroying two Merkava tanks last night, claimed about five hours ago that they attacked two more tanks and confirmed Israeli casualties.

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— ❗️🇮🇱/🇱🇧/ 🇱🇧 BREAKING: The IDF has declared a state of alert in the settlements of Avivim, Malkiya and Dishon, due to fear of a Hezbollah infiltration attempt

Roads leading to and from the settlements have been closed, and all settlers have been instructed to remain inside and lock their doors immediately.

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— ❗️🇮🇱/ 🇱🇧 NEW: Hezbollah destroyed two Merkava tanks on the outskirts of Maroun El Ras, exploding them with an ATGM, killing and wounding all those inside

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— ❗️🇱🇧 Full statement by the Operations Room of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon:

'The Islamic Resistance continues to confront the Israeli aggression on Lebanon, and the Israeli enemy army has suffered heavy losses in its equipment and personnel, including officers and soldiers, along the various confrontation axes at the frontline in southern Lebanon. Since the start of the ground operations at the frontline of the Lebanese-Palestinian (Israeli) border, the enemy has brought in 5 divisions comprising more than 70,000 officers and soldiers, in addition to hundreds of tanks and military vehicles. In contrast, several hundreds of Islamic Resistance fighters remain fully prepared and ready to confront any Israeli ground incursion towards the villages of southern Lebanon.

1. Ground operations:

The beginning of this week witnessed an escalation in the pace of the heroic confrontations waged by the Islamic Resistance fighters against the officers and soldiers of the Israeli enemy who penetrated from several routes in the Eastern and Western sectors towards the villages of Odaisseh, Rab Thalatheen, Blida, Markaba, Al-Qawzah, Ayta Al Shaab, and Ramyeh, with heavy fire support from the air force and artillery, targeting the aforementioned villages and their surroundings.

According to pre-prepared field plans, the Islamic Resistance fighters confronted the enemy forces in the surroundings and inside various villages by targeting the paths of advance, and luring the enemy forces into advanced ambushes inside the border villages, where violent clashes took place with the enemy at point-blank distance, especially in the towns of Al-Qawzah and Rab Thalatheen, which resulted in the enemy suffering 10 dead and more than 150 wounded and the destruction of 9 Merkava tanks and 4 military bulldozers.

2. Missile Force:

The missile force of the Islamic Resistance continues, gradually increasing day by day, to target the gatherings of the Israeli enemy in military sites and barracks along the Lebanese-Palestinian (Israeli) border and in the settlements and occupied cities in the north, reaching its military bases deep inside occupied Palestine, with various types of missiles, including precision-guided missiles that are being used for the first time.

3. Air Force:

The Air Force of the Islamic Resistance continues, gradually increasing day after day, to target the enemy's military bases on the Lebanese-Palestinian (Israeli) border, reaching deep inside occupied Palestine, with various types of attack drones, including types that are being used for the first time. This is in addition to reconnaissance and information gathering missions.

4. Air Defense Force:

The fighters of the Islamic Resistance in the Air Defense Force have confronted and continue to confront the Israeli military aircraft that are attacking Lebanon, both reconnaissance and combat aircraft, with appropriate weapons, and they were able to shoot down two 'Hermes-450' reconnaissance UAVs.

5. Enemy losses

The enemy's losses, according to what the Islamic Resistance fighters monitored, amount to about 55 dead and more than 500 wounded from the officers and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army, in addition to the destruction of 20 Merkava tanks, the destruction of 4 military bulldozers, an armored vehicle and an armored personnel carrier, in addition to the downing of two 'Hermes-450' drones. This toll does not include the losses of the Israeli enemy in military bases and barracks along the border or inside occupied Palestine.

Transition towards escalation

Based on the directives of the resistance leadership, the Islamic Resistance Operations Room officially announces the transition to a new and escalating phase in the confrontation with the Israeli enemy, which will be discussed and witnessed in the events of the coming days.'

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