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| Volume 56 Number 8, March 14, 2026 | ARCHIVE | HOME | JBCENTRE | SUBSCRIBE |
Israel strikes southern Lebanon
The Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement and the Islamic Resistance in Iraq have joined the front against the external aggressors. Hezbollah's operations have been primarily focused on Israeli military sites in the occupied territories. Its operations are both in response to the assassination of the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and the relentless ceasefire violations by the Israeli regime over the past year.
In the 15 months of reported Israeli violations since the so-called "ceasefire", of which the US is a guarantor, Lebanese authorities and United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) report in excess of 15,400 breaches by Israel, with hundreds reportedly killed by Israeli actions over the past year.
On March 3, Hezbollah Resistance fighters launched decisive retaliatory strikes on the Israeli Occupation forces (IOF) in response to the brutal and escalating Israeli aggression on Lebanon. Israel has struck dozens of Lebanese cities and towns, inducing the Southern Suburb of Beirut. The Israeli Army's 91st Division had initiated a campaign on March 3 to militarily occupy Lebanese territory. Some 100,000 reservists have been called up for this campaign but many have failed to report for duty. Despite the withdrawal of Lebanese armed forces, Hezbollah Resistance fighters are fiercely confronting the IOF.
Resistance fighters shot down a drone over Nabatieh and targeted a Merkava tank in the Semmaqa, delivering a direct hit. Shortly after another Merkava tank was struck near Tal Nahas on the outskirts of Kfar Kila. When Israeli forces attempted to advance two additional tanks to recover the damaged vehicle in Tal Nahas, the fighters engaged them with precision-guided missiles, forcing the occupiers to retreat under heavy gunfire. Nearby, at the Metula settlement, Hezbollah fighters targeted a fifth Merkava tank.
Hezbollah fighters also fired salvos of rockets at IOF forces occupying the Rawlyyah site and the Kela' site in the Syrian Golan and attacked Israeli Haifa Naval Base with advanced drones. The Resistance deployed a swarm of attack drones against the Meron air surveillance and operations management base in northern occupied Palestine, causing damage to one of the base's radar systems and a command building, according to a statement. IOF radar installations and control rooms were also struck at the Ramat David Airbase in occupied Palestine, some 50 km from the Lebanese border, demonstrating the precision and reach of the Resistance's operations.