Islamic Resistance Statement -1-

Local Editor

In The Name of God, The Merciful

At 11:25 am this morning, the Noble Martyrs of Quneitra group in the Islamic Resistance targeted an "Israeli" military convoy in the occupied Shebaa Farms.

The convoy, which included a number of Zionist vehicles, officers and soldiers, was targeted by appropriate missiles, and weapons which led to the destruction of a number vehicles.
The operation left several soldiers killed and wounded.

The Islamic Resistance

-------------------------

9 “Israeli” vehicles targeted in Shebaa Farms’ operation as several soldiers were killed and wounded

Eight Israeli Rockets Hit Lebanon after Missile Hits IOF Vehicle

نقل مباشر: عملية المقاومة في شبعا المحتلة

Published Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Updated at 12:52 pm (GMT+2): Israel hit Lebanon with at least eight rockets after an anti-tank missile was fired at a "huge" Israeli military convoy near the Lebanon border on Wednesday, Al-Mayadeen news channel said, claiming a number of casualties on the Israeli side has been reported.

"Initial reports indicate a military vehicle was hit, apparently by an anti-tank missile in the area of Har Dov," the Israeli army said on its official Twitter feed, using Israel's term for the Shebaa Farms which is also close to the ceasefire line with Syria.

Hezbollah news channel Al-Manar said nine Israeli vehicles were targeted in the attack.

The Shebaa Farms area is a mountainous, narrow sliver of land rich in water resources measuring 25 square kilometers (10 square miles). It has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Middle East war.

Al-Mayadeen Director Ghassan Ben Jeddo, said at least 15 Israeli soldiers have been killed, adding that the attack was carried out by Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah.

An Israeli security source, meanwhile, said a number of people were wounded in the incident after their vehicle came under "very heavy fire at close range," saying the incident was still ongoing.

He said it was not clear whether the vehicles had been hit by an anti-tank missile, a rocket or a mortar, but said Israeli forces had returned fire, hitting targets across the border.

Israeli newspaper the Jerusalem Post said the Israeli army fired at the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Shouba.

Al-Mayadeen said the Israeli strikes were ongoing.

Commenting on the attack, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel was ready to act "with force" following the border attack.

Images broadcast from the scene showed large plumes of white smoke billowing across the area and police sealed off several roads close to the border in northern Israel.

The attack came hours after Israeli aircraft struck alleged Syrian army artillery positions early on Wednesday, and one day after rockets were launched at the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.

On January 18, an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian city of Quneitra killed six fighters of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah, including a commander and the son of assassinated senior commander Imad Mughniyeh, as well as Iranian Revolutionary Guards General Mohammad Ali Allahdadi.

The Israeli strike came days after Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah warned Israel against any “stupid” moves in Lebanon and Syria, vowing to retaliate and make sure Israel pays the price for any aggression against the neighboring countries.

Israeli airstrikes on Syria "target the whole of the resistance axis," Nasrallah said in reference to Syria, Iran and his government, who are sworn enemies of Israel.

"The repeated bombings that struck several targets in Syria are a major violation, and we consider that any strike against Syria is a strike against the whole of the resistance axis, not just against Syria," he said, adding the "axis is capable of responding" anytime.

Since the airstrike, troops and civilians in northern Israeli-occupied territories of Palestine and the occupied Golan Heights have been on heightened alert and Israel has deployed an Iron Dome rocket interceptor unit near the Syrian border.

The last Israeli war on Lebanon in the summer of 2006 killed more than 1,200 Lebanese, most of them civilians, and 160 Israelis, most of them soldiers.