🇱🇧/🇺🇸/🇮🇱 A U.S. military Northrop Grumman MQ-4C Triton UAV arrived near Lebanon to support the Israel army's intelligence gathering.

📸 An Israeli targeted assassination is reported in Khiyam village

📹 The moment an Israeli jet intercepted a drone this morning.

Israel claims Hezbullah planned to fire 6,000 rockets, but they foiled the attack. No reports of impacts at any Israeli base yet.

Situation is definitely very vague.

📸 Israeli airstrikes continue on various forests in south Lebanon, this time in Zibqeen and Basleya, in Tuffah region.

100+ Israeli jets participated in the initial wave of attacks and continue to patrol and engage.

📹 The Israeli army released unclear and blurred footage of their attacks this morning on Lebanon, which they claim involved 100+ jets and which destroyed the infrastructure of 6,000 rockets

🥀 Amal movement mourns the loss and celebrates the martyrdom of its honorable member Ayman Kamel Idriss, who rose while preforming his duty of defending Lebanon and the south.

He was born the town of al-Khiyam in 1989.

📄 Hezbollah's SG, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, will deliver a speech today concerning the latest developments at 6:00 pm Beirut time.

📄 In an earlier, and 3rd statement of today, Hezbullah announced...

That they were able to launch drones at their designated times and from their designated locations, and have them reach their intended targets without hindrance. This operation marks the third and final part of the first wave of their response for the Israeli assassination of Sayyed Fouad Shukr in Beirut's southern suburbs over 3 weeks prior.

The statement continues to say that the Israeli claims about the preemptive strikes it carried out, and its disruption of Hezbullah's attacks, contradict the facts on the ground. Furthermore, that Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah will refute these claims in his speech (at 6:00 p.m.) later today.

📑 Summary of Israeli attacks on Lebanon since dawn today

Airstrikes targeted the outskirts, forests and valleys of the following towns and villages:

- Ain Qana
- Kfarfila
- Al Louaize
- Bouslaiya
- Rashaf
- Teireh
- Haddatha
- Kounine
- Zebqin
- Yatar
- Siddeqin
- Haris
- Beit Yahoun
- Deir Sarian
- Talouseh
- Al Qusayr
- Naqoura
- Tayr Harfa
- Majdal Zun
- Alma al Shaab
- Al Jbayn
- Sheheen
- Al Mahmoudiya
- Al Jabal al Rafi'
- Berghoz
- Dlafy
- Mays al Jabal
- Markaba

Additionally, drone strikes on:
- Al Khiyam
- Aalman

Hezbullah mourns two of its honorable fighters who were killed in the Israeli attack on Harees village in south Lebanon.

They are the only reported casualties, out of the dozens of airstrikes again dozens of locations.

🥀 Hamzeh Mohamed Zaghlout, 1992
🥀 Khodor Moussa Sweid, 1987

🇮🇱/🇱🇧 Israel backtracks from the claim that:

- They attacked long range missles and rockets
- That Hezbullah aimed at Tel Aviv

Netanyahu confirms the above and says all rockets were short range, and claims that drones were heading towards Israeli strategic targets, including in central Israel.

This confirms Hezbullah's statement that rockets were used to open the path for drones.

Israel's new assessment also states that Hezbullah didn't plan to to attack Tel Aviv, but rather at most the Mossad HQ and Unit 8200.

So far Hezbullah's attacks were on bases near the border, previously attacked, with mo reports of any impacts in this or damage to any strategic Israeli asset. It's also unclear of the retaliation was concluded, and of so, how effective was it for a chief of staff's murder and an attack on Beirut.

📹 Today there was a higher than usual rate of malfunctioning in Iron Dome, where at least 3 such cases were reported.

In the cases in Naharayah and Safad, there were casualties. The only injuries in this attack, resulted in friendly fire.

The 3rd, against an Israeli army patrol boat off the coast.

❌ One soldier was killed in the incident, and several other injured.

This is the second Iron Dome kill against Israelis, once at sea and once at a road. Third, if you count Majdal Shams, whose impact and explosion match the Irom Dome.

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⭕️ The speech of his eminence started

- Before we start our speech today on the recent events, we must first point out to the fact that today, the 20th of Safar, marks the Arabeen of Imam Husayn (AS), the symbol of sacrifice, selflessness & pride. Therefore, I must first start by saluting him.

- Today, millions join the pilgrimage and march towards Imam Husayn, some from the borders of Iran, some from within Iraq...people of all nationalities and races...till now, the numbers mention 21,480,000 visitors.

- The Iraqi people always show immense generosity and hospitality on this occasion, which is a known trait of theirs. And I must highlight the great presence of Palestine this year during this march.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
sending condolences to the Lebanese people and government and the Resistance factions over the passing of former PM Salim al-Hoss who was a symbol of honesty and loyalty...

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
saluting the Lebanese people in general, and especially the people of the South, the Beqaa, and Beirut's Southern Suburb for their steadfastness and resilence in the face of the enemy's threats, as this patience will surely bear its fruits

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah
saluting the Mujahideen who steadfastly remain on the frontlines, fulfilling their duties perfectly and remaining patient in the face of all odds, including the fighters in Gaza, Yemen, and Iraq

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah:
Onto our topic: The enemy is the one who crossed all red lines with their acts of aggression. They attacked Beirut's Southern Suburb, murdering women and children, and assassinating leader Fouad Shokor. The Resistance vowed to respond.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah:
The Resistance could not have possibly allowed such an aggression to pass lightly. We were ready to carry out our response from the day of the funeral procession, but I will explain why it took some time.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah:
Today's operation will be named the operation of "Arbaeen Day" as it happened to fall on the day that carries this historic memory.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah:
The Resistance took its time deciding which of the targets I will talk about later it was going to target in its operation.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: The Resistance also took its time in carrying out its response during the heightened state of alert of the "israeli" enemy and the Americans to avoid the failure of the operation.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: In addition, the Resistance wanted to give the needed time for the negotiations for Gaza since they were announced after we vowed to respond. We did not want to obstruct them.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: The state the enemy was in and the economic losses they were continuing to face during the period of awaiting the response was also an added win for postponing the response further. These are the reasons the response took some time.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: We put a set of standards for the target of our response: it was not to be a civilian target, although the enemy targeted civilians and it is our right to target civilians if we wanted, nor infrastructure. It was to be a military target.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: We wanted the target to be related to the recent assassinations and so the target was the Galilot base, which was the base from which the assassinations were being carried out, and which is also taking part in psychological warfare against our people.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: The Galilot base contains Unit 8200, which is responsible for general intelligence, spying, and espionage. It is 110 km from the Lebanese border and only 1,500 meters from the “Tel Aviv” border.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: We were either going to target a base linked to military intelligence or the air force because they are linked to the assassination of the martyr Fouad Shokor, and the target would have been close to Tel Aviv, thus being in the depths.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: In addition to the Glilot base, a number of barracks and military sites were also targeted, whether in northern occupied Palestine or the occupied Syrian Golan, in order to exhaust the Iron Domes, which would allow the drones to cross into the depths.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: As for the weapons used, it was decided that all the sites in northern occupied Palestine and the occupied Syrian Golan would be targeted with Katyusha rockets first to exhaust the Iron Dome. Something we have been using for the past 11 months. No new weapons.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: It was decided that the brothers would launch 300 Katyusha rockets & distribute them among these sites because this number was sufficient, and they distributed them according to their assessment & generosity. They ended up firing 340 rockets in total, more than even planned!

- Sayyed Nasrallah: The second weapon that was used was drones of different sizes. They were launched from the Beqaa, meaning they would travel a significant distance inside Lebanon before part of them continued on to the Galilot base. All drones passed the borders successfully

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: We also set another sub-target, which was an air defense base in the Ein Shemer area.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: The enemy claimed to have targeted 6,000 rockets and drones and rejoiced thwarting an attack.

Their Hollywood imagination even took them as far as to claim they bombed our heavy missiles. Of course, none of this is true.

- Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah: The time assigned for the operation was after Fajr prayer at 5:15 am.

All missile and drone launchers were set and programed from the night before. Our launchers were north of the Litani river and south of it, and also in the Beqaa.

All the launchers and all the drone sites were not affected, and all launched successfully. Non at all foiled.

After the attack, none of the drone sites were targeted. Only two rocket launchers used in the attack were attacked and destroyed.

All what they attacked, was launchers placed in areas outside of the operation area. I can confirm they destroy 10 or so launchers. Launchers are cheap and replaceable. We have thousands.

Had Israel attacked the launch sites we intended to use, we would have assumed we are breached and there are spies or technical breach. But this isn't.