TEHRAN – Hezbollah has launched attacks on Israeli settlements, targeting military infrastructure and assembly points of the regime’s military.

To repel attempts by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) to advance into Lebanese territory, Hezbollah revealed it targeted an IOF unit gathering in a building in Shamma, on the Lebanese border, with a precision-guided drone strike, confirming direct hits and casualties.

Hezbollah said its fighters successfully targeted IOF Merkava tanks in the city of Bint Jbeil using loitering gliders. One of the attacks occurred near Al-Ishraq School, where the tank was hit, confirming a direct strike. In a separate operation, Hezbollah fighters targeted another Merkava tank in the Saf Al-Hawa area of Bint Jbeil, again using a loitering glider, and achieved a confirmed hit.

In a series of statements, the resistance also reported that it had targeted military infrastructure belonging to the Israeli Occupation Forces in the settlement of Adamit using a swarm of precision-guided drones.

Additionally, other parts of the occupation regime’s military infrastructure were struck in the settlements of Sha’ar Yashuv, Hagoshrim, and Neot Mordechai, as well as in the city of Safed, with multiple rocket strikes.

Furthermore, rocket barrages were fired at the settlements of Dafna, Kiryat Shmona, Metulla, and Misgav Am.

An IOF army spokesperson stated that a reserve non-commissioned officer was seriously wounded while another soldier was injured due to shrapnel from an explosive drone that fell near the IOF in southern Lebanon.

Hebrew media, under strict IOF censorship, reported that the two were wounded as a result of a Hezbollah drone targeting a Hummer vehicle.

The IOF announced that dozens of rocket strikes were launched from Lebanon toward northern settlements over the past 24 hours.

Hebrew media also reported news of a drone explosion in Nahariya, while the regime’s Channel 14 reported a rocket falling in the Safed area. 

It also stated that firefighting teams are working to extinguish a blaze that broke out in Kiryat Shmona after a rocket fell without warning, with reports of settlers trapped.

Hezbollah stated that it had targeted all these locations on Friday. 

The Lebanese resistance has released footage of its operation targeting the Stella Maris base belonging to the IOF in Haifa.

The footage showed one of the fighters delivering a message to Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem, as well as scenes of fighters heading to and preparing the launch site before firing missiles.

The Stella Maris base is an IOF naval military site located near Haifa on Mount Carmel, used as an important headquarters for naval operations and surveillance along the eastern Mediterranean coast.

Hezbollah military media also released footage of its fighters targeting the Glilot base belonging to Unit 8200 of the regime’s military intelligence north of Tel Aviv with specialized missiles. This facility is dedicated to electronic surveillance and cyber intelligence gathering within the regime’s military. 

These operations come in response to the Zionist regime’s violation of the ceasefire agreement in the region. The resistance had initially adhered to the ceasefire, but emphasized that its retaliatory actions would continue until the Israeli regime and American aggression on Lebanon and its people cease.

Lebanese lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah, a member of the “Loyalty to the Resistance” parliamentary bloc, stated that the government’s decision to engage in direct negotiations with the Israeli regime constitutes a “blatant breach of the constitution,” cautioning against its impact on Lebanon’s internal stability.

Fadlallah added that this approach deepens internal divisions at a time when Lebanon urgently needs unity and solidarity. He stressed that what the enemy could not accomplish on the battlefield, due to the resilience of resistance fighters, will not be achieved through direct negotiations. 

He also argued that the current government “does not control its own decisions.”

The lawmaker further emphasized that the current leadership cannot be trusted to safeguard national sovereignty and that its decisions lack constitutional legitimacy, especially when they contradict the principles of coexistence.

Meanwhile, parliamentarian Ihab Hamadeh, also from the Loyalty to the Resistance bloc, said the Zionist regime is committing massacres in an attempt to compensate for its battlefield losses.

Hamadeh stated that “the Lebanese authorities are handing us over to the Zionist regime,” adding that “whoever sits with the regime is aligned with it.” 

He noted that the current phase is different due to what he described as a “new global order,” criticizing the Lebanese government for misreading the situation.

A senior Lebanese official told Reuters on Friday that Lebanon plans to participate in a meeting next week in Washington, attended by representatives from the United States and the occupation regime, to discuss a ceasefire declaration.

In recent days, protests have taken place outside the government headquarters in Beirut, rejecting the government’s approach, which calls for disarming Hezbollah amid ongoing Israeli attacks. 

These attacks have continued despite a ceasefire agreement reached at the end of 2024, while the Zionist regime still occupies Lebanese territory.

Meanwhile, the IOF continues to carry out attacks against civilians in various parts of Lebanon, resulting in hundreds of deaths and injuries. These actions are full-fledged war crimes and clear violations of international law.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry reported that the death toll from the Israeli regime’s indiscriminate airstrikes across Lebanon on Wednesday had risen to 357, up from the previous count of 303, with 1,223 more injured.

“The toll remains provisional due to ongoing rubble removal and the large number of human remains requiring DNA identification,” the ministry said. 

Additionally, the ministry updated the overall toll since the Zionist regime’s escalation began in Lebanon on March 2, saying it has now reached 1,953 dead and 6,303 wounded.

On Friday, Hezbollah chief Sheikh Naim Qassem addressed the Lebanese people, praising their steadfastness and sacrifices. He affirmed the inability of the Zionist regime to achieve success on the battlefield against Hezbollah fighters.

He said the occupation regime has failed to carry out the ground invasion it repeatedly announced, as its soldiers and officers fell in ambushes and its vehicles were destroyed at the outskirts of towns and villages.