Al-Manar correspondent Ali Shoeib “A Look at the Realities on the Border Region”
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It is no secret that the southern towns adjacent to the front edge along the border with occupied Palestine are surrounded by more than 40 heavily fortified “israeli” military sites. These sites are equipped with advanced combat, defensive, and espionage capabilities and are strategically positioned on commanding heights that overlook these towns and beyond.
Since the beginning of Al-Aqsa Flood, these border towns have endured a year-long unprecedented aerial and artillery aggression, which has devastated most of the essential infrastructure. The towns now face harsh conditions due to continuous airstrikes by warplanes and various drones, making any movement within them a target for relentless air raids.
As the aerial assault on Lebanon intensified, the enemy escalated its destructive airstrikes on these towns before deploying thousands of soldiers, along with hundreds of tanks and military bulldozers, for a ground invasion. The “israeli” army precedes any border penetration on a given front with massive firepower—launching dozens of airstrikes and hundreds of artillery shells targeting narrow geographical areas. This is followed by the advancing of bulldozers and tanks into neighborhoods close to the border, leaving them in ruins. The invading forces often seek shelter near UNIFIL positions after clashing with the resistance fighters in face-to-face battles, which inflict both personnel and equipment losses on the invaders despite the harsh circumstances.
During their incursion into these border towns, the enemy systematically destroys homes, places of worship, and public facilities in fear of ongoing resistance.
In the end, the resistance delivers effective blows to the invading forces. It does not function as a regular army tasked with defending the entirety of the geography it occupies. Instead, it operates as a guerrilla force, tracking movements and gatherings to prevent the enemy from achieving its objectives, regardless of geographical calculations.
After 16 days of the ground invasion, the enemy has failed to announce control over any entire border village. Furthermore, the occupation’s goals—to dismantle the resistance's rocket capabilities, halt resistance operations, and restore settlers to the northern settlements—have utterly failed. On the contrary, the border front has witnessed an unprecedented increase in rocket fire toward enemy settlements and bases throughout northern Palestine, reaching the outskirts of “Tel Aviv.” Face-to-face clashes between enemy soldiers and resistance fighters have intensified within the border villages, and the number of settlers fleeing from Haifa to the outskirts of Safad and Tabariyya has increased significantly.
The resistance, through its battlefronts and strategies, affirms its determination to thwart the occupation's objectives and defeat its aggressive plans with all the strength it derives from Allah Almighty, the unwavering determination of its fighters, and the patience and steadfastness of its people.
