3. Ground Engagements:
- Western Sector:
- "Israeli" enemy forces advanced toward the town of Shamaa in the western sector in an attempt to seize control and pressure the second-line towns of the front, aiming to reduce the Resistance’s missile strikes on the city of Nahariya and the Haifa area in occupied Palestine.
- Enemy forces infiltrated from Al-Labbuneh forests, passing through the forests of Alma Al-Shaab and Tayr Harfa, heading toward Shamaa.
- The advancing forces fell into a series of ambushes prepared by our fighters on the outskirts of the town and within it.
- As a crew, including an armored company, attempted to advance toward the vicinity of the town’s mosque and municipal building (east of the UNIFIL site), our fighters targeted them with guided missiles, destroying two Merkava tanks and a bulldozer accompanying the force. Additionally, a guided missile targeted an infantry force near the shrine of Prophet Shamoun Al-Safa in the town center, resulting in several casualties.
- Close-range clashes occurred between our fighters and enemy forces around the shrine, the municipal building, the mosque, and the outskirts of the town. These engagements, which involved machine guns, hand grenades, and rocket-propelled grenades, took place over five times, causing significant casualties among enemy forces. "Israeli" evacuation units responded by dispatching two helicopters for rescue and evacuation, utilizing flares to identify their location near the town’s school.
- On the western outskirts of Al-Jibein, our fighters targeted a Merkava tank with a guided missile, killing and wounding its crew. The area was then shelled with 120mm and 81mm mortar rounds.
- The Resistance’s missile units targets enemy soldier positions and military equipment along this axis with dozens of missile salvos and artillery shells.
Central Sector: Ainata – Maroun Al-Ras – Aitaroun Triangle:
Refuting the "Israeli" enemy’s narrative regarding the ambush that ensnared its forces at the Ainata – Maroun Al-Ras – Aitaroun triangle, and to document the heroics of our fighters on the battlefronts, the Islamic Resistance Operations Room announces the following:
- At dawn on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, our fighters detected a force from Battalion 51 of the Golani Brigade belonging to Division 36 infiltrating from the border area between Aitaroun and Maroun Al-Ras toward the southeastern outskirts of Bint Jbeil aiming to conduct reconnaissance at the Ainata – Maroun Al-Ras – Aitaroun triangle.
- Despite intense aerial bombardments by the "Israeli" air force over the area, the enemy force fell into a well-planned ambush set by a group of Resistance fighters.
- The enemy force reached the ambush site at 9:50 am, where a group of our fighters was positioned in a building damaged by the aggression and its surrounding area.
- As the "Israeli" force approached the "kill zone", our fighters opened fire from all directions using machine guns, forcing the enemy to scatter in the place.
- A portion of the hostile force entered a house in the region to protect itself from the fire of our fighters while the rest soldiers deployed around it.
- Once the enemy stabilized in the house, and with the call of Labbaik Ya Nasrallah, [We are at your service O Nasrallah] our fighters targeted the house with several RPG rounds designed for personnel and armor, destroying parts of the building and killing those inside.
- As the house collapsed, and amidst the panic among the remaining "Israeli" enemy forces in its vicinity, our fighters opened fire on those who have remained from the force with machine guns.
- The clashes continued for over three hours, during which evacuation operations took place under heavy smoke and cover fire.
