Hezbollah Repelled Two Israeli Incursions, Launching 19 Drone, Rocket, Artillery Attacks In Southern Lebanon

Hezbollah said Saturday that it repelled two Israeli ground incursions and carried out 19 attacks targeting Israeli troops, military vehicles and positions in southern Lebanon using drones, rockets and artillery.

The group said its fighters detected an Israeli infantry force attempting to infiltrate the Maabar area on the outskirts of Kfartibnit in the Nabatieh governorate under hours of artillery and smoke cover, then detonated explosive devices and engaged the troops with medium-range weapons before shelling the area with concentrated artillery fire to force withdrawal.

Al-Manar TV Lebanon

Hezbollah also said another Israeli force entered the town of Majdal Zoun in the South governorate, and that its fighters engaged the troops with light and medium weapons as well as rockets, destroying several accompanying military vehicles.

In a separate claim, Hezbollah said it targeted an Israeli Yagi military vehicle near the riverbed on the outskirts of Zawtar al-Sharqiya in Nabatieh with an Ababil suicide drone, and said it struck two Israeli Namera armored vehicles, one at Tallat al-Salha near Qantara in Nabatieh and another at Tallat al-Hamamis in southern Khiam, also using Ababil drones, claiming direct hits.

Hezbollah said it intercepted an Israeli Hermes 450 (Zik) UAV over the Iqlim Al-Tuffah region, engaging it with a surface-to-air missile and compelling it to retreat from Lebanese airspace, in a military media statement posted by Al-Manar TV Lebanon.

In a separate report, Ici Beyrouth said the Israeli army announced on two occasions that Israeli territory had been targeted by drones launched from Lebanon, with no casualties, and that after the first strike far-right Israeli ministers called for retaliatory attacks against Beirut's southern suburb Dahieh, a Hezbollah stronghold.

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Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote on X: "For every drone, a missile; for every violation, fire; for every drone, Dahieh must tremble."

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, also a member of the Israeli far right, wrote on X: "For every drone, a missile; for every violation, fire; for every drone, Dahieh must tremble."

The Anadolu Ajansı report said the attacks came as Israeli military operations continued in Lebanon despite a fragile ceasefire agreement in effect since April 17 and extended until early July, and it said Lebanese authorities put the death toll from the escalating Israeli offensive since March 2 at 3,711 with 11,483 injured.

It also said Israeli forces had advanced more than 6.2 miles (10 kilometers) beyond the border, marking their deepest incursion since Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon in 2000.

In the same reporting stream, Ici Beyrouth tied the drone strikes and retaliatory threats to a diplomatic backdrop, saying U.S. President Donald Trump and the Pakistani mediator said on Saturday that the signing of an agreement with Iran to end the war in the Middle East was planned for Sunday, which Tehran has not confirmed at this stage.

Hezbollah’s stated framing in Anadolu Ajansı was that its operations were conducted "in defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to Israel's violations of the ceasefire and attacks on villages in southern Lebanon."