Hezbollah Targets Israeli Army Soldiers in Al-Qantara With Loitering Glider

Across Lebanon’s southern front, multiple outlets attributed new attacks and counterattacks to Hezbollah and the Israeli military, with the reporting centered on the towns of al-Qantara and surrounding areas.

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Al-Manar TV Lebanon

Al-Manar TV Lebanon described “Islamic Resistance fighters” targeting “a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in Al-Qantara town with a loitering glider,” saying the strike achieved “a confirmed hit.”

El-Nashra

The nabdapp outlet likewise quoted a Hezbollah statement saying fighters targeted “a Hammer command vehicle belonging to the Israeli army in the town of al-Qantara” at 18:00 on Wednesday, 22-04-2026, and also targeted “a gathering of soldiers of the Israeli army in the town of al-Qantara” at the same time, in response to what it called “the Israeli enemy's violation of the ceasefire.”

Elnashra reported that Hezbollah said it “clashed with an Israeli force that attempted to advance toward the Khazan area in al-Qantara,” adding that the fighting began at “05:30” and involved “gun battles” and “guided weapons.”

Elnashra also stated that Hezbollah said the response would continue “until the Israeli-American aggression against our country and our people ceases.”

In parallel, nabdapp included Israeli army sources saying “the ceasefire on the northern front is fragile and could collapse at any moment,” while it described ongoing tensions with Hezbollah and “ongoing tensions with Hezbollah.”

Hezbollah’s statements, as relayed by nabdapp, tied specific actions to a chain of alleged ceasefire violations and drone strikes, with the reporting focused on the town of al-Qantara and nearby locations.

The outlet said Hezbollah stated that “in response to the Israeli enemy's violation of the ceasefire and the targeting of a car in the town of al-Tayri by a hostile drone strike,” fighters targeted “a Hammer command vehicle belonging to the Israeli army in the town of al-Qantara” “with a diving swoop and scored a direct hit.”

nabdapp

In a second statement, nabdapp said Hezbollah added that it targeted “a gathering of Israeli army soldiers in the town of al-Qantara,” noting that “in response to the Israeli enemy's violation of the ceasefire by a drone strike on the town of Yahmur al-Shqif,” fighters at “18:00 on Wednesday 22-04-2026” targeted the soldiers “with a diving swoop.”

The same nabdapp report also said Hezbollah “shot down four reconnaissance drones belonging to the Israeli army in the town of al-Mansuri.”

It further framed the sequence as part of “ongoing tensions with Hezbollah,” while it described Hezbollah responding “by launching drones and missiles toward Israeli sites.”

Elnashra’s account of clashes in al-Qantara echoed the same pattern of attribution, describing Hezbollah confronting an Israeli force that attempted to advance from al-Taybeh toward Khazan in al-Qantara.

Elnashra provided a more granular timeline for a clash in al-Qantara, describing how Hezbollah said it confronted an Israeli force attempting to advance from al-Taybeh toward the Khazan area.

“A Hezbollah statement said: 'In defense of Lebanon and its people, and in response to the Israeli enemy's violation of the ceasefire and the targeting of a car in the town of al-Tayri by a hostile drone strike, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted at 18:00 on Wednesday, 22-04-2026 a Hammer command vehicle belonging to the Israeli army in the town of al-Qantara with a diving swoop and scored a direct hit”

nabdapp

The report said the confrontation began “Beginning at 05:30,” when “the mujahideen fought in gun battles with the hostile force and targeted it with guided weapons.”

Elnashra then stated that the action “led to the destruction of four tanks and two armored personnel carriers,” and it added that “the clashes were still ongoing at the time of this statement.”

The outlet also included a broader set of headlines and attributions from agencies and outlets, including National News Agency items about “Bombings of houses in Bint Jbeil and shelling of the town of al-Qantara,” and it listed Hezbollah claims about targeting sites and vehicles around al-Qantara.

Among the listed items, Elnashra included Hezbollah saying “We targeted Gadot site and gatherings of soldiers and enemy vehicles in al-Qantara and around al-Beiyadah and four tanks in al-Qantara,” and it also listed Hezbollah saying “We targeted the Malikiya settlement and three tanks and a bulldozer in al-Qantara.”

The same compilation included an Israeli army claim that it “carried out a fierce bombing in the town of al-Qantara,” and it also listed Hezbollah claims that it “clashed with an Israeli force at zero distance in al-Khiyam and targeted Merkava tanks in al-Qantara.”

Across the three outlets, Hezbollah’s actions were consistently presented as responses to Israeli violations and attacks, with the language emphasizing defense of “Lebanon and its people.”

In nabdapp, Hezbollah’s statement explicitly linked its strike to “the Israeli enemy's violation of the ceasefire,” including “the targeting of a car in the town of al-Tayri by a hostile drone strike,” and it described the fighters’ method as “with a diving swoop and scored a direct hit.”

nabdapp

The same nabdapp report framed a second operation as retaliation for “the Israeli enemy's violation of the ceasefire by a drone strike on the town of Yahmur al-Shqif,” again describing a “diving swoop” against “a gathering of soldiers of the Israeli army in the town of al-Qantara.”

Al-Manar TV Lebanon similarly described “Islamic Resistance fighters” targeting “a gathering of Israeli enemy army soldiers in Al-Qantara town with a loitering glider,” and it said the strike achieved “a confirmed hit.”

Elnashra’s account of the Khazan advance also used the defensive framing, saying Hezbollah confronted an Israeli force “in defense of Lebanon and its people,” and it described the fighters’ response as continuing until “the Israeli-American aggression against our country and our people ceases.”

The outlets also described an ongoing cycle of actions and counteractions, with nabdapp saying Hezbollah responded “by launching drones and missiles toward Israeli sites,” and with Elnashra stating that “the clashes were still ongoing at the time of this statement.”

The sources portray an immediate continuation of hostilities and a fragile ceasefire environment, with the reporting emphasizing that clashes and violations could persist.

“Hezbollah announced in a statement that, in defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance confronted an Israeli force that had attempted to advance from the town of al-Taybeh toward the Khazan area in the town of al-Qantara”

El-Nashra

nabdapp included Israeli army sources saying “the ceasefire on the northern front is fragile and could collapse at any moment,” while it described “ongoing tensions with Hezbollah” and said Hezbollah responded “by launching drones and missiles toward Israeli sites.”

El-Nashra

Elnashra, in turn, said that in the al-Qantara Khazan clash “the clashes were still ongoing at the time of this statement,” and it added that the response would continue until “the Israeli-American aggression against our country and our people ceases.”

Al-Manar TV Lebanon’s live-style update language also suggested a continuing stream of claims, stating “Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 13:00 on Friday 24-04-2026” and describing the action as “achieving a confirmed hit.”

The Elnashra compilation of headlines included additional items about raids and casualties attributed to the “Ministry of Health,” listing “6 martyrs and two wounded in Israeli raids on south Lebanon on Friday,” which underscores that the immediate consequences described in the sources include deaths and injuries.

It also included a political framing from “European Council President” that “Disarming Hezbollah is the solution to restoring stability in Lebanon and negotiations with Israel must continue,” indicating that the conflict’s trajectory is tied to both military and diplomatic questions in the reporting.