Hezbollah Targets Israeli Soldiers With Kamikaze Drones in Al-Bayyada, South Lebanon

A series of Hezbollah operations targeted Israeli military positions and vehicles in south Lebanon, with multiple reports centering on the town of Al-Bayyada.

Al Jazeera Mubasher aired Hezbollah video footage of an attack using kamikaze drones, describing an operation carried out by the Islamic Resistance against a site where Israeli army soldiers were taking shelter inside a house in Al-Bayyada, south Lebanon.

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The Al Jazeera report says the group broadcast footage showing the trajectory of the kamikaze drone as it approached the target before striking it accurately, and it adds that Hezbollah confirmed the operation was a response to Israeli military movements in the border region.

The same report says Hezbollah announced an expansion of its operations, including targeting the Nahariya settlement and military infrastructure in the occupied city of Safed with rocket volleys, and shelling gatherings of Israeli army soldiers in the vicinity of the Liberation Triangle and the town of Al-Bayyada.

It further reports attacks hitting the Avivim and Yir’on settlements, as well as targeting gatherings of Israeli army vehicles and soldiers near Ishraq School and the Saf al-Hawa area in the city of Bint Jbeil, and in the border town of Maroun al-Ras.

In a separate Saba report, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon said it targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers inside a house in Bayada at 7:15 PM on Friday, describing it as a “surprise attack.”

Another Saba item says the Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in occupied southern Lebanon, framing the actions as a response to Israeli violations of the ceasefire and attacks on villages in southern Lebanon that resulted in martyrs and injuries among civilians.

Beyond Al-Bayyada, the reports describe drone and dive-bomber tactics aimed at Israeli armored assets and troop gatherings.

Al Jazeera says Hezbollah announced the targeting of an Israeli Merkava tank in the Saf al-Hawa area inside Bint Jbeil using a kamikaze drone, and it says the group confirmed a 'confirmed hit' as part of continuing its targeting of Israeli vehicles and military fortifications along the front.

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Al-Ghad, citing Hezbollah war-media footage, describes a dive-bomber drone operation against an Israeli army Merkava tank in the town of al-Qantara in southern Lebanon, stating that the operation occurred on April 27 of last month, a week before the clip was released.

Al-Ghad says the footage documents, for the first time, the tank’s damage after the drone struck the vehicle, unlike previous times when the group only documented the moments just before the drones struck troop concentrations and armored positions.

It adds that the field details revealed a dual tactic, with two unmanned aircraft participating, the first tasked with reconnaissance and documentation and the second carrying out the strike on the tank.

The report says the images showed the Israeli tank equipped with a metal mesh shield designed to protect its turret from drone attacks, but that the dive drone managed to breach the defense and strike the vehicle, causing a fire due to the ammunition on board burning.

Al-Ghad also includes reactions, quoting journalist Avi Sharf that Hezbollah’s new drones are resistant to jamming and that the security buffer zone will not be able to stop them because of their long range, allowing launches from areas north of the Israeli army’s operating zone to reach deep inside.

It further quotes researcher Chris Aoki, who studies tactics of the Russia-Ukraine war, saying Israel’s failure to detect the assault drone or the surveillance aircraft reflects a broader failure of electronic warfare systems, and concluding that Israel has not absorbed the lessons of the Ukrainian war while Hezbollah has applied them with high proficiency.

Multiple outlets frame the operations as responses to ceasefire violations and attacks on civilians and homes in southern Lebanon, while also providing specific times and targets.

“Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army in the town of Al-Bayyada with a barrage of rockets and artillery shells, and achieved confirmed hits: statement 11 Pakistani media outlets cite sources connected to the negotiations: Next few days will be crucial in determining the course and outcome of the Iranian-American negotiations Israeli media: Sirens sounded in Yer’on in the Western Galilee due to fears of drone infiltration Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army in the town of Al-Bayyada with a barrage of rockets and artillery shells, and achieved confirmed hits: statement 11 Pakistani media outlets cite sources connected to the negotiations: Next few days will be crucial in determining the course and outcome of the Iranian-American negotiations Israeli media: Sirens sounded in Yer’on in the Western Galilee due to fears of drone infiltration”

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A Saba report says the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon announced Saturday that it targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers in the town of Bayada on Friday evening, and it describes the fighters targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers inside a house in Bayada at 7:15 PM yesterday, Friday, with a surprise attack.

Another report from Al Jazeera Mubasher describes Hezbollah’s operations as a response to Israeli military movements in the border region, and it lists additional targets including the Nahariya settlement, military infrastructure in the occupied city of Safed, and shelling gatherings near the Liberation Triangle and Al-Bayyada.

In a separate Naba TV Lebanon item, Hezbollah is said to have announced three operations on Monday, April 27, 2026, as part of the response to Israeli occupation’s violations of the ceasefire and attacks on civilians in southern Lebanon, with details including targeting an Israeli D9 bulldozer at 13:30 in Bint Jbeil using a dive-attack helicopter and confirming a direct strike.

The same Naba TV report says at 14:00 the resistance targeted a Merkava tank in the town of al-Qantara with a dive-attack helicopter, noting a confirmed hit, and at 17:30 it carried out an attack with two dive-attack drones targeting gatherings of Israeli army soldiers in Naqoura, confirming direct hits.

A ٢٦ سبتمبر نت report adds that on Sunday the Islamic Resistance announced operations targeting assemblies of soldiers and their vehicles at the Lebanese-Palestinian border, including a rocket volley striking a leadership headquarters for the Israeli Occupation Army in Al-Bayyada and artillery shells targeting the newly established Blat site.

It also says the resistance shelled a gathering of occupation vehicles and soldiers in the southern town square of Qantara with a rocket volley, and it describes additional diving attacks and drone strikes in Al-Bayyada achieving confirmed injuries.

The same ٢٦ سبتمبر نت report says that on Saturday at 11:00 and 12:30 fighters targeted gatherings of Israeli Army soldiers in Naqoura with a swarm of assault drones in two waves, achieving a confirmed injury.

In parallel, Al-Manar TV Lebanon states that Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 19:30 on Sunday 03-05-2026 a command headquarters in Al-Bayyada with a rocket barrage, and it repeats that they targeted a gathering of vehicles and soldiers with a barrage of rockets and artillery shells and achieved confirmed hits.

While the operational reporting in the sources focuses on Lebanon and Israeli positions, at least one local Western outlet uses the same broader regional context to discuss Palestinian resistance and demands tied to Gaza.

Chronique de Palestine quotes Basem Naim, a senior Hamas official, saying: “It is clear that Netanyahu is seeking new justifications to continue the aggression against Gaza and to resume the war.”

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The same outlet says President Trump is about to convene on Thursday the first official meeting of his Peace Council, and it reports that Trump wrote on Sunday in a post on Truth Social that “It is very important that Hamas respects its commitment to complete and immediate demilitarization.”

Chronique de Palestine also reports that a senior Israeli official said on Monday that Trump was considering forcing the Palestinians to surrender their weapons within a two-month timeline, and it says Trump and Netanyahu have both threatened to resume a large-scale war against Gaza if Hamas refuses to capitulate.

It then presents Naim’s position that Hamas would not accept extremist demands to unilaterally disarm the Palestinian resistance, nor submit to a total demilitarization of the Gaza Strip, and it includes Naim saying: “Our position on this question is very clear,” and “Before talking about disarmament or confiscation of weapons, we think it is necessary that Netanyahu and his fascist government, as well as the mediators and the American guarantor, ensure full implementation of everything that was agreed upon during the first phase.”

The same outlet includes Naim’s statement that “The Palestinian resistance and its weapons are a legitimate right, and disarmament is rejected and will not be accepted by any Palestinian,” and it adds that he argues the problem is “fundamentally political, not security-related.”

It also says Hamas leaders say nothing has been officially presented to the movement and that no official meeting with the group has been organized to discuss possible scenarios.

In addition, the outlet reports that Hamas has not participated in any official negotiations for several months, and it says Netanyahu has regularly and falsely claimed that Hamas accepted total disarmament as part of the first phase, while the outlet asserts that Hamas did not sign any clause relating to disarmament.

The provided sources do not describe a Yemen-specific development, but they do lay out what the actors involved say will follow in the Lebanon-Israel confrontation and in the wider resistance framing.

“Hezbollah: the Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of soldiers from the Israeli army inside one of the houses in the town of Al-Bayadah in a raid”

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In the Al-Ghad report, the clip’s significance is presented alongside commentary that Hezbollah’s drones are resistant to jamming and that the security buffer zone will not be able to stop them because of their long range, allowing launches from areas north of the Israeli army’s operating zone to reach deep inside.

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Al-Ghad also quotes Polish journalist Jarosław Kuczyński saying the clip serves as evidence of the transfer of war tactics from Ukraine to the Middle East, and it includes researcher Chris Aoki’s conclusion that Israel has not absorbed the lessons of the Ukrainian war while Hezbollah has applied them with high proficiency.

The same Al-Ghad report says military experts and former Israeli security officials acknowledged a state of confusion and improvisation in how the Israeli army handles drones equipped with fiber optics, and it adds that an Israeli military official told the Associated Press that these drones have become a relatively new threat during the latest round of fighting with Hezbollah.

In the operational reporting, Hezbollah statements in multiple outlets emphasize continued military operations in response to Israeli violations of ceasefire and attacks on villages and homes, with Saba saying the Islamic Resistance continues its military operations in response to continued violations of agreements and attacks on Lebanese sovereignty.

Al Jazeera’s report says Hezbollah confirmed its operations were a response to Israeli military movements in the border region and that it announced an expansion of its operations, including rocket volleys and shelling across multiple named settlements and areas.

Al-Manar TV Lebanon’s item repeats that fighters targeted a command headquarters and achieved confirmed hits, and it frames the actions as part of ongoing operations.

In the Gaza-focused Chronique de Palestine piece, Basem Naim says Hamas rejects disarmament demands and insists that Netanyahu and mediators and the American guarantor ensure full implementation of everything agreed upon during the first phase, tying any future steps to conditions on Gaza’s humanitarian situation.

Taken together, the sources portray a continuing cycle of stated retaliation and counter-retaliation, with the next steps described as continued operations and, in the Gaza political track, negotiations conditioned on ceasefire implementation rather than unilateral disarmament.