Islamic Resistance Targets Israeli Sites and Forces in Southern Lebanon With Drones and Rockets

The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon announced it carried out a series of military operations targeting Israeli sites and forces in response to Israeli airstrikes that hit several Lebanese areas, including the southern suburbs of Beirut.

In successive statements, it said that at 6:15 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2026, it targeted the Ya'ra Barracks with a swarm of attack drones, and that at 12:30 p.m. it observed an Israeli force advancing from the Manara site toward the town of Markaba, which it said was hit by rocket salvos in two waves with direct hits.

Al-Siyasa

The group later said its elements targeted at 4:55 p.m. a gathering of Israeli soldiers at the Blat site with a guided missile, confirming a direct hit, and that fighters targeted at 8:05 p.m. a gathering of Israeli forces at the Hodbat al-Ajl site north of the Kfar Yuval settlement with a rocket volley.

It also announced targeting the Neftali base located west of the Sea of Galilee with a rocket salvo at 8:45 p.m. the same day, as Israeli airstrikes continued on areas in the south, the Beqaa, and the southern suburbs of Beirut.

In a separate update, قناة نبأ الفضائية said the Islamic Resistance announced on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, that it carried out 37 military operations against sites, gatherings, and vehicles belonging to the Israeli occupation army in southern Lebanon.

قناة نبأ الفضائية laid out a sequence of operations in southern Lebanon, including at 00:10 targeting gatherings of occupation forces around the Hill of the Reservoir in the town of Zuṭar al-Sharqiyah with a volley of precision missiles, resulting in confirmed injuries.

It also said at 11:10 the Resistance targeted a Merkava tank near Bustan Zatam in Zuṭar al-Sharqiyah with an Ababil attack drone swarm, and at 11:20 it targeted the Iron Dome platform at Jall al-‘Alam site with an Ababil swarm, with a confirmed hit.

Chronique de Palestine

In a different account, خبرگزاری فارس said the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon — Hezbollah — carried out intensive operations including targeting sites, military gatherings, and armored vehicles of the Israeli occupation as part of responding to Israeli violations of the ceasefire and attacks on southern villages.

The same report described a specific strike in Zuṭūr al-Sharqiya, saying the Resistance targeted three Merkava tanks and two Namira vehicles with a swarm of Ababil sorties at 19:40 (Beirut time), and it said a Namira vehicle was targeted by an assault drone with a confirmed hit at 16:00 on Tuesday afternoon.

It further stated that Israeli media acknowledged about four soldiers injured in an initial tally due to targeting of military vehicles and positions at the northern border by assault drones.

Chronique de Palestine, quoting Al-Mayadeen, described an ambush laid by Hezbollah that killed one soldier, wounded dozens more, and forced Israeli forces to withdraw, disrupting an Israeli offensive planned in southern Lebanon.

“Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 17:15 on Friday, May 29, 2026, a gathering of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army in the town of Rashaf with a rocket barrage: statement 21 Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 15:30 on Friday, May 29, 2026, an Israeli enemy army Hummer vehicle in the town of Naqoura with an Ababil loitering glider: statement 20 Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 15:00 on Friday, May 29, 2026, the Iron Dome platform at the Ras al-Naqoura site with the Ababil loitering glider: statement 19 Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 17:15 on Friday, May 29, 2026, a gathering of vehicles and soldiers of the Israeli enemy army in the town of Rashaf with a rocket barrage: statement 21 Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 15:30 on Friday, May 29, 2026, an Israeli enemy army Hummer vehicle in the town of Naqoura with an Ababil loitering glider: statement 20 Islamic Resistance fighters targeted at 15:00 on Friday, May 29, 2026, the Iron Dome platform at the Ras al-Naqoura site with the Ababil loitering glider: statement 19”

Al-Manar TV Lebanon

It said Israeli media revealed a large-scale ambush staged between the Mhaysibat region in the town of Taybeh and Qantara (Baydar al-Nahr), and that the ambush targeted an Israeli force attempting a river-crossing operation, resulting in the failure of what was described as a sensitive military mission and putting an end to efforts to extend operations beyond the Litani River.

The same account said Channel 15 reported the targeted force consisted of a joint unit comprising the 890th Battalion of the Paratroopers Brigade and the elite Engineering Unit Yahalom, with preparations reportedly lasting about 36 hours and including bridging gear, armored bulldozers, and inflatable boats.

It added that the operation ended in a total withdrawal with no equipment recovered, and that Hezbollah later released documents showing the equipment abandoned on Lebanese territory.

In parallel, it described another operation near the Khardali area in which a similarly composed force was detected and came under heavy fire from at least three coordinated firing units, ending with one soldier killed and several wounded and the abandonment of three military bulldozers and other engineering equipment.