
Islamic Resistance Targets Israeli Soldiers, Vehicles, Kiryat Shmona, Ras Al-Naqoura Radar With Drones
Key Takeaways
- Hezbollah targeted Israeli vehicles and soldiers in Al-Bayyada, including a Merkava tank.
- Drones and loitering munitions struck Ras al-Naqoura and Al-Bayyada facilities, including communications sites.
- Ras al-Naqoura radar and naval site hit; a drone caused civilian injuries.
Drone and rocket strikes
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon said that in the early hours of this Saturday it targeted gatherings of soldiers and vehicles of the Israeli enemy army at different times on Friday, and it struck the Kiryat Shmona settlement for the seventh time with rocket volleys.
In Statement No. 42, it said that at 22:05 on Friday, March 20, 2026, its fighters targeted a gathering of soldiers of the Israeli army in the Zahr al-Tayarah area between the border towns of Markaba and Rub’ al-Thalathin with a rocket volley.

The same set of statements said that in Statement No. 46, fighters targeted the naval radar at Ras al-Naqoura with a kamikaze drone and scored a direct hit.
The Islamic Resistance also said it continued operations in response to the escalation of Israeli aggression since March 2 of the current month, framing the actions as coming in defense of Lebanon and its people.
Ceasefire violations cited
Quds News Agency said Lebanon’s Islamic Resistance, Hezbollah, announced on Monday that it carried out operations targeting bases, command rooms, and gatherings of the Israeli occupation army in response to the enemy’s violation of the ceasefire.
The Islamic Resistance said it launched a focused air assault on positions of Israeli soldiers using swarms of attacking drones, targeting a guard room for soldiers at the Yiftach base and positions of soldiers at the Beit Hillel base.

In southern Lebanon, the Resistance said it targeted gatherings of Israeli army soldiers in the town of Naqoura and the Ras Naqoura site and the newly established Blat site with a swarm of drones, and it also targeted the Tellat al-Awida hill in the border town of Adaisseh, which caused a fire at the site.
The agency added that the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon confirmed its response would continue until the Israeli-American aggression against Lebanese villages, towns, and regions stops.
Injuries and drone claims
Lebanon Debate reported that the Israeli army announced the downing of a booby-trapped drone launched by Hezbollah in the Ras al-Naqoura area inside Israel, injuring two Israelis.
The report said that according to the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth, there were three injuries, including two serious, after the drone fell on a vehicle site in Ras al-Naqoura.
It added that Channel 12 said the injured were two workers at a contracting company and a local resident in the area, while the Israeli Army Radio stated that sirens were not activated in Ras al-Naqoura and that air defense systems did not intercept the drone.
Meanwhile, the Islamic Resistance said in a statement that fighters targeted at 00:10 a.m. Thursday an Israeli Merkava tank in Tel Nahas at the outskirts of the town of Kfarkila with a guided missile, confirming a direct hit and that the tank was burning.
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