Thursday, 26/03/2026   
   Beirut 22:03

Hezbollah Resistance Turns Up the Heat as Rockets Hit Northern ‘Israel’, More Merkava Tanks Targeted (Updated)

Hezbollah fighters operating in south Lebanon (image released by Hezbollah Military Media).

The Islamic Resistance continued on Thursday confronting the Israeli occupation forces in South Lebanon, hitting more Merkava tanks in Al-Qantara, Deir Seryan, and other towns.

Hezbollah Military Media issued a series of statements that detail the attacks and their outcomes, indicating that the Islamic Resistance fighters even targeted the enemy’s helicopters to prevent their intervention.

It is worth noting that statement 1, which illustrated a rocketry attack on the headquarters of the Zionist ministry of war (Kirya), has been reported separately.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank near Der Seryan Pond at 01:50 on Wednesday, 25-03-2026, with a direct missile strike, achieving a direct hit, according to statement 2.

“In defense of Lebanon and its people, and during an attempt by a force from the “Israeli” enemy army to advance toward the town of Deir Seryan at 02:20 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2026, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance engaged them using light and medium weapons. They also targeted a Merkava tank near the pond with a direct missile strike, achieving confirmed hits. Clashes are ongoing at the time of issuing this statement,” statement 3 reported.

The fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank on the Taybeh–Qantara road with a guided missile, achieving a confirmed hit, according to statement 4.

“In defense of Lebanon and its people, at 03:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2026, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance engaged a force from the “Israeli” enemy army using light and medium weapons, as well as rocket-propelled munitions, at point-blank range on the road to the town of Qantara, in the vicinity of the mosque. Confirmed casualties were inflicted, and the clashes are ongoing at the time of issuing this statement,” statement 5 read.

The fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Qantara with a guided missile, achieving a confirmed hit, according to statement 6.

“In defense of Lebanon and its people, at 03:40 a.m. on Thursday, March 26, 2026, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank near the vocational institute in the town of Qantara with a guided missile, achieving a confirmed hit. During an attempt by an enemy helicopter to evacuate casualties resulting from the clashes, it was targeted with an air-defense missile, forcing it to retreat,” statement 7 mentioned.

The fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank near the vocational institute in the town of Qantara with a guided missile, achieving a confirmed hit, according to statement 8.

The fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Debl at 05:00 AM on Thursday, March 26, 2026, using a guided missile, achieving a confirmed hit, according to statement 9.

The fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Debl with a guided missile at 05:30 on Thursday, 26-03-2026, achieving a confirmed hit, according to statement 10.

“In defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank near the vocational institute in the town of Qantara with a guided missile at 05:15 on Thursday, 26-03-2026, achieving a confirmed hit. This brings the number of tanks targeted at this location to five,” statement 11 read.

“In defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted a Merkava tank near the vocational institute in the town of Qantara with a guided missile at 06:30 on Thursday, 26-03-2026, achieving a confirmed hit. This brings the number of tanks targeted at this location to six,” statement 12 mentioned.

Islamic Resistance struck the 7th Merkava tank in Qantara town, South Lebanon, with a guided missile, according to statement 13.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted three Merkava tanks in the Al-Muhaysibat hill in the town of Al-Taybeh with guided missiles and achieved a confirmed hit, according to statement 14.

“Islamic Resistance fighters targeted three Merkava tanks in the town of Deir Seryan with guided missiles, achieving a confirmed hit. This brings the total number of tanks targeted in the town today to five,” statement 15 mentioned.

“Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank near the reservoir in the town of Qantara with a guided missile, achieving a confirmed hit. This brings the number of tanks targeted in the town today to 8,” statement 16 mentioned.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles and soldiers in the town of Qawzah with a rocket barrage, according to statement 17.

“Islamic Resistance fighters clashed with a force from the Israeli enemy army using light and medium weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at point-blank range in the town of Deir Seryan, in the vicinity of the mosque and school, and achieved confirmed casualties,” statement 18 mentioned.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Misgav Am site with a rocket barrage, according to statement 19.

At 05:20 on Thursday, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted Al-Abbad site opposite the border town of Houla, according to statement 20.

Statement 21 and 22 mentioned that the Islamic Resistance fighters fired barrages of rockets targeting artillery emplacement in the Israeli settlement of Shamir and Dado base.

The resistance fighters also launched a swarm of attack drones targeting the Israeli settlement of Metula, statement 23 read.

Furthermore, the Islamic Resistance fighters fired salvos of rockets targeting Israeli settlements of Kiryat Shmona and Menara, statements 24 and 25 announced.

Other drone strikes were documented by Hezbollah’s Military Media, one targeting Iron Dome systems at the Poriya base, west of Lake Tiberias, while the second targeted the Tifn base east of the occupied city of Acre according to statements 26 and 27.

At 10:20 on Thursday, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Israeli settlement of Nahariya with a salvo of rockets, “in context of the warning issued to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine,” statement 28 read.

Later at 10:50, Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance fighters fired a barrage of rockets targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers at Ras Naqoura site, according to statement 29.

Meanwhile on Thursday, Hezbollah’s Military Media released a video showing how Islamic Resistance fighters targeted the Israeli base of Tifn, near the Israeli occupied city of Acre. The strike, dated on March 20, employed a squadron of kamikaze drones, according to the footage.

Back to documenting the Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance’s operations on Thursday, the group’s Military Media declared in statement 30 a drone strike on the Israeli barracks of Liman, north of Nahariya settlement.

At 12:00 on Thursday, the Islamic Resistance fighters fired high-quality missiles at Krayot, in northern Haifa, statement 31 read.

Statement 32 mentioned that the Islamic Resistance fighters fired salvo of rockets targeting Adather site (Mount Adir).

Hezbollah’s Military Media then announced three drone strikes targeting a gathering of Israeli soldiers at the newly established Nimr Al-Jamal site opposite the border town of Alma Al-Shaab, as well as Kerem Ben Zimra and Liman barracks, according to statements 33, 34 and 35.

Furthermore, Islamic Resistance fighters fired barrages of rockets targeting the Israeli settlements of Avivim, Shtula and Al-Malkiyeh, “in the context of the warning issued to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine,” statements 36, 37 and 38 read.

At 14:50 on Thursday, the Islamic Resistance fighters targeted two Merkava tanks in the town of Deir Siryan with guided missiles and achieved confirmed hits, statement 39 mentioned.

Statement 40 mentioned that Hezbollah’s Islamic Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli helicopter in the skies over Kfarkela with an air defense missile, forcing it to retreat.

In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted the settlement of Netu’a with a rocket barrage, according to statement 41.

In defense of Lebanon and its people, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted, at 15:15 on Thursday, March 26, 2026, a gathering of” “Israeli” enemy army vehicles and soldiers in the vicinity of the pond of the town of Debl, at the entrance to Wadi Al-Oyoun, with a rocket salvo, according to statement 42.

In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted, at 16:05 on Thursday, March 26, 2026, the settlement of Nahariya for the second time with a rocket salvo, according to statement 43.

In defense of Lebanon and its people, and within the framework of the warning issued by the Islamic Resistance to a number of settlements in northern occupied Palestine, the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted the settlement of Nahariya for the third time at 16:25 on Thursday, 26-03-2026, with a volley of rockets, according to statement 44.

Islamic Resistance targeted a gathering of Israeli military vehicles and soldiers near the municipality of the border town of Al-Khiam with a rocket salvo, according to statement 45.

Islamic Resistance fighters clashed with an Israeli force using light and medium weapons from zero distance in Al-Khiam city, achieving confirmed hit, according to statement 46.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a Merkava tank in the town of Qantara with an attack glider and achieved a confirmed hit, according to statement 47.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a second Merkava tank in the town of Qantara with a combat glider and achieved a confirmed hit: statement, according to statement 48.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a third Merkava tank in the town of Qantara with a combat glider and achieved a confirmed hit, according to statement 49.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a fourth Merkava tank in the town of Qantara with a combat glider and achieved a confirmed hit, according to statement 50.

Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli enemy army vehicles and soldiers in the Al-Jamea neighborhood of the border town of Naqoura with a rocket barrage, according to statement 51.

Source: Al-Manar English Website