The Israeli enemy is waging a special war along the border with Lebanon, even as it continues its assault on the Gaza Strip, now entering its seventh month. On October 8, the enemy launched attacks along the 120-kilometer (75-mile) border with the Lebanese Hezbollah, demonstrating solidarity with the Palestinian people. Since then, Israel has targeted Lebanon nearly 4000 times in response to the Israeli enemy's invasion and occupation of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah was established in 1982. The resistance fought a 33-day war in 2006, widely seen as an Israeli military and strategic failure. Hezbollah declares that it will continue its military operations against the Israeli enemy until the Israeli attack on Gaza stops. Israeli officials have vowed to expel Hezbollah from the southern region of Lebanon, even by force if necessary.
This conflict in southern Lebanon has displaced more than 90,000 people as of March 26, 2024, according to the International Organization for Migration. The Southern Government Council stated that Israeli attacks, particularly in the Dahiyeh and Bleyda areas, have damaged around 10,000 residential units and destroyed about 700 homes. Israeli attacks have also destroyed the infrastructure of communications, energy, and water, in addition to dozens of cars.
The International Information Report indicated the number of martyrs as 428, who ascended from October 8, 2023, to May 22, 2024, distributed as follows:
- One martyr for the Lebanese Army.
- 305 martyrs for Hezbollah.
- 18 martyrs for the Amal Movement.
- One martyr for the Syrian National Social Party.
- Three martyrs among journalists.
- 61 civilian martyrs, including the grandmother Samira Ayoub and her three granddaughters who were martyred on November 5, 2023, on the road between Aitroun and Ainata, and the Barjaoui family and their relatives on Wednesday, February 14, 2024, and the family of Fadi Haniki in Mayss al-Jabal at the beginning of May 5, 2024.
- Nine martyrs from the Islamic Health Authority affiliated with Hezbollah.
- Five martyrs from the Islamic Group.
- Seven martyrs from the Islamic Medical Team affiliated with the Islamic Group who were injured in the town of Hibbariyah.
- Three martyrs from the Islamic Mission Scouts affiliated with the Amal Movement.
- Seven Syrian martyrs.
- Eight Palestinian martyrs.
