Military expert General Frieza Al-Duwairi suggested that Hezbollah had bombed an Israeli naval base northwest of Haifa with ballistic missiles or Yakhont missiles, after the party only described them as ” specific missiles”.
Al-Duwairi said – during his analysis of the military scene in the region – that the naval base that Hezbollah announced its bombardment on Monday includes advanced Israeli military battleships such as “Sa’ar 5” and “Sa’ar 6 “.
Today, Monday, Hezbollah announced the launch of a qualitative missile salvo at the Stella Maris naval base, northwest of Haifa.
The military expert said Hezbollah did not specify the type of missiles, stressing that bombarding the naval base with Yakhont missiles – if confirmed – would mean targeting the contents of the base, including military battleships and others .
The Yakhont missile is one of the most advanced anti-ship missiles in the world. It is designed to fly above the sea surface to avoid detection, and its speed reaches twice the speed of sound, making it difficult to intercept.
Al-Duwairi believes that all military installations, naval and air bases and factories “should be Hezbollah’s main priorities”, noting that they “represent the main sinews of the war against Lebanon”.
According to the military expert, Hezbollah concentrates its bombing of Israeli targets on the regions of Haifa and Acre, in the northern third of occupied Palestine, “because they represent a strategic center of gravity in the economic and tourist dimensions and are full of strategic targets.”
Developments in northern Gaza
In the south, Israeli Army Radio announced the withdrawal of the 460th Brigade from Jabalia, in the north of the Gaza Strip, while the 401st Brigade and the Givati Brigade continue to operate.
In this context, Al-Duwairi said that the Israeli army did not announce the reason for the withdrawal, but revealed that historically, the withdrawal of brigades from Gaza was due to human losses.
The military expert adds that there is another reason behind the withdrawal of this brigade, which is “its inability to accomplish the non-military mission entrusted to it of evacuating and forcibly displacing the inhabitants of the north of the Gaza Strip.”
As a result, Al-Duwairi believes that the “generals’ plan”, which plans to besiege the inhabitants of northern Gaza, forcibly displace them, prevent the entry of humanitarian aid and impose a zone military closed, “starts to fail”.
The military expert said the 460th Brigade operated in the western region of Jabalia, while the 401st Brigade operated in the eastern region, stressing that the remaining forces were divided between an armored force and an infantry force.
He reiterated his emphasis on the guerrilla approach taken by the resistance in Gaza, using explosive devices and anti-tank missiles against Israeli forces and vehicles.
Since October 6, the Israeli army has launched a new military operation in the northern governorate of the Gaza Strip, the most violent since the start of the current war, and imposed a siege on the Jabalia region.