Some fun snippets about the Battle of Bint Jbeil (2006), where Hezbollah humiliated a massive force of invading IDF terrorists:
"The battle for Bint Jbeil started on 24 July when
Israeli forces approached the nearby town of Aynata from the east and approached the Sadr district.
Five Golani soldiers were wounded by friendly fire, and
two tanks were sent to evacuate them. The
first tank was hit by a missile, killing the platoon commander and wounding two of the crewmen. The
second tank, a Merkava IV, ran over a powerful remote-controlled mine and rolled over from the blast. One of the crew was killed and the commander of the 52nd battalion, Lt.-Col. Guy Kabili, as well as his deputy, was wounded. An
armor-plated D-9 bulldozer that attempted to rescue the casualties was forced to retreat after being hit by a missile.
An
Apache Longbow attack helicopter flying support mission for ground forces at Bint Jbeil crashed on the same day on the Israeli side of the border,
killing both pilots."
"Gen. Hirsch declared victory to the press. "The town is in our control," he declared on 25 July. "The work is almost completed and the terrorists are fleeing." The statement would quickly prove disastrously wrong. An Israeli soldier would later describe his feelings when hearing Hirsch's words over the radio, while being under
Sagger missile attack "from every direction" in the town: "you realize something is wrong."
The
third company walked into a well-prepared ambush in the outskirts of Aynata, the town immediately to the east of Bint Jbeil. IDF
Platoon commander Merchavia and two of his men were killed immediately as they entered the olive grove surrounded by high wall. One Hezbollah unit attacked the Israeli force in the grove while a second unit fired at the reinforcements from positions in the upper stories of buildings with small arms and anti-tank rockets.
Most of the soldiers from the platoon that entered the olive grove were eventually killed or wounded.
The battalion's deputy commander, Major Roi Klein was seriously wounded when he reportedly covered a hand grenade with his body to save his troops.
The only soldier who witnessed the episode, Sgt. Shimon Adega, was killed shortly afterward.
Klein was later killed by a second grenade. Then
the company commander was injured and his deputy was killed. Lt. Itamar Katz, who did not know the names of his men, took over command.
25 immobile wounded lay in the orchard screaming for help.
After evacuating their dead and wounded, the Israelis withdrew from its positions in Aynata, claiming to have "completed operations"."
This is how you fight a noble battle and defeat a technologically and numerically superior enemy, not by kidnapping 85 year old women.
Hamas reported the death of 9 Israeli soldiers, the destruction of two IDF combat vehicles and the destruction of an apartment in which soldiers barricaded themselves in Beit Hanoun. The Zionist criminals are demobilizing some of the child killers as their parasitic economy is dying due to the high cost of the war on Gaza women and children.
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