Battle of Kafr Kila
| Battle of Kafr Kila | |||||||
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| Part of the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon | |||||||
Israel Hezbollah presence in Lebanon Areas ordered evacuated by Israel See here for a more detailed map. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Israel |
 Hezbollah | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Lt. Col. Moran Omar |
Hacher Ali Tawil † | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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25+ soldiers wounded |
Unknown | ||||||
A battle began in the village of Kafr Kila in southern Lebanon on 1 October 2024, amid the 2024 Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
Background
[edit]Before the battle. Kafr Kila was attacked by the IDF over 300 times during cross-border clashed with Hezbollah.[1] On 1 October 2024, Israel began an invasion of Lebanon as part of the 2024 Israel–Hezbollah war and the Israel–Hezbollah conflict, results of the spillover of the Israel–Hamas war. It began after Hezbollah faced a series of setbacks in September 2024 that degraded its capabilities[2][3] and eliminated most of its leadership;[4][5] beginning with the pager explosions,[6][7] followed by an Israeli aerial bombing campaign targeting Hezbollah throughout Lebanon,[8] killing over 800 and injuring at least 5,000 in a week, and culminating in the 27 September assassination of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.[9][10]
Battle
[edit]On October 2, the forces of Division 36 entered Lebanon and split up, Golani's forces began to move towards Marun al-Ras and the rest of the division joined the forces inside Kfar Kila. On the same day Hezbollah claimed to have killed or injured all members of an Israeli infantry unit sheltering in a home outside Kafr Kila by detonating an explosive device in the house and targeting it using bullets and rocket-propelled grenades.[11]
On October 6, the IDF said that its airstrike killed Hezbollah commander Hacher Ali Tawil in Kafr Kila who was responsible for an anti-tank missile attack in Yuval which killed two Israeli civilians in January.[12][13] Hezbollah claimed that the IDF made a withdrawal from Kfar Kila.[14]
On October 13, the IDF said that 25 soldiers of the Etzioni Brigade were injured, including two critically, while fighting in southern Lebanon including in Kafr Kila and Odaisseh.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ Mapping one year of cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon Al Jazeera (13 October 2024)
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- ^ Mackenzie, James; Gebeily, Maya; Lubell, Maayan (1 October 2024). "Israel says it's raiding Hezbollah strongholds in Lebanon, group fires at Israel". Reuters.
- ^ Nakhoul, Samia; Hafezi, Parisa; Lubell, Maayan (29 September 2024). "Nasrallah's killing reveals depth of Israel's penetration of Hezbollah". Reuters.
- ^ Lidman, Melanie; Mroue, Bassem; Hatoum, Bassam (23 September 2024). "Israeli strikes kill 492 in Lebanon's deadliest day of conflict since 2006". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ El Deeb, Sarah (20 September 2024). "Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli airstrike was top military official on US wanted list". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 29 September 2024. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
- ^ Stroul, Dana (23 September 2024). "Israel and Hezbollah Are Escalating Toward Catastrophe". Foreign Affairs. ISSN 0015-7120. Archived from the original on 5 October 2024. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ^ "Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike". Associated Press. 28 September 2024. Archived from the original on 28 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ Mroue, Bassem; Lidman, Melanie (28 September 2024). "Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
- ^ Pietromarchi, Virginia; Speri, Alice (2024-10-02). "Hezbollah announces attack on Israeli infantry unity". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
The Lebanese group has said that after surveilling Israeli soldiers sheltering in a house outside the Lebanese village of Kfar Kila, its fighters detonated an explosive device in the building and then targeted it with bullets and rocket-propelled grenades. Hezbollah said all members of the unit were either killed or injured, without specifying the number of casualties.
- ^ Uras, Umut; Milisic, Alma; Motamedi, Maziar (2024-10-06). "Israeli army says it killed Hezbollah commander". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-10-06.
The Israeli military says an air strike killed a Hezbollah commander in the southern Lebanese village of Kafr Kila, who it claimed was responsible for a deadly anti-tank missile attack on Israel in January. Hacher Ali Tawil was responsible for strike on the village of Yuval on January 14, which killed Barak Ayalon, 45, and his mother Miri Ayalon, 76.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "Institute for the Study of War". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ "25 Israeli soldiers wounded in southern Lebanon fighting: Reports". Al Jazeera. 13 October 2024.