Introduction
Hizbullah has announced that it carried out 121 resistance operations against “Israeli” occupation troops in southern Lebanon last month. It, also, said “Israel” intensified its air attacks on the south during the same period.

However, it was reported that the “Israeli” allied militia in Hasbaya had accused the occupation itself of planting and detonating several bombs last Monday and Tuesday. The occupation’s goal is to indicate that the militia has become helpless due to the resistance’s human and security penetration of the militia.

HIZBULLAH OUTLINES THE “ISRAELI” AGGRESSIONS IN SOUTH LEBANON…(1)
“Hizbullah confirmed that “Israel” has stepped up its air raids on southern Lebanon. In October, the group which spearheads resistance activities in the south said, some 37 percent of all attacks on Lebanon were carried out by the “Israeli” air force, compared with about 25 percent in September. “Israel” has also been targeting civilian areas. Two civilians were injured in Qabrikha, one seriously by heavy “Israeli” shelling, which also wounded a child in the front-line village of Kfar Joz. One civilian was hurt in “Israeli” shelling on the Nabatieh village of Kfar Tibneet, while four were wounded in neighboring Froun. Four Lebanese were also hurt when “Israel” indiscriminately attacked civilian neighborhoods in Arab Salim. Two children were killed by a cluster bomb left behind by “Israeli” troops in the Western Beqaa. Hizbullah also said three civilians were injured by “Israeli” shelling on the Hamra crossing point in southern Lebanon last week. Meanwhile, the group said it carried out 121 operations against occupation forces. The most successful attacks took place in the Rihan outpost, where “Israel” admitted that two “Israeli” soldiers from the elite Golani brigade, were injured. “Israel” television also unveiled that the so-called head of liaison unit in the south, Beni Geinz, was in the convoy that came under Hizbullah attack, raising suspicion in “Israel” that Hizbullah may have known beforehand of the top officer's presence in Rihan. Hizbullah also said two Mirkava tanks accidentally collided, injuring two occupation troops.

One “Israeli” soldier, the group said, was also injured when a mortar bomb he was preparing to launch exploded prematurely. Hizbullah's monthly report also stressed, “Israel” intensified its searches of occupied villages and towns. Ainata remains under siege and dozens of civilians have been detained for questioning. A young woman, Fatima was tortured under interrogation, and had to be transported to a hospital in Sidon for treatment. Her sister is reportedly dying inside the occupied zone, but “Israeli” forces will not allow her out for treatment. The girls' parents were detained after Fatima received extensive media attention”.

Resistance groups notch up operations record…(2)
“The resistance staged 280 attacks in October, UNIFIL said on Thursday, its highest number ever in a one-month period.

“Almost all were carried out by Hizbullah and Amal, with a handful by the multi-faith Lebanese Resistance Brigades, a couple by the Communist-led National Resistance Movement and one by Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
“The monthly figures have climbed steadily since a brief lull in July: August recorded 190 attacks and September 220.

UNIFIL spokesman Timur Goksel said that there were two main reasons behind the dramatic increase.

“Hizbullah is determined to show that the “Israeli” air attacks aren’t working and that they’re continuing firing,” he told The Daily Star. “The other reason is that there has been an increase in minor attacks by Amal.”

“Amal, which returned to the frontline two months ago, accounted for around half the total in October, most of them routine mortar attacks of one or two rounds each.

Hizbullah claimed responsibility for 121 operations.

The “Israelis” have begun responding to resistance operations with air strikes in a bid to minimize troop casualties. “Israeli” soldiers are rarely seen outside their reinforced concrete bunkers, providing the resistance with fewer targets. This explains why the month’s casualty figures were relatively low, despite the large amount of ordnance flying around. Three SLA* militiamen were killed and three wounded. Three “Israeli” soldiers were wounded, along with one Hizbullah fighter and six civilians.

“Hizbullah was responsible for the qualitative assaults: an attack on an “Israeli” armored convoy at the entrance of the Rihan outpost on Oct. 7 that wounded two soldiers; a roadside-bomb ambush just 100 meters from the entrance to Beaufort Castle on Oct. 27; and a bombing beside the Kfar Houna outpost last Friday in which an SLA militiaman was killed.

“The Jihad operation provoked unfounded speculation that the group was about to become an active player in the south. But the attack ­ a couple of mortar rounds fired at the Soweida and Tohorra posts near Nabatieh ­ was more likely intended to mark the fourth anniversary of the assassination of the group’s founder, Fathi Shekaki, in Malta by “Israeli” agents. Commemorating Shekaki’s killing was the motive for the last Jihad attack in the south on Oct. 24, 1997, when three members of the group were killed in a clash with “Israeli” troops in Wadi Slouqi.

The corpses were left in the wadi for eight months until UNIFIL was given permission by the “Israelis” to remove them.

“Security sources said that the two most significant developments on the ground in October were the increased use of the 107mm short-range Katyusha rocket and the return to roadside bomb ambushes. “The latter suggests that Hizbullah has been able to replenish its stockpiles of bombs inside the zone, the sources said. However, bombs continue to be uncovered by the occupation forces. Two were unearthed near Sojod this week, as were three others at Zimraya. Two militiamen were killed by a roadside bomb at the Zimraya crossing on Sept. 1, the first such assault in the area”.

Militia accuses occupation of planting bombs in Zimraya…(3)
“A number of small unclaimed bombs went off last Monday and Tuesday. As the Lebanese media were puzzled by the fact that nobody claimed responsibility for the bombs, it was reported today (yesterday) that the occupation's proxy militia in Hasbaya accused the occupation itself of planting the bombs.

“The occupation is planting the bombs to indicate that the militia has become more helpless due to the resistance's human and security penetration of the militia, the reports said.

The reports said the occupation army has a definite interest in showing a state of deep insecurity and instability in that area to indicate that the militia has collapsed and is no longer able to control things on the ground.
"Therefore, the occupation must pull out from this area, no matter what the militia's opinion is, in order to prevent things from deteriorating and reaching what happened in Jezzine prior to the withdrawal from that area as Hizbullah was successful in eliminating most of the militia's cadres and commanders without the occupation's being able to reach any measure to stop the Resistance's military supplies," the reports added.

“The resistance's achievements in Jezzine has drawn a picture of a defeated occupation army that escapes, along with its militia, under the Resistance's blows”.

“Israeli” Aggressions…(4)
The “Israeli” occupying troops launched the following aggressions:
Between 14:25 and 14:55, Mount Sojod was bombarded by sixteen 120mm shells.
16:50, the perimeters of Majdal Selem came under six 155mm missiles.
Between 18:20 and 18:35, Mount Al-Kabir, west of Siddiqeen, was bombarded by twenty one 155mm missiles.
Between  22:05 and 22:20, the new Houla position came under fourteen 81mm rounds and a barrage of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.
22:20, five 155mm missiles landed the outskirts of Shaqra.
22:30, Qaissieh Valley was bombarded by fifteen 81, 120 and 155mm missiles, whereas the perimeters of Shaqra and Markaba woodland exposed to heavy machine gun fire.
22:35, four 155mm missiles struck the outskirts of Majdal Selem.
Between 22:35 and 22:45, Slouqi Valley was targeted by several 81mm rounds, one 120mm shells and a volley of 12.7mm heavy machine gun bullets.

Military Operations…(5)
The Islamic Resistance (IR) team of martyrs Hassan Adnan El-Akhras and Hussein Mohsen Nasser attacked, at 16:20, Sojod outpost with the machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The mujahedeen were able to score direct hits.

Also, the IR unit of martyrs Ibrahim Darwish and Ahmad Chaitou targeted, at 17:25, Blat position with the rocket-propelled grenades. Direct and certain goals were scored, the militants told.

Moreover, the IR squad of martyrs Rodwan Mehieddine and Mohammad Moqallid attacked, at 22:15, Mashaaroun outpost with the rocket-propelled grenades chalking up direct goals.

At the same time, the IR group of martyrs Hussein Mozannar and Ali Hijazi fell upon Houla position with the rocket-propelled grenades scoring and definite hits.