06:01 AM | 20 Apr 2026
Hezbollah: We destroyed 4 Merkava tanks with devices we planted in advance
Fady Mahouly
Hezbollah issued the following statement:
While the Israeli occupation forces committed a new violation, adding to their series of scandalous and documented violations over the course of 3 days after the ceasefire entered into force, and while a convoy of eight armored vehicles was moving on Sunday 04/19/2026 from the town of Taybeh towards the old Al-Sala’a site in the town of Deir Saryan, it was exposed to the explosion of a group of explosive devices previously planted by the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance. In place. The explosion, which occurred in two bursts between 15:40 and 16:40, destroyed 4 Merkava tanks, and fire was seen erupting in them before the enemy, at 18:00, pulled them from the scene of the event.