33 Days of Steadfastness and Resistance All the Way to Victory Day

Local Editor

On August 12, 2006, the Mujahideen of the Islamic Resistance turned the south into an open cemetery to enemy soldiers and officers. On this day they killed more than 20 Zionist soldiers and officers, and wounded more than 120 others, including 20 in critical condition.

From the early hours till midnight of this blessed day, the Mujahideen were also able to destroy 39 Merkava tanks, a Zionist bulldozer, and a "Chinook" type helicopter that was shot down on the western fringes of Yatar town. According to enemy confessions only a crew of 5 members were killed onboard the helicopter.