Statement issued by the Islamic Resistance Operations Room regarding the heroic confrontation in the town of Haddatha:

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
{Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought, because they were wronged. And indeed, Allah is competent to grant them victory.}
Allah, the Most High, the Most Great, has spoken the truth.

For several days, the Israeli enemy army has been attempting to destroy the resistance’s defenses in the town of Haddatha by carrying out intensive air raids, concentrated artillery shelling, deploying explosives, and bringing in bulldozers and engineering vehicles, as part of its efforts to advance and occupy the town. The resistance, however, was ready and waiting.

Yesterday, on 19-5-2026 at 20:10, a composite force from the Israeli enemy army attempted, for the third time in a week, to advance from the town of Rshaf towards Haddatha. After the mujahideen detected the force, they ambushed it at the southern entrance of Haddatha, in the area of the stadium, and engaged it with medium and rocket weapons, inflicting confirmed casualties among its members.

At 20:50, a Merkava tank attempted to advance towards the Haddatha pool, but the mujahideen targeted it with appropriate weapons, destroyed it, and then clashed with its escort. Subsequently, enemy warplanes and artillery intervened to support the force and cover the withdrawal of the targeted tank.

At 21:05, the resistance’s artillery targeted the reinforcement forces brought by the enemy army to the southern entrance of the town with mortar shells.

At 22:15, another force attempted to advance to the intersection leading to the town of Aita al-Jabal, but the mujahideen targeted it with direct fire and destroyed a second Merkava tank.

At 00:10, the mujahideen targeted a third tank with a guided missile at the southern entrance of Haddatha near the stadium, destroying it and forcing the entire force to withdraw to Khallat al-Darraj in the Hamma area under heavy smoke cover.

At 03:15, another force from the Israeli enemy army attempted to advance towards the Baydar area along the same route it had taken in two previous attempts in recent days, but the mujahideen were ready, engaged it, and destroyed a fourth tank.

In the face of this heroic resistance and the scale of its losses, the enemy army was forced to retreat at dawn towards the town of Rshaf.

{And victory is not except from Allah, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.}
Wednesday, 20-05-2026
03 Dhu al-Hijjah 1447 AH