At approximately 4pm on the 26th of February, the Lebanese militia Hezbollah claimed to have fired 60 rockets at the headquarters of the IDF’s Golan Division at the Nafah Camp in response to an air raid conducted earlier in the day by the Israeli Air Force in Baalbek, which killed at least two Hezbollah fighters.
According to an official statement released by the militia on their official and affiliate channels:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
Permission has been given to those who fight because they have been wronged, and indeed, Allah is able to grant them victory. (Surah al-Hajj, Aya 39)
The truth of Allah, most High, most Mighty.
In support of our steadfast Palestinian people in Gaza, and in solidarity with their brave and honourable resistance, and in response to the Zionist aggression on the surroundings of the city of Baalbek in the Bekaa and the attacks on villages and civilian homes, the mujahideen of the Islamic resistance targeted, at 4:00 PM on Monday, 26-02-2024, the headquarters of the Golani Brigade in Nafah with sixty Katyusha rockets.
Victory is only from Allah, the Mighty, the Wise
Monday 02-26-2024 AD
16 Shaban 1445 AH
The IDF base in question, referred to as Nafah in the statement made by Hezbollah, is known as Camp Yitzhak (Isaac). It is home to the 210th Division of the IDF, responsible for the security of the Golan Heights. Nafah refers to an old Syrian village and archaeological site adjacent to the military base.
The IDF informed AFP that dozens of rockets had been fired from Lebanon on Monday afternoon, without giving details as to whether the rockets had been intercepted, or whether they had caused any casualties either civilian or military.
That afternoon, video footage showing the attacks filmed on the ground by Israelis travelling in what appears to be a bus was uploaded to social media and quickly spread on X (formerly known as Twitter) and Telegram.
The video shows a group of Israelis reacting to rockets landing and exploding within close proximity to their bus, forcing the bus to stop, and the Israelis to disembark and seek cover.
From the video uploaded, it can be observed that the bus is travelling South on a North-South road, due to the fact that the attack reportedly happened in the afternoon and that in the late afternoon, the shadow of the bus would be pointing East. It can also be observed that there is a side road joining the road the bus is travelling on from the East. This road appears to bend Northwards immediately.
It can also be observed that on the East side of the road, there is a storm drain running underneath where this smaller road meets the main road that the bus is travelling on. There is also a concrete slab above this drain.
The video also shows that in the distance there appears to be a forested area. This area is also east of the road, but further south than the area being targetted by the rockets.
Using these clues, it can be deduced that the bus was travelling on the 9098 Road west of the Yitzhak military base. Specifically, the bus was located at 33°02’31.1″N 35°43’17.6″E at the time of the rocket attack. This is where the video showing the attack was taken.
With a close-up screenshot of Google Maps satellite imagery, the aforementioned side road and its distinct Northwards bend are visible. Also, the storm drain shown in the video can plausible be made out on the southern side of the point where the two roads join.
On zoomed-out satellite imagery of the base, the forested area visible later in the video is also visible.
With this, it can be confirmed that the video was taken by the Israelis travelling on road 9098 at approximately 4pm. The time of the incident can be attested using the approximate length and angle of the shadow cast by the bus in the video. If we assume that the bus is 2.5m tall and driving on the right side of the road, then the shadow would reach the point in the road where the tarmac bends eastwards on the opposite side of the road.
The image showing the calculated length of a 2.5m shadow (at the point where the screenshot was taken) at 4pm on 26/02/2024 and the actual shadow cast by the bus appear to match, giving credibility to the stated time of the attack.
Using all of this, it can be determined that the video does portray the attack claimed by Hezbollah on Monday afternoon.
The available footage shows that many of the rockets missed the base by a significant margin, and it is impossible to tell whether the amount of rockets that fell in and around the Yitzhak Base is the same as the 60 claimed by Hezbollah.
The Partisan report 
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