TEHRAN- A field commander with the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement says Israeli special forces are suffering "very costly" losses by trying to infiltrate southern Lebanon through two border village areas.

The commander in the resistance movement’s operations room played down the photos and videos published by Tel Aviv near certain southern villages adjacent to the Lebanese border.

"The images published by the enemy's army, showing its soldiers near homes in a border village in southern Lebanon, were taken in a geographical area just tens of meters away from the occupied territories, as everyone knows that some southerners built their homes near the border," the commander explained. 

He added, "To obtain these images, which the embattled Netanyahu desperately needs, the cost was more than 20 dead and wounded among elite soldiers on Friday, which forced the Israeli military censor to hide and cover up the incident."

The Hezbollah commander revealed that "on Friday afternoon, elite Israeli enemy soldiers, after artillery and air fire cover, attempted to advance from two directions towards the towns of Maroun al-Ras and Yaroun on the front edge. Upon reaching pre-prepared ambush points, and with the call of 'At your Service, O Nasrallah,' Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) fighters detonated several explosive devices (some of which were planted the previous day) and engaged the elite officers and soldiers with light and medium weapons and rocket-propelled grenades from close ranges, even reaching point-blank distance."

He also revealed that "the ambush resulted in the fall of a number of dead and wounded among the infiltrating forces. Those who were not hit carried the dead or wounded and retreated under artillery cover from enemy positions within the occupied territories."

The Hezbollah field commander noted that "Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) fighters are monitoring, tracking, and confronting every hostile movement at the front edge in southern Lebanon, and they are pursuing Israeli enemy soldiers in their bases and rear barracks along the border line in the occupied territories with artillery shells and rocket volleys."

The field commander's statement comes approximately five days after the start of ground battles with the Israeli occupation forces attempting to penetrate Lebanese border areas. 

Units of the Hezbollah resistance movement stationed on the Lebanese border have been confronting the Israeli infantry forces and inflicting heavy losses in lives and equipment, preventing them from advancing in any area in southern Lebanon so far.