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'Israel' admits four soldiers killed in Gaza amid fierce resistance

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  • Source: Israeli media
  • 3 Nov 2023 09:43
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Four ranking soldiers from two Israeli armored brigades have been killed during their invasion of the Gaza Strip.

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  • 'Israel' admits that four soldiers were killed in Gaza on Thursday, amid fierce resistance.
    An al-Qassam Brigades fighter lays a locally produced anti-tank charge on the hull of an active Merkava tank, in Hay al-Zeitoun, the Gaza Strip, Palestine, on November 2, 2023. (Al-Qassam Brigades/Telegram)

The death toll of Israeli occupation forces (IOF) in Gaza continues to rise after four troops were killed during their invasion of the Gaza Strip, the spokesperson for the IOF admitted.

The four dead IOF soldiers belong to the 401st Brigade and the 460th Brigade under the occupation's Armored Corps.

At 7:00 AM (local time), Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters led a surprise attack on an armored unit, killing four of its soldiers to the West of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. The Brigades also announced that its fighters targeted an Israeli tank with four al-Yassin 105 mm, locally produced, rocket-propelled tandem charges. 

Confrontations in the early hours of the morning intensified as the Brigades announced that their fighters had also targeted three armored vehicles in the northwest of the Gaza Strip.

The Resistance's new anti-tank weapons have been heavily deployed during Operation Al-Aqsa Flodd, which was launched on October 7, proving their effectiveness against the infamous Israeli Merkava tank and other armored vehicles.

Read more: Israeli reconnaissance officer killed, 3 IOF soldiers injured in Jenin

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Equivalent of battalion destroyed

On Thursday, the spokesperson for al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, revealed that Resistance fighters had destroyed what equates to a battalion of armored vehicles since the start of the Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip.

Abu Obeida also addressed Israelis, saying that the Israeli political and military command is lying about the death toll of Israeli soldiers in Gaza, confirming that the number of killed occupation soldiers is much higher than what has been publicly revealed.

Earlier on Thursday, the occupation had admitted that a Liteunent Colonel, who is also the commander of the 188th Brigade's 53rd Batallion, was killed in Gaza.

This brings the total number of yesterday's confirmed Israeli deaths to 23, where a great sum of those killed occurred after Resistance fighters launched an anti-tank guided missile at an intruding Namer armored personnel carrier, resulting in 11 fatalities.

Importantly, the number of occupation soldiers killed in this battle, which lasted around 5 days, has exceeded a quarter of the total number of Israeli military deaths in the 50-day-long 2014 war on Gaza.

Although both the Resistance and the Occupation forces have made improvements to their arsenals and tactics, the Resistance has shown just how far it has developed, less than a decade since the last confrontation.

This includes an improved use of rocket artillery and mortars to provide effective cover fire, the local production of game-changing weapons like al-Yassin charges, and the capacity to execute more intensive attacks behind enemy lines.

Read more: Gaza's homegrown weapons: How Hamas, PIJ left 'Israel' in shambles

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