5 Israeli troops killed in fiercest Rafah, Gaza confrontations
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Al-Qassam and al-Quds Brigades fighters engage in fierce battles in the Gaza Strip, leading to multiple Israeli casualties and destroyed tanks.
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A screengrab from a video published by the military media of Al-Qassam Brigades on May 10 depicting the moment an Israeli Namer APC was hit with an Al-Yassin 105 (Military media)
The Palestinian Resistance has been engaging Israeli occupation forces in the Gaza Strip, in what could be described as the fiercest confrontations since the invasion of the southernmost city of Rafah.
In concurrence with an attempted Israeli advance into new sectors of Rafah, the occupation's military also launched an incursion into Gaza City in the north. Axes of confrontation in al-Sabra and al-Zeitoun neighborhoods, in the center of the city were renewed, following months-long ground attack by occupation forces.
The IOF admits to 4 deaths:
— Arya - آریا 🇮🇷 (@AryJeay) May 10, 2024
🔻Sgt. Itay Livny, 19, from the 931st Battalion in the Nahal Brigade, killed in battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
🔻Sgt. Yosef Dassa, 19, from the 931st Battalion in the Nahal Brigade, killed in the northern Gaza Strip.
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These areas had been supposedly "cleared" by the Israeli occupation's military, however, the Resistance has re-emerged in the neighborhoods and regained operational activities, including rocket launching operations.
The westward advancement of Israeli troops into the al-Zeitoun neighborhood was met with several direct operations conducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades. Utilizing rocket-propelled grenades, the faction was able to target Israeli armored vehicles in both al-Zeitoun and al-Sabra, which is located to the northwest of the aforementioned town.
كتائب #القسام تنشر مشاهد من استهدافها لجنود وآليات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في محور التقدم شرق مدينة #رفح جنوب قطاع #غزة #فلسطين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/lMROhn7Y5j
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) May 10, 2024
Remarkably, the group detonated a pre-set minefield, consisting of large caliber anti-armor explosive devices, targeting a number of Israeli occupation military vehicles to the east of al-Zeitoun.
The group also targeted a number of Israeli troops traveling on top of a tank's current, dealing direct hits to the intended targets, near al-Zeitoun Clinic. Al-Quds Brigades fighters also conducted a series of indirect operations, utilizing mortar rounds and rocket artillery to target occupation forces in Rafah and Gaza.
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Al-Qassam Brigades defends Rafah Axis
Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades confronted Israeli occupation forces on multiple axes in the southernmost city of Rafah, targeting the Israeli military in direct confrontations, shelling their positions, and conducting a well-executed ambush.
According to al-Qassam's Military Media Unit, Resistance fighters were engaged in operations near al-Dawa Mosque, the Saad Sayel Barracks, and the Abu Halawa area, all located in eastern Rafah.
The fiercest confrontations concentrated in the Saad Sayel Barracks, where al-Qassam fighters lured occupation forces into a minefield that led to confirmed casualties among enemy forces.
Al-Qassam fighters also executed a multifaceted ambush near al-Dawa Mosque, targeting a composite force, consisting of an armored unit and infantry, with several thermobaric RPG rounds and an anti-armor tandem al-Yassin shell. The group confirmed that the ambush dealt with casualties among an armored personnel carrier's (APC) crewmembers and at least two units located near the APC and a nearby building.
Confrontations are ongoing to this moment, as Military Media Units from multiple Palestinian Resistance factions continue to detail the operations they conducted on Friday.
On Friday afternoon, Israeli media outlets reported that at least five Israeli troops were killed on Friday in the Gaza Strip, adding that multiple military helicopters evacuated Israeli casualties from areas of confrontation. Among those killed are reportedly four Israeli members of the Nahal Patrol Brigade's 913th Battalion. The troops were killed as a result of the detonation of an explosive device in al-Zeitoun which also resulted in the injury of two troops.
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Details of all Palestinian Resistance operations on May 10, 2024
Al-Qassam Brigades
Gaza City
- Fighters engaged in intense confrontations to the south of al-Zeitoun.
- Al-Qassam fighters destroyed an Israeli Merkava 4 tank in al-Zeitoun with an al-Yassin RPG.
- A sniper shot an Israeli officer in the same area using an anti-material rifle.
- Mortar units targeted a grouping of Israeli occupation forces to the south of the neighborhood.
- Al-Qassam fighters and al-Ansar Brigades fighters targeted an Israeli helicopter flying over Gaza City with a surface-to-air shoulder-launched missile.
Rafah
- Al-Qassam fighters conducted a multi-faceted ambush near al-Dawa Mosque, simultaneously targeting an Israeli APC with an al-Yassin RPG, Israeli occupation soldiers positioned in a building with a thermobaric round, Israeli occupation soldiers near the APC with an anti-personnel round. The operation led to casualties among all troops located in the area.
- In the Saad Sayel Barracks, al-Qassam fighters detonated a minefield in the area after an Israeli force was lured into the ambush's location.
- Al-Qassam fighters also targeted two Israeli tanks with al-Yassin RPGs in the same area.
- The Brigades announced that it destroyed an Israeli APC in the Saad Sayel Barracks, adding that the vehicle caught fire as a result of the attack.
- In the Abu Halawa area, al-Qassam fighters targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an al-Yassin RPG.
- A tunnel hatch was denotanted by al-Qassam fighters, who had previously booby-trapped the tunnel. The ambush killed and injured several Israeli special forces in the vicinity of Saad Sayel Barracks. Fighters also confiscated several weapons and equipment belonging to an Israeli combat engineering unit.
- Jointly with al-Quds Brigades fighters, al-Qassam mortar units targeted groupings of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles advancing westward toward the barracks.
Rocket launching operations
- Al-Qassam units fired a barrage of Rojoum 114 mm rockets toward the Israeli Sufa military site.
- On two separate occasions, al-Qassam rockets were launched toward occupied Bir al-Sabe, Be'er Sheva.
- Al-Qassam fighters targeted the Karam Abu Salem military site with heavy barrages of 120 mm mortar rounds.
- Fighters also launched a barrage of rockets toward Kibbutz Mivtahim to the east of Rafah.
- In coordination with Martyr Jihad Jibril Brigades, al-Qassam fighters launched a salvo of Roujom rockets toward Israeli occupation forces in the Netsarim Axis, splitting the northern Gaza Strip from the rest of the besieged territory.
- Al-Qassam fighters also targeted Israeli occupation forces positioned to the east of Rafah with the Roujom system on Friday night.
Al-Quds Brigades
Gaza City
- Al-Quds Brigades fighters targeted an Israeli military vehicle with an RPG in al-Zeitoun neighborhood.
- Mortar units targeted Israeli forces located on Street 8 in Gaza City.
- Resistance fighters detonated a large minefield in a number of Israeli military vehicles to the east al-Zeitoun.
- Fighters targeted a number of soldiers atop an Israeli tank with an imported tande, shell in the same area.
- Mortar units, using heavy caliber imported rounds, targeted Israeli forces to the south of al-Sabra neighborhood.
Rafah
- Al-Quds Brigades fighters took control of an Israeli Skylark drone in southern Rafah.
- They targeted Israeli forces with 120 mm mortar rounds to the east of al-Salam neighborhood.
- Mortar units also targeted Israeli forces advancing toward the Saad Sayel Barracks, confirming direct hits.
- Al-Quds Brigades also launched a salvo of 107 mm rockets toward Israeli forces located to the east of Rafah.
PFLP, DFLP, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, al-Mujahideen Brigades
- The Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine's Rocket Force targeted Israeli positions in western al-Naqab with a barrage of rockets.
- The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine's Rocket force targeted the Sufa military site to the east of Rafah with short-range rockets.
- Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades targeted an Israeli military vehicle with an explosive device and destroyed it on Street 8.
- Al-Mujahideen Brigades fighters engaged in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in al-Zeitoun. -
