Abu Obeida says 53 soldiers killed, 68 vehicles targeted in past week
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The spokesperson for al-Qassam Brigades says the Resistance carried out 57 operations during the past week, which left dozens of Israeli casualties.
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A Resistance fighter targeting at an Israeli Merkava tank with a shell before firing at it in the western combat axis of Khan Younis city in January 2024 (Al-Quds Brigades military media)
The military spokesperson for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades announced on Thursday that the group's Resistance fighters carried out 57 different operations over the past week, which saw the killing of 53 Israeli officers and soldiers from "point blank", among other losses inflicted on the occupation forces, as fierce confrontations continue across Gaza axes.
In a written statement, Abu Obeida also revealed that al-Qassam sniped at 9 Israeli troops and that the total outcome of operations resulted in the death and injury of dozens of invading forces.
Regarding losses in hardware, he stated that the Resistance successfully destroyed completely or partially 68 Israeli military vehicles in Gaza during the same period.
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Detailing significant operations, Abu Obeida confirmed that four houses and two tunnels were detonated with Israeli occupation forces inside. Moreover, an Israeli force was directly hit after walking into a minefield laid out by the Resistance.
Additionally, the spokesperson announced that the group's fighters downed two Sky Lark spy UAVs and captured 8 others, including two suicide drones.
Despite the war closing in on its four-month mark, he pointed out that al-Qassam targeted Israeli military sites and settlements inside occupied territories.
The attacks were conducted using various weapons, including short-range rockets, mortars, anti-fortification explosives and shells, and machine guns, he noted.
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Resistance groups in Gaza continue to confront IOF
Reporting on ground developments in Gaza, Al Mayadeen's correspondent in the Strip said the Palestinian Resistance continues to engage in heavy confrontations with the Israeli forces across Gaza, with the most intense battles taking place in Khan Younis.
"المقاومة الفلسطينية مستمرّة في خوض الاشتباكات الضارية مع قوات الاحتلال في مدينة #خان_يونس بمحاورها كافة وفي غيرها من المناطق في #غزة"
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 25, 2024
المزيد من التفاصيل مع مراسل #الميادين في رفح أكرم دلول #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/33eghmqeXz
Various Resistance groups released statements on Thursday detailing field operations against the occupation military.
Al-Qassam Brigades announced that it had carried out a joint operation with al-Mujahideen Brigades, targeting a gathering of Israeli forces, northwest of Gaza City, using short-range 107 rockets.
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On its part, al-Mujahideen released footage of the group's fighters targeting an Israeli helicopter over Khan Younis with a surface-to-air missile.
مشاهد من استهداف كتائب المجاهدين لمروحية إسرائيلية بصاروخ أرض جو في أجواء مدينة خان يونس.#الميادين #طوفان_الأقصى #فلسطين #غزة pic.twitter.com/tWGfi2FiC0
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 25, 2024
Furthermore, the Resistance faction announced striking the "Netiv HaAsara" settlement with a rocket barrage.
Meanwhile, al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, announced that its fighters targeted an Israeli infantry unit northwest of Beit Hanoun with a guided 107 missile.
In a significant attack, the Brigades posted footage of the party's missile unit targeting the "Palmachim" airbase near "Tel Aviv".
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Furthermore, al-Quds fighters also declared shelling Israeli soldiers and vehicles stationed in the Sudanese area northwest of Gaza City with heavy-caliber mortar shells, Badr-1 rockets, and 107mm rockets.
The Brigades further announced shelling advancing Israeli units in the west and southwest of Khan Younis, as well as targeting an Israeli tank with a Thaqib explosive device in the vicinity of the Austrian neighborhood.
In a joint operation with the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades announced by al-Quds Brigades, the groups' fighters targeted the Israeli supply lines along the eastern edge of central Gaza with various rocket barrages.
#بالفيديو | مشاهد من استهداف الوحدة الصاروخية في كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى برشقات صاروخية لقاعدة "بلماخيم" الجوية في وقت سابق رداً على جرائم الاحتلال.#فلسطين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/G7bHeKTIiC
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 25, 2024
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades in a separate statement revealed that the faction's fighters targeted Israeli military vehicles and soldiers in the eastern areas of Jabalia with heavy-caliber mortar shells.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, on its part, announced that its fighters engaged in fierce battles against the Israeli occupation forces on the frontlines of the west of Khan Younis axis.
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