Al-Qassam, Mujahideen Brigades joint operation targets Israeli Apache
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Resistance fighters from multiple factions targeted Israeli occupation forces in the air, sea, and ground, ending 2023 with a bang.
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An al-Qassam Brigades fighter reassembles a captured Israeli Skylark-2 UAV, captured in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on December 31, 2023 (Al-Qassam Brigades/Military media)
Pushing the number of dead Israeli soldiers, since the start of the Israeli ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, to 172, two Israeli occupation reservists were killed on Sunday, as announced by the Israeli occupation forces spokesperson.
A Seargent Major of the Yifatch Birgade's 7810th Combat Engineering Battalion and a Seargent First Class of the 7107th Combat Engineering Battalion were killed in the central and northern Gaza Strip respectively.
On the other hand, multiple Palestinian Resistance factions announced successful operations targeting Israeli occupation forces all over the Gaza Strip. The Resistance targeted ground, naval, and aerial Israeli assets on Sunday, marking a first in the battle, on the eve of 2024.
List of operations on New Year's Eve
Aerial assets
Al-Qassam Brigades and al-Mujahideen Brigades revealed that their fighters conducted a joint operation, targeting an Israeli Apache helicopter with an SA-7, shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile. The Palestinian fighters conducted the operation in the al-Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, the Brigades announced on Sunday afternoon.
To the north of Gaza City, in Beit Lahia, al-Qassam fighters captured an Israeli Skylark-2 unmanned aerial vehicle, while it was on a reconnaissance mission. The Brigades released a video of the Israeli drone a few hours later, documenting the achievement, which has become a near-daily occurrence for the Brigades.
#بالفيديو | مشاهد لطائرة (Skylark-2) التي تم الاستيلاء عليها أثناء مهمة استخباراتية لها في مدينة بيت لاهيا شمال قطاع #غزة.#طوفان_الأقصى #الثورة_الكبرى pic.twitter.com/gfwhpIc2Te
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 31, 2023
Naval assets
To the west of Gaza City, near Gaza's coast, al-Mujahideen fighters targeted an Israeli military speedboat with a locally produced rocket launcher, dubbed Saeer.
Captured Equipment
The Brigade, which played a substantial role in attacking Israeli sites in the Gaza Envelope on October 7, also published footage of several Israeli weapons. A commander said in a recorded video published on Telegram, that al-Mujahideen fighters were able to capture multiple pieces of Israeli military equipment in the past few days, as a result of direct confrontations across the Gaza Strip.
A video was then released showing two Israeli M4 A1 assault rifles and a MATADOR anti-fortification recoilless gun, as well as multiple ammunition boxes in the possession of al-Mujahideen Brigades.
#بالفيديو | مشاهد من العتاد العسكري الذي استولى عليه مقاومو كتائب المجاهدين بعد اشتباركات ضارية مع قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في عدة محاور#طوفان_الأقصى #الثورة_الكبرى pic.twitter.com/Sru71oxVqz
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) December 31, 2023
Ambushes and direct confrontations
Regarding direct confrontations, fighting concentrated in Gaza City neighborhoods, Khan Younis in the south, and al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip.
Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades
Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades announced that its fighters ambushed an Israeli infantry force to the east of al-Bureij, using rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs), confirming direct hits.
Al-Quds Brigades
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades, said that its sapper units were able to booby trap a tunnel entrance in the al-Shujaiya neighborhood, to the east of Gaza City. The fighters later detonated the planted explosives, killing and injuring members of a special Israeli force who had arrived at the scene.
An al-Quds Brigades sniper also shot down an Israeli soldier in al-Tuffah neighborhood, in Gaza City.
Read more: No swap deal until aggression on Gaza ends, IOF withdraw: PIJ chief
DFLP
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (DFLP) National Resistance Brigades, confirmed that its fighters were able to target an Israeli tank with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), holding a large amount of explosive material, in the Katibah area in Khan Younis, confirming a direct hit.
National Resistance fighters also fiercly engaged Israeli occupation forces to the east of al-Maghazi, which is located to the south of al-Bureij. Another group of fighters pushed back against Israeli forces into the east of Khuzaa in the district of Khan Younis, confirming casualties among the enemy's ranks.
Al-Qassam Brigades
Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades announced that their fighter targeted a total of five Israeli tanks in the al-Tuffah and al-Daraj neighborhoods in Gaza City. Fighters used locally produced explosively formed penetrators and tandem RPGs.
In the southern Gaza Strip, al-Qassam fighters targeted an armored Israeli bulldozer with an al-Yassin 105mm RPG.
Moreover, al-Qassam mortar and artillery units, as well as units from al-Mujahideen and al-Quds Brigades rained Israeli occupation positions in and outside the Gaza Strip with rockets and shells throughout the last day of 2023.
Read more: 3,500+ injuries in one Israeli hospital since Oct. 7: Israeli media
