The al-Qassam Brigades announced the first-ever martyrdom operation targeting Israeli occupation forces during the current and ongoing war on the Gaza Strip, on Friday. 

Hamas' military wing said one of its fighters conducted a "complex security operation," where the fighter secured a pathway to execute a one-of-a-kind attack on invading troops in the Jabalia refugee camp. 

Such attacks have been excluded from the Resistance's tactics, whereby the majority of confrontations revolved around hit-and-run attacks and improvised explosive device (IED) ambushes. However, seeing that this is the third military campaign launched by occupation forces on Jabalia since the invasion ensued, al-Qassam's leadership has re-introduced martyrdom operations. 

In detail, a fighter eliminated an Israeli sniper team in the camp, consisting of a sniper and a spotter, seizing their equipment and camouflage. 

An hour after executing the initial attack, the fighter disguised himself in Israeli military attire before approaching a force, consisting of six troops. He later detonated an explosive belt he was wearing, resulting in casualties among the invading troops. 

This operation follows a stabbing operation conducted by the Brigades in the Jabalia refugee camp, where a fighter stabbed and killed an officer and three soldiers, on Thursday.

On Friday, the Brigades also released footage of a one-way attack drone attack on the Magen military site, located to the east of Khan Younis. The attack was conducted via an al-Zawari drone.

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Al-Qassam Brigades published a video of an operation targeting the Magen military site, east of #KhanYounis, by the al-Qassam Brigades with the al-Zawari assault drone. pic.twitter.com/CnlOdZ57XE

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Meanwhile, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), announced that it fired Badr-1 and 107 mm rocket artillery shells at the Israeli command and control post in the Netzarim Axis. 

It also said its fighters downed an Israeli surveillance drone over Gaza City. 

On its part, the al-Mujahideen Brigades announced that its mortar units shelled Israeli occupation forces located in eastern the al-Bureij refugee, in the central Gaza Strip. 

The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade also fired 107 mm rockets at Israeli occupation forces in the Netzarim Axis.

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