Al-Qassam infiltrates 'enemy lines', IOF admit 2 soldiers killed
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Palestinian Resistance groups conduct a range of operations against Israeli occupation forces across Gaza.
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Al-Qassam Resistance fighter aiming with his al-Yassin 105 near an Israeli occupation military gathering after emerging from the tunnel in Erez settlement in Gaza Envelope on October 29, 2023 (Screengrab from a video published by al-Qassam Military Media)
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Thursday that its fighters conducted a top-tier operation "behind enemy lines" as the Israeli genocide in Gaza nears its ninth consecutive month.
The group revealed that its fighters managed to breach the Israeli "fence" separating Rafah from Israeli settlements in the southern Gaza Strip and attack the Israeli headquarters of the division responsible for the invasion of the city.
The Israeli occupation army admitted that a soldier was killed in al-Qassam's covert operation.
Israeli media reported that the soldier was killed during confrontations with fighters from the Resistance group that infiltrated the Israeli military base located near the Karem Abu Salem crossing.
Haaretz said that one of al-Qassam's fighters managed to retreat safely.
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However, with the Israeli strict censorship on the real number of its killed forces, the Resistance groups repeatedly confirm that the casualties among occupation soldiers exceed by far the released figures.
Heavy operations across Gaza
In another operation, the Resistance faction revealed that it had detonated a pre-rigged tunnel, killing a five-member Israeli foot patrol near Tal Zo'rob, west of Rafah. The occupation army claimed that just one soldier was killed.
In the eastern part of Deir al-Balah city, al-Qassam said they targeted two Israeli D9 bulldozers and three Merkava tanks with five al-Yassin 105 shells. An Israeli Merkava 4 tank was also targeted by the group at the Yibna camp south of Rafah city.
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The group also bombarded occupation forces with heavy-caliber mortar shells in the same area.
Its Resistance fighters also targeted an Israeli Merkava 4 tank with an al-Yassin 105 shell in Yibna camp in southern Rafah city, while the al-Quds Brigades announced targeting an Israeli military vehicle with an RPG shell in the Tal Zo'rob area, west of Rafah city.
Collaborating with the al-Quds Brigades, the al-Qassam targeted a building fortified by Israeli soldiers with a TBG shell in Yibna camp in southern Rafah in the Gaza Strip, resulting in casualties among them.
The al-Qassam fighters also struck an Israeli D9 bulldozer with a Shawaz heavy explosive device, east of Deir al-Balah city in central Gaza.
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Additionally, they announced targeting the IOF's command and control headquarters at the Karem Abu Salem military base with short-range 114mm Rajom rocket systems.
Israeli troops and military vehicles advancing near the Salah al-Din Gate, south of Rafah city, were shelled by the group's fighters with heavy caliber mortar shells.
Killed and wounded Israeli soldiers
In parallel engagements, the al-Quds Brigades targeted Israeli soldiers and vehicles advancing east of Deir al-Balah city in central Gaza with two Badr-1 rockets.
The group also targeted an Israeli military vehicle with an RPG shell in the confrontation axis in the Tal Zo'rob area.
Additionally, it shelled Israeli forces infiltrating the vicinity of Abed Jaber and al-Brahma neighborhoods, south and west of Yibna camp.
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On its part, al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades announced shelling Israeli forces and their military vehicles positioned in the advancement axis in the Tal Zo'rob with heavy caliber mortar shells.
Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the National Resistance Brigades (Forces of Martyr Omar al-Qasim), the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), announced that they had targeted an Israeli personnel carrier at the al-Awda roundabout in central Rafah city.
Abu Khaled explained that this attack was carried out using anti-tank RPG shells, confirming that the Israeli soldiers were killed or injured.
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The group also said it had bombarded the Israeli forces in Kissufim, east of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells. The spokesperson confirmed that the targets were "accurately hit".
In the central Gaza Strip, the Resistance group's fighters shelled gatherings of occupation forces in the eastern al-Bureij camp with several mortar shells.
Meanwhile, the al-Mujahideen Brigades released footage documenting the sniping of an Israeli soldier at the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City.
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