Al-Qassam kills, wounds Israeli soldiers in IED ambush, tunnel battles
The Palestinian al-Qassam Brigades confirms that its fighters killed an Israeli soldier in Bani Suhaila during the operations.
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced on Sunday that its Resistance fighters detonated several IEDs in an Israeli infantry unit after it entered a boobytrapped house in Khan Younis' Bani Suhaila in southern Gaza, confirming casualties among the Israeli forces.
The Brigades said that the operation involved confrontations with another Israeli unit inside a tunnel, leading to the killing and wounding of the occupation force.
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Additionally, during the Bani Suhaila operation, the group said its fighters killed an Israeli soldier from the engineering corps, delivering a headshot.
For their part, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, announced the downing of an Israeli spy drone northeast of al-Bureij in central Gaza.
"المقاومة الفلسطينية تسقط أكثر من مسيرة إسرائيلية استطلاعية وسط وجنوب قطاع غزة"
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) March 10, 2024
مراسل #الميادين في غزة أكرم دلول #فلسطين_المحتلة #غزة #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/ccHJw6tpct
On its Telegram channel, the group also published footage of its Resistance fighters firing mortars toward gatherings of Israeli soldiers and military vehicles in al-Zaytoun neighberhood, east of Gaza City.
As for the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, they confirmed that their Resistance fighters engaged in fierce confrontations with occupation soldiers in the neighborhood, adding that a gathering of Israeli forces on Street 10 south of Al-Zaytoun was shelled with mortars.
#سرايا_القدس تعرض مشاهد من حمم الهاون التي دكت بها مواقع وتحشدات العدو الصهيوني في محور التقدم #حي_الزيتون بمدينة #غزة. #فلسطين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/iGPNyLOacD
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) March 10, 2024
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In Khan Younis, the Brigades revealed that they targeted occupation soldiers and vehicles with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells, and an Israeli Merkava tank using RPG shells.
The Israeli army admitted on Saturday to the death of one of its officers during battles with the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza. The killed officer was the head of the Commando Brigade chief’s forward command team.
With his death, the total number of Israeli officers and soldiers killed during field battles with the Resistance in Gaza since October rose to 248.
نشرت #كتائب_القسام مشاهد لبقايا ومخلفات آليات العدو إثر استهدافها في محاور مدينة #خان_يونس#غزة #فلسطين
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) March 9, 2024
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