Al-Qassam publishes footage of the operation that shook 'Israel'
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The Resistance operation led to the killing of 24 Israeli officers and soldiers in what was considered the largest one-day Israeli death toll since the launch of the war on Gaza.
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Screengrab from footage of an Al-Qassam fighter scoping the building where a large Israeli force was stationed before launching a rocket at it leading to its collapse and the killing of over 20 soldiers in the Al-Maghazai refugee camp, Gaza on Monday, January 22, 2024 (Al-Qassam Military media)
Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades released a video documenting the moment their Resistance fighters carried out the operation which killed 24 Israeli officers and soldiers on Monday, leaving the occupation entity in shock.
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#شاهد تنفيذ مجاهدي القسام لعملية مركّبة ضد جنود وآليات العدو شرق مخيم #المغازي وسط قطاع #غزة.#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/6fmSZwrTAr
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 23, 2024
The Israeli occupation army's spokesperson appeared in a televised broadcast on Tuesday and revealed that the incident took place near Kibbutz Kissufim, opposite several refugee camps and towns in the central Gaza Strip.
He said that the forces were operating in an area just 600 meters away from the separation fence, and were killed while preparing to to demolish a number of Palestinian homes to establish a "buffer zone".
After claiming responsibility for the operation on Tuesday, Al-Qassam revealed that its fighters targeted a building in the Al Maghazi refugee camp where an Israeli engineering unit had fortified, which resulted in the explosion of ammunition and explosives leading to its complete collapse over the force stationed inside.
Simultaneously, the fighters targeted and destroyed, using an Al Yassin 105 shell, an Israeli Merkava tank that was tasked with covering and protecting the Israeli unit positioned in the building, the Resistance's statement read.
Unbearably difficult
Top Israeli officials decried the "major disaster" in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli President Isaac Herzog, Security Minister Yoav Gallant, Police Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, and opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett were among those to quickly comment on yet another event that highlighted the capabilities of the Palestinian Resistance.
"An unbearably difficult morning, in which more and more names of the best of our sons are added to the gravestones of heroes, in a war that has no justice," President Isaac Herzog posted on X.
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On his part, Netanyahu emphasized that the Israeli occupation "experienced one of the most difficult days since the outbreak of the war."
Meanwhile, Gallant described Tuesday morning as "difficult and painful," Stressing that the ongoing Battle of Al-Aqsa Flood "will determine the future of Israel for decades to come," the official claimed that the recent incident will compel the authorities to "achieve the goals" of their genocidal war on Gaza.
Opposition leader Lapid shared his counterparts' takes, saying that Tuesday morning was "unbearably difficult," while opposition figure and War Cabinet member Gantz reminded Israeli settlers of the "heavy price" that they "are forced to pay" for what he claimed is a "just war", which sought to achieve a "lofty goal".
