The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, released footage documenting a "series of death ambushes" it conducted against occupation forces and military vehicles in Beit Hanoun, located in the northern Gaza Strip, in the weeks leading up to the ceasefire agreement.

The al-Qassam Brigades reported that they successfully targeted an Israeli soldier using a Ghoul sniper rifle on al-Sikka Street, inflicting severe injuries that resulted in the amputation of his hand and additional wounds to his body. Additionally, on the same street, the Brigades destroyed an Israeli Merkava tank with a powerful explosive device.

In a critical operation, al-Qassam fighters eliminated an Israeli sniper and his assistant before launching five TBG anti-personnel missiles at the same unit. The operation caused significant casualties, with Israeli forces confirming the deaths of two soldiers and severe injuries to 10 others, all from the Netzah Yehuda Battalion.

The battalions also targeted a house where an Israeli infantry force was fortified with an anti-fortification shell in Beit Hanoun, causing the house to collapse on the soldiers, resulting in casualties. The occupation acknowledged that five soldiers were killed and eight were seriously injured.

Al-Qassam fighters detonated an anti-personnel bomb directly targeting an advancing Israeli force from the Granite 932 Battalion in Beit Hanoun, finishing off the remaining soldiers at close range. In this operation, the commander of a company in the battalion, his deputy, and several Israeli soldiers were killed.

The fighters also detonated a highly explosive device in a house where an Israeli force was holed up, killing three of them and wounding several others with varying degrees of injury. Additionally, al-Qassam targeted another Israeli force that had taken refuge inside a house on Damra Street with two anti-personnel shells, resulting in the deaths and injuries of its members.

After the Gaza ceasefire agreement took effect on January 19, 2025, former head of the Israeli National Security Council, Giora Eiland, acknowledged that the war "ended in a resounding failure for Israel and that Hamas won."