Al-Qassam releases footage of double ambush that killed 7 IOF soldiers
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The al-Qassam Brigades releases footage of a deadly ambush in Khan Younis, killing seven Israeli soldiers and injuring 17 others using locally-made explosive devices.
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An al-Qassam fighter plants an explosive device in an Israeli Puma APC as part of a complex ambush, Gaza, on June 24, 2025 (Screengrab, al-Qassam Military Media)
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released footage of a complex ambush targeting two Israeli military vehicles in southern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Israeli military had announced the death of seven of its soldiers from the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion in battles on Tuesday in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, with the slain troops ranging in age from 19 to 21 years old.
The footage captured the moment an explosive charge was thrown directly into the cabin of one of the troop carriers with soldiers stationed inside it, destroying it and setting it ablaze.
#WATCH | Al Qassam released footage from its double ambush yesterday that led to the killing of 7 IOF soldiers.
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) June 25, 2025
Resistance fighters detonated two Israeli armored personnel carriers from point-blank range, setting them both ablaze.
17 IOF soldiers were wounded in the same… pic.twitter.com/9nc9XymRdq
Ambush detailed
The al-Qassam Brigades provided details of Tuesday afternoon's coordinated ambush, in which its fighters destroyed an Israeli armored personnel carrier using a "Shawaz" explosive device tossed inside the vehicle's cabin by al-Qassam fighters. According to the statement, the attack completely destroyed and burned the APC with its entire crew inside.
Shortly afterward, the al-Qassam fighters targeted another Israeli armored personnel carrier with a locally-produced improvised explosive device near the Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Ma'an area, south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The statement noted that Israeli helicopter evacuations were observed at the scene and continued for several hours.
Resistance fighters set unmatched examples of valor and prowess: Abu Obeida
Abu Obeida, the military spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades, praised the complex ambush and the fighters who carried it out, stating, "Our Resistance fighters set unmatched examples of valor and prowess."
The spokesperson emphasized that "the latest ambushes vividly demonstrate how our people's warriors have become this generation's most courageous and sacrifice-giving freedom fighters," while warning that enemy funerals and corpses will be a daily recurrence so long as "Israel" continues its war on Gaza.
"The enemy’s government is deceiving its own public, refusing to admit it’s throwing its soldiers into Gaza’s quagmire for delusional political goals," Abu Obeida added.
