Al-Quds Brigades announces phase two of Operation Terror of Camps
The al-Quds Brigades says its units in the West Bank had carried out a series of major military operations that changed the course of the battle, including "death traps" in Jenin and Tulkarm.
The al-Quds Brigades - West Bank announced on Thursday that it has transitioned to phase two of Operation Terror of the Camps, explaining that this stage focuses on "utilizing the terrain effectively, rebuilding capabilities, setting up ambushes, and detonating explosives."
The Israeli military command said on Wednesday it had initiated a "wide-scale operation" in the governates of Tulkarm and Jenin, targeting Palestinian Resistance fighters. In detail, the aggression was aimed at the Jenin, al-Far'a, and Nur Shams refugee camps, in Jenin, Tubas, and Tulkarm respectively.
In response, Palestinian Resistance factions declared Operation Terror of the Camps as they confronted the Israeli assault, continuing their operations and confrontations across northern West Bank areas.
The al-Quds Brigades confirmed in a statement that its units in the occupied West Bank had carried out a series of major military operations that changed the course of the battle. These included what it called "death traps" in Jenin and Tulkarm and ambushing a group of Israeli occupation soldiers in a complex ambush in the al-Manshiyyah neighborhood, in response to the assassination of the commander of the Tulkarm Brigade, Mohammad Jaber "Abu Shujaa".
The brigades reassured that its fighters are in great shape and that the Resistance remains steadfast and unbreakable by "the cowardly army." It added that the illusion propagated by the Israeli occupation, thinking it can end this journey, is a clear indication of its ignorance of what is happening on the ground and what has been prepared on the ground, today, tomorrow, and far beyond.
The Tulkarm Brigade of al-Quds Brigades announced that its Resistance fighters successfully ambushed an Israeli infantry force in the al-Manshiyyah area of Tulkarm, as part of an initial response to the assassination of Abu Shujaa.
In detail, the Brigades' engineering unit targeted the Israeli force with an improvised explosive device (IED) and unleashed a barrage of gunfire on the occupation soldiers, dealing direct hits.
In another operation in al-Manshiyyah, the Brigades' fighters also targeted an Israeli military vehicle with an IED, achieving a direct hit.
Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades mourns Jenin commander
On its part, the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades in the West Bank mourned its commander in Jenin, Ahmad Turkman, 28, who was killed on Thursday while resisting the Israeli aggression in Jenin Governorate.
The Brigades highlighted that Turkman had carried out several missions and operations against the Israeli occupation, revealing that he was responsible for an operation at the Etzion military camp, north of al-Khalil, on June 28.
The Brigades emphasized in its statement that the blood of the martyrs shed in Gaza and the West Bank "compels us to stand united and cohesive in the trench of Resistance and in open confrontation" with the Israeli occupation.
Al-Qassam Brigades mourns one of its Resistance fighters in Jenin
In the same vein, the al-Qassam Brigades also mourned its Resistance fighter Mohammad Abed, who was killed while engaging in combat with Israeli occupation forces that besieged him and other fighters in a house in the town of Kafr Dan, west of Jenin, in the northern West Bank.
The brigades said its fighters targeted an Israeli vehicle with a powerful explosive device, achieving a direct hit and resulting in casualties among its passengers in the eastern neighborhood of Jenin.
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