Askalan hit with resistance rockets,1 IOF member killed in Gaza
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The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, announced that its fighters had bombarded Askalan and the surrounding settlements with a barrage of rockets.
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Scenes of al-Qassam Brigades fighters targeting Israeli occupation forces and vehicles that infiltrated the Tannour neighborhood east of Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip on October 1, 2024. (Al-Qassam Military media)
On the eve of the first anniversary of Operation al-Aqsa Flood, the Palestinian resistance continues its operations by targeting the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) and confronting Israeli attempts to infiltrate the northern Gaza Strip. The resistance continues to bombard Israeli settlements around Gaza with rockets.
The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement (PIJ), announced that its fighters had bombarded Askalan and the surrounding settlements with a barrage of rockets.
The Israeli Channel 13 confirmed that it monitored the launch of 3 rockets from the Gaza Strip toward southern Askalan.
Palestinian Resistance confronts Israeli incursion in north Gaza
On Sunday, the Israeli occupation forces acknowledged the death of an Israeli soldier due to previous wounds sustained in the Gaza Strip, in addition to recording several injuries among its soldiers during the confrontations in the Strip.
The IOF announced the dead soldier was a fighter from the 129th Hashan Battalion, 8th Brigade, who succumbed to his wounds after being seriously injured on June 15 in a battle in the northern Gaza Strip.
The IOF also admitted to 3 fighters being seriously injured in northern Gaza, including a combat officer from the 424th Shaked Battalion the Givati Brigade, and two soldiers from the 932nd Battalion of the Nahal Brigade.
The recognition comes at a time when the Palestinian Resistance is confronting the occupation's attempts to infiltrate east of Jabalia, north of the Gaza Strip.
The al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters fiercely confronted the Israeli occupation forces across several combat axes in northern Gaza, on Sunday.
The al-Quds Brigades fighters, in cooperation with the al-Qassam Brigades, were able to snipe an Israeli soldier east of Beit Hanoun in the northern region of the Gaza Strip.
For its part, the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, in cooperation with the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, targeted the enemy's command and control site in the Netzarim axis with heavy mortar shells.
The Israeli occupation is launching a new assault on northern Gaza, committing massacres and launching fire belts in the regio while dropping leaflets threatening people to evacuate and move south.
Heartbreaking video shows Palestinian families mourning their loved ones who fell victim to intense Israeli air raids in the northern Gaza Strip. pic.twitter.com/x4Uo8rdSxK
— Palestine Highlights (@PalHighlight) October 6, 2024
A spokesperson for the occupation's forces announced that the 162nd Division had begun military operations in the Jabalia area, pointing to a potential siege.
According to Al Mayadeen’s correspondent, the IOF is initiating a ground incursion east of Jabalia amid fierce clashes with the resistance.
Our correspondent further clarified that the Resistance is engaged in fierce confrontations against the occupation forces in the eastern axes of Jabalia and the Jabalia camp. Tal al-Zaatar and the vicinity of the Fadous area in Beit Lahia are also under heavy Israeli shelling.
