From Jabalia to Rafah, Gaza Resistance targets IOF troops, vehicles
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On the 220th day of the war, the Palestinian Resistance persists with its operations across Gaza and inflicts heavy losses on the Israeli occupation forces.
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A screen grab from a video showing an Israeli armored personnel carrier moments before it was targeted by the al-Qassam fighters east of the city of Rafah in the south of the Gaza Strip. (Military Media of al-Qassam Brigades)
The Palestinian Resistance factions continue to confront the Israeli occupation forces on various battlefronts in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip and Rafah City in the south, targeting Israeli troops and military vehicles and engaging in fierce battles at close range using appropriate and diverse weapons.
The Resistance's operations are as follows:
Rafah
Al-Qassam Brigades targeted several Israeli armored personnel carriers (APCs) and a Merkava tank with al-Yassin 105 rockets, east of George Street, east of the city of Rafah, in the south of the Gaza Strip.
Al-Qassam also bombarded Israeli occupation forces penetrating the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip with mortar shells.
In a joint operation, al-Qassam and al-Quds Brigades' fighters bombarded Israeli military gatherings near the Rafah crossing with heavy mortar shells.
كتائب #القسام تنشر مشاهد استهدافها لناقلة جند إسرائيلية شرق #رفح وتحشدات جنود وآليات العدو داخل معبر رفح البري جنوب قطاع #غزة #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/9YIIhoAGd2
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) May 13, 2024
Al-Qassam Brigades also targeted an Israeli APC with an al-Yassin 105 rocket and a military D9-typed bulldozer with a Shawaz explosive device in the al-Salam neighborhood, east of Rafah.
In the same neighborhood, the al-Quds Brigades' fighters, along with the al-Qassam fighters engaged an Israeli Namer APC with an anti-tank rocket near the Eastern Cemetery.
Al-Quds Brigades also bombarded Israeli troops and military vehicles infiltrating east of George Street with a barrage of regular 60-caliber mortar shells.
#شاهد.. رشقات صاروخية دكت بها سرايا القدس المواقع و التحشدات العسكرية شرق رفح.#الميادين #طوفان_الأقصى #سرايا_القدس #رفح pic.twitter.com/m1yO053ytI
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) May 13, 2024
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades confirmed that its Resistance fighters targeted a D9-typed bulldozer with an RPG shell.
The artillery unit of Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces also targeted Israeli positions in the Netzarim axis with heavy mortar shells, causing confirmed casualties among the occupation forces.
The Forces also bombarded the gatherings of Israeli troops and military vehicles in the vicinity of the airport and the Zlata area in the al-Shawka with 107 mm short-range rockets, inflicting heavy damage on the occupation forces.
Jabalia:
Al-Mujahideen Brigades confirmed that its fighters targeted and directly hit an Israeli tank with an RPG shell, east of Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza Strip.
In separate statements, al-Qassam Brigades confirmed that its Resistance fighters engaged at least 13 Israeli military vehicles, including 12 tanks and one D9 bulldozer in the Jabalia camp using al-Yassin 105 rockets and a P29 shell.
Among the operations, al-Qassam fighters dropped an al-Yassin 105 rocket via a drone on a Merkava tank east of the Jabalia camp.
The Brigades' fighters bombarded gatherings of Israeli occupation troops across several areas, east of Jabalia camp, in the northern Gaza Strip, with various-sized mortar shells and sniped at an Israeli soldier behind the Jabalia camp schools.
On its part, al-Quds Brigades said its Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli infantry force during fierce confrontations east of Jabalia, causing casualties and injuries among the ranks of the force.
Al-Quds Brigades confirmed that its fighters bombarded gatherings of Israeli occupation troops and vehicles across several areas, east of Jabalia, with various-sized mortar shells.
The Brigades also engaged an Israeli Merkava tank and two military vehicles, east of Jabalia, with RPG rockets.
In addition, fighters from the al-Quds Brigades sniped at two Israeli occupation soldiers near the Abu Zaytoun schools in Jabalia camp in two separate operations.
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said its fighters bombarded the positions and gatherings of Israeli occupation troops and military vehicles with regular mortar shells, east of Jabalia.
The Brigades confirmed that its Resistance fighters engaged an Israeli military vehicle with an RPG rocket behind the Riyad al-Salehin Mosque, east of Jabalia camp.
In addition, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades' fighters targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an RPG rocket in Jabalia.
Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades also announced a series of operations against Israeli occupation forces in Jabalia camp, confirming that its combat units engaged an Israeli tank stationed near the Jabalia camp schools with an RPG rocket.
The Brigades said its artillery unit bombarded Israeli occupation forces deployed across different areas in Jabalia camp with 60mm mortar shells, in response to the Israeli crimes against the Palestinian people.
Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades also said its Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli infantry force with an anti-personnel shell after it attempted to enter a building in Jabalia, inflicting casualties and injuries on the force's members.
Al-Zaytoun:
In the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City, al-Quds Brigades targeted an Israeli D9-typed military bulldozer with an anti-armor shell and blew up an Israeli military vehicle with a Thaqib-barrel high-powered explosive device near the Badr Mosque.
Al-Mujahideen Brigades said its fighters were engaged in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in the same neighborhood, confirming that they are achieving direct casualties among their ranks.
Resistance continues to launch rockets toward occupied Askalan
Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades published footage of its fighters launching a rocket barrage toward the occupied city of Askalan on the 220th day of the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip.
#شاهد | #كتائب_القسام تنشر مشاهد عن رشقة صاروخية قصفت بها مدينة عسقلان المحتلة#فلسطين_المحتلة #غزة #طوفان_الأقصى #الميادين pic.twitter.com/GwlsWhqFSX
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) May 13, 2024
Israeli media reported the sounding of sirens in Gaza Envelope settlements.
The spokesperson for the Israeli occupation army confirmed that eight soldiers and personnel working with the army in Gaza were injured in 24 hours, all in critical condition.
Among the injured were a soldier from the Givati Brigade in northern Gaza and two soldiers from the Golani Brigade in the Gaza border area, in addition to two soldiers from the Yahalom unit in battles in southern Gaza.
The spokesperson for the Rabin Medical Center confirmed that four injuries, including some in hopeless condition, were airlifted to the Center from combat zones during the day.
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