The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing, al-Quds Brigades, engaged Wednesday in close-quarter combat with the Israeli occupation forces attempting to invade Gaza through the Western direction, inflicting major casualties on the latter.

A joint force of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Resistance movement, and the al-Aqsa Brigades ambushed an Israeli occupation force in the Gaza Strip.

According to the al-Quds Brigades, the joint unit ambushed 15 Israeli soldiers and engaged them, liquidating most of them and injuring the rest.

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The PIJ's military wing also said that its soldiers fiercely confronted the Israeli occupation forces in the advance axes in Gaza City. Elsewhere in Gaza City, the Resistance destroyed two Israeli infantry fighting vehicles using Tandem RPGs.

The al-Quds Brigades also attacked Israeli positions in Juhr al-Dik and "Netzarim" using high-caliber mortar shells.

The al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, meanwhile, said its fighters are engaged in fierce confrontations in the Israeli axes of advance in the Zaytoun and Shujaiyah neighborhoods in east Gaza.

The al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades added that they had detonated an IED in an Israeli infantry fighting vehicle, causing casualties among enemy soldiers east of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza.

The al-Qassam Brigades also made an announcement saying that it bombed a field command room in the southern direction of Gaza City with heavy-caliber mortar and artillery shells.

Moreover, they said their forces bombed occupied Asdud with a garage of rockets in response to the Israeli occupation's massacres against civilians.

The Mujahideen Brigades attacked the "Ra'im" base, east of the Gaza Strip, the headquarters of the Israeli Gaza Division, with a barrage of rockets.

As for the northern Gaza Strip, al-Qassam said it attacked an Israeli D9 bulldozer using a Yassin-105 anti-tank RPG in Tel al-Zaatar.

IOF going through the wringer

In the southern Gaza Strip, al-Qassam destroyed 3 Merkava tanks east of the city of Khan Yunis, using the Yassin-105 RPG and the notorious Shawaz IEDs.

The al-Qassam Brigades nearly completely destroyed Israeli forces attempting to penetrate a street in Khan Yunis twice in a row.

The al-Qassam mujahideen were also able to completely destroy an Israeli troop carrier east of the city of Khan Yunis using a P29 shell.

Meanwhile, al-Quds Brigades announced targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the al-Thilal Mosque along the eastern axis in Khan Younis with a barrage of 60mm mortar shells.

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Al-Quds Brigades fighters were also engaged in fierce confrontation with occupation soldiers in al-Zaytun neighborhood, east of Gaza, where they targeted two military vehicles with Tandem charges.

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The group also targeted three military vehicles and an armored personnel carrier with Tandem charges and point-blank IEDs in the Jabalia camp and the Tawam area, north of Gaza.

Al-Quds Brigades also announced targeting gatherings of Israeli soldiers with rockets and mortar shells in the vicinity of the al-Mahatta area in Khan Younis.

The fighters also engaged an Israeli infantry force from point-blank range in the al-Shujaiya neighborhood, leading to the death and injury of its members.

Al-Quds Brigades also announced a joint operation with al-Qassam, whereby together they ambushed a unit of 15 Israeli soldiers, in the al-Mughraqa area, leading to their death and injury.

Furthermore, the group's Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with a Tandem charge in the al-Shujaiya axis, setting it aflame. They engaged in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation forces in al-Shujaiya, inflicting confirmed injuries among the occupation soldiers.

On its part, al-Mujahideen Brigades announced that its fighters in the northern Gaza brigade engaged in fierce and violent confrontations with occupation soldiers and vehicles along the Jabalia axis.

Meanwhile, alarm sirens were repeatedly reported to be sounding in the Gaza Envelope settlements. 

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Casualties on the rise

Israeli media reported Monday several Israeli soldiers were killed during confrontations with the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip.

Among those killed were two reservist officers from Battalion 2855 and 8111. Additionally, a reservist major, of Battalion 8111, was killed during battles in southern Gaza. 

Another major was also reportedly killed in what the IOF called a "military accident."

The Israeli Occupation Forces also acknowledged the injury of a reservist fighter of Battalion 8111, reportedly sustaining serious injuries during a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.

Read more: Three new Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza: IOF spox

Concurrently, Israeli media reported that despite the army announcing the injury of 1593 soldiers since the beginning of the war, hospital data is much higher.

Last week, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) announced that the death toll of their forces has risen to 84 since their invasion of Gaza began, bringing the total death toll since October 7 to 408 Israeli soldiers.

Although the IOF does not disclose its total losses in Gaza, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported days ago that it received a letter with the total number of those killed in Israeli occupation forces in confrontations with the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza.

Haaretz reported that the IOF acknowledged the death of nearly 1,000 soldiers since the war on Gaza began, after it refused to provide any data regarding the total numbers of those killed and wounded, while also asking hospitals to remain confidential.