Gaza Resistance factions join forces, target Israeli forces
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The Palestinian Resistance continues to confront invading Israeli occupation forces in Gaza and inflict heavy casualties and material losses.
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A screengrab from a video showing al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades launching rocket and artillery attacks on Israeli positions at the Netzarim Axis on the first day of the Eid al-Adha Islamic holiday (Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades Military Media)
Within the framework of the ongoing operations of the Palestinian Resistance factions against the Israeli forces invading the Gaza Strip, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, targeted the occupation forces stationed at the Tell al-Sultan site in Rafah with heavy mortar shells.
The al-Qassam Brigades also targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an al-Yassin 105 rocket near the al-Jawazat Roundabout east of Rafah City in the southern Gaza Strip.
Additionally, al-Qassam released footage showing their fighters engaging Israeli forces positioned at the Netzarim axis with short-range Rajum rockets of 114 mm caliber.
#بالفيديو | كتائب القسام تستهدف قوات الاحتلال المتموضعة في محور "نتساريم" بصواريخ "رجوم".#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/pIYjT30OJW
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 18, 2024
Meanwhile, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, shelled an Israeli military position along the supply route at the Netzarim Axis south of Gaza City with mortar shells.
The Brigades also targeted the Israeli military sites Karem Abu Salem and Sufa, east of Rafah, with heavy mortars.
Moreover, the al-Quds Brigades simultaneously bombarded an Israeli command center and troop positions with 107 rockets and mortars in the southern Saudi neighborhood and Tal al-Sultan west of Rafah.
On its part, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced that its fighters shelled Israeli troop gatherings and military vehicles in the southern Tell al-Sultan neighborhood.
The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades released a video showing its rocket and artillery attacks on Israeli positions at the Netzarim Axis on the first day of the Eid al-Adha Islamic holiday on Sunday.
كتائب شهداء الأقصى تنشر مشاهد من عملية إستهداف تجمعات للعدو الإسرائيلي المتمركزة في محور " نتساريم " برشقات صاروخية ومدفعية في أول أيام عيد الأضحى المبارك .#الميادين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/ED9ayUolYj
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 18, 2024
Similarly, the al-Mujahideen Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian al-Mujahideen movement, also targeted the Israeli command center at Netzarim with rocket fire.
The Brigades published footage showing its rocket attack on the Israeli Gaza Division command site at Re'im.
كتائب المجاهدين تستهدف موقع قيادة فرقة غزة للاحتلال الإسرائيلي "ريعيم" بالصواريخ.#الميادين #طوفان_الأقصى #كتائب_المجاهدين pic.twitter.com/g8CyQhRG0j
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 18, 2024
In addition, the al-Asifa Forces announced that its fighters shelled the Israeli army command center at the Netzarim axis south of Gaza City with 107 mm rockets.
Joint operations
In a demonstration of cooperation among various military wings of the Palestinian resistance factions, the al-Quds Brigades and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades jointly shelled the Israeli command center and soldiers positioned at Netzarim with a barrage of 60mm mortars.
In another joint operation, the al-Quds Brigades, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, and the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades targeted Israeli troops at the Abu Mutebeq military site, east of the central governorate, with 120 mm mortars.
The al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades and the al-Quds Brigades also announced they shelled Israeli vehicles and soldiers at the Abu Mutebeq military site, east of the central governorate, with heavy mortars.
كتائب شهداء الأقصى في عملية مشتركة مع سرايا القدس وألوية الناصر صلاح الدين تنشر مشاهد قصف لتحشدات جنود العدو الإسرائيلي في موقع أبو مطيبق العسكري شرق محافظة الوسطى.#الميادين #فلسطين_المحتلة pic.twitter.com/LZk59aKQX6
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 18, 2024
In the same context, the Military Media of the al-Qassam Brigades published footage of its fighters targeting the Kisufim site east of the central governorate with 107mm rockets, in cooperation with the fighters of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
#بالفيديو | كتائب القسام تقصف موقع "كوسوفيم" شرق المحافظة الوسطى بصواريخ "107" بالإشتراك مع كتائب شهداء الأقصى.#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/BTtzbPMDnU
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 18, 2024
Similarly, the Military Media of the al-Quds Brigades released footage of its rocket attack on Kisufim, in coordination with the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades.
#شاهد.. سرايا القدس تعرض مشاهد من قصف مجاهديها بالاشتراك مع ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين لموقع " كيسوفيم" العسكري برشقة صاروخية. #الميادين pic.twitter.com/MhoT4YpfeA
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 18, 2024
Israeli media reported that sirens sounded in the Karem Abu Salem area in the Gaza Envelope. Earlier, the media confirmed that a helicopter transporting wounded military personnel from Gaza landed at Beilinson Hospital.
As the Palestinian Resistance continues to confront the advancing Israeli occupation forces in Gaza and inflict heavy casualties and equipment losses, the Israeli military admitted on Sunday to the killing of two soldiers and the wounding of three others, including an officer, in battles in the southern Gaza Strip.
With the announcement, the number of Israeli soldiers killed this month reached 19, including 18 in the Gaza Strip, and the total number of troops killed since October 7 reached 664, including 314 since the start of the ground invasion of Gaza, as per Israeli figures.
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