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Hamas' al-Qassam ambush kills, wounds Israeli soldiers in Beit Lahia

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  • 19 May 2025 17:47
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Al-Qassam Brigades ambushed Israeli forces amid "Israel's" Gaza ground invasion, while Netanyahu vows full takeover as civilian casualties rise.

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  • Fighters from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of Hamas, march with their weapons along the main road of Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 (AP)
    Fighters from the Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, march with their weapons along the main road of Nusseirat refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 (AP)

The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that its fighters carried out a complex ambush in the al-Atatra area west of Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Monday.

The al-Qassam Brigades stated that its fighters targeted three Israeli military vehicles with two "Shawaz" explosive devices and a "Tandem" shell, then engaged another Israeli force in confrontations. It added that the operation resulted in Israeli casualties, killed and wounded, while also reporting the landing of helicopters to evacuate the injured on Friday.

Earlier, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported, citing sources, that an Israeli undercover unit disguised in women's clothing infiltrated west of Salah al-Din Street in northern Khan Younis, attempting to reach Israeli captives.

The source confirmed that the Israeli unit failed in its mission to reach the captives and instead killed Palestinian commander Salah al-Din Ahmed Sarhan from the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades before abducting his wife and children.

This comes as "Israel" expands its war on Gaza, launching a wide-scale ground invasion dubbed "Gideon's Chariots", as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows to "take over all of Gaza."

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On May 18, the Israeli military revealed that it had initiated a major ground invasion across both northern and southern Gaza, signaling a significant and intensified escalation in the conflict as part of what it has named "Operation Gideon’s Chariots".

The Israeli occupation forces' (IOF) spokesperson stated that ground troops had launched a widespread invasion across multiple areas of northern and southern Gaza, following intensified airstrikes aimed at weakening the Palestinian Resistance's capabilities. 

The IOF claimed its air force had carried out strikes earlier in the week, hitting more than 670 sites throughout the Gaza Strip in what it described as an effort to degrade the operational capabilities of Gaza's resistance factions and pave the way for the ongoing ground offensive.

Earlier on May 19, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported that hospitals across the Strip have received 136 martyrs, with 11 of them pulled from under the rubble, along with 364 wounded victims during the past 24 hours.

Netanyahu: We are going to take over all of Gaza

On a related note, Netanyahu indicated that pressure on "Israel" was “approaching a red line,” necessitating the resumption of aid into Gaza to press ahead with its ground assault.

“[US] Senators I know as supporters of Israel… come to me and say, ‘We’ll give you all the help you need to win the war… but we can’t be receiving pictures of famine [in Gaza],” Netanyahu said in a video released on his personal Telegram channel.

The Israeli occupation announced that "minimal aid" must be distributed in the Strip to prevent mass starvation among the civilian population. However, Netanyahu did threaten that "Israel is going to take over all of Gaza, that’s what we are going to do.”

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