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Al-Qassam Brigades launches top-tier operation, ambushes IOF in Rafah

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  • 1 May 2025 23:39
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The al-Qassam Brigades carried out a major ambush in Gaza's western Rafah, destroying Israeli vehicles and killing and wounding soldiers in close-range combat.

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  • Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades launches top-tier op, ambushes IOF in Rafah
    A screengrab from a video shows an Israeli military vehicle moments before being targeted by the al-Qassam Brigades in Rafah, Gaza Strip. (al-Qassam Brigades Military Media)

The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, announced the execution of a top-tier operation in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah city in southern Gaza.

In a statement, the Brigades said its Resistance fighters lured an Israeli armored force, comprising four Hummer military vehicles and an Amulisa military truck, into a well-prepared ambush on Al-Tayaran Street.

The group added that the force was targeted with multiple Shawaz and other explosive devices, resulting in the destruction of the vehicles and the killing and wounding of several Israeli soldiers.

Al-Qassam engages the IOF from point-blank range

The statement further noted that after striking the convoy, the al-Qassam fighters advanced toward the remaining Israeli troops and engaged them from point-blank range, killing and injuring additional soldiers.

This operation is part of a series of ambushes carried out by the Palestinian Resistance against Israeli forces in Gaza, which have led to the killing and injuries of numerous Israeli soldiers and the destruction of military vehicles.

The Palestinian Resistance continues to confront the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and has affirmed its readiness to respond to any further escalation by the occupation.

Al-Quds Brigades targets IOF with rocket in Gaza City

On Tuesday, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, released footage showing its fighters targeting a house where Israeli occupation soldiers were entrenched, using a guided rocket in the al-Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza City.

The approximately one-minute video displays the preparation phase of the rocket, followed by surveillance of the occupation forces positioned inside the house.

The footage then captures the moment a 107mm rocket was launched toward the soldiers, accurately hitting the designated target.

According to al-Quds Brigades’ Military Media, the operation was carried out on Sunday.

#Palestine / #Israel 🇵🇸🇮🇱: "Al-Quds Brigades" reportedly struck a building where #IDF soldiers were positioned in Al-Tuffah, East of #Gaza pic.twitter.com/mcT2v2MGSY

— Uncensored News (@Uncensorednewsw) April 29, 2025

Ongoing resistance 

Meanwhile, the al-Qassam Brigades announced on Sunday that its fighters targeted an Israeli Merkava 4 tank with an al-Yassin-105 anti-tank rocket in the eastern al-Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City.

In a separate operation in the same area, al-Qassam fighters detonated an anti-personnel explosive device, resulting in multiple Israeli occupation soldiers being killed or wounded.

Read more: IOF use Gaza as testing ground for new Bar rocket system

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