Heavy battles across Gaza as Resistance continues fight against IOF

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Al Mayadeen
21 Feb 2024 00:10
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Palestinian Resistance fighters in Gaza City confront Israeli occupation forces at point-blank range.

Footage of Israeli occupation soldiers moments before being targeted by al-Qassam Resistance fighters in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, Gaza City in February 2024 (al-Qassam military media)

Violent confrontations have resumed between the Palestinian Resistance and occupation forces in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of the city of Gaza, amid continuous Israeli attempts to take full control of the area almost 5 months into the war, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported.

Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades said that it shelled a gathering of Israeli soldiers with mortars and that its fighters engaged in heavy combat with a group of occupation soldiers in the neighborhood at point-blank range.

The group also revealed striking a Merkava tank with an al-Yassin 105 shell, in addition to an armored personnel carrier with a tandem shell, south of the neighborhood.

In the Block J area West of Khan Younis, al-Qassam announced that its fighters had detonated an explosive device in a 6-man Israeli force fortified in a house, confirming casualties among the troops.

For their part, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades confirmed confronting Israeli forces and military vehicles in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood using machine guns and anti-tank missiles, resulting in several casualties among the invaders.

In an operation similar to that of al-Qassam, the Resistance group's fighters, using a TGP shell, struck a house west of Khan Younis where 6 Israeli soldiers were stationed.

Gaza City also saw fighters from the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, engaging in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation soldiers reinforced with heavy military vehicles.

The group said it had targeted Israeli forces across the city's battle axes, confirming direct hits. It also revealed targeting Israeli forces' positions east of Beit Hanoun with heavy caliber mortar shells.

Meanwhile, fighters from the National Resistance Brigades (the forces of the martyr Omar al-Qassem), the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), confronted Israeli forces advancing east of Gaza City using a variety of weaponry. The group confirmed casualties among occupation troops.

As for the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), the group stated it had carried out tactical strikes using mortars against gathering positions of Israeli soldiers and vehicles in the eastern areas of Jabalia and Gaza City.