IOF admits death of 1 officer and injury of 5 soldiers

By Al Mayadeen English
Source: Agencies
9 Nov 2023 11:07

The Israeli Occupation Forces have allowed Israeli media to reveal yet another officer was killed during confrontations in the Gaza Strip as the IOF's losses accumulate.

A screenshot taken from a video by Resistance military media in the Gaza Strip showing an Israeli occupation tank being hit by an Al-Yassin 105 RPG on November 8, 2023. (Military media)

The Israeli Occupation Forces confirmed, on Wednesday, that an officer died and five soldiers were injured during ground confrontations in the northern Gaza Strip.

Israeli media noted that it was allowed to reveal, in an announcement, the death of an engineering corps officer during ground confrontations in Gaza, which raises the number of announced Israeli Occupation Forces deaths since the start of the ground invasion on Gaza to around 35 soldiers according to "Israel".

The IOF added that the total number of its dead, since the beginning of Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, on October 7, reached 352 announced deaths, while the number of those injured amounted to 260.

On that note, the spokesperson for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, Abu Obeida, announced on November 8, that the Resistance has completely or partially destroyed 136 Israeli military vehicles in Gaza since the start of the ground invasion.

Employed to invade entire countries, yet unsuccessful in Gaza

In a televised statement, Abu Obeida confirmed that the occupation forces have suffered significant casualties during confrontations with the Resistance fighters across Gaza axes.

Al-Qassam fighters confront the forces invading the northern and southern axes of #Gaza City and destroy a number of vehicles.#Palestine pic.twitter.com/IqIPodU0G5
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) November 8, 2023

Emphasizing the significant achievements of the Resistance and underscoring the failures of the Israeli entity, the spokesperson pointed out that the military equipment and capabilities utilized by the Israeli army during its ground invasion are typically employed for invading entire countries equipped with state-level military capabilities and systems.

Additionally, Abu Obeida underscored that all the Resistance's achievements came in the face of an army that claims to be "the strongest in the region" and that possesses "massive amounts of armored vehicles and elite forces supported by land, sea, and air."

Meanwhile, the Resistance is inflicting heavy losses on the Israeli army despite having "no tanks, no aircraft, no armored vehicles, not even a mountain, hill, or difficult terrain" to fight within.