IOF ambushed by Resistance, suffers heavy losses in al-Zaytoun, Rafah
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The al-Qassam Brigades targeted two Israeli Merkava tanks with al-Yassin 105 shells in the al-Shaboura camp in the city of Rafah.
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Scenes of targeting occupation vehicles in the Al-Taqaddum axis in the Tell Al-Sultan neighborhood, west of the city of Rafah (al-Qassam Brigades - Military Media)
The Palestinian Resistance continues to confront Israeli occupation forces invading Gaza, inflicting heavy losses on its soldiers and equipment.
The Martyr Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, confirmed that it had bombed the Third Eye military sites, with a rocket barrage.
Al-Qassam fighters also ambushed the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) using a mine with a heavy explosive charge planted under a passageway following days of monitoring the IOF on al-Bahr street, south of the Tell al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah.
Al-Qassam detailed how the IOF Merkava tank was positioned above the mine when it was detonated, leading to the destruction and death of its crew.
The operations to evacuate the remains of the dead soldiers and the tank’s wreckage continued for several hours.
The brigades targeted two Israeli Merkava tanks with al-Yassin 105 shells in the al-Shaboura camp in the city of Rafah.
IOF crew fled after being targeted in the camp while the brigades pursued them. Several IOF were killed at point-blank range in the operation.
The brigades also targeted two IOF Eitan fighting vehicles with al-Yassin 105 missiles, publishing footage of IOF vehicles being targeted and its forces being killed with mortar shells in the Taqaddum axis in Tal al-Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah.
#شاهد..كتائب عزالدين القسام تنشر مشاهد استهداف آليات العدو بقذائف الهاون في محور التقدم بحي تل السلطان غرب مدينة #رفح جنوب القطاع.#طوفان_الأقصى #فلسطين_المحتلة pic.twitter.com/U2gPfVVmqY
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 20, 2024
The al-Qassam Brigades showed footage of the seizure of a Mavic quadcopter in the al-Shaboura camp in westernmost Rafah.
كتائب #القسام تنشر مشاهد الاستيلاء على طائرة كواد كابتر من نوع "مافيك" في مخيم الشابورة بمدينة #رفح جنوب قطاع #غزة #فلسطين_المحتلة pic.twitter.com/DZYqXJimo7
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 20, 2024
The IOF command and control site east of al-Zaytoun was bombarded by al-Qassam with heavy-caliber mortar shells, causing direct losses among its ranks as fighters monitored the landing of a Black Hawk and Yasour helicopter to evacuate dead and wounded.
Al-Qassam published footage of the al-Zouari suicide drone being launched towards an IOF gathering in the Holit settlement near Gaza.
#شاهد.. كتائب القسام تنشر مشاهد إطلاق طائرة "زواري" الانتحارية باتجاه تجمع لقوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في مستوطنة "حوليت" #الميادين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/iMhkti6fyp
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 20, 2024
For its part, the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement, showed scenes of bombing settlements around the Gaza Strip with a rocket barrage.
#بالفيديو | سرايا القدس تعرض مشاهد من قصف مستوطنات غلاف #غزة برشقة صاروخية.#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/pvrHaSh5Gz
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 20, 2024
The al-Quds Brigades engaged in fierce clashes with small arms, grenades, and anti-armor shells with the occupation soldiers and vehicles penetrating the center of the city of Rafah.
It announced targeting an Israeli Merkava tank with an RPG shell and destroying another tank with explosives in the al-Shaboura neighborhood in Rafah.
The al-Quds Brigades confirmed that they, in conjunction with al-Qassam Brigades, bombed a gathering of occupation vehicles and soldiers in the Shaboura camp in the center of the city of Rafah with a barrage of mortar shells.
مقتطفات من عمليات #سرايا_القدس ضد قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في قطاع #غزة، بتاريخ 19/6/2024. #الميادين #فلسطين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/FXhqeLVfbf
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) June 20, 2024
