Israeli chopper lands in Khan Younis, fierce confrontations ongoing
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The Israeli outlets say the helicopter landing in Khan Younis comes amid intense confrontations with the Palestinian Resistance, with the details still not approved for publication.
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Israeli soldiers evacuate a wounded soldier into a military helicopter just outside of the Gaza border in November 2023. (Social media)
Israeli media reported a helicopter landing in Khan Younis, hinting that this event is accompanied by distressing news from the area, a phrase used when there are sensitive casualties, as military censorship has not allowed publication yet.
"The news will not be revealed until it is clear for publication [by the army]," the outlets said.
The Palestinian Resistance factions in Gaza are waging fierce battles against the Israeli occupation forces advancing into several areas inside the Strip.
The Tal al-Zaatar area and east of Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza are witnessing ongoing heavy confrontations, a correspondent for Al Mayadeen reported, adding that Resistance fighters are combating Israeli occupation forces around the administrative building of al-Qassam Brigades in the camp.
Al-Qassam Brigades and al-Quds Brigades announced that their fighters were able to target a Merkava tank with a ground explosive device within al-Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip.
Al-Qassam Brigades also said its fighters were able to snipe at an Israeli soldier on the back of a tank in al-Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip before targeting it with a Tandem rocket.
The Resistance group claimed responsibility for targeting an Israeli force stationed inside a building in al-Mughraqa area in the central Gaza Strip with a TBG shell.
Al-Qassam also announced targeting “Tel Aviv” with a salvo of rockets in response to the massacres committed against civilians. It also released footage of an officer in the occupation army sniped at with a Ghoul rifle east of the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad Movement, confirmed that its fighters targeted three Israeli military vehicles with Tandem shells and an Israeli Merkava tank with al-Yassin 105 charges.in Tal al-Zaatar and the Jabalia camp in the northern Gaza Strip.
The Brigades also announced that they targeted the Israeli "Megin" military site, east of the Maghazi camp, with a concentrated missile salvo.
The PIJ's al-Quds Brigades announced that its fighters targeted a gathering of Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of the civil administration area in northern Gaza with a barrage of mortar shells.
Furthermore, the Resistance group said it targeted the "Nahal Oz" military site and Israeli forces stationed around the Badr site, north of the coastal area, with rocket salvos and mortar shells. "Kibbutz Holit" was also targeted with the short-range Rajom 114mm rockets.
Additionally, the group confirmed killing and wounding a number of occupation forces after carrying out an offensive targeting a house they sheltered in. The confrontation took place in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.
In Beit Hanoun northern Gaza, the IOF were heavily confronted by the Resistance and incurred multiple losses.
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East of Jabalia camp, the al-Quds Brigades confronted an invading Israeli force and also left five of it killed and injured. While in al-Zaytoun neighborhood, the Brigades used mortar shells to target a military grouping for Israeli occupation and targeted a couple of Israeli tanks and a troop carrier using tandem charges.
Israeli casualties reported
The Israeli occupation army admitted that 40 soldiers were injured in the battles in the Gaza Strip during the past 24 hours.
Israeli media, commenting on the rockets that showered central "Israel", said, “We have not seen such a salvo of rockets for quite some time," admitting this was one of the largest missile salvos since the start of the war that affected the central cities.
The media outlets pointed out that this large number of rockets indicates that Hamas has the ability to continue launching rockets 76 days after the start of the war.
Difficulty in achieving objectives
This comes as the Resistance continues to confront Israeli invading forces across the Strip's axes, while Israeli top officials are expressing the difficulty of the battle and complexities of achieving the declared objectives due to the Resistance's steadfastness on all axes.
Resistance fighters are also inflicting heavy losses on the invading army, which is evident by the amount of footage released by Resistance factions, and Israeli media reports.
Despite the occupation's claims and objectives to "eradicate" the Resistance, ground developments are revealing that this is not the case, with no signs that this will change shortly.
As for the Israeli forces' death toll, the occupation army announced in its latest report that 136 soldiers and officers have been killed since the start of the invasion of Gaza.
