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Sheikh Qassem: Our supporters make up more than half of Lebanon's population, and all of these people are united under the banner of protecting Lebanon, its Resistance, its people, and its integrity.
Sheikh Qassem: There will be no phased handing in of our arms. [The Israelis] must first enact the agreement before we start talking about a defensive strategy.
Sheikh Qassem: Be brave in the face of foreign pressures, and we will be by your side in this stance.
Sheikh Qassem: Stripping us of our arms is like stripping us of our very soul, and this will prompt us to show them our might.
Sheikh Qassem: We will not abandon our arms, for they gave us dignity; we will not abandon our arms, for they protect us against our enemy.
Sheikh Qassem: The US efforts we are seeing are aimed at sabotaging Lebanon and constitute a call for sedition.
Sheikh Qassem: If you truly want to establish sovereignty and work for Lebanon’s interests, then stop the aggression.
Sheikh Qassem: The United States, which is meddling in Lebanon, is not trustworthy but rather poses a danger to it.
Sheikh Qassem: The United States is preventing the weapons that protect the homeland.
Sheikh Qassem: The government’s latest decision [on the disarmament of the Resistance] is non-charter-based, and if the government continues down this path, it is not faithful to Lebanon’s sovereignty.

Israeli rescue choppers transport casualties from al-Shujaiya battles

  • 4 Jul 2024 23:11
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Al-Qassam Brigades publish footage of mortar shelling operations that saw multiple Israeli casualties be transported to nearby hospitals.

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  • Israeli rescue choppers transport casualties from al-Shujaiya battles
    An Israeli military rescue helicopter transport Israeli troops who were either killed or injured as a result of the Resistance's operations in al-Shujaiya, Gaza City, Palestine, as seen in footage released on July 4, 2024 (al-Qassam Brigades/Military Media)

Palestinian Resistance fighters continue to confront Israeli occupation forces in the besieged Gaza Strip, despite the difficult circumstances experienced after 272 days of war. 

The most intense fighting occurred in the eastern neighborhood of al-Shujaiya in Gaza City, where multiple factions engaged Israeli forces, utilizing a variety of weapons to do so. 

Al-Shujaiya ambush leads to casualties among Israeli troops

As Hezbollah executes one of the largest scale rocket barrages and launches a swarm of drones that targeted more than 10 Israeli bases and barracks on the northern front, Israeli occupation forces struggle to maintain a foothold in the small neighborhood of al-Shujaiya. 

Rescue helicopters were seen landing near the neighborhood to transport Israeli casualties on multiple occasions in the past two days, marking the potency of al-Shujaiya fighters' operations. 

At least one Israeli soldier, from the Paratroopers Brigade's 101st Battalion was killed in confrontations in al-Shujiaya. In the central Gaza Strip, a fighter from the 3rd Alexandroni Brigade's 8101st Battalion was seriously injured. 

Direct confrontations

Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades said that its fighters cooperated with al-Quds Brigades fighters to detonate an explosively formed penetrator (EFP), of the locally-produced Shawaz-type, into a Merkava 4 tank deployed in the neighborhood. 

Another Merkava 4 tank was struck by an al-Yassin tandem rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) in the neighborhood by an al-Qassam fighter. 

Moreover, al-Qassam fighters ambushed an Israeli force in the neighborhood, causing casualties among its members. Rescue helicopters were seen landing nearby to transport those killed or injured in the ambush. 

On its part, al-Quds Brigades' Military Media Unit reported on several operations conducted by Resistance fighters who had returned from the frontlines. 

It said that a group of its fighters detonated a Thaqeb-type barrel-type EFP into an Israeli military vehicle. 

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The Brigades also conducted a joint operation with al-Qassam fighters, in which another barrel-shaped improvised explosive device (IED) was set off into an Israeli Merkava 4 tank. 

Read more: Al-Qassam fighters attack Israeli command post in al-Shujaiya

Indirect mortar, rocket shelling

Its fighters also fired 60 mm mortar rounds at groupings of Israeli troops in the neighborhood. 

As for more recent operations conducted by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades, fighters launched a rocket attack on a field command and control site set up by Israeli occupation forces in the neighborhood. 

The Brigades also participated in a joint operation with al-Mujahideen Brigades fighters, who fired a substantial number of mortar rounds at occupation forces in the area. 

Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades also fired mortar shells at occupation forces in the area. 

Most importantly, al-Qassam Brigades fighters launched a salvo of locally-produced 114 mm rocket artillery shells and 107 rocket artillery shells toward the Nahal Oz military site to the east of Gaza City. 

#شاهد | #كتائب_القسام تنشر مشاهد عن دكها قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي المتوغلة في حي #الشجاعية شرقي مدينة #غزة بقذائف الهاون. #الميادين #فلسطين_المحتلة pic.twitter.com/Tj0631tYH8

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) July 4, 2024

Anti-air operation

In terms of anti-air operations, al-Qassam fighters, and Martyr Abdul Qader al-Husseini fighters launched a SM-7 man-portable surface-to-air missile at an Israeli Apache attack helicopter. 

Read more: Ex-IOF cmdr: Hamas defeat impossible, Gaza events disgrace to 'Israel'

A tunnel ambush in Rafah kills, injures occupation forces

In the southernmost city of Rafah, al-Qassam Brigades fighters detonated explosives placed into the entrance of a tunnel, killing and injuring Israeli occupation forces who were lured toward the ambush. 

In al-Sultan neighborhood, al-Qassam fighters shot a tandem RPG at an Israeli Merkvaa tank. 

In the same area, al-Quds Brigades fighters sniped an Israeli soldier. 

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) fired an RPG at an Israeli Eitan-type armored personnel carrier (APC), dealing a direct hit to the APC. 

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