Israeli soldiers killed, injured in Jabalia ambush amid Gaza battles
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Israeli soldiers were killed and wounded in a Jabalia ambush as Al-Qassam and Al-Quds Brigades escalate operations with anti-tank missiles and explosives in northern Gaza.
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A view of the rubble of buildings hit by an Israeli airstrike, in Jabalia, Gaza strip, on October 11, 2023. (AP)
Israeli media reported on Monday evening that several Israeli occupation soldiers were killed and injured in a serious security incident in the Jabalia area of northern Gaza. According to initial reports, an Israeli military Humvee was struck with an anti-tank missile, resulting in at least two fatalities and multiple injuries.
The incident occurred amid an ongoing confrontation in the area, with Israeli media describing it as part of a broader "ongoing event" involving heavy resistance engagement.
Attempts by occupation forces to evacuate the dead and wounded were reportedly thwarted by intense gunfire, further escalating the confrontation.
In an official statement, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, confirmed their fighters were involved in point-blank engagement with Israeli soldiers east of the Jabalia refugee camp, asserting that they inflicted direct casualties on the advancing forces.
"Our fighters are engaged in fierce close-range clashes with occupation soldiers, inflicting casualties east of Jabalia refugee camp," the statement read.
Resistance operations escalate across Gaza
The Jabalia ambush comes amid a broader intensification of Palestinian Resistance operations across the Gaza Strip. Earlier today, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Resistance movement Hamas, announced that its fighters had targeted an Israeli D9 military bulldozer with a Yassin-105 anti-armor RPG in the southern Gaza Strip.
The operation took place on Sunday in the area of Qizan al-Najjar, south of Khan Younis, amid an ongoing series of ambushes and confrontations against the Israeli occupation forces inside the besieged territory.
This latest strike comes just days after al-Qassam fighters successfully executed a well-coordinated ambush against an infantry unit of Israeli occupation soldiers in the Atatara area of Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza. According to a military communiqué, Resistance fighters engaged the Israeli unit from point-blank range with light weapons after luring them into a carefully laid ambush on May 27.
The group reported that several Israeli troops were killed and wounded in the operation before the fighters safely returned from the combat zone.
Since the resumption of the Israeli occupation’s ground invasion on March 18, Palestinian Resistance factions across the Strip have intensified their guerrilla-style operations, including ambushes and booby traps, inflicting mounting casualties among Israeli forces operating deep inside Gaza.
