The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced the detonation of a previously booby-trapped building targeting an Israeli infantry unit, west of Jabalia in northern Gaza. This operation highlights the ongoing battles and tactical maneuvers in the region.

In the same operation, al-Qassam fighters detonated an IED as a rescue team approached the site of the building targeted in Jabalia, resulting in casualties among the rescue unit, with both fatalities and injuries reported.

The al-Qassam also targeted a D9 Israeli military bulldozer in the al-Qassasib neighborhood, west of Jabalia.

The Resistance fighters shelled enemy forces that had advanced near the al-Nawras Resort, north of Gaza City, with mortar fire. They also targeted enemy positions to the north of the city.

The al-Qassam fighters targeted a D9 Israeli military bulldozer with an al-Yassin 105 shell in the al-Rayyan area, located east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.

The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, announced bombing Sderot, Nir Am, and other settlements surrounding Gaza with a barrage of rockets, as Israeli media reported that sirens sounded in the said areas.

The Brigades also announced that its fighters successfully ambushed three Merkava tanks in a coordinated operation with the al-Qassam Brigades.

The movement detailed that the ambush was planned, utilizing explosive devices and Tandem and RPG anti-tank shells in the al-Qassasib neighborhood, located in the heart of the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip.

Moreover, the Brigades released footage of the Israeli forces' gatherings east of Jabalia camp being pounded with mortar fire.

سرايا القدس تعرض مشاهد من دك مجاهديها بالاشتراك مع فصائل المقاومة لتحشدات الاحتلال شرق مخيم #جباليا بقذائف الهاون.#الميادين #طوفان_الأقصى #سرايا_القدس pic.twitter.com/ZTpTs11SQE

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) October 16, 2024

On its part, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, in cooperation with the Martyr Abdul Qader al-Husseini Brigades, denoted a highly explosive device targeting an Israeli Nimr military vehicle, in the vicinity of the al-Nawras Resort, north of Gaza City. 

The Brigades reported that its fighters engaged with machine guns in intense close-range confrontations with an Israeli infantry unit encircling the al-Na'na' area in the al-Qassasib neighborhood, situated in the center of the Jabalia refugee camp.

The group also shelled a site of Israeli occupation vehicles positioned in the Netzarim axis, southwest of Gaza City, with heavy mortar shells, as well as occupation forces and vehicles in the same position with a 107 rocket.

The al-Aqsa Martyrs published footage documenting the bombing of the occupation forces stationed in Netzarim with two 107 rockets, in cooperation with the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Resistance Committees in Palestine.

#بالفيديو | كتائب #شهداء_الأقصى تعرض مشاهد من قصف قوات العدو الاحتلال المتمركزة في "محور نتساريم" بصاروخين من نوع 107 بالإشتراك مع ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين.#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/5EdvbW0OL9

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) October 16, 2024

Meanwhile, fighters from the al-Asifa Forces, the military wing of the Fatah movement, detonated a highly explosive device targeting an Israeli Merkava tank in the Jabalia camp.

Furthermore, Martyr Omar al-Qassem fighters targeted a concentration of enemy soldiers and vehicles near the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza with a short-range 107mm rocket.

The movement also released footage showcasing its fighters, in collaboration with several Palestinian Resistance factions, actively engaging enemy forces along the advance axis in Jabalia camp.

#بالفيديو | مشاهد من تصدي "قوات الشهيد عمر القاسم" وعدد من فصائل المقاومة الفلسطينية لقوات الاحتلال في محور التقدم في #مخيم_جباليا.#طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/Ewlb5S79kB

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) October 16, 2024

Sirens sounding in envelope settlements 

Meanwhile, Israeli media reported that air raid sirens were activated in the settlement of Mefalsim near the Gaza Strip.

As fighting escalated in both the north and south, Israeli forces confirmed that one soldier was injured in the Gaza Strip, part of a total of 14 soldiers wounded today, with 13 injuries reported on the northern front near Lebanon.

The occupation forces allowed the publication of the killing of a soldier from the 450th ​​Battalion in the ongoing battles in the southern Gaza Strip.