Resistance ambush Israeli unit in Khan Younis, confirmed casualties
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Al-Quds Brigades says its Resistance fighters ambushed an Israeli unit operating near central Gaza using heavy machine guns and explosive shells.
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A fighter of al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, stands alongside a multiple launch system housing Boraq-40 rockets during a military parade celebrating the movement's 36th anniversary, Gaza, Palestine, October 4, 2023. (AFP)
The Palestinian Resistance continues to confront the invading Israeli forces in several combat zones in the Gaza Strip, with intense battles occurring in the cities of Rafah and Khan Younis amid ongoing Israeli attempts to establish set positions and advance.
According to Al Mayadeen's correspondent, Resistance fighters are engaged in fierce confrontations with occupation forces on the eastern outskirts of Rafah and Khan Younis.
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The Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, announced that its fighters had set up a well-planned ambush for an Israeli force in the Ma'an area in Khan Younis, resulting in casualties among its members.
The Brigades detailed that upon the force's arrival at the ambush site, its fighters opened heavy machine gun fire at the advancing unit and targeted it with several anti-personnel and anti-armor shells.
Additionally, the Resistance group said it had targeted an Israeli army command and control center in central Khan Younis with heavy mortar shells.
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East of the province, in the town of Abasan al-Kabira, the Brigades stated that its fighters confronted an Israeli occupation force operation in the area.
Meanwhile, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades said its fighters had engaged in heavy battles with Israeli soldiers and advancing military vehicles east of Khan Yunis.
566 Israeli soldiers killed since October 7: Israeli media
Earlier today, the Israeli occupation military confirmed that two of its soldiers were killed during battles in southern Gaza, raising the number of its killed troops since October 7 to 566.
Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth also reported last week that the Israeli occupation military has treated about 13,000 injured troops since October 7.
As a portion of the injured were discharged after receiving treatments, 2,830 troops remain in hospitals in ongoing treatment, the newspaper mentioned, some in serious condition.
