Resistance confronts IOF in Khan Younis, Israeli losses reported
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Al-Qassam Brigades targeted two gatherings of Israeli soldiers barricaded inside two houses with anti-fortifications TBG shells, leaving them dead and wounded.
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A documented sniper attack on the Israeli occupation forces in the Al-Zaytun neighborhood, east of Gaza City (Al-Qassam brigades military media)
The Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip continues to engage in violent confrontations against the occupation forces, especially in Khan Younis and the al-Zaytun neighborhood, and Israeli losses are projected to increase nearly five months into the war.
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, confirmed that its fighters engaged the IOF inside a house with machine guns and RPG shells, killing 4 Israeli forces and wounding the rest, in the Al-Hawuz area, west of the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
In the same area, al-Qassam Brigades targeted two gatherings of IOF groups of occupation soldiers barricaded inside two houses with anti-fortified TBG shells, leaving them dead and wounded.
The brigades targeted an Israeli tank in the al-Hawoz area with a Shawaz explosive device.
As for the west of the al-Amal neighborhood, in the city of Khan Yunis, Al-Qassam engaged two Israeli vehicles and an Israeli troop carrier with an Al-Yasin 105 anti-armor charge.
The brigades' military media published scenes documenting the brigades' fighters confronting the IOF in the al-Zaytun neighborhood.
In the southern part of Gaza City, heavy confrontations took place, according to sources in the Palestinian Resistance who spoke to Al Mayadeen on Wednesday.
The sources indicated that the Resistance targeted Israeli tanks with anti-tank weapons, forcing them to halt their advancement at the intersection of al-Dawlah and the outskirts of Street 8.
As for Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the group revealed in a statement that its fighters engaged in fierce confrontation with occupation soldiers and vehicles using machine guns and RPG shells.
The Brigades said that they detonated an Asef explosive device in an Israeli military vehicle right before targeting it with an RPG. Al-Aqsa Martyrs also confirmed targeting a gathering of occupation soldiers and military vehicles with several mortar shells and short-range rockets.
For its part, the Mujahideen Brigades said they were confronting occupation forces in the neighborhood, confirming that they had achieved direct hits.
Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades’ military media published scenes documenting the brigades’ mujahideen confronting the occupation forces penetrating the Al-Zaytun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza City.
كتائب القسام تنشر: مشاهد لتصدّيها لقوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي المتوغّلة في حيّ الزيتون شرق مدينة #غزة #فلسطين_المحتلة #طوفان_الأقصى #الميادين pic.twitter.com/P1J6SVUVql
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) February 21, 2024
In turn, the al-Quds Brigades, the Islamic Jihad Movement's military wing, reported that they were fighting fiercely with IOF utilizing machine guns on the front lines of the offensive in Khan Younis.
Its militants also used regular 60 mm mortar bombs to damage IOF gatherings and vehicles in the Al-Zaytun area, southeast of Gaza City. South of the area, the Al-Quds Brigades used mortar rounds to target Israeli gatherings.
The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, said its soldiers blew up two Israeli anti-tank vehicles in Khan Younis using two explosive devices, resulting in direct deaths.
In addition, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades used RPG rounds to strike six Israeli vehicles in Khan Younis.
In the Zaytun area, the brigades engaged in violent confrontations with occupation troops using different weapons, injuring them directly while attempting to advance.
مشاهد من استهداف مجاهدي #سرايا_القدس لجنود وآليات العدو الإسرائيلي غرب #غزة #فلسطين_المحتلة #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/hceft4aNtP
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) February 18, 2024
As for the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, it announced that it targeted an Israeli vehicle with a Tandem shell in the al-Zaytun neighborhood, causing physical damage.
In addition, al-Aqsa Martyrs confirmed that its fighters were able to snipe a member of the IOF, who was directly wounded, at a fighting axis east of Gaza.
For its part, the National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, engaged in violent confrontations with the IOF in both Khan Younis and the al-Zaytun neighborhood, where they fired RPG shells against the invading Israeli tanks.
The Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, in turn, targeted the occupation vehicles and soldiers, east of the Eastern Cemetery, in the northern Gaza Strip, with mortar shells.
In the Al-Zaytun neighborhood, the Mujahideen Brigades and Al-Qassam Brigades targeted the gatherings of invading Israeli forces with a barrage of mortar shells, where occupation aircraft were spotted transporting the dead and wounded from the site of the targeting.
Following this announcement, the Mujahideen Brigades published scenes documenting the operation.
#شاهد .. مشاهد من عملية استهداف مجاهدي كتائب المجاهدين وكتائب القسام لقوات العدو الصهيوني المتوغلة في حي الزيتون جنوب شرق مدينة غزة ومن ثم رصد لطائرات العدو تجلي القتلى والجرحى في مكان الاستهداف.. #طوفان_الأقصى #الميادين pic.twitter.com/e6zCPyuUHD
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) February 21, 2024
In another joint operation, the al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades and the Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades detonated a barrel bomb on an Israeli military vehicle, west of Khan Younis, destroying it and leaving its troops dead and wounded.
In addition, the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades and the Al-Quds Brigades targeted a gathering of occupation vehicles and forces, east of Jabalia, in the northern Gaza Strip, with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells.
The Al-Quds Brigades also announced targeting a gathering of Israeli vehicles and fighters, behind the Eastern Cemetery, east of Jabalia, with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells.
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