Resistance defends against Rafah invasion, fires large rocket barrages
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Palestinian Resistance fighters continue to confront invading Israeli forces in the southernmost city of Rafah, following 214 days of the war on Gaza.
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Barrages of 114 mm are launched from the Gaza Strip, Palestine, during a promotional video for the 114 mm Rajoum Multiple Rocket Launcher, on an unspecified date. (Al-Qassam Brigades/Military Media)
The Palestinian Resistance continues to confront invading Israeli occupation forces and launch rocket attacks on envelope settlements and military sites, amid a recent invasion of Rafah in the southernmost Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades announced that its fighters targeted Israeli occupation soldiers and military vehicles near the al-Shoka neighborhood, to the east of Rafah, with a barrage of 107 mm rockets and several 120 mm mortar shells.
In the same area, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fighters targeted enemy forces with heavy-caliver mortar shells.
As for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, the group targeted groupings of Israeli occupation soldiers to the east of Rafah with 114 mm locally-produced Rajoum rockets. Utilizing the same Multiple Rocket Launcher and mortar rounds, al-Qassam fighters targeted occupation forces at the Karem Abu Salem military site.
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (DFLP) National Resistance Brigades fired several rockets toward Israeli occupation forces who launched an incursion toward the Rafah border crossing.
As for direct ground operations, al-Qassam Brigades engaged an Israeli Merkava tank with a locally-produced tandem rocket-propelled grenade (al-Yassin) in the al-Shoka neighborhood. As a result, the tanks were destroyed and were caught up in flames, while al-Qassam fighters engaged occupation soldiers who retreated toward a building in the neighborhood.
Concurrently, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP) Martyr Abu Ali Moustapha Brigades fired a large barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells at Israeli occupation forces positioned on the Netzarim Axis, which splits the northern Gaza Strip from the rest of the besieged territory.
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Resistance continues to launch rocket attacks on Gaza Envelope
As for rocket launch operations targeting occupation soldiers and settlements outside the Gaza Strip, al-Quds Brigades fired several barrages of rockets that targeted envelope settlements and Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak.
Al-Qassam Brigades launched its own attack on the Re'im Military Base to the east of Rafah.
As a result of these attacks, sirens went off in Ein HaShlosha, Kissufim, and Reim, as well as Deke Avshalom, Yated, Sdeh Avraham, and Holit.
According to Israeli media outlets, these barrages were composed of at least 30 rockets, one of the largest salvos launched by the Resistance in recent weeks toward occupation settlements.
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