Resistance strikes down tens of Israeli soldiers across Gaza Strip
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Snipers, mortars, explosives, and a minefield cost the Israeli occupation tens of casualties, including 15 deaths in one operation in al-Tuffah.
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Israeli occupation forces stand near a window of a home in al-Tuffah and al-Daraj area of the Gaza Strip, moments before being targeted by al-Qassam Brigades fighters, in Palestine, on January 1, 2024. (Al-Qassam Brigades/Military media)
The Palestinian Resistance continued to confront Israeli occupation forces across the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring multiple soldiers.
Fighters from several Resistance factions conducted exemplary operations that have cost the occupation's military a lot, including heavy casualties, throughout its ground invasion of the Gaza Strip. In December, the occupation expanded its invasion to encompass multiple axes into the central and southern districts of the Gaza Strip.
Even though the Israeli military command pushed a total of seven battalions into Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, it still maintains activity in Gaza City, to the north, specifically in al-Tuffah and al-Daraj neighborhoods. Yet, the Resistance has managed to relentlessly confront Israeli occupation forces, devising ingenious and effective ambushes.
List of January 1, 2024 Operations
Al-Qassam Brigades
Gaza City
On this point, Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades announced at around 7:00 pm (local time) that its fighters targeted a total of 26 Israeli military vehicles, in the last 48 hours, in al-Tuffah and al-Daraj. Just recently, the Brigades' units reported that they had targeted five Israeli occupation vehicles located to the east of al-Tuffah.
The Brigades also launched an attack on a grouping of Israeli forces serving under an armored unit. Fighters launched imported tandem rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) and anti-personnel explosives, confirming casualties among enemy forces.
A sapper unit also set up explosives near the entrance of a tunnel to the east of al-Tuffah, killing and injuring a number of Israeli special forces who had approached the booby-trapped tunnel on Monday. The Brigades also targeted an infantry force that had taken cover in a building in the neighborhood with a locally produced thermobaric RPG, killing and injuring members of the force.
The most significant operation in al-Tuffah was an ambush that targeted an elite Israeli force that had made its way to al-Khalil military site in the area. The Brigades' military media reported that its combat engineers set up a minefield in one of the paths leading to the site, detonating as the elite force reached an optimal position, killing at least 15 soldiers. Multiple Israeli helicopters and rescue teams rushed to the scene of the ambush to transport the killed and wounded soldiers from the site.
The Brigades artillery units also launched a rocket attack on Israeli occupation forces positioned to the east of the neighborhood, highlighting the multiplicity of military options that the Resistance holds.
كتائب #القسام تنشر مشاهد من التحامها مع آليات وجنود الاحتلال الإسرائيلي في حي التفاح والدرج في مدينة #غزة #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/V1y6KSzmZM
— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 1, 2024
Central Gaza Strip
To the south of Gaza City, in al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, an al-Qassam sniper shot dead an Israeli occupation soldier stationed to the east of the camp.
Khan Younis
In Khan Younis, the Brigades targeted three enemy soldiers with an anti-personnel charge to the north of the city. Another group of fighters detonated a booby-trapped tunnel entrance into an Israeli infantry force in al-Qararah to the north of the city of Khan Younis. Sapper units also detonated an explosive-laden building, killing a number of soldiers who had entered it in the same area.
Al-Quds Brigades
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades also announced a number of operations across the axes of confrontations throughout the Gaza Strip. In al-Bureij in the central Gaza Strip, the Brigades targeted an Israeli armored personnel carrier with an imported tandem RPG, while another unit targeted an Israeli D9 armored bulldozer with an RPG.
They also engaged Israeli occupation forces, in al-Tuffah, targeting two Israeli military vehicles with RPGs on Monday afternoon. To the east of the neighborhood, the Birgades targeted an Israeli D9 armored bulldozer with a tandem RPG.
⚡️MUST WATCH: Saraya Al-Quds Brigades (PIJ) published a video showing scenes from the specific operation that targeted IOF command & control sites, set up in the Al-Zaytoun axis.
— Arya - آریا 🇮🇷 (@AryJeay) January 1, 2024
One of Al-Quds’ spectacular videos. pic.twitter.com/j2wdn42je3
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PFLP, DFLP
Among the Brigades confronting the Israeli occupation are the Popular and Democratic Fronts for the Liberation of Palestine, PFLP and DFLP respectively.
The DFLP's National Resistance Brigades announced that one of its snipers shot down Israeli soldiers near the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City. The
On the other hand, the PFLP's Abu Ali Moustapha Brigades announced that its anti-air units targeted an Israeli Apache helicopter with an SA-7 man-portable shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile, to the east of Gaza City.
♦️ بلاغ عسكري / كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى :
— كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى (@kataeb_abuali) January 1, 2024
وحدة الدفاع الجوي لكتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى تستهدف طائرة مروحية للاحتلال من نوع "أباتشي" بصاروخ "سام 7" شرق غزة.#بلاغ_عسكري #طوفان_الأقصى #الإعلام_الحربي pic.twitter.com/RyTjC5vSzR
Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades
In parallel to direct attacks launched by other units and factions of the Palestinian Resistance, al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades' mortar units targeted Israeli occupation forces in the city of Khan Younis, firing concentrated amounts of 120mm mortar shells at the intended targets.
Al-Mujahideen Brigades
Al-Mujahideen Brigades announced that its anti-air unit targeted an Israeli military unmanned aerial vehicle with an SA-7 missile, confirming a direct hit, to the east of al-Shujaiya neighborhood in Gaza City.
The Brigades also announced a notable operation, targeting Israeli occupation forces positioned to the east of Khan Younis with barrages of mortar shells, confirming that Israeli helicopters rushed to the site to evacuate Israeli casualties.
Read more: IOF ambushed in Bureij camp, confrontations in Khan Younis
Israeli media reports on casualties
The occupation's military spokesperson announced the death of one reservist in the northern Gaza Strip, amid relative quiet among authorities regarding the alarming events in al-Tuffah. On the other hand, Israeli media outlets reported on the killing of the reservist while also mentioning that two others were severely injured in the Gaza Strip.
Israeli outlets added that 11 soldiers were also injured alongside the killed soldier, however, they said that the casualties were recorded in Beit Hanoun to the northwest of the Gaza Strip. The accuracy of these reports remains questionable, as the Resistance has not announced any operation in Beit Hanoun on January 1, 2024. The total number of injured individuals reached 17, according to Israeli media, as the Israeli military command continues to impose a blackout on the casualties it suffers during its aggressions.
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