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Resistance targets IOF vehicles in Gaza, Israeli settlements

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  • 5 Jan 2024 06:22
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Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza has confirmed that the resistance persists in fierce confrontations and strategically positions the occupation forces in tight ambushes.

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  •  Al-Qassam Brigades engaged with Israeli occupation forces, strategically positioning themselves alongside military vehicles on one of the battlefronts in Gaza City. (Military Media of the Al-Qassam Brigades)
    Al-Qassam Brigades engaged with Israeli occupation forces in confrontations, strategically positioning themselves alongside military vehicles on one of the battlefronts in Gaza City. (Military Media of the Al-Qassam Brigades)

Al Mayadeen's correspondent in Gaza has reported that the resistance is involved in intense confrontations with the occupation forces, who are advancing on multiple fronts in the Gaza Strip, particularly in the central and southern regions. This occurs as "Israel" seeks to make advancements, with confirmed reports of explosions resonating in various areas of the central governorate of the Gaza Strip.

The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, has confirmed the destruction of an Israeli Merkava tank waste east of al-Maghazi in the central Gaza Strip. Additionally, the resistance fighters successfully detonated an explosive device in Israeli occupation forces stationed in a house north of the Nuseirat camp in the middle of the Gaza Strip.

Similarly, Al-Qassam targeted a gathering of occupation vehicles and soldiers in the Bureij refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip with heavy-caliber mortar shells. They also successfully detonated an anti-personnel device within an Israeli force stationed inside a building in the Al-Mughraqa area in the center of the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, they confirmed the destruction of the forces assembled in the same area with mortar shells, according to the military media of the Al-Qassam Brigades.

IOF raid Khan Younis

Similarly, Al-Qassam targeted a gathering of occupation vehicles and soldiers in the Bureij refugee camp in the center of the Gaza Strip with heavy-caliber mortar shells. They also successfully detonated an anti-personnel device within an Israeli force stationed inside a building in the Al-Mughraqa area in the center of the Gaza Strip. Furthermore, they confirmed the destruction of the forces assembled in the same area with mortar shells, according to the military media of the Al-Qassam Brigades.

The Al-Qassam Brigades destroyed a gathering of occupation vehicles and soldiers in the city of Khan Younis using mortar shells.

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Regarding the war zones in Gaza City, the resistance fights of the al-Qassam Brigades targeted a group of occupation soldiers near one of the Israeli vehicles advancing into the al-Tuffah neighborhood with an RPG shell.

Additionally, they confirmed causing casualties, including fatalities and injuries and also succeeded in destroying a tank using an al-Yassin 105 shell.

In a joint operation announced by al-Qassam, fighters from the brigades, in collaboration with their counterparts in the Al-Quds Brigades, successfully targeted a gathering of occupation forces in the Tuffah neighborhood of Gaza City with mortar shells. Additionally, the brigades targeted another concentration of vehicles and soldiers in the same area, using both mortar shells and short-range rockets.

Al-Qassam Brigades broadcast footage showing its fighters targeting Israeli occupation forces' vehicles and soldiers in the war zones of Gaza City.

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— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 4, 2024

For its part, the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine, declared that it had targeted two Israeli military vehicles with RPG shells east of the Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip.

In a brief statement, the Brigades confirmed that its resistance fighters engaged in fierce confrontations with the Israeli occupation forces in the downtown axis of Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. 

The Al-Quds Brigades claimed responsibility for launching a targeted missile barrage on the occupied city of 'Askalon' and settlements in the vicinity of the northern Gaza Strip. They also shared footage showcasing the missile barrages that targeted the occupied cities, settlement areas, and Zionist military sites. 

#شاهد.. مشاهد من الرشقات الصاروخية التي دكت بها #سرايا_القدس المستوطنات والمواقع العسكرية الصهيونية.#فلسطين #طوفان_الأقصى pic.twitter.com/gkC7b8yNPS

— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 4, 2024

The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades reported multiple operations conducted by its fighters on various fronts in the Gaza Strip. They targeted an Israeli military vehicle with an RPG shell east of the Bureij camp in the center. Additionally, their fighters engaged in intense confrontations with occupation forces on the axis of advancement in the center of the city of Khan Younis in the south.

The Al-Aqsa Brigades took responsibility for targeting occupation tank positions east of the al-Qarara area in Khan Younis. They accomplished this by launching a barrage of 120mm mortar shells and firing a rocket salvo at the northern border of the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening.

The Mujahideen Brigades released footage depicting its fighters targeting an Israeli force stationed in a house in the Beach Camp axis, west of Gaza City, using an anti-personnel missile. The footage confirmed that the targeted attack resulted in significant casualties. Additionally, the scenes showed the Mujahideen Brigades' fighters bombing concentrations of occupation vehicles and soldiers in the advancing axes of Gaza City with missiles.

The National Resistance Brigades, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, issued a concise statement affirming that its fighters aimed missiles at occupation army vehicles in the center of Khan Younis. They verified casualties, including deaths and injuries, among the occupation ranks.

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The resistance brigades released images of an Israeli reconnaissance plane that they successfully shot down. Additionally, they shared pictures of the equipment belonging to an Israeli special force that they ambushed on the northern outskirts, resulting in casualties with members killed and wounded.

It is important to highlight that the reported death toll among Israeli occupation soldiers has reached 175 since the start of the ground invasion into the Gaza Strip and 509 since the start of Operation Al-Asqa Flood. 

Several hours before the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip entered its 91st day, the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that the toll of the aggression had climbed to over 22,500 martyrs who arrived at hospitals and were registered. Additionally, 57,614 individuals were injured since the 7th of October.

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