Al-Qassam Brigades confirmed that they destroyed an Israeli troop carrier and tank (Al-Jazeera)
Palestinian resistance factions are waging fierce battles with the occupation forces in several areas in the Gaza Strip, most notably the Zaytoun neighborhood, at a time when Israeli bombing continues, raising the toll of martyrs and wounded to more than 100,000.
The Al-Quds Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement - said that it killed and wounded an Israeli foot force during an ambush in the Al-Taqadum axis in central Khan Yunis.
Before that, Al-Saraya said that it targeted an Israeli military vehicle with an RPG shell in southern Gaza, noting that it bombed with mortar shells the occupation crowds in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood, southeast of Gaza.
The Al-Quds Brigades also reported that its fighters bombed sites where occupation vehicles and soldiers were gathered south and east of Gaza City in the center of the Strip with 60-caliber mortar shells, as battles intensified in the area.
The brigades confirmed that they had placed two Israeli Merkava tanks in a tight ambush in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City in the central Strip.
It added that it bombed a gathering of occupation soldiers and vehicles with mortar shells east of the Central Governorate.
For its part, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades - the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) - said that its fighters targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an "Al-Yassin 105" shell southwest of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City.
In a statistic of its daily operations, its fighters destroyed an Israeli troop carrier with an “Al-Yassin 105” shell in the Sheikh Nasser area in the city of Khan Yunis, leaving its crew dead and wounded.
The Al-Qassam Brigades added that its fighters targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an “Al-Yassin 105” shell in the Al-Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City, and an Israeli special force that was stationed in a house in the Al-Amal neighborhood, west of Khan Yunis, with an anti-fortification TPG shell.
The Al-Qassam Brigades also confirmed that its fighters, along with the Mujahideen Brigades, bombed a gathering of occupation forces south of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza City with mortar shells and clashed with members of the force with machine guns, leaving them dead and wounded.
An unattainable goal
On the other hand, the Israeli occupation army said that it destroyed the path of a tunnel recently found under the city of Khan Yunis, which extends for more than a kilometer and is considered part of a strategic and complex ground path, according to the army statement.
The occupation army claimed that the tunnel was used by Hamas officials to conduct combat operations, noting that it clashed with Palestinian militants who were inside it.
However, this announcement by the occupying army coincided with what the American newspaper “The New York Times” reported, citing Israeli security officials, that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s goal of destroying the Hamas movement “is still elusive.”
The newspaper also quoted the commander of the Israeli "Nahal" Brigade as saying, "We did not completely defeat Hamas in northern Gaza, and we must do more there."
These field developments come in light of the continued Israeli bombing of various areas in Gaza.
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip announced the death of 104 Palestinians as a result of 10 massacres committed by the occupation forces within 24 hours.
The Gaza Health Ministry stated that the number of martyrs rose to 29,514 martyrs, while the number of wounded reached 69,616 since last October 7.
Source: Al Jazeera