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Al-Aqsa Flood on its 350th day.. Al-Qassam expects the deaths of soldiers in targeting a force that fortified itself in a house in Rafah
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, continues, for the 350th day of the "Al-Aqsa Flood" battle, to pound the occupation soldiers and target their vehicles on the axes of penetration into the Gaza Strip.
In the latest operations, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, confirmed that it targeted an Israeli force that fortified itself inside a house in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, and killed and wounded its members.
Al-Qassam said today, Friday: "Al-Qassam fighters were able to target a Zionist force that fortified itself inside a house, east of the (Al-Tannour) neighborhood in the city of Rafah, with a "TBG" anti-fortification shell, and an anti-personnel shell, and killed and wounded its members, and a helicopter landing was monitored to evacuate them." She added: "We are engaged in fierce clashes with the enemy forces that have penetrated east of the Tannour neighborhood in Rafah city, south of the Gaza Strip."
In the latest developments, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), broadcasted on Thursday footage of its members targeting a number of occupation army vehicles that had penetrated the vicinity of the telecommunications company west of the Kuwaiti hospital in the city of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, the day before yesterday.
The footage showed a Qassam member preparing a "Shawaz" bomb and planting it on the path of an Israeli "Namer" armored personnel carrier in the area, which led to its detonation in moments.
The clip also showed Qassam members targeting another Israeli armored personnel carrier of the same type, using a (Yassin 105) shell and hitting it directly.
A third armored personnel carrier was targeted using a "Tandem" shell from inside the balcony of one of the buildings in the area.
The Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), also announced the implementation of a complex ambush for a convoy of Israeli occupation vehicles in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip.
Al-Qassam Brigades said in a post that its fighters "confirmed, after returning from the battle lines, that they had ambushed a convoy of Zionist vehicles in the vicinity of the telecommunications company west of the Kuwaiti hospital in the city of Rafah."
It added, "Our fighters were able to blow up a Zionist troop carrier with two Shawaaz bombs, and target two other troop carriers with a Yassin 105 shell and a tandem shell."
Yesterday, the Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, broadcast exclusive footage of the fierce battles with the Israeli occupation army east of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The footage showed an Israeli "Nimr" troop carrier being targeted with a "Yasin 105" anti-tank shell and hitting it directly. It also included targeting a military bulldozer of the type "D9", before one of the Qassam fighters set it on fire after 24 hours.
Before starting that, one of the Qassam field fighters said "Here is Rafah", stressing that the occupation army is unable to withdraw its vehicles from the ambush site.
He added, sending a message to the Israeli army stating that "you will drown in the sands of Rafah", before dedicating the operation to the "Ansar Allah" group (Houthis) and the "Axis of Resistance".
In a separate statement, the Brigades announced that the Qassam fighters were able to target a building in which a large number of occupation soldiers were fortified yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, with a guided missile, which led to the killing and wounding of those inside in the Tal al-Sultan neighborhood west of the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The spokesman for the "Israeli" occupation army admitted this morning, Wednesday, that 4 officers and soldiers were killed and 7 others were wounded in a qualitative ambush carried out by the Palestinian resistance in the ground battles in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip.
The occupation army radio published new details about the ambush in which the Israeli army soldiers fell in Rafah. In the details, she said that "an army force entered a booby-trapped building in the Tel al-Sultan area yesterday, Tuesday, as part of the operations to survey booby-trapped buildings."
She added, "Before the force entered the booby-trapped building, procedures were activated to determine the locations of explosive devices and explosives, but the force failed to uncover the booby-trapped device." She continued, "When the force entered the booby-trapped building, an explosive device exploded, killing 4 soldiers and wounding 5 others with varying injuries."
The Hebrew Channel 12 revealed that among the dead of the occupation army in Rafah was an officer who held the position of deputy commander of a company in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade. Under the "Publication Permitted" section, the Israel Hayom website announced the names of the four soldiers who were killed yesterday, Tuesday, in the Rafah ambush.
They are: Captain Daniel Maimon, (23 years old), deputy company commander in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade, Sergeant. Agam Naim, (20 years old), a medic in the 52nd Battalion, of the Iron Heels Armored Brigade (401). Sergeant Amit Bukhari, (21 years old), a fighter in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade. Sergeant Dotan Shimon, (21 years old), a fighter in the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade.
The Hebrew website confirmed that in the incident in which they were killed, an officer and two soldiers from the Shaked Battalion of the Givati Brigade were seriously wounded.
Two other fighters were moderately wounded, and an officer from the Givati Reconnaissance Unit was seriously wounded by RPG fire. The wounded fighters were evacuated to receive medical treatment in a hospital, according to what their families were informed. Yesterday, Tuesday, the Hebrew media revealed that the occupation soldiers were subjected to a "difficult" ambush in the Rafah battles, and a number of occupation aircraft carried out evacuation operations in several stages.
According to what was published by Hebrew sources, 713 officers and soldiers from the occupation army have been killed since October 7, including 343 officers and soldiers in the ground battles in the Gaza Strip.