Resistance confront Israeli forces at Deir al-Balah


8 Jun 2024

Source: Al Mayadeen

Footage shows Al-Qassam targeting occupation vehicles and bombarding them with mortar shells in southern Rafah (Military Media)

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By Al Mayadeen English

While the Israeli forces remain tight-lipped about their losses and impose strict censorship, information and documented footage released by the resistance in Gaza confirm their casualties.

Palestinian sources on Friday reported intense clashes erupting between Palestinian resistance and Israeli forces in the Qishta neighborhood and Halal Market, west of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. The battles coincided with intense fighting unfolding in the Yabna refugee camp in Rafah.

Reporting on the war’s events, Al-Qassam Brigades targeted an Israeli Merkava 4 tank using a Yassin 105 shell near the Awadallah junction in the Yabna camp.

In the eastern part of Deir al-Balah, Al-Qassam struck a fortified Israeli infrastructure using a TBG shell, resulting in casualties among the Israeli forces.

Al-Qassam released footage showing their fighters engaging in direct combat with Israeli forces infiltrating eastern Deir al-Balah.

In turn, the Al-Quds Brigades reported targeting the headquarters of the Israeli army’s Gaza Division, located in the Ra’im site, using a salvo of rockets.

They further reported targeting several military vehicles breaching the Palestinian-Egyptian border west of Rafah with a barrage of heavy-caliber mortar shells.

They targeted enemy positions on the supply line in the Netzarim axis, located south of Tel al-Hawa, west of Gaza City, with mortar shells.

The Brigades’ military press released footage of their shelling of the occupied city of Ashdod and Israeli positions near the Netzarim axis, south of Gaza City.

On their part, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades reported targeting military vehicles with mortar shells in eastern Deir al-Balah.

In the eastern part of the Al-Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza, the brigades pounded Israeli forces with several mortar shells.

They also targeted the Israeli command and control headquarters positioned at the Netzarim axis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.

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In turn, the Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, bombarded Israeli forces stationed at the Netzarim axis with heavy-caliber mortar shells.

The Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, targeted an Israeli infantry patrol in the Sultan neighborhood, west of Rafah, with an anti-personnel RPG shell.

Meanwhile, in the southeastern part of Gaza City, its fighters managed to seize an Israeli Sky Lark reconnaissance drone while it was conducting reconnaissance missions.

The Mujahideen Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, documented their rocket barrage targeting the Israeli ‘Third Eye’ outpost.

The Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, also shared footage of their bombardment of Israeli forces with mortar shells, in coordination with the Al-Qassam Brigades.

While the resistance continues to repel Israeli forces, the Israeli forces on Thursday admitted to the deaths of two soldiers among its ranks in southern Gaza.

Israeli news sources clarified that one of the killed soldiers belonged to the Givati Brigade and was killed during an exchange of fire with a group that infiltrated from Gaza into the other side of the separation line, near the Kerem Shalom crossing.

Israeli media further reported the death of a soldier due to an explosive device detonation in a tunnel in Rafah.

Meanwhile, the Al-Qassam Brigades reported carrying out a “behind the lines” operation, enabling militants to breach the Israeli separation fence in Rafah and attack the headquarters of the occupying brigade.

On a related note, the Al-Qassam Brigades reported detonating a booby-trapped tunnel on an Israeli foot force of 5 soldiers, eliminating the force near Tel Zoarab, west of Rafah.

While the occupation remains tight-lipped about its losses and imposes strict censorship on them, information and documented footage released by the resistance in Gaza confirm that its casualties and injuries are much greater than officially announced.

Read more: Al-Qassam infiltrates ‘enemy lines’, IOF admit 2 soldiers killed

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