[News] Palestinian Resistance upscales operations while tracking IOF plots

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Palestinian Resistance upscales operations while tracking IOF plots
Al Mayadeen English - October 13, 2023
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Gaza Resistance forces launch a barrage of rockets and several drones
toward Ben Gurion airports and Israeli occupation settlements and forces.
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   - [image: Members of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, the Hamas
   military wing, attend a memorial for Mohamed Zouari in the southern Gaza
   Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017 (AFP)]
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   Resistance fighters from Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades attend a memorial for
   Mohamed Zouari in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on January 31, 2017
   (*AFP*)

Hamas' military wing Al-Qassam Brigades announced on Friday targeting Ben
Gurion airport in "Tel Aviv" with a barrage of rockets in response to "the
forced displacement and targeting of unarmed civilians" by the Israeli
occupation army in Gaza.

The Resistance group also declared the targeting of an Israeli military
gathering in "Kfar Saad" settlement in Gaza's Envelope with two kamikaze
drones of the recently unveiled Zouari type.

Additionally, Al-Qassam said it had launched fifty rockets toward the
"Sderot" settlement and 150 rockets toward "Ashkelon".

Furthermore, the Brigades fired three Metabar air defense missiles at an
Israeli drone over Khan Yunis.

For their part, Palestinian Islamic Jihad's Al-Quds Brigades announced
targeting the occupied city of Bir Al-Sabi' with a barrage of rockets in
response to the ongoing Israeli aggression on civilians in Gaza.

*Read more: Tally of 6 days of Israeli aggression on Gaza, death toll up to
1,354
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/tally-of-6-days-of-israeli-aggression-on-gaza-death-toll-up>*

Israeli *Channel 12* reported on Friday that since the beginning of
Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, "over 1000 rockets have been fired at Ashkelon."
The repeated targeting of the settlement comes after Al-Qassam's military
spokesperson Abu Obeida warned "Asheklon" settlers earlier this week to
evacuate the settlement, vowing that the Resistance will continue to rain
rockets on it until the Israeli occupation army stops targeting civilians
in Gaza to forcefully displace them.

As the operation entered its seventh day, Israeli casualties are still on
the rise, recording 1,500 deaths and 3,400 injuries in the latest update.
On the same note, the Israeli military spokesperson announced that 120
Israeli families were informed that a relative of theirs was captured
during the operation by the Resistance.

On the frontlines, Israeli media reported three incidents happening
concurrently on Friday morning: suspected infiltration from "Zikim" beach,
suspected drone infiltration in a settlement in Gaza's envelope, and
shooting inside "Ashkelon".

Suffering significant battle defeats, the Israeli occupation entity seems
to be moving toward deciding to launch a ground invasion of Gaza. Hundreds
of thousands of Israeli reserve forces have been mobilized so far, while
Israeli media are reporting that the majority of forces are heading to
sites near Gaza.

*Read more: Factcheck: 'Israel' has no information on Hamas murdering
babies
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/factcheck:-israel-has-no-information-on-hamas-murdering-babi>*

This comes as the Israeli occupation army carried out its most brutal
attacks since last Saturday on besieged Gaza throughout Thursday night and
gave around 1.1 million Palestinians
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israel-gives-ultimatum-for-evacuation-then-intensifies-bombi>
in the Strip 24 hours starting Friday morning to evacuate the area. The UN
warned that this move is "impossible" and will further worsen the already
devastating situation.

However, Al-Qassam has warned the Israelis against such an action.

Commenting on emerging reports of an Israeli land assault, Al-Qassam
Spokesperson Abu Obeida said, "If [Israel] dares to enter Gaza, we will
crush its army
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/resistance-to-crush-israel-if-it-sets-foot-in-gaza:-abu-obei>
."

"Al-Qassam Brigades is in control of the course of the battle, and we
underline our preparedness in terms of defense. Our military infrastructure
and armament enable us to efficiently defend ourselves."

After the Resistance succeeded in maintaining control over several
settlements and land routes connecting their positions with Gaza, settlers
still residing in settlements up to 4 km from Gaza were asked by the
Israeli occupation army to stay in fortified places.

*Read more: Israelis mulling 'Leningrad approach' in Gaza: Seymour Hersh
report
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israelis-mulling-leningrad-approach-in-gaza:-seymour-hersh-r>*

Earlier today, Israeli media admitted that "despite all the airstrikes,
what we see today is not a significant military achievement
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-media-admit-no-achievements-settlers-grow-more-infur>,"
indicating that "what we see is not a significant impact on Hamas’ military
capabilities."

Israeli newspaper *Haaretz *reported that "Israel adopted a new concept
instead of the old one, but it will also fail," adding that "Israel made a
mistake in dealing with Hamas."

Further criticizing the entity's performance, the news outlet pointed out
that the slogan "the war against Hamas as if it were the ISIS organization"
is a false slogan and definitely not a strategy.

*Read more: Any ground invasion into Gaza would be perilous for "Israel":
Report
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/any-ground-invasion-into-gaza-would-be-perilous-for-israel:>*
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