[News] Zionists Fail to ‘Cleanse’ Northern Gaza: Resistance Is Hunting the Occupiers

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Zionists Fail to ‘Cleanse’ Northern Gaza: Resistance Is Hunting the
Occupiers January 5, 2024 <https://orinocotribune.com/2024/01/>
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[image: Palestinian Resistance fighters from Al-Quds Brigades operate a
mortar in January, 2024. Photo: Saraya Al-Quds Telegram Channel.]

Palestinian Resistance fighters from Al-Quds Brigades operate a mortar in
January, 2024. Photo: Saraya Al-Quds Telegram Channel.

Two weeks after the occupation army began withdrawing from many areas in
northern Gaza, the momentum of the ground operations has shifted to the
eastern neighborhoods of Gaza City (Haraat al-Daraj and Al-Tuffah), and the
central camps (Al-Maghazi, Al-Bureij, and Al-Nuseirat), alongside the major
operation occurring in the city of Khan Yunis in the southern part of the
Gaza Strip. Resistance in the northern regions does not seem inclined to
allow a peaceful repositioning of the occupation forces, as over the past
two weeks, the Resistance continued to carry out impactful operations that
targeted “Israeli” tanks in their new positions.

For instance, from Tuesday (January 2) night to Wednesday morning, the
resistance engaged in five clashes at different contact points. These
operations forced the occupation army to return to the neighborhoods of
Al-Tawam and Jabalia Al-Balad <https://t.me/PalestineResist/24799>, in
order to prevent the Resistance from reaching the occupation force’s
sleeping quarters and camps on the eastern and western outskirts of the
northern strip. In the past five days alone, the zionist entity has daily
reported dozens of its soldiers killed and injured.

In Al-Tuffah and Haraat al-Daraj, it is evident how closely the resistance
is predicting the occupation force’s behavior. Videos aired by both
the Al-Qassam
Brigades <https://t.me/qassam1brigades/1180> and the Al-Quds Brigades
<https://t.me/sarayaps/17137> not only display the Resistance fighters’
proficiency and bravery in confronting invading soldiers and tanks, but
also how they humiliate an enemy that is armed with the most advanced in
mechanized vehicles and tanks. Within a distance of 10 meters, a resistance
fighter armed with anti-tank weaponry calmly waits for orders to launch
Yassin-105 shells at the most opportune time. The most prominent theme at
this stage of the war appears to be the powerful imagery, where the
Resistance showcases daily an impressive array of field performances,
meticulously depicted in what seems like footage captured by professional
cameras.

As for the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the peak of the conflict at the
moment and the most intense battleground, the occupation has deployed about
300 tanks and a considerable number of special forces. Despite more than 30
days passing since the commencement of the attack there, where the
occupation’s tanks penetrated deep into the eastern and western regions of
Khan Younis, the resistance has not been pushed out of the territory.
Instead, resistance fighters emerge between alleys and buildings, and from
the balconies of houses, surprising occupation soldiers from point-blank
range, executing their tasks with an extreme level of professionalism and
calm nerves before disappearing.

Throughout its ground operation in that area, the occupation has been
unable to assert total control. It failed to conduct foot patrols to sweep
through homes, as is typically expected in any ground incursion, and
inadequately reinforced the less fortified areas inside the city. Even at
the Abu Oreiban site that houses occupation soldiers south of Al-Zaytoun,
which is heavily protected by the occupation’s earthen barricades and
swarmed with surveillance and espionage cameras, Al-Quds Brigades executed a
qualitative missile and artillery attack <https://t.me/sarayaps/17128>.
Resistance fighters launched dozens of 107 mm guided missiles from openings
they had carved into a residential building opposite the site.
Additionally, they bombarded it with rockets, artillery, and accurate
mortar shells from various locations.

In summary, we can estimate that since the start of the ground operation,
the Resistance has destroyed over 1000 army vehicles of the occupation and
still maintains control of the battlefield. The Resistance holds the reins
because no front has collapsed, and no faction has been defeated. Amidst
all this, the so-called “cleansing” operation conducted by the zionist
forces in fiercely resistant areas like Beit Hanoun, Jabalia, Sheikh
Radwan, and Shuja’iyya resembles what any physician who disregards their
professional oath would do: superficially treating wounds without care.
Thus, the occupation is forced to retreat from areas of the Strip that it
occupied, burdened by the disappointment of continued field ineffectiveness
and the weight of the blood of innocent Palestinians.

(Al-Akhbar
<https://al-akhbar.com/Palestine/374848/%D9%88%D9%87%D9%85-%D8%AA%D8%B7%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%BA%D8%B2%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%85%D8%A9-%D9%85%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A8-%D8%B5%D8%A9-%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%88>)
by Yousef Fares

Translation: Orinoco Tribune

OT/DZ/SC

Yousef Fares

Yousef Fares is a Palestinian reporter in Gaza. He is an author at
Al-Akhbar News and he regularly posts updates on his telegram channel.
<https://t.me/youseffares19>
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