[News] Resistance defends against Rafah invasion, fires large rocket barrages

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 Resistance defends against Rafah invasion, fires large rocket barrages

   - By Al Mayadeen English -
   https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/resistance-defends-against-rafah-invasion--fires-large-rocke
   - Source: Palestinian Resistance - Military Media - May 7, 2024

Palestinian Resistance fighters continue to confront invading Israeli
forces in the southernmost city of Rafah, following 214 days of the war on
Gaza.

The Palestinian Resistance continues to confront invading Israeli
occupation forces and launch rocket attacks on envelope settlements and
military sites, amid a recent invasion of Rafah in the southernmost Gaza
Strip.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's (PIJ) al-Quds Brigades announced that its
fighters targeted Israeli occupation soldiers and military vehicles near
the al-Shoka neighborhood, to the east of Rafah, with a barrage of 107 mm
rockets and several 120 mm mortar shells.

In the same area, al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades fighters targeted enemy forces
with heavy-caliver mortar shells.

As for Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades, the group targeted groupings of Israeli
occupation soldiers to the east of Rafah with 114 mm locally-produced Rajoum
rockets
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/gazas-homegrown-weapons:-how-hamas-pij-left-israel-in-shambl#:~:text=Al%2DQassam%20unveils%20Rajoum%20MRL>.
Utilizing the same Multiple Rocket Launcher and mortar rounds, al-Qassam
fighters targeted occupation forces at the Karem Abu Salem military site.

The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (DFLP) National
Resistance Brigades fired several rockets toward Israeli occupation forces
who launched an incursion toward the Rafah border crossing.

As for direct ground operations, al-Qassam Brigades engaged an Israeli
Merkava tank with a locally-produced tandem rocket-propelled grenade
(al-Yassin) in the al-Shoka neighborhood. As a result, the tanks were
destroyed and were caught up in flames, while al-Qassam fighters engaged
occupation soldiers who retreated toward a building in the neighborhood.

Concurrently, the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP)
Martyr Abu Ali Moustapha Brigades fired a large barrage of heavy-caliber
mortar shells at Israeli occupation forces positioned on the Netzarim Axis
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/palestinian-rockets-pummel-netzarim--envelope-settlements>,
which splits the northern Gaza Strip from the rest of the besieged
territory.

*Read more: IOF invasion of Rafah results in halt of passenger and aid
traffic
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-invasion-of-rafah-results-in-halt-of-passenger-and-aid-t>*
Resistance continues to launch rocket attacks on Gaza Envelope

As for rocket launch operations targeting occupation soldiers and
settlements outside the Gaza Strip, al-Quds Brigades fired several barrages
of rockets that targeted envelope settlements and Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak.

Al-Qassam Brigades launched its own attack on the Re'im Military Base to
the east of Rafah.

As a result of these attacks, sirens went off in Ein HaShlosha, Kissufim,
and Reim, as well as Deke Avshalom, Yated, Sdeh Avraham, and Holit.

According to Israeli media outlets, these barrages were composed of at
least 30 rockets, one of the largest salvos launched by the Resistance in
recent weeks toward occupation settlements.
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