[News] Gaza resistance targets Israeli settlements for eighth consecutive day

[Anti-Imperialist News]

 Gaza resistance targets Israeli settlements for eighth consecutive day

After more than a year of genocide, Palestinian resistance groups in Gaza
are refilling their ranks and continue to deal heavy blows to the invading
army

News Desk <https://thecradle.co/authors/news-desk-9>

JAN 3, 2025 -
https://thecradle.co/articles/gaza-resistance-targets-israeli-settlements-for-eighth-consecutive-day
(Photo Credit: Reuters)

Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza launched multiple missile and
rocket attacks
<https://www.timesofisrael.com/rocket-from-gaza-impacts-near-nir-am-as-air-force-pounds-hamas-targets-across-strip/>
on Israeli troops and settlements on 3 January, setting off alarms in
nearby Jewish communities for the first time in nearly one year.

Hamas's military wing, the Qassam Brigades, announced
<https://www.almayadeen.net/news/politics/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AA%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%84-%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%AF-%D8%A5%D8%B7%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82-%D8%B5%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AE%D9%8A%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%86-%D8%B4%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%A7%D8%B9---%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84>
the successful launch of a surface-to-air missile (SAM) at an Israeli
Apache helicopter east of the Al-Bureij camp in central Gaza in cooperation
with fighters of the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades – the military wing of
the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC).

The Palestinian attack activated air raid sirens at Kibbutz Beeri
<https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-10/ty-article/.premium/israeli-military-finds-serious-flaws-in-troops-conduct-during-beeri-battles-on-october-7/00000190-9965-d3c0-a7b0-f96587ec0000>,
a settlement overrun by Hamas fighters on 7 October 2023 that became the
site of a large-scale Israeli massacre
<https://thecradle.co/articles/western-media-ignores-israeli-confirmation-of-hannibal-directive-on-7-oct>
of their people.

“The last time there was a siren in Beeri following rocket fire from Gaza
was in March, almost 10 months ago. Since then, an alarm has sounded in the
evacuated kibbutz only once, during the Iranian attack in early October,”
Hebrew daily *Yedioth Ahronoth *reported
<https://www.ynetnews.com/article/s1xri8bi1x> on Friday.

A few hours later, two rockets were launched from north Gaza, targeting the
Israeli city of Sderot. “One projectile fell adjacent to the community of
Nir Am, and the second projectile fell in an open area,” the Israeli army
announced.

The operations marked the eighth
<https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/five-rockets-fired-from-gaza-at-sderot-two-intercepted/>
consecutive day of Palestinian attacks targeting nearby Israeli
settlements. They also come as the US-sponsored ethnic cleansing campaign
of Gaza approaches its 15th month.

Resistance operations targeting the invading forces have also persisted
inside the enclave, including the devastated north. On Friday evening, the
Qassam Brigades reported the destruction of several Israeli Merkava tanks
in Jabalia.

The military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
(DFLP), the Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces, also launched mortar attacks on
Israeli troops gathered at the Civil Administration site east of Jabalia's
refugee camp.

Reports in Israeli media have confirmed that the Palestinian resistance in
Gaza is “making a substantial comeback
<https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-835754>” by recruiting new
forces after more than a year of genocide.

More than 70 people were killed by the Israeli army in Gaza since dawn on
Friday as the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu moves forward
undeterred with its extermination
<https://thecradle.co/articles/netzarim-corridor-commander-led-campaign-to-halt-aid-flatten-conquer-gaza-report>
plans.

“The Israeli occupation committed eight massacres against families in the
Gaza Strip, resulting in 77 martyrs and 145 injuries arriving at hospitals
during the past 24 hours,” Gaza's health ministry announced.

Besides dropping more than 85,000 tons
<https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20241107-israel-dropped-over-85000-tons-of-bombs-on-gaza/>
of explosives in the enclave, Tel Aviv is also blocking the delivery of
humanitarian aid and has systematically targeted Gaza's crumbling healthcare
<https://thecradle.co/articles/rights-groups-sound-alarm-over-forced-disappearance-of-gaza-hospital-director>
system.

“The destruction of the healthcare system in Gaza, and the extent of
killing of patients, staff, and other civilians in these attacks, is a
direct consequence of the disregard of international humanitarian and human
rights law,” a damning UN report published on 31 December states.

As the massacres continue, Hamas announced on Friday night that indirect
negotiations on a ceasefire in Gaza “will resume today in Doha.”

“Our seriousness and our efforts to reach an agreement as soon as possible,
which achieves the aspirations and goals of our people, the most important
of which is stopping the aggression,” the group said.
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