[News] Abu Obeida threatens more Israeli losses after Beit Hanoun operation

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Abu Obeida threatens more Israeli losses after Beit Hanoun operation
Al Mayadeen English
July 8, 2025
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Al-Qassam spokesperson Abu Obeida detailed that the Beit Hanoun operation
dealt a significant blow to the Israeli military’s prestige, warning of
further losses and potential future captures as the war of attrition in
Gaza escalates.

   - [image: The spokesperson of the al-Qassam brigades, the military wing
   of Hamas, Abu Obeida during a video address (Al-Qassam Military Media)]
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   The spokesperson of the al-Qassam brigades, the military wing of Hamas, Abu
   Obeida during a video address, undated. (Al-Qassam Military Media)

The complex operation in Beit Hanoun, which targeted an area the occupation
forces believed to be empty after completely leveling it, dealt a significant
blow to the prestige of the Israeli military
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--on-blast-as-media-exposes-report-discrepancies-in-g>,
said Abu Obeida, spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing
of Hamas.

In a statement published on Telegram on Tuesday, Abu Obeida added that the
war of attrition being waged by Resistance fighters across the Gaza Strip,
from north to south, continues to inflict daily losses on the Israeli
occupation.

"Our fighters launched their attack from the very ruins the occupation
believed were devoid of life," Abu Obeida stated, adding, "The war of
attrition our fighters are fighting across the entire Gaza Strip, from the
North to the South, will continue to cost the enemy more losses by the day."

He also warned that even if the occupation previously managed to extract
its soldiers from what he described as "the inferno", it would not succeed
again, alluding to the potential for more Israeli soldiers to be captured
in future confrontations.

Directly addressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu Obeida
said the decision to keep occupation forces inside Gaza was "the most
foolish," cautioning that such a move would only deepen the occupation’s
losses
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and prolong its failure on the battlefield.

He affirmed that it is the steadfastness of the Palestinian people and the
valor of the Resistance that determine the present balance of power and
chart the path for the next stage of the confrontation.
Soldiers fall in Resistance ambush

This comes in light of a deadly ambush targeting Israeli occupation forces
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/major-ambush-in-gaza-kills-6-israeli-troops--injures-dozens>
in northern Gaza late on Monday, carried out by Palestinian Resistance
fighters. The operation killed five soldiers, including two officers, and
wounded 14 others.

Some of the soldiers were reportedly burned to death during the assault,
which closely resembled a previous ambush on June 24, when seven Israeli
troops were killed after Palestinian Resistance fighters targeted an
armored combat engineering unit.

The latest operation is believed to have occurred in Beit Hanoun, a town in
northern Gaza that has been under relentless Israeli bombardment since
October 7, 2023.

Israeli media described the operation as "extremely serious" and one of the
most complex confrontations since the war began.

*Read more: Abu Obeida: Captive area surrounded, you won’t retrieve him
alive
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/abu-obeida--captive-area-surrounded--you-won-t-retrieve-him>*
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