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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israeli ground troops face fierce resistance inside Gaza</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">October 29, 2023<br></div>
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<div class="gmail-moz-reader-content gmail-reader-show-element"><div id="gmail-readability-page-1" class="gmail-page"><div><p><span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The Palestinian resistance has continued to </span><a href="https://new.thecradle.co/articles/hamas-resists-israeli-offensive-in-gaza-after-violent-night-of-airstrikes"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">confront</span></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">
Israeli ground troops penetrating the Gaza border, after Tel Aviv
announced an expansion of limited ground incursions into the besieged
strip on Friday.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The Qassam
Brigades launched a surprise attack on Israeli forces on Sunday “after
infiltrating behind their lines and clashing with enemy forces” who were
making an incursion northwest of Beit Lahia, their Telegram channel
said. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">In a statement released
earlier on 29 October, Hamas’ Qassam Brigades announced that they
“continue to confront the Zionist forces penetrating the Al-Amiriyya
area northwest of Beit Lahia, where they engaged in armed clashes with
them and targeted enemy vehicles with … mortar shells.” </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The
Qassam Brigades “carried out several sniping operations. The enemy
admitted that a number of its soldiers were wounded in the clashes with
our Mujahideen who … are still targeting enemy forces.” </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">They
also targeted on Sunday morning a “gathering of enemy vehicles” with a
suicide drone, according to the resistance group’s Telegram channel. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The
armed wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, the Quds
Brigades, also announced on 29 October targeting Israeli forces
attempting to enter the northern Gaza Strip with rockets and mortar
shells. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Israel’s military </span><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog-october-29-2023/?utm_source=article_hpsidebar&utm_medium=desktop_site&utm_campaign=liveblog-october-29-2023"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">announced</span></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">
earlier on 29 October that one of its officers was seriously hurt and
another soldier moderately injured “in the northern Gaza Strip
overnight.” </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The Qassam
Brigades released a video on Saturday evening, 28 October, showing their
destruction of an Israeli armored vehicle believed to be carrying over a
dozen soldiers. The attack took place near the Gaza Strip’s Shujaiya
area. </span></p> <p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Over the past week, Israel has carried out “limited” </span><a href="https://new.thecradle.co/articles/israeli-troops-launch-new-limited-incursion-into-gaza"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">ground incursions</span></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">
into northern Gaza aimed at testing the waters for the planned
invasion. The Israeli army said it struck several Hamas targets during
small-scale incursions on 25 and 26 October. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Israeli troops took heavy losses the week before that while attempting to enter the Gaza Strip on land. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Tel Aviv announced on 27 October that it is “expanding” its limited ground activity in Gaza.</span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">However,
an army spokesman told ABC News that day that “the expanded operations
taking place in Gaza are not an official ground invasion.” </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">So
far, Israel has delayed fully invading Gaza and attempting to carry out
its stated goal of “eradicating” Hamas, who are well prepared for an
Israeli ground invasion. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">Many experts, including </span><a href="https://new.thecradle.co/articles/israels-ground-invasion-of-gaza-not-if-but-when"><i><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">The Cradle</span></i></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">’s
Hasan Illaik, have said recently that Israel will be unable to bear the
cost of launching a full ground assault on the Gaza Strip. Such an
invasion could also instigate the opening of several new fronts and the
outbreak of regional war. </span></p><p><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">"We
want to convey to our enemy that we are impatiently awaiting the
opportunity to introduce [its forces] to new forms of demise," Qassam
Brigades spokesman, Abu Obeida, </span><a href="https://new.thecradle.co/articles/israeli-ground-invasion-of-gaza-opportunity-for-the-resistance-abu-obeida"><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr">said</span></a><span lang="EN-US" dir="ltr"> on 28 October. </span></p><p></p></div></div></div>
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