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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Gaza Resistance factions batter invading Israeli soldiers</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">December 13, 2023<br></div>
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Israeli occupation forces' losses are continuously rising as the
Palestinian Resistance continues to inflict major casualties upon them
with a united front.</p><img src="cid:ii_lq4hhmne0" alt="26dedc42-9828-4f89-92fc-cb44db6c431f.jpg" width="440" height="248"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>Gaza Resistance factions batter invading Israeli soldiers
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<p>The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's military wing, al-Quds Brigades,
engaged Wednesday in close-quarter combat with the Israeli occupation
forces attempting to invade Gaza through the Western direction,
inflicting major casualties on the latter.</p>
<p>A joint force of the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the
Hamas Resistance movement, and the al-Aqsa Brigades ambushed an Israeli
occupation force in the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>According to the al-Quds Brigades, the joint unit ambushed 15 Israeli
soldiers and engaged them, liquidating most of them and injuring the
rest.</p>
<p>The PIJ's military wing also said that its soldiers fiercely
confronted the Israeli occupation forces in the advance axes in Gaza
City. Elsewhere in Gaza City, the Resistance destroyed two Israeli
infantry fighting vehicles using Tandem RPGs.</p>
<p>The al-Quds Brigades also attacked Israeli positions in Juhr al-Dik and "Netzarim" using high-caliber mortar shells.</p>
<p>The al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, meanwhile, said its fighters are
engaged in fierce confrontations in the Israeli axes of advance in the
Zaytoun and Shujaiyah neighborhoods in east Gaza.</p>
<p>The al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades added that they had detonated an
IED in an Israeli infantry fighting vehicle, causing casualties among
enemy soldiers east of the Zaytoun neighborhood in Gaza.</p>
<p>The al-Qassam Brigades also made an announcement saying that it
bombed a field command room in the southern direction of Gaza City with
heavy-caliber mortar and artillery shells.</p>
<p>Moreover, they said their forces bombed occupied Asdud with a garage
of rockets in response to the Israeli occupation's massacres against
civilians.</p>
<p>The Mujahideen Brigades attacked the "Ra'im" base, east of the Gaza
Strip, the headquarters of the Israeli Gaza Division, with a barrage of
rockets.</p>
<p>As for the northern Gaza Strip, al-Qassam said it attacked an Israeli
D9 bulldozer using a Yassin-105 anti-tank RPG in Tel al-Zaatar.</p>
<h2>IOF going through the wringer</h2>
<p>In the southern Gaza Strip, al-Qassam destroyed 3 Merkava tanks east
of the city of Khan Yunis, using the Yassin-105 RPG and the notorious
Shawaz IEDs.</p>
<p>The al-Qassam Brigades nearly completely destroyed Israeli forces attempting to penetrate a street in Khan Yunis twice in a row.</p>
<p>The al-Qassam mujahideen were also able to completely destroy an
Israeli troop carrier east of the city of Khan Yunis using a P29 shell.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, al-Quds Brigades announced targeted a gathering of Israeli
soldiers in the vicinity of the al-Thilal Mosque along the eastern axis
in Khan Younis with a barrage of 60mm mortar shells.</p>
<p>Al-Quds Brigades fighters were also engaged in fierce confrontation
with occupation soldiers in al-Zaytun neighborhood, east of Gaza, where
they targeted two military vehicles with Tandem charges.</p>
<p><strong>Read more:<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/5-officers--3-soldiers-of-elite-iof-units-killed-in-gaza-s-a">6 officers, 4 soldiers of elite IOF units killed in Gaza's al-Shujaiya</a></strong></p>
<p>The group also targeted three military vehicles and an armored
personnel carrier with Tandem charges and point-blank IEDs in the
Jabalia camp and the Tawam area, north of Gaza.</p>
<p>Al-Quds Brigades also announced targeting gatherings of Israeli
soldiers with rockets and mortar shells in the vicinity of the
al-Mahatta area in Khan Younis.</p>
<p>The fighters also engaged an Israeli infantry force from point-blank
range in the al-Shujaiya neighborhood, leading to the death and injury
of its members.</p>
<p>Al-Quds Brigades also announced a joint operation with al-Qassam,
whereby together they ambushed a unit of 15 Israeli soldiers, in the
al-Mughraqa area, leading to their death and injury.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the group's Resistance fighters targeted an Israeli
Merkava tank with a Tandem charge in the al-Shujaiya axis, setting it
aflame. They engaged in fierce confrontations with Israeli occupation
forces in al-Shujaiya, inflicting confirmed injuries among the
occupation soldiers.</p>
<p>On its part, al-Mujahideen Brigades announced that its fighters in
the northern Gaza brigade engaged in fierce and violent confrontations
with occupation soldiers and vehicles along the Jabalia axis.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, alarm sirens were repeatedly reported to be sounding in the Gaza Envelope settlements. </p>
<p><strong>Read more:<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-ports-on-alert--schedules-pulled-amid-yemeni-operati">Israeli ports on alert: Schedules pulled amid Yemeni operations</a></strong></p>
<h2>Casualties on the rise</h2>
<p>Israeli media reported Monday several<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-hit-multiple-israeli-tanks--kills-40-soldiers--foo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israeli soldiers</a><span> </span>were killed during confrontations with the Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>Among those killed were two reservist officers from Battalion 2855
and 8111. Additionally, a reservist major, of Battalion 8111, was killed
during battles in southern Gaza. </p>
<p>Another major was also reportedly killed in what the IOF called a "military accident."</p>
<p>The Israeli Occupation Forces also acknowledged the injury of a
reservist fighter of Battalion 8111, reportedly sustaining serious
injuries during a battle in the southern Gaza Strip.</p>
<p><strong>Read more:<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/three-new-israeli-soldiers-killed-in-gaza--iof-spox">Three new Israeli soldiers killed in Gaza: IOF spox</a></strong></p>
<p>Concurrently, Israeli media reported that despite the army announcing
the injury of 1593 soldiers since the beginning of the war,<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-military-forcing-hospitals-to-cover-losses--israeli">hospital data is much higher</a>.</p>
<p><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--admits-84-soldiers-killed-since-gaza-invasion">Last week</a>,
the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) announced that the death toll of
their forces has risen to 84 since their invasion of Gaza began,
bringing the total death toll since October 7 to 408 Israeli soldiers.</p>
<p>Although the IOF does not disclose its total losses in Gaza, Israeli newspaper<span> </span><em>Haaretz<span> </span></em>reported
days ago that it received a letter with the total number of those
killed in Israeli occupation forces in confrontations with the
Palestinian Resistance in Gaza.</p>
<p><em>Haaretz</em><span> </span>reported that the IOF acknowledged the
death of nearly 1,000 soldiers since the war on Gaza began, after it
refused to provide any data regarding the total numbers of those killed
and wounded, while also asking hospitals to remain confidential.</p></div></div></div>
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