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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Gaza Resistance destroys 20+ Israeli vehicles, 2 officers killed</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time" dir="ltr">December 30, 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"><p>Among
announced operations, a PFLP spokesperson has revealed that the group
foiled a special Israeli operation aimed at freeing an Israeli officer
from captivity.</p><img src="cid:ii_lqsry71z0" alt="28850d0c-73f3-429b-9d48-a6e4992fcae8.png" width="440" height="248"><br><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>An al-Qassam Brigades fighter plants a Shawaz explosive
device on the hull of an Israeli Merkava tank in Khan Yunis, in footage
released on December 30, 2023. <em>(Al-Qassam Brigades/Military media)</em>
</li></div></ul>
<p>On the 85th of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip, the
Palestinian Resistance has announced a multitude of operations,
conducted by several factions, across the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli
occupation admits to additional losses on Saturday.</p>
<p>Two officers, a Master Sergeant serving under the Golani Brigade's
7086th Battalion Combat Engineering Corps and a Captain serving as the
team commander in the Givati Brigade's reconnaissance unit, were killed
by the Palestinian Resistance in the central and southern Gaza Strip,
respectively.</p>
<p>Another Golani combat engineer was seriously injured in the same
operation in the central Gaza Strip, where the occupation recently
expanded its invasion into the al-Bureij refugee camp, suffering heavy
losses. The occupation said that another one of its reservists was
seriously wounded in the same area.</p>
<p>Additionally, the occupation military's spokesperson said that an
officer in the Givati Brigade and a reservist in the Nahal Brigade's
Combat Engineering Battalion were seriously injured in the northern Gaza
Strip.</p>
<p>The occupation's military also admitted to a serious injury among the
ranks of its Nahal Brigade in the Gaza Envelope, just outside the Gaza
Strip. Although the IOF's spokesperson did not detail the events leading
to the injury, Palestinian Resistance factions have consistently
bombarded envelope settlements, targeting groupings of Israeli soldiers
and armored vehicle positions.</p>
<h2>List and analysis of December 30 operations</h2>
<p>On the other hand, Resistance factions have relentlessly and
effectively pushed back against the occupation's expanded invasion into
southern and central areas of the Gaza Strip. Khan Yunis and al-Bureij
saw the lion's share of confrontations in these areas, where the
Resistance has documented its effective strategies which have cost the
Occupation heavy casualties, evident in an increased rate of casualties
among occupation soldiers.</p>
<p>Resistance fighters also confronted occupation forces at the Sheikh
Aajlin axis near the coast of Gaza. The coastal area is located to the
southwest of Gaza City, and a couple of operations announced by the
Resistance indicate its ability to conduct operations behind enemy
lines.</p>
<h3>Al-Qassam Brigades</h3>
<h4>Gaza City </h4>
<p>Hamas' <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/abu-obeida-confirms-825-israeli-military-vehicles-targeted-s">al-Qassam Brigades</a>
led operations throughout the Gaza Strip, destroying or damaging a
total of 21 Israeli military vehicles, including Merkava tanks, armored
personnel carriers (APCs), and Humvees.</p>
<p>In Sheikh Aajlin, the Brigades introduced a new sniper rifle for the first time, the M99 <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-s-ghoul-sniper-rifles-mark-palestinian-excellency">anti-material rifle</a>.
In a statement, the faction announced that it shot down an Israeli
occupation soldier in Sheikh Aajlin with an M99 sniper rifle. It is
still unclear whether the rifle is the Chinese-made Zijiang M99 or the
Barrett-made M99, however, both rifles have anti-material and long-range
capabilities.</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-introduces-russian-made-portable-rocket-to-gaza-co">Al-Qassam introduces Russian-made portable rocket to Gaza combat</a></strong></p>
<p>In the same area, the Brigades detonated pre-set Improvised Explosive
Devices (IED) at a road that an Israeli convoy was traveling through,
destroying two Humvees and attacking the force with assault rifles.</p>
<p>Al-Qassam fighters also shot a thermobaric rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at an <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iof-infantry-force-blown-up-in-al-qassam-minefield">infantry force</a>
taking refuge in a building in the area, while another group targeted a
Merkava tank with al-Qassam's, locally produced, al-Yassin RPG.</p>
<p>Further east, the Brigades fighters ambushed a force of 20 soldiers
in the Sheikh al-Radwan neighborhood, killing and injuring members of
the force. The Brigades also deployed a sapper force to plant a Shawaz
(explosively formed penetrator) on a Mekrava tank in the same
neighborhood. </p>
<p>On the Tuffaah and Daraj neighborhoods, closer to the center of Gaza
City, al-Qassam fighters destroyed eight Israeli Merkava tanks and
ambushed an Israeli infantry force.</p>
<h4>Central and Southern Gaza Strip</h4>
<p>In the al-Bureij refugee camp, the Brigades targeted a total of eight
occupation armored vehicles, confirming the complete destruction of an
APC. Further south, the Khuzaa neighborhood of Khan Yunis was destroyed.</p>
<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/resistance-blows-up-iof-tanks--vehicles-in-southern--central">Resistance blows up IOF tanks, vehicles in southern, central Gaza</a></strong></p>
<h3>Al-Quds Brigades </h3>
<p>The Palestinian Islamic Jihad's al-Quds Brigades announced a greater
sum of operations in Khan Yunis, saying that its mortar units launched
attacks on occupation forces positioned around the district, as well as
the 5th Street leading into the city. Al-Quds Brigades fighters also
directly engaged occupation forces since the early hours of the morning
in Khan Yunis.</p>
<p>The group also launched salvos of rockets towards occupied Askalan to
the north of the Gaza Strip and announced a joint operation with
al-Qassam fighters, in which fighters launched rocket artillery and
fired mortar rounds at an Israeli command and control center Abu
Ourayban in the northern Gaza Strip.</p>
<p>Additionally, the Brigades showcased its versatile arsenal by
launching rocket attacks on "Nir Am" and "Mefalsim" to the east of Gaza
City, amid supposed Israeli ground control in the area from which
rockets were launched.</p>
<h3>PFLP</h3>
<p>The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine's (PFLP) Abu Ali
Mustafa Brigades announced that its special forces are engaged in fierce
confrontations in Khan Yunis and al-Bureij. In the central Gaza Strip,
the Brigades targeted an Israeli APC with an imported tandem RPG.</p>
<p>Significantly, the Brigades' spokesperson, Abu Jamal, released a voice-recorded statement, for the first time since <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/new-oct-7-israeli-failure--undermanned--out-of-position--uno">Operation Al-Aqsa Flood</a> was first launched on October 7.</p>
<p>Abu Jamal announced that a force guarding an Israeli occupation
officer, taken captive on October 7, foiled a special Israeli force
attempting to retrieve the captive, causing casualties among its ranks.</p>
<p>Furthermore, Abu Jamal revealed that Israeli warplanes targeted the
area of the foiled operation killing the Israeli captives and injuring
some of the PFLP fighters. The PFLP was able to appropriate an IOF
laptop and several flash drives from the force, which contain sensitive
information, including maps and plans for attacks on several axes.</p>
<p>The PFLP spokesperson also announced that the Brigades destroyed or
damaged a total of 95 armored vehicles since the start of the ground
invasion, saying that its command has deployed fighters in every axis of
confrontation throughout the Gaza Strip.</p>
<h3>DFLP, al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades</h3>
<p>The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine's National
Resistance Brigades announced that its fighters targeted an Israeli
occupation force with an IED in Khan Yunis, killing and injuring its
members.</p>
<p>On the other hand, al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing
of the Popular Resistance Committees, announced that its fighters
targeted an Israeli Merkava tank with an imported tandem RPG in the city
of Khan Yunis.</p></div></div></div>
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