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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Al-Quds Brigades intensify operations against Israeli forces in Gaza</h1>
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<div class="gmail-reader-estimated-time">May 11, 2025</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>Al-Quds
Brigades ambushed Israeli forces in eastern Gaza, wounding soldiers and
seizing a drone in a new escalation of resistance operations.</p><div><ul id="gmail-content-slick-0"><div aria-hidden="false"><li>
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Israeli soldiers stand in a group hug as they mourn another
who was killed in a ground operation in the Gaza Strip, during his
funeral service in the Gezer regional council in occupied Palestine,
April 27, 2025 (AP)
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<p>Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Movement, carried out a sophisticated military operation early Saturday
targeting a group of Israeli officers and soldiers in the eastern part
of Gaza City\u2019s Shujaiya neighborhood, a field commander in the al-Quds
Brigades said Sunday.</p>
<p>The commander revealed that the operation began with a calculated ambush, <a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/nine-israeli-soldiers-injured-in-gaza-resistance-operation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">luring the Israeli forces into a trap</a>
by striking an armored vehicle with a projectile, resulting in
confirmed injuries among its crew, which included both officers and
soldiers.</p>
<p>This development follows the recent announcement by al-Quds Brigades
that its fighters had downed and seized control of an Israeli
reconnaissance drone as it was carrying out an intelligence-gathering
mission in eastern Gaza.</p>
<p>The operation is part of the ongoing campaign by Palestinian
Resistance factions in Gaza to repel the Israeli occupation\u2019s ground
incursions, which have been met with increasing intensity and
effectiveness. Resistance fighters have been inflicting notable losses
on "Israeli" forces in both personnel and military equipment amid fierce
urban combat.</p>
<h2>Nine Israeli soldiers wounded</h2>
<p>Israeli media reported on Saturday that nine<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-gideon-s-chariots--operation-in-gaza-is-doomed-to-fail--isr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Israeli occupation reserve soldiers</a><span> </span>sustained
minor injuries overnight due to an explosive device detonation in the
Shuja\u2019iya area in northern Gaza, during a military sweep operation.</p>
<p>Among the injured, according to the reports, were two senior
officers, the deputy commander of Division 252 and the commander of
Battalion 6310.</p>
<p>The explosion comes just a day after the Israeli occupation military
announced the killing of two soldiers and the wounding of four others in
combat in the southern Gaza Strip. One of the wounded soldiers was
reported to be in critical condition.</p>
<p>The military named one of the slain as Isai Alekem Orbach, who died
in the first incident, while the critically wounded soldier belonged to
the 605th Engineering Battalion under the so-called Barak Division.</p>
<p>The escalation follows a Thursday statement by the<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/al-qassam-ambushes-2-iof-units-in-gaza--inflict-heavy-casual" target="_blank" rel="noopener">al-Qassam Brigades</a>,
the armed wing of Hamas, which claimed responsibility for targeting a
12-member Israeli engineering unit preparing to detonate a home near the
Fida\u2019i junction in the al-Tannour neighborhood east of Rafah, southern
Gaza.</p>
<h2>Operation 'doomed to fail'</h2>
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<p class="gmail-" style="text-align:justify"><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-military-warns-expanded-gaza-operations-risk-captive" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chariots" operation in Gaza</a>, calling it a doomed and misguided military campaign lacking<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/israeli-captive-families-slam-gaza-plan--as-smotrich-vows--o" target="_blank" rel="noopener">both domestic and international legitimacy</a>.</p>
<p class="gmail-" style="text-align:justify">The
operation, according to the paper, is built on political illusions and
military objectives that are neither clear nor achievable.</p>
<p class="gmail-" style="text-align:justify">Military correspondent Yaniv Kubovich reported that newly issued<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-israel--intensifies-attacks-on-gaza-as-death-toll-passes-52?utm_source=mango-searchx&utm_medium=title_and_relatives&utm_campaign=%23Israel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">operational directives to Israeli army commanders</a><span> </span>ranked
captive recovery at the bottom of mission priorities, which reinforces
longstanding concerns that the war\u2019s publicly stated objective,<span> </span><a href="https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/-military-pressure-kills-hostages---former-captives-to-netan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the return of captives</a>, was never taken seriously by either the government or military leadership.</p>
<p class="gmail-" style="text-align:justify">Kubovich
noted that the internal list of objectives undermines recent statements
by Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir and military spokesperson Avi Dovrin, who
publicly emphasized that freeing captives was the army\u2019s primary
mission.</p>
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