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Heavy fighting continues across the Gaza Strip as the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) face fierce resistance from the Hamas Movement and other Palestinian armed factions.
On December 23, the IDF said that troops of the Yiftah Reserve Brigade carried out an ambush against Hamas in southern Gaza, leading to dozens of fighters being killed. The troops opened fire in a deceptive manner to cause dozens of fighters to flee into a building used as a command center. The building was then struck by a fighter jet, according to the IDF.
Also in the southern Gaza City area, the IDF said that Yiftah Brigade snipers killed several Hamas fighters who were preparing to attack troops. Other buildings identified by the brigade as being used by Hamas in the area were struck by the Air Force.
In an unspecified area of Gaza City, troops of the 14th Reserve Armored Brigade identified a group of Hamas fighters and called in an airstrike, according to the IDF.
Meanwhile in the nearby Shati refugee camp area, the IDF said that the 14th Brigade identified a further three Hamas fighters who had opened fire at them. The brigade called in an airstrike to kill the three operatives.
In central Gaza, the 179th Reserve Armored Brigade found a cache of weapons in a children’s daycare center, including mortars, RPGs and other explosives, the IDF alleged.
A day earlier, the IDF announced that it had uncovered and destroyed a large tunnel network of Hamas under the northern part of Gaza city.
From its side, Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, released two videos showing its fighters ambushing Israeli troops in the city of Beit Lahia in northern Gaza as well as in the town of al-Mughraqa in the central part of the Strip.
The al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, also released video footage showing recent attacks by its snipers against Israeli troops in the Shejaiya neighborhood in northern Gaza.
The IDF occupies most of northern and central Gaza as well as a large area in the south. However, as evidenced by recent clashes, Israeli troops do not have complete control of any area. Fighters from Hamas and other factions are still launching attacks deep in Israeli-occupied areas. This raises some serious questions about the success of Israeli ground operations in the Strip.
when will the arab world wake up and begin to take care of their own? if they only knew how bad things are in the usa. they would attack israel with full force putting an end to this 1000’s of years war. remember how the west rules, divide and concur, the same as the heb’s. unite, take back what is yours.
an arab army should have gone into gaza by now to confront the israelis, egypt has a border with gaza, and a country like turkey with others could have broken the coastal blockade, so what will it take if not now? those yemenis have done more so far.
those people have not been in israel for 1000 years because the vast majority of them originate from europe, predominantly eastern europe. and even though i have great sympathy for the palestinians, the arabs are not the original people of the land either. just as arabs are not the original people of egypt and north africa in general. the arabs invasions of these areas started in the 600s ad.
continued…the real egyptians were not arabs just like the real philistines were not arabs, yet the arabs move into these lands and call themselves egyptians and palestinians like the fakes moved into israel and call themselves jewish and israeli.
“khekhekhekheeee” even their language sounds disgusting
whichl languagee are you referring to
found weapons in a daycare? you mean, what used to be a daycare. if the building is not currently being used as a daycare but rather is a bombed out wreck, its no longer a daycare. i hope the corporate fact checkers label the idf as purveyors of misinformation!
it raises some serious questions about the success of the israeli ground invasion, are you serious south-front? just admit already that israel is winning and slaughtering the palestinians at a rate the world has not seen since ww2!
wow,they really need to teach israelis killing civilians doesn’t mean your winning the war.quute the opposite.shlomo
israel says things it’s army did. hamas shows videos of the things their fighters did.
hamas like amerikan nazi hillbilly sawyer eunuch
that are kicking your ass,shlomo jr