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Nearly a year after the October 7 surprise attack which sparked the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, the al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas Movement, continue to inflict losses on the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) in the Palestinian enclave.
On October 2, the group released video footage showing its fighters targeting two Merkava MK 4M main battle tanks, a Namer armored personnel carrier and a Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozer with rocket-propelled grenades in the al-Tanour neighborhood to the east of the city of Rafah in southern Gaza.
The group released another video on October 3 showing a recent ambush that targeted an armored unit of the IDF in the al-Fakhari area to the east of the city of Khan Yunis city, which is also located in the southern part of the Strip.
During the ambush, Hamas fighters targeted three Merkava MK 4M main battle tanks, two Namer armored personnel carriers, five Caterpillar D9 armored bulldozers and one drill with rocket-propelled grenades. The fighters also blow up a group of Israeli combat engineers with explosive devices.
The last part of the video shows Israeli bulldozers pulling out damaged tanks, military helicopters evacuating casualties, combat gear left behind by wounded troops and the remains of destroyed vehicles.
So far, the IDF has lost 348 troops during ground operations against Hamas and other Palestinian factions in Gaza and along its border. Around 2,280 others have been reportedly wounded in the Strip. In addition, over 500 vehicles were hit there, according to Hebrew media.
Meanwhile on the Palestinian side, the death toll from the Israeli war has exceeded 41,700, with women and children making up most of the casualties.
Despite killing tens of thousands of Palestinians and destroying most of Gaza, Israel is yet to fulfill any of the war’s stated goals.
Hamas is still ruling the Strip, the group’s military wing remains highly capable and it continues to hold around a hundred Israeli hostages who were captured during the October 7 surprise attack.
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ok its time for a bit of humor….i am going to ask a question, try not to laugh or cry. does anybody think that israel can continue its current trajecory of subhuman and vile behavior for another 3000 years and survive as long as the persian civilization? :-)))
it won’t be 30 years anymore. many israeli intellectuals see what is happening as the beginning of the end of israel, a situation that they have always warned about
that includes albert einstein in the late 1940s warned about the fascist link between transatlantic zionism
no need to cry then. keep going.
they’re not crying.
you did when iran retaliated.
it’s open season on shlomo.