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An Israeli soldier was killed on June 6 near the southern part of the Gaza Strip in a daring raid that was claimed by the Hamas Movement.
In a brief statement, Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, said that a group of its fighters crossed the separation fence and attacked the headquarters of Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) division operating in the area of Rafah in southern Gaza.
An initial probe by the IDF provided further information on the raid. According to the probe, Hamas fighters took advantage of fog and attempted to infiltrate out of southern Gaza in the early morning. However, they were spotted by surveillance cameras.
Troops of the Desert Reconnaissance Battalion were dispatched to the scene, in Gaza, just across from the Israeli border settlements of Kerem Shalom and Holit, to search for the cell.
Within an hour, the troops came under fire by the cell, around 400 meters from the Israeli border. Moments later, two of the fighters were killed in a drone strike, and a short time after that, a third was killed by tank shelling, the IDF said in the probe.
The cell was armed with assault rifles and RPGs, according to the probe. A possible fourth fighter fled the area, though the IDF was still investigating this.
The IDF was also investigating how Hamas fighters managed to reach the border area in southern Gaza, where they were detected.
Later in the afternoon, the IDF acknowledged that a soldier who served as a tracker in the Gaza Division’s Southern Brigade was killed during a gun battle with cell.
The death of the soldier brought the toll from Israel’s ground operations in Gaza and along its border to 295. More than 1,800 others have been reportedly wounded, so far.
The deadly raid shows that Palestinian fighters are still moving with much freedom in southern Gaza, despite the ongoing Israeli ground operation in Rafah. While the IDF managed to occupy vast parts of the Strip, it has completely failed to degrade the capabilities and the command structure of Hamas and other armed factions there.
In fact, Gaza factions appear to be operating today more effectively than before, waging a well thought out insurgency against the IDF instead of attempting to fight as a traditional force.
Failing to achieve its military objectives, Israel continues to mercilessly bomb Gaza. By June 6, the death toll in the Strip reached 36,654 Palestinians with more than 83,309 others wounded, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Most of the victims are said to be women and children.
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another khazar squatter nutnyahoo pawn whacked by the gallant semitic freedom fighters of palestine. karma is a wonderful thing to behold as the zionazi abomination reaps the terror it has for so long sown. no more hollow co$t bs please.
daring raids is what will free palestine and send the squatters packing!
the subtext to this is the great environmental damage caused by israels genocide. it doesn’t seem to bother baerbock and the german green party though. the carbon footprintnof the war is equivalent to that of 20 odd countries. most of the farmland and greenscape has been destroyed.
bibi will not stop until he has destroyed his own country and society. he will burn everything to the ground just to rule over the ashes. all for power.
hamas freedom fighters needs to step up the gorilla type warfare against the army of the children of lucifer
only one ??? wow
they don’t even killed him, it was an heart-attack…
some sf-mod deleted my post. seems that the fastest solution to the zionist infestation is not one sf prefers…