Some 398 days into the Zionist genocide, the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza continues to confront the invading Israeli occupation forces in endless defense of its people and land.
The al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters were able to detonate an anti-personnel improvised explosive device against an infantry force after it had entered a building near Kamal Adwan Hospital in north Gaza, killing and wounding its soldiers.
Al-Qassam also revealed that on Wednesday, its fighters detonated two Yasin 105 charges against a armored personnel carrier and a D9 bulldozer, in the vicinity of the western roundabout of the al-Khazan neighborhood in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza.
A Merkava 4 tank was also on the brigades’ Wednesday hit list, after the resistance fighters managed to set it ablaze, killing and wounding its crew, near the Khazandar station, using a Shawaz charge.
In turn, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades bombarded the Abu Mtaibaq military site, located in the easternmost part of the central district, with a rocket barrage.
On Wednesday at dawn, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades announced targeting the Netiv HaAsara settlement in the Gaza envelope with a rocket salvo. The same settlement came under attack after the Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces and the Martyr Abdul Kader al-Hussaini brigades launched mortar and rocket strikes toward it.
The Palestinian Resistance has been intensifying its operations against the invading Zionist forces, heavily targeting and ambushing their soldiers, while simultaneously destroying their military vehicles.
Hezbollah continues qualitative actions
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah continued to defend against invading Zionist occupation forces on Lebanon’s southern border while launching top-tier attacks against an expanding set of Israeli targets on Friday.
Khaibar Series of Operations
In continuation of the Resistance’s response to the massacres that targeted civilians and commanders in Lebanon, Hezbollah fighters executed three long-range attacks, in line with the group’s “Khaibar Series of Operations.”
The first of these operations saw the launching of a precision-guided salvo of rockets at the Stella Maris Naval Base in the occupied city of Haifa. The base has come under long-range Hezbollah attacks on a near daily basis this week, with the most recent strike conducted at 8:00 am on Friday.
The Naval Base hosts high-tech hardware used to monitor and identify maritime movements northwards.
Concurrently, a second long-range attack targeted the Ramat David Air Base, which hosts a substantial portion of the Zionist Air Force’s operational activities against Lebanon. Precision-guided rockets were also used to target the air base.
Later on Friday afternoon, at 3:15 pm, Hezbollah fighters launched their longest-range attack on the Tel Nof Air Base, in southern Tel Aviv, via a salvo of precision-guided rockets.
Direct confrontations
On the border, Hezbollah fighters utilized a variety of weapons and methods to confront invading troops.
Defensive actions were focused on the eastern section of the Western Axis, in Maroun al-Ras, and border villages facing the tip of the al-Jalil Panhandle, such as Kfar Kila and Odeisseh.
At 12:10 am, Hezbollah fighters fired artillery shells at Zionist occupation forces, positioned in an open area in southern Odeissah. The Military Media Unit said that the attack caused confirmed casualties among enemy troops.
At 1:20 am, Hezbollah fighters fired an anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) at a military-grade bulldozer. The armored vehicle was destroyed and its crew members were killed and injured. The Military Media Unit explained that a bulldozer had been escorting Zionist infantry who also fell casualty due to the ATGM attack. In further details, the force was positioned on a hilltop in northwestern Kfar Kila.
In Maroun al-Ras, Hezbollah’s Unmanned Air Force launched two one-way attack drones at a grouping of occupation forces positioned in the eastern section of the border town, dealing precise hits to the intended targets, at 3:15 pm.
At 5:00 pm, Hezbollah fighters fired another ATGM at an Israeli force in the aforementioned area in Kfar Kila. This time the ATGM targeted and destroyed a Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), killing and injuring its crew members.
Ansarallah launches hypersonic, Palestine 2 missile at occupation
The Yemeni Armed Forces carried out a major military operation today, targeting the Nevatim airbase in the al-Naqab region of southern occupied Palestine as part of their fifth phase of escalation against the Zionist occupation.
Speaking at the million-man march in Sabeen Square, Yemeni Armed Forces spokesperson Brigadier General Yahya Saree announced that the operation was “executed with a hypersonic ballistic missile, Palestine 2, which reached its target.”
Saree also reported that the Yemeni air defenses downed a US MQ-9 drone earlier this morning as it was conducting hostile operations in the Yemeni airspace over the al-Jawf province.
Later, the YAF’s Military Media released footage of the operation whereby the hunter-killer UAV was downed via a homegrown surface-to-air missile.
This brings the total number of US MQ-9 drones downed by Yemeni air defenses to 12 as part of the Promised Victory and Holy Jihad battle, according to Brigadier General Saree.
He affirmed that “Yemen remains committed to supporting the Palestinian and Lebanese peoples by upholding the maritime blockade on the enemy [Zionist occupation] and through supportive military operations.”
Saree added that “operations will not cease until the aggression ends, the blockade on Gaza is lifted, and the attacks on Lebanon stop.”
Zionist regime admits increasing losses
Political analyst Ben Caspit, writing for Maariv, stated that the Zionist regime has been engaged in a regional war on seven fronts for over a year, during which occupation forces lost nearly two divisions and are short of thousands of soldiers, even before accounting for the dead and wounded.
Amid this, the occupation government passed a law that would “perpetuate the exemption of a large and growing sector (Haredim), which does not serve in the ‘Israeli’ military.”
At the same time, the government is expanding regular service, significantly increasing the number of reserve days, raising the age for exemption from reserve duty, and eliminating existing exemptions.
These measures are causing exhaustion, frustration, and a heavy burden on the few who serve in reserves, while regular soldiers continue to suffer under the mounting pressure.
The report also highlighted the multiple crises the Zionist regime is facing domestically, politically, and economically, while continuing the regional war.
The report detailed how, amid the war, the Zionist occupation Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu replaced experienced occupation Security Minister Yoav Gallant, a reserve general with four decades in the security establishment, with the inexperienced Israel Katz, who has never held a security ministerial position. These changes were made swiftly, “without a transition or training period for the new minister” and on the eve of a potentially unprecedented Iranian operation on “Israel”.
Meanwhile, the regime’s economic situation is rapidly deteriorating, with a credit downgrade expected for the third time at any moment. The deficit is soaring, and the Ministry of Finance has recommended closing five government ministries due to the financial crisis.
Ben Caspit questioned whether these actions will improve or worsen the regime’s situation, concluding that “these actions make ‘Israels’ situation worse, meaning the ‘Israeli’ government is acting against ‘Israel’ during wartime.”
He emphasized that this all occurred for one simple reason: “To maintain and expand Netanyahu’s control over Israel.” He stated that “allowing him to continue implementing such actions, which cause permanent and strategic harm to ‘Israel,’ sometimes irreversibly, will ultimately lead to a situation where Netanyahu, as Prime Minister, is doing the opposite of what his government stands for.”
Additionally, Caspit referenced a recent survey by Channel 13, which asked if Netanyahu “is jeopardizing ‘Israels’ security in light of the security scandals.” Fifty-two percent responded affirmatively, while only 7% disagreed.
Caspit concluded that “one does not need security issues to understand that having a Prime Minister like Netanyahu in office will inflict strategic damage to ‘Israel’ and its future.”