Hamas asserted that the continued precise operations by its armed wing, the al-Qassam Brigades, alongside the PIJ’s al-Quds Brigades, prove the Zionist regimes failure to break the will of the Palestinian people or defeat their Resistance.
In a statement published on Wednesday, the group said these operations demonstrate the Resistance’s strength, its control over the battlefield, and its ability to exact a heavy price from the occupation, adding that the Zionist government bears full responsibility for failing to reach an agreement due to the obstacles it keeps putting and dragging out the negotiations to serve Netanyahu’s personal gains.
Hamas also criticized the statements made by the head of the occupation government regarding “absolute victory”, dismissing them as part of an effort to promote illusions and unrealistic claims about achieving the war’s objectives, particularly what it called the delusion of retrieving the captives through military force.
Netanyahu, Zionist government responsible for ceasefire obstruction
Regarding the negotiation process, Hamas reaffirmed its “continued positive engagement with mediators’ efforts” and any serious proposals that could lead to a comprehensive agreement,” while simultaneously emphasizing that “any deal must guarantee a cessation of aggression and war against our people, a permanent ceasefire, and a complete withdrawal of occupation forces from the Gaza Strip.”
Hamas has accused Benjamin Netanyahu’s government of undermining international mediation efforts, even as Gaza remains under siege and relentless bombardment since the war began on October 7, 2023, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians and causing widespread destruction.
Meanwhile, Palestinian Resistance factions continue their military operations from within the enclave, while ceasefire negotiations have so far failed to produce a decisive breakthrough.
Palestinian Resistance sets APC ablaze, killing seven soldiers
The Zionist occupation forces announced on June 25 that seven of their personnel, consisting of one officer and six soldiers, had been killed during a lethal ambush executed by the Palestinian Resistance in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
An initial Israeli military investigation revealed that the incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon when Resistance fighters triggered a pre-planted explosive device along a route frequently used by invading Israeli forces, targeting a Puma-type Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) that was transporting a combat engineering unit.
The explosion set the APC ablaze while the soldiers remained trapped inside, leading to the deaths of all seven personnel in the resulting fire, with the intensity of the incident reportedly complicating the identification process for several hours due to the state of the remains.
The al-Qassam Brigades released footage of a complex ambush targeting two military vehicles in southern Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.
The Zionist military had announced the death of seven of its soldiers from the 605th Combat Engineering Battalion in battles on Tuesday in the Khan Younis area of southern Gaza, with the slain troops ranging in age from 19 to 21 years old.
The footage captured the moment an explosive charge was thrown directly into the cabin of one of the troop carriers with soldiers stationed inside it, destroying it and setting it ablaze.
Ambush detailed
The al-Qassam Brigades provided details of Tuesday afternoon’s coordinated ambush, in which its fighters destroyed a Zionist armored personnel carrier using a “Shawaz” explosive device tossed inside the vehicle’s cabin by al-Qassam fighters. According to the statement, the attack completely destroyed and burned the APC with its entire crew inside.
Shortly afterward, the al-Qassam fighters targeted another Zionist armored personnel carrier with a locally-produced improvised explosive device near the Ali ibn Abi Talib Mosque in the Ma’an area, south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. The statement noted that Zionist helicopter evacuations were observed at the scene and continued for several hours.
Resistance fighters set unmatched examples of valor and prowess: Abu Obeida
Abu Obeida, the military spokesperson for the al-Qassam Brigades, praised the complex ambush and the fighters who carried it out, stating, “Our Resistance fighters set unmatched examples of valor and prowess.”
The spokesperson emphasized that “the latest ambushes vividly demonstrate how our people’s warriors have become this generation’s most courageous and sacrifice-giving freedom fighters,” while warning that enemy funerals and corpses will be a daily recurrence so long as the occupation continues its war on Gaza.
“The enemy’s government is deceiving its own public, refusing to admit it’s throwing its soldiers into Gaza’s quagmire for delusional political goals,” Abu Obeida added.