The military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, targeted a grouping of occupation soldiers and their vehicles with several mortar shells today, Thursday, in the vicinity of Dar Al-Arqam School, east of the al-Tuffah neighborhood, in the northeastern part of Gaza City.
The al-Qassam Brigades also announced several operations carried out by its fighters against Zionist troops earlier in July. These operations include sniping a soldier stationed on a Merkava tank, targeting him with an al-Ghoul rifle near Dar Al-Arqam School on Wednesday, while other fighters targeted the surrounding area with several mortar shells.
After they returned from combat, the al-Qassam Brigades fighters confirmed they had targeted a military excavator with a Tandem shell near Dar Al-Arqam School as well, on the 6th of this month.
On July 10, the al-Qassam Brigades snipers shot two soldiers in a direct hit near Al-Nasr School on Baghdad Street in Gaza City’s al-Shujaiya neighborhood.
The al-Qassam carried out a joint operation with the al-Quds brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement, whereby their fighters targeted a occupation command and control site in the Morag sector, south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, firing several mortar shells.
These latest operations come in addition to the al-Qassam Brigades’ announcement earlier this Thursday morning that they had targeted a gathering of occupation soldiers and military vehicles with mortar fire east of al-Qarara, near Khan Younis.
Other Palestinian factions join operations
Meanwhile, the Martyr Omar al-Qassam Forces, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), released footage showing they had captured a Zionist quadcopter west of Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip.
The footage also documented a joint operation carried out alongside the Al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, and the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, targeting troop concentrations in Jabalia al-Balad in the northern Gaza Strip with mortar shells.
Al-Qassam launches coordinated attacks
The al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced a series of coordinated operations on Thursday targeting occupation forces in the southern Gaza Strip, specifically in Khan Younis.
The attacks come amid continuing confrontations and ongoing ground incursions into the besieged enclave.
According to a statement by the Resistance group, several mortar shells were fired at a gathering of soldiers and military vehicles east of the al-Qarara area, northeast of Khan Younis. The shelling reportedly caused casualties among the occupation forces.
In a separate operation, al-Qassam fighters detonated three barrel bombs inside a military vehicle hangar located south of the Batn al-Sameen area. The blast resulted in the killing and wounding of Zionist soldiers, according to the group.
Complex ambushes in Khan Younis intensify fighting
Earlier in the day, the al-Qassam Brigades ambushed three armored personnel carriers in a well-coordinated attack east of Khan Younis. The operation was described by the group as “complex” and aimed at disrupting the advancement of Zionist military columns in the area.
These developments are part of broader al-Qassam operations in Khan Younis, where the Resistance has maintained a continued presence despite intense aerial and ground assaults.
The latest operations underscore the continued resilience of Palestinian Resistance factions amid efforts by the occupation to establish control in southern Gaza. Despite sustained bombardment and attempts to penetrate defensive positions, fighters have managed to carry out operations against Zionist troops.
Al-Qassam strikes Zionist vehicles in Gaza, inflicts casualties
On Wednesday, the al-Qassam Brigades announced that its fighters had detonated an explosive device against occupation forces in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday evening.
In a statement, the al-Qassam said its fighters detonated three bombs targeting a military vehicle convoy in the southern al-Batin as-Sameen area, located south of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the killing and injury of an unspecified number of Israeli soldiers.
On Saturday, July 26, the al-Qassam Brigades announced that they had carried out a complex ambush targeting three troop carriers east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.
The brigades stated in their announcement that their fighters successfully detonated two troop carriers using pre-planted improvised explosive devices in the vehicles’ cabins, destroying both carriers and killing their crews.