On the 85th of the Zionist aggression on the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Resistance has announced a multitude of operations, conducted by several factions, across the Gaza Strip, as the occupation admits to additional losses on Saturday.
Two officers, a Master Sergeant serving under the Golani Brigade’s 7086th Battalion Combat Engineering Corps and a Captain serving as the team commander in the Givati Brigade’s reconnaissance unit, were killed by the Palestinian Resistance in the central and southern Gaza Strip, respectively.
Another Golani combat engineer was seriously injured in the same operation in the central Gaza Strip, where the occupation recently expanded its invasion into the al-Bureij refugee camp, suffering heavy losses. The occupation said that another one of its reservists was seriously wounded in the same area.
Additionally, the occupation military’s spokesperson said that an officer in the Givati Brigade and a reservist in the Nahal Brigade’s Combat Engineering Battalion were seriously injured in the northern Gaza Strip.
The occupation’s military also admitted to a serious injury among the ranks of its Nahal Brigade in the Gaza Envelope, just outside the Gaza Strip. Although the IOF’s spokesperson did not detail the events leading to the injury, Palestinian Resistance factions have consistently bombarded envelope settlements, targeting groupings of Zionist soldiers and armored vehicle positions.
List and analysis of December 30 operations
On the other hand, Resistance factions have relentlessly and effectively pushed back against the occupation’s expanded invasion into southern and central areas of the Gaza Strip. Khan Yunis and al-Bureij saw the lion’s share of confrontations in these areas, where the Resistance has documented its effective strategies which have cost the Occupation heavy casualties, evident in an increased rate of casualties among occupation soldiers.
Resistance fighters also confronted occupation forces at the Sheikh Aajlin axis near the coast of Gaza. The coastal area is located to the southwest of Gaza City, and a couple of operations announced by the Resistance indicate its ability to conduct operations behind enemy lines.
Al-Qassam Brigades
Gaza City
Hamas’ al-Qassam Brigades led operations throughout the Gaza Strip, destroying or damaging a total of 21 military vehicles, including Merkava tanks, armored personnel carriers (APCs), and Humvees.
In Sheikh Aajlin, the Brigades introduced a new sniper rifle for the first time, the M99 anti-material rifle. In a statement, the faction announced that it shot down an occupation soldier in Sheikh Aajlin with an M99 sniper rifle. It is still unclear whether the rifle is the Chinese-made Zijiang M99 or the Barrett-made M99, however, both rifles have anti-material and long-range capabilities.
In the same area, the Brigades detonated pre-set Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) at a road that an Israeli convoy was traveling through, destroying two Humvees and attacking the force with assault rifles.
Al-Qassam fighters also shot a thermobaric rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) at an infantry force taking refuge in a building in the area, while another group targeted a Merkava tank with al-Qassam’s, locally produced, al-Yassin RPG.
Further east, the Brigades fighters ambushed a force of 20 soldiers in the Sheikh al-Radwan neighborhood, killing and injuring members of the force. The Brigades also deployed a sapper force to plant a Shawaz (explosively formed penetrator) on a Mekrava tank in the same neighborhood.
On the Tuffaah and Daraj neighborhoods, closer to the center of Gaza City, al-Qassam fighters destroyed eight Merkava tanks and ambushed an infantry force.
Central and Southern Gaza Strip
In the al-Bureij refugee camp, the Brigades targeted a total of eight occupation armored vehicles, confirming the complete destruction of an APC. Further south, the Khuzaa neighborhood of Khan Yunis was destroyed.
Al-Quds Brigades
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s al-Quds Brigades announced a greater sum of operations in Khan Yunis, saying that its mortar units launched attacks on occupation forces positioned around the district, as well as the 5th Street leading into the city. Al-Quds Brigades fighters also directly engaged occupation forces since the early hours of the morning in Khan Yunis.
The group also launched salvos of rockets towards occupied Askalan to the north of the Gaza Strip and announced a joint operation with al-Qassam fighters, in which fighters launched rocket artillery and fired mortar rounds at a command and control center Abu Ourayban in the northern Gaza Strip.
Additionally, the Brigades showcased its versatile arsenal by launching rocket attacks on “Nir Am” and “Mefalsim” to the east of Gaza City, amid supposed Zionist ground control in the area from which rockets were launched.
PFLP
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s (PFLP) Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades announced that its special forces are engaged in fierce confrontations in Khan Yunis and al-Bureij. In the central Gaza Strip, the Brigades targeted a Zionist APC with an imported tandem RPG.
Significantly, the Brigades’ spokesperson, Abu Jamal, released a voice-recorded statement, for the first time since Operation Al-Aqsa Flood was first launched on October 7.
Abu Jamal announced that a force guarding an occupation officer, taken captive on October 7, foiled a special occupation force attempting to retrieve the captive, causing casualties among its ranks.
Furthermore, Abu Jamal revealed that warplanes targeted the area of the foiled operation killing the Zionist captives and injuring some of the PFLP fighters. The PFLP was able to appropriate an IOF laptop and several flash drives from the force, which contain sensitive information, including maps and plans for attacks on several axes.
The PFLP spokesperson also announced that the Brigades destroyed or damaged a total of 95 armored vehicles since the start of the ground invasion, saying that its command has deployed fighters in every axis of confrontation throughout the Gaza Strip.
DFLP, al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s National Resistance Brigades announced that its fighters targeted an occupation force with an IED in Khan Yunis, killing and injuring its members.
The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigade targeted a military D9-bulldozer & a Merkava tank with Tandem and RPGs, in the axes of Khan Younis and Al-Tuffah. The guerrilla also shelled occupation soldiers, east of Khuza’a, with 120mm caliber mortars.
On the other hand, al-Nasser Salah al-Din Brigades, the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, announced that its fighters targeted a Merkava tank with an imported tandem RPG in the city of Khan Yunis.
West Bank
Three occupation soldiers were injured in a car ramming operation near the entrance of al-Fawwar refugee camp, in al-Khalil in the occupied West Bank, on Saturday.
Zionist occupation soldiers opened fire on the car which rammed other soldiers, killing Mohammad Hussein Mesalmah, 30, who was responsible for the brave operation, according to local reports.
Eyewitnesses at the scene reported that Mesalmah was martyred as a result of the Zionist assault. In the aftermath of the event, Israeli occupation forces closed off the entrance to the camp.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health later confirmed that Mesalmah was martyred after being shot multiple times by occupation forces, near the location of the operation.
It is worth noting that the operation took place near the site of a car ramming operation that occurred yesterday, injuring four Israeli occupation soldiers, one of whom was severely injured.
Operations conducted by Palestinian youth in the West Bank coincide with near-daily incursions into cities and refugee camps in the occupied Palestinian territory, resulting in the martyrdom of hundreds this year.
Every day, occupation forces arbitrarily raid homes, detain Palestinians, and wreak havoc upon the towns’ infrastructure, attempting to shut down national solidarity, and extending its aggression on Gaza to the West Bank.
Ansarallah Actions
A Maersk cargo vessel struck by a resistance missile today, The company attempted to resume shipments to the Zionist entity. The resistance potentially launched a second missile attack that was allegedly intercepted by US fascist forces.
Iraq and Syria
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced on Saturday that it had targeted using drones the Harir US occupation base in Iraqi Kurdistan’s Erbil in response to the ongoing massacres committed by the Zionist entity against the people in Gaza.
In a statement, the group emphasized that this operation is part of its ongoing strategy to Resist the US occupation forces in Iraq and the region, vowing to continue “strikes against the enemy’s strongholds.”
Moreover, in Syria, the US occupation base in the Conoco oil field was targeted with five rockets, while the one in Al-Omar oil field was targeted with seven rockets.
The American military base in the Omar oil field in Dier Ezzor was targeted in three waves of attacks with 24 missiles.
The Iraqi Resistance has consistently affirmed its commitment to targeting the US occupation due to Washington’s support for the Zionist occupation and its pivotal role in the ongoing aggression against the Gaza Strip.
In the past week, the Islamic Resistance announced carrying out several separate operations against the US occupation bases, including the al-Shaddadi, Kharab Al-Jir and Conoco bases in Syria.
Furthermore, the group has claimed responsibility for several operations against Israeli sites and bases, mainly in “Eilat,” and most significantly against the Zionist-operated Karish gas field off the northern coasts of occupied Palestine, near the Lebanese maritime borders.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has warned Washington repeatedly that its bases in Syria and Iraq are legitimate targets as long as the war on Gaza continues.
Since the launch of operations in October, US military bases across Syria and Iraq have come under over 110 attacks.
Hezbollah
In support of the Palestinian people and resistance in Gaza and in light of the Zionist aggression on the various South Lebanon villages, the Islamic Resistance continued on Saturday striking the Zionist occupation sites near Lebanon border. The Resistance launched four qualitative operations on Saturday.
The number of settlers that evacuated northern occupied Palestine as a result of Hezbollah’s operations has exceeded a staggering 230,000 settlers.
It is worth noting it is the first time that the northern settlements get evacuated since the establishment of the usurping occupation entity.
The psychological and economic repercussions of Hezbollah attacks on the northern settlements are added to the security threats.