On Friday ongoing, fierce confrontations between the Palestinian Resistance and Zionist occupation forces in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in the city of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip.
Reports state that intense Zionist artillery shelling south of the Nasser complex in the city, as well as to its east and west, with sounds of intense fighting in the surrounding area.
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, ambushed a number of soldiers northwest of the al-Maghazi camp in central Gaza.
In a brief statement, al-Qassam Brigades announced that its Resistance fighters closed an opening of one tunnel after seven Zionist soldiers entered it, and then detonated the tunnel opening with an anti-personnel explosive device, resulting in several casualties among the invading forces.
The Brigades also targeted two Merkava tanks with a Shawaz Explosively Formed Penetrator (EFP) and an al-Yassin 105 shell.
In al-Maghazi camp, al-Qassam fighters targeted a military vehicle and a Merkava tank with al-Yassin 105 shells. To the east of al-Maghazi, specifically 500 meters from the Zionist-erected separation fence between the Gaza Strip and the occupied Palestinian territories in 1948, the Resistance targeted an Israeli Merkava tank and a D9 bulldozer with al-Yassin 105 and Tandem shells.
It is noteworthy that three days ago, a total of 21 Israeli occupation soldiers and officers were killed in an operation carried out by Palestinian Resistance fighters in al-Maghazi, marking the highest death toll in a single operation since the start of the war in Gaza.
On Friday, al-Qassam Brigades targeted a Merkava tank with al-Yassin 105 shells west of Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.
Al-Quds Brigades
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, announced that its Resistance fighters carried out a series of operations, including rocket attacks on the military sites of “Kisufim” and the “Third Eye” and the shelling of an occupation military personnel gathering east of al-Bureij camp in central Gaza.
In the central Gaza Strip, the Brigades targeted a military vehicle with a Tandem shell east of al-Maghazi camp and shelled a Zionist military gathering near the “Abu Safiya” military site with mortar shells and another site east of al-Msaddar village.
Additionally, al-Quds Brigades announced that its fighters shot down a drone while in use for intelligence missions, east of al-Shujaiya neighborhood, east of Gaza City.
Al-Quds Brigades also claimed responsibility for targeting the occupied city of Askalan, as well as the settlements of “Sderot” and “Nir Am”, in addition to other settlements in the Gaza Envelope, with rocket barrages.
Al-Mujahideen Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, announced that its Resistance fighters shelled Zionist military concentrations east of al-Bureij camp in central Gaza with a number of rockets.
The Brigades also released footage documenting the shelling of the occupation military site “Yiftah”, the headquarters of the 1st Golani Brigade of the Northern Command in the Zionist Gaza Division.
Earlier on Friday, al-Qassam Brigades announced targeting an occupation force fortified in a house west of Khan Younis with an anti-personnel shell, resulting in casualties among its members, while al-Quds Brigades said its snipers targeted a soldier southwest of the city.
The occupation military confirmed that one of its troops Sgt.-Maj. (res.), Eliran Yeger, in the 8170 Engineering Battalion, Givati Brigade, was killed in battles in southern Gaza on Thursday night.
On Thursday, Abu Obeida, the military spokesperson for al-Qassam Brigades announced that the group’s Resistance fighters carried out 57 different operations over the past week, which saw the killing of 53 officers and soldiers from “point blank”, among other losses inflicted on the occupation forces, as fierce confrontations continue across Gaza axes.
Abu Obeida also revealed that al-Qassam sniped at nine troops and that the total outcome of the operations resulted in the death and injury of dozens of invading forces.
Regarding losses in hardware, he stated that the Resistance successfully destroyed completely or partially 68 military vehicles in Gaza during the same period.
Pressure from Hezbollah in Lebanon
Reports state that a number of heavy missiles were launched from Lebanon in the late hours of Friday, hitting at least five occupation military sites, including barracks and gathering, in the occupied Western al-Jalil in Palestine in less than two hours.
A heavy missile was launched from Lebanon toward a military target in the vicinity of the “Shlomi”, while another missile targeted the “Hanita” barracks in the occupied Western al-Jalil. Later, a salvo of rockets was launched toward the same barracks.
On its part, the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah confirmed that in support of the resilient Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip and in solidarity with their courageous and honorable Resistance, its fighters carried out the following operations:
Eastern sector
- At 8:10 AM, Hezbollah fighters targeted a gathering of occupation soldiers in the vicinity of the Hounin Castle using appropriate weapons.
- At 1:00 PM, Resistance fighters targeted the “Ma’ale Golan” barracks with Falaq-1 rockets, achieving direct hits.
- At 4:10 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted the occupation soldiers’ gatherings and deployments in “Ma’ale Golan” barracks and its vicinity with a large barrage of Katyusha rockets.
- At 11:05 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted the positioning and deployment of soldiers near “Metulla” with rocket artillery, achieving direct hits.
Western sector
- At 9:00 PM, Islamic Resistance fighters targeted a gathering of soldiers in the vicinity of the Birket Risha site using appropriate weapons, achieving a direct hit.
- At 9:00 PM, a sniper unit in the Islamic Resistance targeted a newly established surveillance security device erected on the “Zar’it” barracks.
- At 9:55 PM, Hezbollah fighters targeted the “Zar’it” barracks with a Burkan rocket, achieving a direct hit.
- At 10:00 PM, the Resistance targeted a gathering of soldiers on “Cobra Hill” with two Burkan rockets, achieving direct hits.
- At 10:40 PM, Resistance fighters targeted a building in the “Avivim” settlement using appropriate weapons, achieving a direct hit.
In the same context, Zionist media outlets reported that a helicopter carrying four injured soldiers arrived at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, pointing to a “security incident” in a settlement on the border with Lebanon while refraining from providing additional details due to strict military censorship.
Earlier reports from Zionist media had reported violent explosions shaking the north near the Lebanon border around midnight, confirming that a Burkan rocket landed on a room in the “Zari’it barracks” housing troops. The reports also raised concerns about a possible infiltration into the area.
Calls spread on social media within the occupation entity for settlers to “pray” for the soldiers in the north, acknowledging a tough night along the front with Lebanon.
In the context of the ongoing Israeli aggression against southern Lebanese towns and villages, reports state that Israeli artillery shelling targeted the outskirts of the town of Tayr Harfa, as well as the towns of Marwahin, al-Bustan, and Umm al-Tout.
The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon – Hezbollah announced on Friday the martyrdom of four of its fighters on the path to al-Quds while performing their Resistance duties. The martyrs were identified as Taleb Yahya Balhas, Ali Fawzi Melhem, Mohammad Ali Mazeh, and Islam Mohammad Zalzali.
Ansarallah resistance
The Yemeni Armed Forces’ (YAF) Navy struck on Friday a British oil tanker, MARLIN LUANDA, in the Gulf of Aden, setting it ablaze, the spokesperson for the YAF, Brigadier General Yahya Saraee, said in a televised announcement.
Meanwhile, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) released an update on the ship’s situation at around midnight, confirming that the vessel is still on fire hours after it was targeted.
Earlier, in response to the US and UK aggression on Yemen, Sanaa announced that both countries’ “interests have become legitimate targets” for the armed forces.
The strike on MARLIN LUANDA marked the first time a UK ship had come under attack by the Yemeni forces.
Saree, confirming that the attack was conducted using undisclosed naval missiles, referring to them merely as “appropriate”, reiterated that the YAF’s operations will continue in the Red and Arabian seas against ‘Israeli’ and “Israel”-bound ships until the Israeli war on Gaza is stopped and sufficient medicine and food are delivered to the besieged people in the Strip.
“The Yemeni Armed Forces reaffirm their commitment to taking all necessary military measures within the right to defend beloved Yemen and as a confirmation of the continued practical solidarity with the Palestinian people,” he concluded.
Earlier today, British maritime security firm Ambrey said on Friday that a fire broke out as a vessel was hit with a “missile” southeast of Yemen’s Aden.
The crew was reported safe, Ambrey added in an advisory note.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) also announced it had received on Friday a report of an incident 60 nautical miles southeast of Yemen’s Aden.
This operation comes just one day after the Yemeni Armed Forces targeted and hit a US warship off the coast of Yemen.
Revealing details on the event, Saree said on Thursday that there was a confrontation with several US destroyers and warships in the Gulf of Aden and the Strait of Bab al-Mandab, which lasted over two hours.
He confirmed that the YAF used “a number of ballistic missiles” during the direct engagement, which resulted in “directly hitting an American warship and forcing two American merchant ships to retreat and return.”
Al Mayadeen