For the first time since the beginning of the occupations invasion of the Gaza Strip, nearly all the Zionist forces left the Gaza Strip overnight.
This comes after the conclusion of six months of fighting, since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa floord operation, where the occupation has received substantial, and ongoing damage. For instance, there was the notable Al-Qassam operation yesterday that killed several soldiers, wounded others, and destroyed tanks, at multiple points in the Strip.
According to Zionist sources, the 98th Division, which had three brigades left Khan Younis and southern Gaza, ending the operation abruptly after four months of fighting. It should be noted that the mission of the occupation in Khan Younis was aimed at “dismantling the Hamas brigade and retrieving hostages.”
Despite this stated goal, the Zionist regime noted that the occupation in Khan Younis is “currently unable to achieve further accomplishments regarding the hostages.” In fact, besides killing their own hostages, returning their soldiers in coffins, and massacring civilians the occupation has no significant achievements after four months of fighting.
Occupation forces in southern Gaza primarily conducted massacres against Palestinians who were attempting to return to their homes in the north, as well as in the vicinity of the Nasser Medical Complex of Khan Younis which had been forced to evacuate following Zionist bombings, attacks and arrests.
The “Nahal” Brigade is the only one that remains in the Gaza Strip and is tasked with “securing the ‘Netzarim’ corridor” to prevent the residents of Gaza from returning north.
In the wake of the occupation’s withdrawal from southern Gaza, the Palestinian Resistance fired rockets toward “Mivtahim,” activating sirens there for the first time in four months. In spite of the crimes perpetrated against the Palestinian people across the Gaza Strip, the resistance is clearly well and operational in all areas.
According to the Zionist entities Security Minister Yoav Gallant, occupation forces withdrew from Khan Younis in southern Gaza on Sunday “to prepare for future missions, including… in Rafah.”
Gallant claimed that occupation forces were pulled out after months of violent warfare because “Hamas ceased to exist as a military framework” in Khan Younis.
Herzi Halevi, the Chief of staff, said that despite pulling out from Gaza, the battle against Hamas is far from done.
He also said that if a truce is reached as part of a prisoner exchange deal, the occupation will be prepared to resume fighting and that returning the Zionist captives held by the Palestinian Resistance in Gaza is a more pressing priority than other objectives.
In a press statement, Halevi argued that the occupation was fighting the war “differently” and in a different matter than its “predecessors.”
“The war in Gaza continues, and we are far from stopping.”
More Palestinians were martyred and injured in the Gaza Strip early on Sunday in a series of airstrikes by US warplanes and artillery shelling. The attacks focused on the cities of Khan Younis and Rafah, located in the southern Gaza Strip.
There is a possibility the Zionist entity is pulling its troops out due to potential regional war with Iran and other actors or an attack on Lebanon. However, it is clear that the withdrawal from Gaza, without dismantling the Resistance and without even retrieving a single prisoner is clearly a defeat for the colonial occupiers.
Palestinian Resistance bombards occupiers
On the 184th day of the war, the Palestinian Resistance continues to confront the incursions of the occupation troops across the Gaza Strip, inflicting further significant losses among the raiding forces.
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) movement, announced Sunday that its fighters shelled the “Eshkol” settlement complex and other Gaza Envelope settlements with rocket barrages.
Zionist media reported that rockets were launched from the Khan Younis area in the south of the Strip, from which occupation troops withdrew.
The Brigades’ fighters also shot down a Quadcopter aircraft and captured a Sky Lark drone flying over Gaza City.
Additionally, the sniper unit of al-Quds Brigades shot and killed an occupation soldier who was entrenched in a house in the Sheikh Ajleen area southwest of the city.
The Military Media of al-Quds Brigades released footage documenting Resistance fighters preparing and launching rockets from the northern Gaza Strip toward “Ashdod”, “Ashkelon”, and Gaza Envelope settlements on the occasion of al-Quds Day.
Meanwhile, al-Mujahideen Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian al-Mujahideen movement, announced that its fighters targeted the headquarters of the Gaza Division of the occupation army in the “Re’im” settlement with a rocket barrage and released footage documenting the operation.
The National Resistance Brigades – Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces, the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP), fired several mortar shells at military vehicles northeast of Khan Younis.
The Brigades also published a video documenting its fighters engaging occupation forces’ gatherings in combat zones in Gaza City with mortar shells, in collaboration with al-Qassam and al-Quds Brigades.
Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces posted another video showing its fighters shelling occupation forces’ gatherings south of Gaza City with short-range rockets, in a joint operation with al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades.
A third video also showed fighters from Martyr Omar al-Qassem Forces and al-Quds Brigades firing 107-type rockets at settlements in the Gaza Envelope days earlier, in response to the ongoing crimes committed by the occupation in Gaza.
On its part, the Military Media of al-Qassam Brigades released a video titled “You Will Burn,” featuring footage from various operations conducted by al-Qassam fighters against occupation forces at different axes in Gaza.
Yemen targets new ships
Three cargo ships were targeted in the Red Sea, Arabian Sea, and Indian Ocean, using anti-ship and cruise missiles, the Yemeni Armed Forces (YAF) announced on Sunday afternoon.
The spokesperson of the YAF, Brigadier General Yahya Saree, said that the operations were conducted in a span of 72 hours prior to the release of a statement, detailing the YAF’s operations .
Three cargo ships targeted by the YAF
The first ship targeted by the YAF’s Navy was the UK-owned Hope Island cargo ship, which was struck using naval missiles and dealt a direct hit in the Red Sea. The last updated position of the Hope Island was two days ago, heading southwards toward the Bab al-Mandab Strait.
Another series of operations targeted two Zionist-affiliated ships, heading to Zionist ports in Palestine. The first, the MSC GRACE F, was targeted in the Indian Ocean, while the second, the MSC GINA, was targeted in the Arabian Sea. In both operations, the Yemeni Armed Forces utilized anti-ship ballistic missiles and cruise missiles, successfully achieving their intended objectives.
According to maritime tracking websites, the last updated position of the MSC GRACE F was in East Africa, reported 154 days ago. As for the MSC GINA, its last updated position was near Sri Lanka 11 days ago.
It is worth noting that occupation-affiliated ships have attempted to conceal their activity in the region, by turning off communication and identifying equipment.
Saree reiterated that the operations came in support of the Palestinian people and their Resistance.
US frigates swarmed by Yemeni drones
Saree also revealed that the Yemeni Armed Forces conducted two operations that targeted a number of US Navy frigates in the Red Sea using suicide drones.
Recently, the YAF, following the directives of Ansar Allah leader, Sayyed Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, and the demands of the Yemeni people expanded the scope of their naval operations to the Indian Ocean, hoping to further restrict the movement of Zionist-affiliated ships, traveling to occupied ports via the Cape of Good Hope route.
Saree promised that the YAF would continue to conduct its operations in the aforementioned waterways until the aggression on the Gaza Strip is stopped and the Israeli siege on the Palestinian people is lifted.
Iraqi Resistance continues attacks
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq confirmed that its fighters attacked early Monday the Zionist “Elifalit” base, north of Lake Tabariyya, in the occupied Palestinian territories with drones.
Earlier, the Iraqi Resistance announced that it attacked the southern “Yonatan” barracks, as well as the western “Yarden” barracks in the occupied Syrian Golan with a drone on Sunday morning.
The Resistance said in its statements that the attacks come in continuation of its path in resisting the occupation, in support of the people in Gaza, and in response to the massacres against Palestinian civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
The statement reiterated the Resistance’s continuation in “striking the enemy’s strongholds.”
On early Sunday, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq confirmed that its fighters attacked a vital Zionist target in Umm al-Rashrash (“Eilat”) in the occupied Palestinian territories using drones.